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A wee bit more. From a well-known publisher, mediocre game.
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Asterix?
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Correct "Asterix and the Magic Cauldron" to be exact.
I remember trying to like this game back in the 80's but it was clunky, especially the combat system. Nice graphics though.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... c_Cauldron
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Ah I'd forgotten about that game. Very beautiful with such a distinctive style. I'm guessing the screenshot was ULA+?
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Hmm.. now that I look at it, I didn't even notice the colours are unusual. Is the JSSpeccy link on that page using a version with ULA+ under the hood?
EDIT: Nah, going into basic and testing some colours it just seems to render them weird. Kinda fits the game though, lol.
EDIT: Nah, going into basic and testing some colours it just seems to render them weird. Kinda fits the game though, lol.
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Regarding jsspeccy’s breadbin-like palette, see viewtopic.php?t=10921
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Here's the palette from Fuse. And below, the same pic in ZX Paintbrush.
I think Paintbrush is more accurate. Notice how blue and bright-blue hardly differ?
In Fuse the contrast is somewhat cranked up beyond what's true on a CRT I think. And the non-bright red comes out as fox brown.
I think Paintbrush is more accurate. Notice how blue and bright-blue hardly differ?
In Fuse the contrast is somewhat cranked up beyond what's true on a CRT I think. And the non-bright red comes out as fox brown.
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Anyway, how about a new image?
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Saracen?
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That's it.
I don't get why US Gold ever put this one out!
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That's a terrible game that I couldn't get it back in the day, formtunately.
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One aspect of the otherwise perfect-in-every-way Sinclair User was their Twilight Zone section, where they'd give write up very small reviews and no screenshot. No idea why they did this, unless printing a screenshot took up a lot of resources, but unfortunately Saracen falls into this category, so I never knew what it looked like.
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Fred?Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 10:52 am That's a terrible game that I couldn't get it back in the day, formtunately.
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Yep, I thought it was going to be harder.
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Har har. I always thought the colours are wrong, it should be green/red.
This is from a loading screen. There's a connection to one of the recent threads here.
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Oh. How can this not be Star Trek? And yet, it isn't!
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Spec... the final front ear
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Thunderbirds?
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Unfortunately no right guesses so far.
Will this help?
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Spoiler
You could think of it as an early FPS.
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Buggy Blast