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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:52 pm
by Stefan
Can we have a multi vote poll? Just selecting one game just feels so wrong. Otherwise I may need to create some sock puppets
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:04 pm
by R-Tape
It's up to Prodge of course but we'd lose consistency with all previous votes. One works for me.
Stefan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:52 pm
Otherwise I may need to create some sock puppets
Edited by moderator, reason: terrible joke about macrame.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:54 pm
by Pegaz
Looks like, we forgot Gyroscope...
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:46 pm
by Stefan
Ralf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:50 am
I would also add
Grell and Falla
It's no winner here and maybe not so popular as it came to the market in final days of commercial Spectrum when everybody was moving to other platforms.
But It's a really polished game, very pretty and colourful with lots of content and hours of gameplay.
The RZX walkthru is NINE HOURS!!! After which it just wraps round from level 50 to level 1!!! - well what do you expect for 3.99
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:52 pm
by PeterJ
Rather late in the day, but here is a complete list of games starting with 'G'
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=54
[mention]PeteProdge[/mention] if you give me a few days notice before you start 'H' I will send you the link so you can post it with the first message.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:59 pm
by PeterJ
MonkZy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:19 pm
I have a fondness for a game called 'golf'. Pretty sure it was written in BASIC and was bought from a small ad in the Sinclair User. It was the only computer game I ever played with my Dad.
I wonder if this was Pro Golf from Hornby Software. This advert was in Sinclair User.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10082
GM Software also advertised Golf in Sinclair User:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=20189
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:30 pm
by Morkin
Ah, cool - thanks.
I'm going to vote for
Gath... And Mire Mare when we get to 'M'..
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:41 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
There are plenty of Golf games... we should make an only-golf games poll!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:45 pm
by MonkZy
[mention]PeterJ[/mention] The game was called Troon, and was made by the same software house - Hornby Software.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:17 pm
by Pobulous
Should G-Force be included?
Apparently it was initially called Tempest, but there's no cassette inlay of it called that.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:24 pm
by PeterJ
[mention]Pobulous[/mention]
Our search engine picks it up with either title, but as it's listed in ZXDB as 'Tempest' I think we leave it until we get to the 'T's. Its up to [mention]PeteProdge[/mention] though as master of the A-Z.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5178
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:04 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
In certain cases like this, I think it should considered the first name (Tempest) and not the 'aka' (G-force).
Anyway, it's Pete Prodge's choice! (As Peter said, the 'master of AZ')
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:20 pm
by 5MinuteRetro
Dunno why but I like to look up these cottage-industry software houses on Google Street View, not least because they are almost always literally houses. This one is particularly pretty:
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:02 am
by PeteProdge
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: discussion
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:03 am
by PeteProdge
Pegaz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:54 pm
Looks like, we forgot Gyroscope...
I did, but it's now in the actual live poll! Thanks for the reminder.