Spectrum Computing

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).

Done, thanks!

Testing vector games I've just stumbled into Protron, Rafael Garcia (Spain), 1986 (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=17032), published on the Enter Spectrum cassette magazine. The way it generates the random map is really interesting.

Emilio Butragueño Fútbol by Topo.



It hasn't aged very well, but back in the day was a good conversion of the superb Tehkan World Cup arcade game. Many hours playing it in those days.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:54 am Emilio Butragueño Fútbol by Topo.



It hasn't aged very well, but back in the day was a good conversion of the superb Tehkan World Cup arcade game. Many hours playing it in those days.

...And unlike most football titles, the loading screen actually bears a vague resemblance to the player...

Have been having a go at Astro Blaster, Quicksilva 1983.

Keep coming unstuck in the asteroid bits. It's easy to lose a few lives in succession. Very nice shooter though.

Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:37 pm Have been having a go at Astro Blaster, Quicksilva 1983.

This game was included on the Quicksilva collection included on the Timex Sinclair 2068 box

I love Astro Blaster. Good choice.

By the Way, [mention]Morkin[/mention] , cool gif! Could you give us a quick tutorial about how to make one? I'd like to make a lot!

Can't remember if I ever used to play it much in the 80s.. Very playable game though.

Oh, the recording is just from ZX Spin, which has a recording menu (Recording > Video > Configure Output and select 'Animated GIF').

Just discovered this: A text adventure based on Star Wars... seems cool!

https://youtu.be/ur4RpgOF2Nc

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index ... =18920

Just discovered this: A text adventure based on Star Wars... seems cool!

Looks rather simple. And definitely not official and licensed
But still you can feel some true young passion behind it.

Zythum. By Mirrorsoft.

Sai Combat, probably one of the best 1 vs 1 martial arts games for the Spectrum: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=4304





Full live gameplay (in spanish)

https://youtu.be/CfZW_myGMc0

Android One by Vortex Software. One of the first Spectrum games I've ever played. Very cool, but I've always thought a bit longer map would have been great. A nice game, anyway.

WIWC wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:28 pm Zythum. By Mirrorsoft.

Just gave it a try. The wizard jumps as if he were Daley Thompson.

Hard to control.

ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.

WIWC wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 am ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.

Something tells me you like this game!

I never really got into it, found it hectic in an unfair way. Why do you like it so much?

I liked it. Was mesmerized by it, in fact. Tough as nails, but definitely has the “one-more-try” factor to it.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:52 am

WIWC wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 am ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.

Something tells me you like this game!

No. He keeps posting the same message. Worrying.

ARE YOU OK, MATE?

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