Spectrum Computing

Right then...

Pac-Mania by Grandslam
Pang by Ocean
Panic Dizzy by Code Masters
Paperboy by Elite
Pentagram by Ultimate
Peter Beardsley's International Football by Grandslam
Phantis by Dinamic Software
Phantomas by Dinamic Software
Pinball by Sagittarian Software
Ping Pong by Imagine
Pipe Mania by Empire
Pool by CDS Microsystems
Pyjamarama by Mikro-Gen

Tell me what I've missed, and we'll start the poll at 10am Monday 23rd July (UK time).

I'd add Panic by Mikro-Gen. Love the arcade game and this is one of those Spectrum conversions as funny as the original.



Perico Delgado Maillot Amarillo, a good cycling game (not many for the Spectrum)



Also:

Penetrator by Melbourne House.



Pheenix by Megadodo (another good conversion)



Pyracurse.



Psycho City.

And I have a question: Phantomas has a sequel, Phantomas 2 (excellent game, my fave Dinamic game) but released as 'Vampyre' in the UK.

Should we include it here or in the V thread? I think we should take into account the original release.

Pac-Land:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3577
nothing special but I recall some people like it
By the way, do we have any good version of Pacman on Spectrum?

Panama Joe:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3591
not a chance to win but a classic, probably much bigger on other platforms where it's known as Montezume Revenge

Paris-Dakar:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3623
I would add it, a huge, very colourful Spanish racing game, quite impressive

Pheenix:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3690
Well known, playable classic

Percy the Potty Pidgeon:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3851
another classic

I could add more if required. Quite a lot of decent games under "P" I guess.

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:27 am
By the way, do we have any good version of Pacman on Spectrum?

I've always loved Z-Man. It has good graphics and sound, all you need to enjoy it. A great candidate for the 'Z' poll.

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:27 am By the way, do we have any good version of Pacman on Spectrum?

Yes, the arcade version. There's a Pac-Man emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 which emulates the arcade hardware, allowing the original Pac-Man ROMs to run (almost) unmodified. More info.: http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/

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Yes, the arcade version.

I know it and totally agree Actually . it's great project.

So i asked my question badly. Actually I wanted to ask:

Is there any good classic Spectrum version of Pacman from the 80s?
And does it have a name starting with "P" so we could include it in this poll?

I recall a lot of clones but rather poor quality.

The Pawn - Rainbird Software

This was a really great adventure.

My suggestions are:

Painter by A'n'F Software
Panzadrome by Ariolasoft
Peter Pack Rat by Silverbird Software
Phantom Club by Ocean Software
Pippo by Mastertronic
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns by Activision
Planets, The by Martech Software
Platoon by Ocean Software
Pogo by Ocean Software
Popeye by DK'Tronics
Power Drift by Activision
Project-X: The Microman by Compass Software
Pssst by Ultimate Play The Game
Psycho Pigs U.X.B. by U.S. Gold
Pud Pud by Ocean Software
Pyramid, The by Fantasy Software

My suggestions are:

Pssst, of course! How could we forget it?

WIWC wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:27 pm My suggestions are:

Psycho Pigs U.X.B. by U.S. Gold

I never played it, but upon reading that I instantly remembered the advertisement for the game.

Could be an interesting vote this one. A couple of games I played a lot in there.

A played many of them a lot. Really a huge and great list.

This is going to be a pretty tricky one. There are four outstanding ones for me:

Pippo - A great budget tittle with some good music.

The Pawn - all time great adventure

The Pyramid - one of the first games I played.

But, for me it’s got to be Ping Pong!! Easily one of the best sports games on the spectrum and probably the best table tennis game on any system and that title tune!!! After over 30 years I still know it off by heart. Superb.

Apologies if these have already been mentioned:

Psytron
Pacmania
Pentagram
Panzadrome
Paperboy
Ping Pong
Pipemania
Plotting
Pogo
3D Pool (Firebird)
Pool (CDS)
Power Drift
Punchy
Puzznic
Pyjamarama

Pyjamarama for me, but there's some cracking games in there - it's everything 'O' wasn't.

Penetrator then Power Drift for me Almost the first and almost the last Specy games I played!

Another slightly obscure early one I played round at my friends: Pterodactyl!

stformatjez wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:19 pm Penetrator then Power Drift for me Almost the first and almost the last Specy games I played!

Another slightly obscure early one I played round at my friends: Pterodactyl!

Pterodactyl? ...Do you mean this one?

Morkin wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:57 pm

stformatjez wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:19 pm Penetrator then Power Drift for me Almost the first and almost the last Specy games I played!

Another slightly obscure early one I played round at my friends: Pterodactyl!

Pterodactyl? ...Do you mean this one?

Oh no! Major fail on my part!! Yes, that’s the one though - I just remember it being phonetically Pterodactyl! I see what they’ve done there though.

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:27 am Pac-Land:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3577
nothing special but I recall some people like it

I'm baffled.

The only people I know who like it, like the arcade version, or indeed pretty much ANY version other than the Spectrum. I include myself in this. The bodged conversion of this great horizontal scrolling game to a flip-screen atrocity (on one screen where you reach the far right, you find yourself stuck until you jump over the unseen fire hydrant that just happens to be at the start of the next screen!)

Vampyre wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:50 am 3D Pool (Firebird)

That'll come under '#' (numeric characters), which will be the 'letter' after Z.

Pssst is probably the earliest great classic here, but my vote will deffo go to Pyjamarama.
The next letter is gonna be my favourite, it includes my all time fave speccy game

I'm going to get the vote started a day later - tomorrow from 10am. Another 'thing' has just come up (and I'll explain these soon).

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:21 am And I have a question: Phantomas has a sequel, Phantomas 2 (excellent game, my fave Dinamic game) but released as 'Vampyre' in the UK.

Should we include it here or in the V thread? I think we should take into account the original release.

Good point. I think it should be included here. Original being priority, so we're counting this as Phantomas 2. CodeMasters put it out here as Vampire, so we'll ignore that when it comes to V...