Spectrum Computing

Today's game: Froggy, by DJL.



As Z-Man, this is a very decent conversion by DJL from the classic arcade game (my fave one, by the way!). Very payable, in spite of its poor graphics.

Having a go at The Brewery.



It's a decent, simple little management game. The most fun parts are naming your Brewery/product and watching the monthly sales. Unfortunately Beardo's brewery failed to make a name for its main beer - Hopf**ker, and it went belly up after a few months.

Remember it was made in 1983, so good luck if you want to charge more than £1 a pint.

It's very interesting to see how cool a management game can be (like this, seems cool!)

Maybe we should start a thread about how many types of (weird/cool) management games we can find for the Spectrum...

High Noon by Workforce



This little jewel from Workforce is a nice conversion from the very old Midway's Boot Hill arcade classic.

A western duel in which you have limited bullets and a moving stagecoach and two cactus as shields. Simple but addictive.

One of the first Spectrum games I've ever played. Great for a 1983 one. Even the crappy Chopin's Funeral March played when a player loses a life is a fond recall.

Its inlay is definitely erm, innnovative!

Uroboros.



Without doubt the best Snake game on the speccy, probably beyond.

Looks cool.

The only similar game I've ever played for the Spectrum is Light Cycle by PSS:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/inde ... 6&id=2879

River Raid by Activision.

Not the best graphics ever, not the best sound ever, but is highly payable. I love it.

Wolfman by CRL.

Sounds like a standard Sunday morning hangover.

I tried playing Wolfman, and got out of the village without much problem, but am now stuck.
Pros:
It's got some nice atmospheric writing.
An interesting first puzzle.
Cons:
It doesn't differentiate between things it doesn't understand and things you can't do, so it's not obvious whether you have the idea or the wording wrong.
There's a bug where 'remove key' works but 'take key' breaks the game.
I'm rather surprised it's from 1988 as it seems very similar in tech to a Scott Adams game from 1980.

It's weird - the reviews mention gruesome images but it seems to be pure text so far (unless I'm missing something in emulation).

Z-Man, if you fancy a short gaming. A cute Pac Man game for the Spectrum.

Hunt the Hurkle - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=16720



Just found this one looking into "Maze" games, and the concept is pretty interesting. It is just a treasure hunt: you move, the computer inform if you're good on the track or not, but you can play with different set of clues: warm/cold, bearing, how many units again. There are 10 different sets including variations.

Jason's Gem - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2579

Just rediscovered this game, I'm pretty sure I saw pictures on magazines, but never played it. Reminds me the first multilevel games on the Speccy, and I can say the map looks cool:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-xC5VMeDg

I'm a big fan of Jasons Gem. I've no idea why, because it's so hard to even get to the platform levels, let alone finish the game, but, I seem to have some odd fondness for it.

Penetrator by Melbourne House. Great game with a mix of good sounds, simple but effective graphics and a great gameplay. A very great conversion.



Any other good Scramble clone for the Spectrum?

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:42 am Any other good Scramble clone for the Spectrum?

I was going to say that nothing comes close to it for thrill and playability, but that was because I'd forgotten that I only ever play a hacked version with fire & right as separate keys.

So instead I'm going to post two games here.

Light Cycle by PSS.



Another quick gaming option. The only Tron clone I know for the Spectrum.

Mapsnatch by Dinamic.



Based on a classic board game called Risk by Hasbro, the aim of the game is conquer Europe. It's divided into 12 countries, each one armed with 4 armies. you play in turns with dice conquering countries and facing enemy armies.

This enjoyable game was one of Dinamic's early releases.

Zythum by Mirrorsoft.

Crime Busters by Players, inspired by Namco arcade game Mappy.
Very nice graphics and animation, I can recommend it.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1155

Used to enjoy that game... Seemed very slick & polished.

One of Players better efforts.

Pegaz wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:58 pm Crime Busters by Players, inspired by Namco arcade game Mappy.

Yep one of my favourites now and back in the day. Uncomplicated fun, great graphics with outstanding use of PAPER.

Was browsing through my collection sorting through Bleepload games (mostly, because I’d just figured out how to modify them and keep the loader intact), and found this gem: Soldier of Fortune





Beautifully smooth scrolling with no back buffer. The scenery is drawn directly to the screen via the stack. Very impressive.

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:38 pm Beautifully smooth scrolling with no back buffer. The scenery is drawn directly to the screen via the stack. Very impressive.

Multi directional scrolling at that and colours as well! Very impressive looking, will have to give it a go later. Thanks mate!

Ersh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 3:32 pm

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:38 pm Beautifully smooth scrolling with no back buffer. The scenery is drawn directly to the screen via the stack. Very impressive.

Multi directional scrolling at that and colours as well! Very impressive looking, will have to give it a go later. Thanks mate!

You might want to grab my fixed version, then. Nothing too grand, but I fixed a couple of small annoyances (bloody Bleepload can be a little stubborn sometimes).