Awful graphics, but a brilliant game

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Yes, it's the opposite of this thread.

The stickmen of Valhalla make it a contender...
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Lode Runner looks like a BASIC game made out of UDGs...
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To include a more modern game - LumASCII has to be noted, made out of the pure Sinclair ROM font. (It does look good when you see it play though.)
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But that's just what I think. Now it's your turn...
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Jumping Jack may qualify, right?
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Chaos? Probably my favourite Speccy game ever, but from a screenshot it looks like a type-in.

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I can't agree with some of these definitions of "awful". Some of these graphics are just very stylised. Chaos is a classic.
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animaal wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:21 pm Chaos? Probably my favourite Speccy game ever, but from a screenshot it looks like a type-in.

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Chaos is my favourite game of all time. The graphics are quite UDGish, but at a really high standard for that format. It's a tricky one, as the game's layout makes it very difficult to make visual improvements.
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8BitAG wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:36 pm I can't agree with some of these definitions of "awful". Some of these graphics are just very stylised. Chaos is a classic.
I suppose I'm remembering when I bought it. In the shop, looking at the screenshot at the back of the inlay. Comparing it to whatever games were next to it, possibly showing the Amiga screenshots...

I took a chance on Chaos, thinking I was going to regret it. Of course I didn't - it's the only Speccy game I still regularly play. But I think a Choas screenshot doesn't compare to the screenshots of hundreds of other mundane shooters.
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I stumbled on Chaos quite late in the Speccy's life, but like others here it's my favourite Speccy game. :D

Being an impressionable kid at the time of release, I was quite susceptible to the magazine articles & reviews.

Perhaps it skipped my notice due to the magazines' lukewarm reception... But it was also a time where they were all still being a bit stingy on colour, so seeing small, static graphics rendered in dull greyscale probably didn't help bring it to people's attention...

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Return of the Things (Design Design software, 1984... but apparently had very little distribution at the time and slipped under most people's radar until it was on Sinclair User's cover tape in 1991)

The sequel to the equally spartan looking "Hall of The Things" and it is flipping brill. I want to go and play it right now. You should too. (And if you redefine the keys, make sure you define the keys so that the one for each direction also presses fire).

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Mined-Out by Quicksilva had basic graphics, but, was a great game to play.
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What about Colony?
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Though maybe it's more overzealous use of colour than awful graphics.
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Well I was never put off by the graphics in Football Manager, was still engrossed in the game highlights despite the stickmen and the oversized goals.
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For most of these games I'd consider the graphics dated or primitive, not awful. ;)
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4thRock wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:54 am For most of these games I'd consider the graphics dated or primitive, not awful. ;)
I know what you mean. It's hard to define isn't it? Of the ones mentioned here that are not 'primitive', maybe Maziacs is an example of bad graphics. At the moment I can only think of awful games with awful graphics! (Friday 13th, Highlander, Centurions).
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Who Dares Wins 2:

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Graphics are quite ugly in my opinion but playability is surprisingly good. If you love Commando or Ikari Warriors then you should like
this one too.

I have temtations to give it a modding treatment, maybe one day ... ;)
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Ralf wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:15 am If you love Commando or Ikari Warriors then you should like this one too.
Nah. Nothing could beat Ikari in my book. ;)
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Agree with [mention]Ralf[/mention] about Who Dares Wins 2. Really good.
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stupidget wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:21 am Mined-Out by Quicksilva had basic graphics, but, was a great game to play.
Agreed - I was going to post the same. It's in Basic too - first program I ever 'hacked'! :D
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Ralf wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:15 am Who Dares Wins 2:

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Graphics are quite ugly in my opinion but playability is surprisingly good. If you love Commando or Ikari Warriors then you should like
this one too.

I have temtations to give it a modding treatment, maybe one day ... ;)
Always enjoyed this game but never once questioned its graphics or presentation. Looking at it now without my rose-tinted spectacles on it does look rather bollocks. Still plays very well though - this is one of the games I still play from time to time when I want a Spectrum fix.
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Hank Scorpio wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:25 pm Realm of Impossibility.
I'm not sure about "brilliant", but playing it with a friend was hilarious.
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PeteProdge wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:07 pm To include a more modern game - LumASCII has to be noted, made out of the pure Sinclair ROM font. (It does look good when you see it play though.)
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bobs, happy to see you here! I never heard of this game before, it's great! Is there any chance for you to participate in Your Game 6? :)
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