Spectrum Computing

ATV Simulator.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:44 am Race Against Time?

No.

Ersh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:45 amATV Simulator.

Correct.
Skills

Nice.

Here's mine then...

Zorro

The colour scheme and precise graphics gave it away - I actually thought it might be a different game by the same team as I didn't expect that to be in that game.

Ha! That was quick! You're up.

It's a shame that there weren't more games made by that team in that really clean style.

Let's see how quick this one goes:


I do have to admit that although I played this game quite a lot, I never got far enough to see that.

Renegade 3?

Nope.

Clearly a mummy!

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:43 pm Clearly a mummy!

There's a definite Egyptian theme to proceedings....

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:43 pm Clearly a mummy!

Sure? Looks to me like "Zebraman"

The RZX playthrough of this is nearly an hour and half long.
This screen is almost an hour in, but all the elements on the screen are seen much earlier in the game.

I think this game has some issues with consistent scale - assuming this dude is to scale with the player sprites - I'd say he is between 25 and 50 metres tall.

Pobulous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:44 pm I think this game has some issues with consistent scale - assuming this dude is to scale with the player sprites - I'd say he is between 25 and 50 metres tall.

Then the player must be a single pixel! (or a two chars Godzilla or something so).

No idea but it looks good. I wanna know what the mummy is from! Gorgeous little sprite.

+3code wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:54 pm

Pobulous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:44 pm I think this game has some issues with consistent scale - assuming this dude is to scale with the player sprites - I'd say he is between 25 and 50 metres tall.

Then the player must be a single pixel! (or a two chars Godzilla or something so).

Nope, the player sprites are a decent number of pixels in size, but they are big things.

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:49 pm No idea but it looks good. I wanna know what the mummy is from! Gorgeous little sprite.

They don't look so good in motion, sadly.

I think I got it. Thunderbirds by Firebird.

I came across it by chance, checking its map.

I'd never guess it in another way!

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:02 am I think I got it. Thunderbirds by Firebird.

I came across it by chance, checking its map.

I'd never guess it in another way!

Well done, sir!
I'm figuring that not many people got off the first couple of screens!

I've always liked it but it's the sort of game that needs plenty of time to properly play it.

Ok, my turn:

International karate

Only 5 minutes!

Your turn again...

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:38 am Only 5 minutes!

Your turn again...

It's tough to find the sweet spot between unfairly obscure and too easy!

This one appears within the first 5 minutes of the RZX in a well known game - can't say fairer than that.

This platform game is a sequel to a game that was never ported to the Spectrum, and has a very non-Spectrum feel to it.

It tried to innovate in the jump mechanics, with a clunky method to control the distance of a jump, but ultimately that was an evolutionary dead-end for platform games - air control and inertia became the norm.

Cauldron II?

Nope, but I can see what led you there!