Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:39 pm
Three Weeks In Paradise?
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Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:54 pm
Either Knight Lore or Pentagram?
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 5:09 pm
Underworlde
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:10 pm
- ZX Spectrum
- "push-scrolling" is awful
- pick one
(I personally wish there'd been more "Stuntman Seymour" stuff pre-1992 EOL panic, although the levels could look very spartan once they ran out of memory)
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:15 pm
None of the above.
Think of it, it's a really hard game...
"Back in the day, I got a copy of this game with infinite lives. Even so, it was really hard to reach the end"
Think of it, it's a really hard game...
"Back in the day, I got a copy of this game with infinite lives. Even so, it was really hard to reach the end"
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:17 pm
It's like evolution. We have unlimited tries (until the sun implodes) and we keep getting better, but nobody ever wins.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:15 pm None of the above.
Think of it, it's a really hard game...
"Back in the day, I got a copy of this game with infinite lives. Even so, it was really hard to reach the end"
Too soon?
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:23 pm
Dan Dare III?
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:49 pm
Good shot, but no.
The definite clue:
"At the middle of the game, the random colour of a gem is the key to choose the correct colour in a later screen to go on the game. In those days I played with a B/W telly so it was almost impossible to continue!"
The definite clue:
"At the middle of the game, the random colour of a gem is the key to choose the correct colour in a later screen to go on the game. In those days I played with a B/W telly so it was almost impossible to continue!"
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:09 pm
OK, so that'll be Dinamic then probably
Abu Simbel Profanation?
[Edit: Yep, looks like it..! If I'm right anyone feel free to jump in]
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:34 am
Congratulations!
We have a winner!
PS: Don't play that game with a B/W TV!
We have a winner!
PS: Don't play that game with a B/W TV!
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:28 am
Didn't know Abu Simbnel was part of a series. On its own, its all the game you could ever want. (But then, it was years before I realised that Fred and Sir Fred were related, so I'm maybe not the brightest).
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:30 am
I had to find out which “series” Abu Simbel Profanation was from. I only remember the Gremlin UK release and looking at the database, no other games are referred to as part of a series.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:29 am My turn:
"The main character is kind of funny and the animation quite good, but he looks completely different from his previous adventures.
If the game was a little easier I would rate it higher"
BUT the original Spanish instructions has this
So I guess it’s part of Saimazoom and Babaliba. I didn’t know that, I’ll have to give them a try.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:00 am
Yes, it's part of the 'Johnny Jones saga' (Saimazoom, Babaliba & Abu Simbel), as it is considered in ZXDB.
In fact, there was a fourth game, Crystalis, never released. In the last screen of Abu Simbel, the revealed message was "We see you in the Pole", implying there was going to be another sequel.
I think Abu Simbel was distributed in UK via Gremlin, unlike the previous games, hence the confusion.
In fact, there was a fourth game, Crystalis, never released. In the last screen of Abu Simbel, the revealed message was "We see you in the Pole", implying there was going to be another sequel.
I think Abu Simbel was distributed in UK via Gremlin, unlike the previous games, hence the confusion.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:46 pm
Its hard to know whether the awful jump and ladder attack were last minute amends to make this otherwise short game last longer.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:44 am
Hunchback?
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 am
Ooops, sorry. Forgot about this. Thats a good answer, but a bit cold, sorry.
Theres this review :
Theres this review :
But fortunately theres also this :It could have been better, I suppose.
A quirky and taxing platform game set into a giant fridge. Additional dangers like the freezing ray, that you must avoid while on the ladders, require a great deal of coordination. I had good fun with it back in the day and although it has not aged very well, I still regard it with some nostalgia.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:51 pm
That'll be Mr Freeze then I guess.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:27 pm
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:05 pm
What's this? :
An average conversion of a very popular arcade game. The game itself becames very boring after a while because you basically use the same method of attack.
It was good for a few plays that nothing to jump about.
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:08 pm
Probably Kung Fu Master
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:41 pm
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:31 am
Yay, have a go a this then:
"The aesthetic is clearly Manic Minerian in a very cute way, little in game tune included. The gameplay is different instead, it's not a platform, but a one screen you're-in-a-maze-so-collect-the-items-and-avoid-the-nasties game, although I'm not certain this is the technical name for it."
"The aesthetic is clearly Manic Minerian in a very cute way, little in game tune included. The gameplay is different instead, it's not a platform, but a one screen you're-in-a-maze-so-collect-the-items-and-avoid-the-nasties game, although I'm not certain this is the technical name for it."
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:50 am
Mutant Monty?
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:11 am
Re: Guess the game from the review (Spectrum 2.0)
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:41 am