The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
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The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Poll concludes around 9:30am UK time Sun 16th Feb...
No, I'm not including Steve Davis Snooker 128K, because it's a totally made-up game invented by bizarre fantasist/liar Kieren Hawken.
3D Painter
Backgammon
Bozy Boa
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
Castle Blackstar
Catterpillar
Colossus Chess 4
Dominoes
European Superleague
Gobble A Ghost
Leapfrog
Magic Meanies
Othello
Pool
Reversi
Sporting Triangles
Steve Davis Snooker
Tank Attack
Time Bomb
Video Card Arcade
Winged Warlords
Wordsearch
No, I'm not including Steve Davis Snooker 128K, because it's a totally made-up game invented by bizarre fantasist/liar Kieren Hawken.
3D Painter
Backgammon
Bozy Boa
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
Castle Blackstar
Catterpillar
Colossus Chess 4
Dominoes
European Superleague
Gobble A Ghost
Leapfrog
Magic Meanies
Othello
Pool
Reversi
Sporting Triangles
Steve Davis Snooker
Tank Attack
Time Bomb
Video Card Arcade
Winged Warlords
Wordsearch
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
1 Pool
2 Colossus 4 Chess
3 Leapfrog (yeah, I know it's a crappy frogger conversion, but I played a lot back in the day, and I love the inlay)
2 Colossus 4 Chess
3 Leapfrog (yeah, I know it's a crappy frogger conversion, but I played a lot back in the day, and I love the inlay)
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Tank Attack.
It was a weird board game/video game crossover that game with lots of little tanks. The game would have been better if the rules were more strictly applied.
For example.. if you are in cover you can only be hit at a distance of 1. But you can fire out of cover... and the enemy can fire back and kill you at any distance.
I made up a national anthem for Armania.
It was a weird board game/video game crossover that game with lots of little tanks. The game would have been better if the rules were more strictly applied.
For example.. if you are in cover you can only be hit at a distance of 1. But you can fire out of cover... and the enemy can fire back and kill you at any distance.
I made up a national anthem for Armania.
I have a little YouTube channel of nonsense
https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesOGradyWhatHoSnorkers
https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesOGradyWhatHoSnorkers
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
It’s basic, but I used to love 3D Painter when I was a kid.
It probably doesn’t hold up, but that’s not the issue.
It probably doesn’t hold up, but that’s not the issue.
Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Gobble A Ghost
Caterpillar
Leapfrog
3 nice clones.
Caterpillar
Leapfrog
3 nice clones.
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
1 Steve Davies Snooker
2 Winged Warlords
3 Pool
2 Winged Warlords
3 Pool
Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
1. Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
2. Steve Davis Snooker
3. Winged Warlords
2. Steve Davis Snooker
3. Winged Warlords
Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Where can I find Steve Davis 128k? It’s definitely my favourite game by CDS as my friends and I used to setup our own little tournaments using a pen and paper, then playing the actual game! But I’d love to see what enhancements are in the 128k “hack”!
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Ooooh, boy. Out of all the weeks where the mythical Steve Davis Snooker 128K could be brought up again, it happens when the fantasist behind it, is the major target of (very justifiable) anger.
Steve Davis Snooker 128K does not exist. It has never existed. It was the invention of 'Mr Kizza' aka Kieren Hawken, probably better known as the 'Laird' of Laird's Lair. Years ago, he wrote on the AtariAge forum that he wrote this game for the ZX Spectrum, along with some budget titles. Some huge huge stuff has kicked off this week about him. I know this forum likes to avoid drama, so all I can say, is take a look elsewhere for what Kieren has been up to!
Ah, I did joke on Twitter this week that we'd never genuinely see Steve Davis Snooker 128K on the Speccy!
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
1. Steve Davis Snooker
2. Winged Warlords
3. Pool
Not a massive amount of choice really...
2. Winged Warlords
3. Pool
Not a massive amount of choice really...
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Does that mean that I won't be able to vote on a best game by Kieren Hawken poll then? I was looking forward to that one!PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:14 pm Ooooh, boy. Out of all the weeks where the mythical Steve Davis Snooker 128K could be brought up again, it happens when the fantasist behind it, is the major target of (very justifiable) anger.
Steve Davis Snooker 128K does not exist. It has never existed. It was the invention of 'Mr Kizza' aka Kieren Hawken, probably better known as the 'Laird' of Laird's Lair. Years ago, he wrote on the AtariAge forum that he wrote this game for the ZX Spectrum, along with some budget titles. Some huge huge stuff has kicked off this week about him. I know this forum likes to avoid drama, so all I can say, is take a look elsewhere for what Kieren has been up to!
Ah, I did joke on Twitter this week that we'd never genuinely see Steve Davis Snooker 128K on the Speccy!
(runs and hides)
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Re: The best Speccy game by CDS Microsystems: vote
Wow, this seems to be a battleground for those who like pool or snooker!
On the main (phpBB) forum poll, the winner is Pool, with 6 votes.
Closely followed behind, it's Steve Davis Snooker (no, not the mythical 128K version), with 5 votes.
In third place, Colossus Chess 4, with 3 votes.
Joint fourth place: 3D Painter and Gobble A Ghost, 2 votes each.
Joint fifth place: Brian Clough's Football Fortunes; Catterpillar; Leapfrog and Time Bomb.
Over on the proportional top-three votes from the comment, we have a different indoor sport at the top position - that's Steve Davis Snooker! Pool is in second place...
Steve Davis Snooker 8
Pool 5
Winged Warlords 5
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes 3
Gobble A Ghost 3
Catterpillar 2
Colossus Chess 4 2
Leapfrog 2
On the main (phpBB) forum poll, the winner is Pool, with 6 votes.
Closely followed behind, it's Steve Davis Snooker (no, not the mythical 128K version), with 5 votes.
In third place, Colossus Chess 4, with 3 votes.
Joint fourth place: 3D Painter and Gobble A Ghost, 2 votes each.
Joint fifth place: Brian Clough's Football Fortunes; Catterpillar; Leapfrog and Time Bomb.
Over on the proportional top-three votes from the comment, we have a different indoor sport at the top position - that's Steve Davis Snooker! Pool is in second place...
Steve Davis Snooker 8
Pool 5
Winged Warlords 5
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes 3
Gobble A Ghost 3
Catterpillar 2
Colossus Chess 4 2
Leapfrog 2
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