Guess the screen$

blucey · Post by **blucey** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:00 pm

bluespikey wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:05 amRex?

I got Rex vibes from it but not enough to give that answer.

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:53 pm

Pobulous wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:13 am Rupert and the Ice Castle?

Not this something. Other something.
Or something.

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:01 pm

Another part of the screenshot:

Mpk · Post by **Mpk** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:40 pm

Ah Diddums?

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:50 pm

Mpk wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:40 pmAh Diddums?

Nah, the graphics are much more professional than that.

Daveysloan · Post by **Daveysloan** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:04 pm

I was thinking Toy Bizarre, but again the graphics look more professional.

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:36 pm

From a different screenshot:

tolls · Post by **tolls** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:28 pm

Got to be a Christmas game with all those toys surely?! I can't figure it out though...

+3code · Post by **+3code** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:34 pm

tolls wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:28 pm Got to be a Christmas game with all those toys surely?! I can't figure it out though...

I had the same idea, but not luck searching here: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?group_id=5003

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:41 pm

tolls wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:28 pm Got to be a Christmas game with all those toys surely?!

One would say this would be a smart move this time of year.
Unfortunately I am not that smart.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:21 pm

Part of me is saying Factory Daze, but surely the objects are too large...

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:45 pm

Nah, I'm sticking to the unwritten rule that the games should be from the Speccy's heyday era.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:27 pm

And the only toy-based game I can think of from t'old days is Panic Dizzy...

Mikie · Post by **Mikie** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:29 pm

And that's the one!
Your turn...

SteveSmith · Post by **SteveSmith** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:18 pm

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:27 pm And the only toy-based game I can think of from t'old days is Panic Dizzy...

I always have a quick look at the review for these games out of curiosity. I stopped reading the Speccy mags by 91, so I never saw this game originally. However, it looks like SU printed their review twice on consecutive months. Was the Speccy software library that thin on the ground, or was it because the first one was unreadable due to the colour scheme?

https://archive.org/details/sinclair-us ... ew=theater

and

https://archive.org/details/sinclair-us ... ew=theater

if you're interested.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:50 pm

Mikie wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:29 pm And that's the one!
Your turn...

...what, that's right? Well strike me down with a feather from the world's tiniest Sqij!.

This is an extra-nasty one because I wouldn't have recognised it myself, even though this is a game I've had since 1987 and played extensively.

...why is it blown up this much when I told the site not to? Hit yourself on the head and try again, postimages.org!

XTM · Post by **XTM** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:58 pm

When I upload a picture to postimg, it is also very blown up intially, so I always click on the picture first, which will load it in another view, then I'll right-click the pic to get its URL (in case of your picture that is https://i.postimg.cc/sftHXzgW/mysteryscreen.png ) which is then what I post using the "img" tag.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:06 pm

So, this is the Mystery Screen at 1:1 resolution:

Tiny, isn't it? Anyway, let's see how long this one drags on!

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:33 pm

Manic Miner?

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:36 pm

Pobulous wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:33 pmManic Miner?

Niet! I'd never have had a chance of seeing this if it was.

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 6:43 am

Seems a pineapple... it reminds me of a Mastertronic game... maybe?

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:51 am

It's not a pineapple, and it wasn't from a Mastertronic release - at least, not unless they re-released it while I wasn't looking, and while everyone else wasn't looking either.

It's not a barrel, either.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:02 pm

All right, time for a clue, or at least a "slightly easier" fragment from the same game. The above barrel-shaped-thing was from level 7; this, on the other hand, is from level 1 and you'll see it right at the beginning of the game.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:18 pm

It's a tricky one, clearly!

It's on my favourite compilation.

TMD2003 · Post by **TMD2003** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:22 am

STILL nothing?

It's got a prominent M.C. Lothlorien logo.

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