Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
Hello all.
I haven't posted here for a couple of years, but thought I'd just let you know about a wee project I've put together.
If, like me, you have some unexpected time on your hands and have always wondered how many bookcases/bookshelves appeared in Speccy games, then just look out for the #ZXBookcases hashtag on Twitter.
Here's a sneak-peek at number 32. Do you know the game?
It really is as thrilling as it sounds.
@tobobobo
I haven't posted here for a couple of years, but thought I'd just let you know about a wee project I've put together.
If, like me, you have some unexpected time on your hands and have always wondered how many bookcases/bookshelves appeared in Speccy games, then just look out for the #ZXBookcases hashtag on Twitter.
Here's a sneak-peek at number 32. Do you know the game?
It really is as thrilling as it sounds.
@tobobobo
Re: Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
I'd have guessed Pyjamarama too, possibly Dynamite Dan ?
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: Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
Great thread!
Megabucks?
Stormbringer/Finders Keepers/Spellbound/Magic Knight?
Megabucks?
Stormbringer/Finders Keepers/Spellbound/Magic Knight?
Re: Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
No, no, no and no.
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Re: Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
My first thought too.
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what we need to do is feed snapshots or TZX images into an AI that have known bookcases/books as training data, then let it loose on the TZXVault.
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This one's bothering me. It's very close to Underwurlde, but I can't see it anywhere in the map.
Nah, a few of us just need the chance to retire early and become oracles of the archive. Bidet on a blue background? This game. Yerba mate cup on a bench? That one.
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I also thought of Herbert's Dummy Run at first, but I don't think it is.
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Was thinking maybe King's Keep or Witches Cauldron but I checked the maps and it's neither of those.
There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.
Any clues? Arcade adventure? Graphic from a text adventure?
There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.
Any clues? Arcade adventure? Graphic from a text adventure?
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I tried to google by image but it turns out that picture recognition network is definitely not trained on Spectrum in-game screens.
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I must be mad, but I spent two whole lunchtimes trawling the archive and maps for this. I got some nice surprises: MASK has a bookshelf in it, and "The happiest days of your life" is a bibliophile's wet dream. Loads of things come close, but nothing I saw exactly matches the pic.
As Morkin and Firefox say, it's must be a decent game with big sprites (unless it's a text adv), but without clues, I'll have to give up on this one.
As Morkin and Firefox say, it's must be a decent game with big sprites (unless it's a text adv), but without clues, I'll have to give up on this one.
Didn't know that was possible!
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1,000 lines to those who said it was a decent game!
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That pic is a fake btw. Keep looking. Sorry!
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At last!!!
https://twitter.com/tobobobo/status/123 ... 82499?s=19
By the way... does anyone knows it?
https://twitter.com/tobobobo/status/123 ... 82499?s=19
By the way... does anyone knows it?
Re: Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?
No. Apparently it's a budget title from 1991.
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Huxley Pig was one of a plethora of kids TV shows that Alternative Software licensed and released games based on them. Others included Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Sooty And Sweep and Bangers And Mash.