Spectrum Computing

Just these left:

2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.

6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:11 am

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:29 am 7. Camelot Warriors

Yep, thought Juan might have got that one.

I wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t (upon request) made a couple of fixes for it. One of them was enabling the cheat mode, which revealed the “fall asleep in the 20th century” bit.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:48 am Just these left:

2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.

Horace goes Skiing?

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:48 am6 Xenon

Yes! Though thinking again I always have the Amiga version in my mind, which actually shows what I assume is Captain Xod emerging from the static. I wish the Speccy version did that.

Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:07 am Horace goes Skiing?

Silly bugger. No.

I think 2 is too hard, so here's a bit more that at least hints at the game:

Underneath this dead sun, beyond the surface lizards, beyond the tunnel of death, lay the biologic power generators of the evil Vard. The Vard, in all their hideous guises, had harnessed a colony of infant Zorr, and subjected them to the terror of biologic power, long since outlawed in the civilised zones.

2 - Shadowfire?

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:46 am 2 - Shadowfire?

Nope.

The game in question is very strange.

Sarlmoor

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:59 am The game in question is very strange.

I did wonder before about Deus Ex Machina, because the copy sounds a bit like something Mel Croucher might've penned. Now I'm not so sure but Deus Ex Machine is certainly strange, so let's try that...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:44 am I think 2 is too hard, so here's a bit more that at least hints at the game:

Underneath this dead sun, beyond the surface lizards, beyond the tunnel of death, lay the biologic power generators of the evil Vard. The Vard, in all their hideous guises, had harnessed a colony of infant Zorr, and subjected them to the terror of biologic power, long since outlawed in the civilised zones.

Wait, is this the one where you collect tapes?

Errr - Strangeloop?

While it could easily have been Horace goes Skiiing, Peter Shilton, Fred's Fan Factory or Mr Wong's Loopy Laundry, the answers is in fact:

Ersh wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:19 pmSarlmoor

Yep! That is one barking mad, slightly scary game. All done, drop me a PM if you've got an idea for a Friday Quiz™ and want to take next week's slot.

1 - You control this mutant creature who will stop at nothing to satisfy its only driving life force ... INSATIABLE, FEROCIOUS, VIOLENT HUNGER SQIJ

2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.. Sarlmoor

3 - The sort of town where rebuilding means a new coat of paint, and where people queue up to queue up for a job! Urban Upstart

4 - For countless nights I have slept chained to trees to keep my deathly curse at bay, but now I am here.. Knight Lore

5 - Your mother, The Android Queen, has been badly damaged in an accident. Your father has been locked in a fridge with evil spirits by your mother. (Nice family eh!). Soft & Cuddly

6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble. Xenon

7 - Thou fallest asleep in the 20th century and awake in the time of King Arthur and Camelot. Camelot Warriors

8 - Your plane crashlands in the dense jungle some distance from the headquarters. After deciding whether to go it alone or attempt the rescue together you set off. Ikari Warriors

9 - Out in the farthest reaches of our Galaxy there lives a rare creature known as the Tasty Space Griffin. Star Paws