Is the ZX Spectrum any good?

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Anonymous Mon Dec 23 12:08:25 2019 No.6089430 [Reply] [Original]

Is the ZX Spectrum any good?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 12:14:21 2019 No.6089435 >>6089430 No. Fuck no.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 12:15:48 2019 No.6089439 File: 318 KB, 925x1050, 1558554343210.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Only if you're a britbong boomer with nostalgia goggles. Garbage system with garbage games.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 13:22:57 2019 No.6089524

>>6089430
Yeah, it has plenty of fun and interesting titles. Many of them are very challenging and pretty primitive due to the weakness of the Spectrum, but being dismissive of the entire library because of that is pretty short-sighted. There are over 200 games I can recommend for you to check out if you like.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 13:42:40 2019 No.6089560 >>6089430 No. Only Rare games (Ultimate Play the Game) releases are good

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 13:56:47 2019 No.6089585

Greatly fascinated by this era of gaming even though I didn't experience it first hand. I bought an app full of Speccy games about 7-8 years ago. Very primitive - all these games get by on their charm/"soul" alone.

You should get a C64, which was recently released in stores, if you want to explore this era.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 15:16:58 2019 No.6089717 >>6089524 go ahead. make my day. how the fuck do I emulate it on win10? all I can find are emulators that actually COST MONEY! WTF is that shit. Paying for emulation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:19:56 2019 No.6089821 >>6089439 ...but not garbage enough to almost destroy our industry, eh, faggot Burger cunt... We didn't need to be rescued by the Nips - unlike you. Weak, pathetic, completely incompetent...

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:22:29 2019 No.6089828 Most of the games were better on the C64.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:46:58 2019 No.6089872 >>6089717 >all I can find are emulators that actually COST MONEY! WTF is that shit EmuZWin & Speccy are both decent, free, and have Win 10 builds. You didn't scroll down the first page of your search, did you?

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:51:45 2019 No.6089880
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>>6089717
Bear in mind that may of these games will be pretty simple, but are fun in shorter bursts.

Starstrike and Starstrike II are pretty cool space sims, a bit more action-focused than Elite

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:55:01 2019 No.6089890 File: 89 KB, 768x587, la-abadia-del-crimen-zx-spectrum-61.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089880 The Abbey of Crime is a 3D adventure title/murder mystery set in a medieval franciscan abbey.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:57:23 2019 No.6089893 File: 3 KB, 256x192, Abu Simbel Profanation.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089890 Abu Simbel Profanation is a platformer in which you explore an ancient ruin, uncovering runes and disabling traps to proceed deeper in search of treasure.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 16:59:06 2019 No.6089897 File: 50 KB, 750x562, screen1-3959-zoom.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089893 Abu Sinver Propagation on the other hand is basically a 3D isometric platformer version of the same premise.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:04:18 2019 No.6089903 File: 31 KB, 480x360, Academy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089897 Academy is a 3D, mission-based action game where you must make your way through the titular military academy by proving your worth as a space-skimmer pilot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:06:39 2019 No.6089907 >>6089821 You didn't even have the option for nip consoles because your backwater island is so insignificant

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:07:09 2019 No.6089910 File: 4 KB, 512x384, 320.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089903 Alien 8 is a 3D, Isometric puzzle-platformer where you must control a maintenance robot to free your ship from the control of hostile aliens.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:08:24 2019 No.6089915 File: 30 KB, 500x533, 5fa2424aeec0c1525aadaa451fdadaa3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Total Shit

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:10:09 2019 No.6089921 File: 44 KB, 480x360, Alien Highway.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089910 Alien Highway is a puzzle game in which you need to clear the way along a fortified highway for your droids to get from one end to the other.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:11:46 2019 No.6089924 File: 37 KB, 480x360, All Hallows.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089921 All Hallows is a spooky platformer where you play as a Jack O Lantern

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:14:47 2019 No.6089929 File: 6 KB, 256x192, Amaurote.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089924 Amaurote is an action title in which you pilot a spider mech and set out to explore a destroyed city in order to locate and eliminate an alien queen.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:20:01 2019 No.6089934 File: 29 KB, 777x570, Amnesia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089929 In Amnesia you awake in a room with no memories and a corpse at your feet. You don't know what happened, but you are holding a gun...

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:26:11 2019 No.6089940 File: 36 KB, 726x562, Anarchy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089934 Anarchy is a fast-paced overhead shooter in which you must clear out blocks with your tank while avoiding enemies.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:29:42 2019 No.6089947 File: 356 KB, 320x180, Ant Attack.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089940 In Ant Attack you brave a forbidden city crawling with giant ants in search of survivors to rescue.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:33:20 2019 No.6089960

>>6089907
>thriving vidya scene
>numerous computers to choose from, most with huge catalogues
>dev houses were making bank all over the country
>no market to sell to, apparently...
You're just some sore little queer bitch. Your output almost murdered your industry, ours didn't. Those are the facts. And if you're going to tell me that the quality of the games in your part of the world were better than Yurop's offerings during that era, then you need to take your fucking meds, brainlet. Demonstrably wrong (because you had the crash, you fucking simp), and utterly laughable. COPE. It's something we're going to hold over your heads until the end of time.
>Muh inferior PAL video standard, tho
Oh no! Some people had to play games at slower speeds/with a squashed image! Nice false equivalency. Are you honestly going to compare that with almost DESTROYING an industry? Get the fuck OUT.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:38:24 2019 No.6089976 File: 23 KB, 480x360, Arc of Yesod.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089947 Arc of Yesod is a platformer/shooter here you penetrate an alien city to destroy a mysterious monolith

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 17:58:03 2019 No.6090009

>>6089821
Your industry was too small to crash. European countries just didn't play video games much. You like to make this revisionism that there was this huge PC scene at the time and while it was bigger than the console market in the UK, the NA PC industry was bigger than the UK PC industry even though consoles were more popular here. You just didn't play video games. Even now your most popular games are annual FIFA releases.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 18:30:31 2019 No.6090063

>>6090009
>Your industry was too small to crash
...and yet the rest of the world couldn't stop buying our games. Even the Japs brought our games over, something that rarely - if ever - happened with your games. COPE.
>European countries just didn't play video games much
Or:
>I'm incapable of using an Internet browser to look for things (that will make me look fucking stupid)
Oooooor:
>Eurofags didn't play vidya, just because, and the behemoth studios that exist today just recently popped into existence; no back catalogues, or anything...
You imbecile.
>You like to make this revisionism that there was this huge PC scene at the time
Nope, just home micros and Sega making a fucking killing. How does it feel to be so ill-informed, you fucking mutt?
>the NA PC industry was bigger than the UK PC industry
What does this have to do with anything? What is the relevance, you mong?
>even though consoles were more popular here
SeeeeeeeeeeeeeeGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
>You just didn't play video games
You're a fucking idiot. Over a dozen computers to choose from, with most people owning two, and a giant catalogue of games for each format. And you talk about revisionist history...
>Even now your most popular games are annual FIFA releases
Aaaand there we have it. Now I know you're a spastic zoomer brainlet. Get. The. Fuck. OUT.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 18:42:15 2019 No.6090085 File: 7 KB, 264x191, IMG_4369.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089960 This is honestly one of the funniest replies I've ever gotten on this website.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 18:43:36 2019 No.6090087 >>6090009 >>6090063 Why does it have to be this way? Why the hate? Why are you bongs and mutts so prehistoric?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:01:53 2019 No.6090119 >>6089976 a skull in an astronaut suit! is this where this originates from? I love it!

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:04:51 2019 No.6090120 >>6090087 >Why are you bongs and mutts so prehistoric? because Europe is only UK. Why the fuck do Americans always only think of the UK when they actually say Europe?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:23:16 2019 No.6090152 File: 6 KB, 259x194, ATF.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090119 >>6089976 It is indeed my friend. ATF is a behind-the-back shooter where you take off to perform strikes on enemy bases. Note the impressive open world and map

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:24:47 2019 No.6090156 >>6090120 Why does it have to be that way?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:26:04 2019 No.6090158 File: 3 KB, 512x384, Atic Atac (ZX Spectrum).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090152 Atic Atac is one of Rare's top down action adventure titles. Think Zelda for the Spectrum.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:28:32 2019 No.6090164
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>>6090158
Skool Daze and its sequel Back to Skool are boarding school delinquent simulators. Cheat on your tests! Fight in the schoolyard! Prank your teachers! Don't get expelled!

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:28:48 2019 No.6090165 File: 79 KB, 756x573, trapdoor.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anybody played the Trap Door game? I think I emulated it once many years ago but don't remember anything. The show was kino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssqIbFTINas

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:33:23 2019 No.6090179 File: 35 KB, 480x360, A Bird In The Hand.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090164 "Batman: A Bird In The Hand" and "A Fete Worse Than Death" are adventure/beat-em-ups with an interesting multi-panel comic book presentation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:36:18 2019 No.6090189 File: 15 KB, 259x194, Batman.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090179 Meanwhile there is also a more traditional isometric platform adventure simply called "Batman"

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:43:11 2019 No.6090201
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>>6090063
You seem like you are tying your sense of self worth to the British computer gaming scene of the 80's. Are you doing OK? This isn't very healthy behavior, and it makes you seem childish and unbalanced. Why do you strongly about this?

>>6090189
Anyway try Bloodwych out, its a pretty decent "Dungeon Master" knockoff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:46:27 2019 No.6090204 File: 32 KB, 450x348, bloodaxe.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090201 Brian Bloodaxe is yet another decent Willy-style platformer. Note the Daleks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:50:47 2019 No.6090210 File: 99 KB, 800x600, Bruce Lee RH.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090204 You may be familiar with the Spectrum port of Bruce Lee, but try Bruce Lee RX, an enhanced port created recently.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:53:28 2019 No.6090216 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Brunilda.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090210 Brunilda is a beautiful story-driven adventure. The Spectrum actually has a pretty strong indie homebrew community to this day.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:55:54 2019 No.6090225 File: 161 KB, 640x507, Capn Rescue.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090216 The Cap'n Rescue trilogy pits you as a seacaptain against a series of classic platforming challenges.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:57:31 2019 No.6090226 I grew up with this garbage. Not even nostalgia can save it. There are exactly 0 Speccy games worth playing today.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 19:58:23 2019 No.6090227

>>6089430
Like most things British, they hold a kind of affection for their dreary and downtrodden position. The ZX Spectrum was inferior to many computers of the day, any real attempt to play the games today is more an academic exercise than it is an enjoyable one. As with everything, I'm sure there's some enjoyment to be had there, but I doubt most people could manage to spend a day playing Spectrum games due to their simplicity.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:04:24 2019 No.6090234 >>6090210 >you’ve tried shit! Now try Shit DX

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:10:30 2019 No.6090249
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>>6090225
In Castaway you are a stranded astronaut exploring in an attempt to repair his ship.

>>6090226
I'm an American, and I think plenty of this stuff is cool. Some of it is horrendously janky, but there is definitely enough to keep me interested. As far as early computer titles go, this is pretty cool.

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:13:12 2019 No.6090256
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>>6090249
Castlevania Spectral Interlude is a full-fledged Castlevania game for the Spectrum, and plays as a far more polished and expanded version of Simon's Quest. One of the best titles on the Spectrum.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:17:36 2019 No.6090259 >>6090256 >far more polished and expanded version of Simon's Quest So it runs at 60fps? Oh wait, Speccy is PAL-shit. 50fps? Not a chance. I haven't played it, but I guarantee it's no more than 25fps (and that's really optimistic).

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:20:55 2019 No.6090264 >>6089430 No

Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:36:00 2019 No.6090292
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>>6090259
More like the design is far better, with a more interesting world and better designed dungeons.

>>6090256
How about "Chaos"? Its a surprisingly robust multiplayer turn-based strategy title with a ton of units and a magic system.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:39:35 2019 No.6090298 File: 6 KB, 251x201, Chuckie Egg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090292 We've got the very early yet still fun platformer "Chuckie Egg". This game was everywhere given it came out in '83

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 20:55:06 2019 No.6090331 File: 258 KB, 1024x788, Circuitry02.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090298 We also have "Circuitry", a nifty platformer where you explore the inside of a computer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 21:03:15 2019 No.6090346 File: 3 KB, 256x192, Cobra.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090331 Or "Cobra", a pretty good run n' gun based off of one of Stallones shittiest films.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 23 21:43:05 2019 No.6090419 File: 369 KB, 1020x480, 1573879229606.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6089430 >Is the ZX Spectrum any good? Obligatory meme

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:03:17 2019 No.6090668 File: 19 KB, 480x360, Codename MAT.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090346 If you want more arcadey space sims you could go for Codename MAT

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:10:30 2019 No.6090675 File: 46 KB, 474x355, Contact Sam Cruise.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090668 If you want to get a little noire action, try Contact Sam Cruise. You play as a hard boiled detective out to solve a murder.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:12:23 2019 No.6090676 File: 6 KB, 256x192, CybernoidII-TheRevenge.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090675 For a little sci-fi shooting and exploration go for Cybernoid and Cybernoid II. Fight robots and fearsome beasts as you delve deep into an alien planet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:13:41 2019 No.6090678 >>6089430 British electric typewriter that managed to run some games. Nope.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:14:54 2019 No.6090683 File: 20 KB, 480x360, Cyclone.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090676 Or play as a rescue helicopter in Cyclone. Explore islands undergoing disaster, rescue survivors, and search for supplies to bring back to base.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:15:06 2019 No.6090684 The fuck is the difference between saying “the UK” and “Europe”? A few countries no one cares about maybe?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:16:53 2019 No.6090685 File: 119 KB, 690x358, jpg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Laser Squad was more playable and had a friendlier in the Spectrum than in PC. Also XCOM is just a Laser Squad mod that got out of control.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:17:51 2019 No.6090689 File: 20 KB, 526x396, dandarezx2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090683 It aint Metroid, but the Dan Dare trilogy is pretty sweet anyway. Explore bases, shoot baddies, and foil some alien plots.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:22:39 2019 No.6090696
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>>6090689
Dark Side along with the other commercial Freescape titles like Driller, Sphinx Jinx, Total Eclipse, etc. are archaic yet very cool. They may be better for IBM PCs or Amiga, but they are still playable here. It's fascinating to see how developers envisioned navigating 3 dimensional space in an adventure setting prior to that being the norm.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:24:44 2019 No.6090698 File: 35 KB, 480x360, The Dark.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090696 Speaking of ambitious titles, you could always try "The Dark". Its as close to Doom as you are going to get on the Spectrum.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:29:16 2019 No.6090705 File: 3 KB, 256x192, Dark Sceptre.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090698 Or try Dark Sceptre, a side scrolling strategy title where you raise an army and set them against your foes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:32:08 2019 No.6090709 File: 9 KB, 256x192, dark star.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090705 If you are still itching for more space shooters you could try Dark Star, although this one is pretty old and simple.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:34:10 2019 No.6090713 File: 68 KB, 642x467, DeadByDawn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090709 For your amateur Evil Dead adventuring needs you can try Dead by Dawn. Groovy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:36:06 2019 No.6090716 File: 139 KB, 994x712, Deep Core Raider.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090713 Or descend into the planets very center in Deep Core Raider!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:52:34 2019 No.6090735 based anon posting all these titles

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:56:56 2019 No.6090737
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>>6090735
Thanks! The Spectrum actually has a decent amount of exclusives (or near exclusives), which along with a hearty homebrew scene gives the weak little computer more interesting titles than I think a lot of people realize.

>>6090716
For example you can explore a sunken wreck in Deep Blue

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 00:58:30 2019 No.6090738 File: 30 KB, 480x360, Deflektor.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090737 Or manipulate mirrors and lasers in the extremely novel puzzle game Deflektor

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:01:37 2019 No.6090745 File: 210 KB, 1013x760, Descending Dungeons.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090738 Or if a roguelike is more your speed, pick a class and prepare to do battle in Descending Dungeons!

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:03:21 2019 No.6090747

>>6090696
>They may be better for IBM PCs or Amiga
>may be
They are way better.
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These look like SHIT.
No hidden gems?

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:04:53 2019 No.6090749
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>>6090745
This one is actually a big deal. Deus Ex Machina is an ambitious art game that tells the story of an artificial lifeform born from a glitch in a totalitarian computer-run society. It comes with an audio tape that you play, which narrates and provides music.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:08:44 2019 No.6090751
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>>6090749
There are a metric shit-ton of Dizzy games if you are into cute adventure-platformers. These were super popular, and are remembered fondly by middle-aged british nerds.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:11:57 2019 No.6090756 File: 3 KB, 272x208, doomdarksrevenge2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090751 The strategy RPGs Lords of Midnight and its sequel Doomdark's Revenge are also incredibly ambitious, atmospheric, and well remembered.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:15:08 2019 No.6090759 File: 9 KB, 960x720, dredd-over-eels.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090756 Still not enough isometric puzzle platformers? Try Dredd Over Eels for a tongue-in-cheek take on Judge Dredd.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:19:44 2019 No.6090762
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>>6090759
Or try Dun Darach, the Irish Elder Scrolls of its day. Gamble, trade, bank, ave conversations with the locals, explore, and fight your way through this open-world take on Irish mythology.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:20:14 2019 No.6090763
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It's worth visiting as a weird branch evolution of vidya. Spectrum games had their own subgenres and tropes that lived and died with the system. They had the same influences as console and arcade systems but went in their own direction with them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:23:16 2019 No.6090765 File: 45 KB, 450x286, dynamitedan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090762 The Dynamite Dan series offers some of the hardest platforming on the platform. Absolutely brutal stuff in both games.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:25:42 2019 No.6090767 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Earthlight.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090765 Or play Earthlight for a side-scrolling shooter with a weird isometric angle. Almost like Zaxxon flipped on its side.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:28:36 2019 No.6090768
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>>6090763
Precisely, the number of isometric puzzle platformers and huge, precise exploration platformers requiring more careful planning than pure reflex (similar to Jet Set Willy) were super popular on the Spectrum.

>>6090767
What microcomputer would be complete without a solid port of Elite?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:38:43 2019 No.6090772 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Equinox.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090768 Equinox is like a sillier Cybernoid. I had forgotten just how many exploration-shooters there were on this thing.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:53:04 2019 No.6090784
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Thank you to the person(s) actually contributing to this thread with on-topic Speccy recommendations. I'll give the ZX a go over the xmas time.
>>6090749
>Deus Ex Machina
I've got the audio of this with Jon Pertwee narrating. Never knew what the game was, it was just something I picked up in an old /who/ thread and sounds interesting.

Also, I remember playing an isometric game where you are an orb like thing with 4 legs, walking around destroying things? I'm pretty sure the game was ported to the C64 but they lost the isometric view and it wasn't as good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 01:59:53 2019 No.6090791 You're gonna post Rex eventually right

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:00:25 2019 No.6090792
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>>6090784
Its mostly me I think, I hate how many threads we get on /vr/ where people either don't talk about games at all or else talk about a small handful of games everyone has talked about to death.

>>6089929
I believe I already posted the game you are looking for, although the screenshot is a bit awkward as the mech is jumping.

>>6090772
You've heard of the Willyvania, where here's the Wallyvania in "Everyone's a Wally". His games incorporated more adventure elements than most platformers of the era. Earlier titles in the "Wally" series were more straight platformers though.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:03:44 2019 No.6090794
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>>6090792
Exolon has more spacey run n' gun goodness, look at those ludicrous gibs fly.

>>6090791
Absolutely, Rex fucking rocks. I'm mostly going in alphabetical order though, so it might take a bit, especially with Christmas Eve tomorrow.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:06:13 2019 No.6090796
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>>6089929

Amaurote's pretty cool, though the game is a lot simpler than it appears at first glance, with a limited selection of enemies and weapons. The fact that your projectiles will bounce around and even over the enemy you're trying to hit is frustrating but gives the game a certain addictive quality.

Ste Pickford's sprite work is excellent, you can kinda see how it influenced later games he worked on like Equinox and Plok.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:12:01 2019 No.6090803
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>>6090794
Yet more exploration, running, gunning, flying, exploring, and wild garish colors in the aptly named "Extreme"! (noticing a theme here? Spectrum devs loved their open-ended shooters)

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:16:24 2019 No.6090807 >>6089430 There's a dozen or so worthwile games, the rest is trash or curio

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:18:47 2019 No.6090808 File: 32 KB, 480x360, Fahrenheit 3000.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090803 One of the hardest Willy-likes on the market, Fahrenheit 3000's first jump might be too much for some of you anons. Pic very much related.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:22:08 2019 No.6090817 File: 5 KB, 256x192, Fairlight.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090808 Fight guards, explore the castle, and face near certain death in Fairlight 1 and 2

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 02:28:08 2019 No.6090828

>>6090156
that's what I'm wondering. I think Americans just suck too badly at geography AND because Americans only speak one language, heck all Anglos only speak one language. Britbongs, Burgers or Kangaroo rapists it doesn't matter they are equally stupid. United by speaking English. They just can't imagine they are talking to people whose native language isn't English so when they shit on "Europe" they just shit on the UK because it MUST be a Brit they are talking to, totally ignoring the great games Infograms did. But fuck Europe alright.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 08:40:17 2019 No.6091248

Anyone here have any experience with actually programming games for the ZX Spectrum, Commondore 64, or any other 8 bit computers back in the 1980s? Do you think that programmers nowadays how to make better use of these computers' assets, or the reverse is true and these skills have largely been lost during the Internet transition.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 10:12:53 2019 No.6091348 >>6090747 >muh graphics

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 10:50:55 2019 No.6091423
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>>6090817
Christmas Eve folks! Lets keep this rolling with "Finders Keepers", the first game in the Magic Knight series. A nice mix of Willyvania-ing and standard adventuring.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 10:53:24 2019 No.6091425 File: 21 KB, 480x360, Firefly.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091423 Here is our first Joffa Smith game on our list, Firefly! Yet another high quality exploration space shooter!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 10:58:55 2019 No.6091439 File: 30 KB, 480x360, Firelord.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091425 And here's Firelord, a beautiful, combat-heavy isometric adventure title. It feels like a Rare game without actually being one

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:03:13 2019 No.6091443
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>>6091439
Foggy's Quest is a beautiful indie platformer. Its great to see that some of the best games on the platform are pretty new. It makes the Spectrum feel alive in ways many retro platforms really don't.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:06:44 2019 No.6091448
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>>6091443
PREVIEWS

I normally lump series together in a single post, but Foggy's Quest 2 looks so good that I couldn't help tossing a screenshot in. Its looking even better than the first, and could be coming out any month now. Maybe one day we will be able to talk about Zniggy II like this.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:07:47 2019 No.6091449

>>6090737
>Thanks! The Spectrum actually has a decent amount of exclusives (or near exclusives), which along with a hearty homebrew scene gives the weak little computer more interesting titles than I think a lot of people realize.
You're welcome, I owned a speccy back in the day, it's just nice to see someone posting conducively in one of these threads rather than the usual shit-flinging.

I owned the game Chaos that you posted back in the day too, loved that as a kid, as basic as it looks it was great and as you probably know the precursor to laser squad and UFO/X-com etc.
Thrust was a great game also, Ironically the first game I ever bought.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:09:16 2019 No.6091452 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Gauntlet II.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091448 The Spectrum is also home to pretty top-notch ports of Gauntlets 1 and 2.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:12:12 2019 No.6091456 >>6089430 RoboCop was pretty memorable. https://youtu.be/ZD8SyQ_rQKQ

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:16:41 2019 No.6091460
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>>6091452
Another movie tie-in that doesn't suck! The Great Escape is based on the Steve McQueen movie of the same name. Can you escape the German POW camp and return to Allied territory?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:18:02 2019 No.6091462 >>6091456 I remember the day I bought that when it came out, I would have been around 12yo, i've always loved the title music

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:25:47 2019 No.6091475 >>6091460 That was a pretty good game too, never completed it tho, just remember having to attend lots of Roll Calls, think I bought it via one of those multi-game compendiums you used to be able to buy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:26:17 2019 No.6091478 File: 6 KB, 400x300, Green Beret.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091460 And a port of Konami's Green Beret! (Us Americans probably know it best from the NES port, retitled "Rush N' Attack")

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:29:11 2019 No.6091482 File: 8 KB, 256x192, Gunfright.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091478 Gunfright is one of Rare's later games for the platform. An adventure title where you play as a sheriff hunting bounties in a spooky old west town

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:29:47 2019 No.6091485 >>6090009 He's right.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:36:27 2019 No.6091494 >>6089960 i definitely saw you writing similar posts in another thread. please stop bullying us americans about our video game crash ok? we didn’t mean to do it. please

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:42:40 2019 No.6091507
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>>6091482
Super ambitious, Hacker and Hacker 2 have you as an intrepid young computer whiz who breaks into a non-public network. From there you must take control of security robots and use them to thwart the mechinations of a corrupt corporation via espionage.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:48:40 2019 No.6091520 File: 5 KB, 512x384, Hammerfist (ZX Spectrum).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091507 Or bust some heads in the appropriately named brawler "Hammerfist"

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:54:44 2019 No.6091534 >>6089430 That aesthetic is beautiful, unfortunately the keys are mushy ass and the games are more of a novelty than anything. I mean it's impressive what some people manage to get that thing to run but otherwise all the meh in the world to that thing.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 11:55:11 2019 No.6091537
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>>6091520
Head Over Heels is one of the best puzzle platformers on the Spectrum, and one of Rare's masterpieces. Play as Head (who can shoot), and Heels (who can jump higher and run faster), switching back and forth on the fly to combine their strengths and make your way through the game.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 12:11:28 2019 No.6091559 File: 2 KB, 256x192, Heartland.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091537 Let those spells fly in Heartland. You are on a quest to collect 6 pages of a spellbook to overthrow an evil tyrant.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 12:14:08 2019 No.6091563 File: 2 KB, 256x192, Heavy on the Magick.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091559 Or if summoning spells are more your speed try Heavy on the Magick. Each summonable creature has unique uses to help you explore and solve puzzles.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 12:20:45 2019 No.6091582 File: 67 KB, 256x192, HeroQuest-ReturnOfTheWitchLord.tzx-image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091563 This one is a tactical fighter that is actually an adaptation of a board game. Hero Quest holds some pretty sweet dungeon crawling.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 12:23:21 2019 No.6091589 >>6089430 No, look at the Commodore 64 instead.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 12:31:02 2019 No.6091613 File: 100 KB, 640x640, Highway Encounter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091582 Highway Enounter is the prequel to Alien Highway! More fast-paced shooting and puzzling as you work to deliver a bomb to the other end of the highway.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 13:05:39 2019 No.6091675 File: 47 KB, 480x360, Hobbit.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091613 The Spectrum also had text adventures! Try The Hobbit!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 13:42:14 2019 No.6091739 You got a loicense fer dat speccy m8?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 14:30:04 2019 No.6091830 File: 7 KB, 256x192, Hydrofool.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091675 Explore the murky deeps in Hydrofool!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 14:36:19 2019 No.6091843 File: 28 KB, 230x192, Hysteria.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091830 Or shoot lightning from your brain and mindfuck skeletons and unicorns in "Hysteria!"

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 14:39:39 2019 No.6091847
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>>6091843
Another really intriguing art game in "ID". You find that your computer has somehow gained sentience, and you communicate with the entity within in order to gain it's trust and learn more about what it is and why it is in your computer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 14:44:29 2019 No.6091854 File: 6 KB, 320x256, In Nililum Revertis.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091847 Another high minded text adventure in the psychological thriller "In Nihilum Revertis"

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 14:46:56 2019 No.6091860
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>>6091854
Or more high-quality Willy-ing with "The Incredible Shrinking Professor". Beautiful and creative environments are everywhere when you are the size of a quarter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:00:41 2019 No.6091872 File: 9 KB, 512x384, jet_set_luis_20.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091860 A more direct Willy clone in "Jet Set Luis". Check him out on his fabulous beach vacation!

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:03:16 2019 No.6091875
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>>6091872
Or we can get so direct that we are just playing homebrew Willy games. Here's Jet Set Willy Nightmare Edition. Travel through a world of dreams more bizarre than Willy's own house.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:10:58 2019 No.6091881 >>6089435 WTF? Spectrum is BAE

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:13:13 2019 No.6091887 >>6091875 >Willy games Now i'm interested

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:20:24 2019 No.6091896 >>6089439 If spectrum is shit, why there are 50+ new games for it every year? How much new Amiga games? Maybe one? Drop these C64 vs Spectrum wars

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:21:53 2019 No.6091898 >>6089430 Yes, Spectrum is the best!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:26:04 2019 No.6091906 >>6091881 Spectrum is dildos

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:31:06 2019 No.6091912
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Thanks to the anon who posted all them suggestions.

I can vouch for Brunilda, and I'll add two more contemporary homebrews.

Kyd Cadet II is an explorey platform game.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:33:50 2019 No.6091913
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>>6091912

And "una extraña historia" a silly overworld adventure.

My suggestion is to begin with homebrew games because the whole user experience is of course better, more on par with modern expectations.

Enjoy your retrogaming.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:35:22 2019 No.6091916
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>>6091875
Then here's the original Jet Set Willy. Go for "Jet Set Willy 2", which is really just an expanded version of 1 with the bugs fixed. Jet Set Willy is actually a sequel to Manic Miner, a much less impressive yet still fun title. Willy is sort of a flagship game for the platform. It's expansive, creative, colorful, and extremely difficult. Give it a go if you haven't already.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:37:31 2019 No.6091918 >>6091896 >If spectrum is shit, why there are 50+ new games for it every year? How much new Amiga games? It'a almost like the Amiga is a much complex system and harder to develop anything for.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:40:49 2019 No.6091923
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>>6091916
One of Rare's first big hits, Jetpac is an arcade shooter where you must refuel your ship while shooting and avoiding various space hazards and aliens. Rare owes much of its early success to this game, and a playable version is found in DK 64.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:47:16 2019 No.6091929
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>>6091923
Knight Lore, in Rare's lauded Saberman series. Play as Saberman, and puzzle and platform your way through the game finding potion ingredients to break your werewolf curse! Features a day/night cycle along with appropriate werewolf transformations!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:47:45 2019 No.6091930 >>6091918 Seriously, Spectrum coding is just moving some bytes around. Amiga coding involves some very complex custom chips you have to master the quirks of.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:50:49 2019 No.6091935
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>>6091929
There's also the "Knight Orc" trilogy, a complete text adventure where you play as a lone orc against the world. Or do you? This one gets pretty weird.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 15:55:36 2019 No.6091940 >>6091930 That's the most idiotic thing I have heard today. If you want performance on the ZX you need to program in ASM and easy it is not. The ZX has an older, more dedicated and more skilled fanbase.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:03:43 2019 No.6091946
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>>6091935
The follow-up to Spellbound and Finders Keepers, Knight Tyme features more straight adventuring, time travel, and space travel.

>>6091912
>>6091913
Excellent suggestions, I totally agree with your assessment regarding the accessibility of homebrew titles. Thanks for showing me some cool games anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:05:36 2019 No.6091948 File: 6 KB, 512x384, Laser Squad.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6090685 >>6091946 Excellent suggestion, Laser Squad is a fantastic game.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:12:12 2019 No.6091952 File: 6 KB, 291x212, lordsofchaos.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091948 If you want more fantasy in your turn based tactics, try Lords of Chaos instead!

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:12:37 2019 No.6091953

>>6091946

No thank _you_ for such a list.
Now and then I see this topic popping up on 4chan or other IBs: a 10-set of introductory games with different genres would be useful.

Tho such a shortlist wouldn't be easy to come up with: apart from Brunilda and something by Paul Jenkinson, there are many other excellent titles. The ZX doesn't really have a killer app like, say, a console.

>>	Father Electronics Couture Tue Dec 24 16:16:23 2019 No.6091957 I'm saying "zee ex" and you can't stop me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:19:03 2019 No.6091961 >>6091957 zäta ecks spektrum

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:27:41 2019 No.6091971
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>>6091952
Lunar Jetman is the big sequel to Jetpac. Use your rover to transport a bomb to destroy an alien base. Along the way you may be forced to leave your vehicle to fight and perform amateur roadway construction.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:40:17 2019 No.6091982 File: 5 KB, 256x192, Magical Tower Advture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091971 For something a little meatier try Magical Tower Adventure, an RPG

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:43:47 2019 No.6091987 File: 20 KB, 480x360, Marsport.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091982 Marsport is another complex adventure title from the makers of Dun Darach.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:49:18 2019 No.6091992 >>6091982 Phenomenal coffee-break roguelite.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:50:55 2019 No.6091993
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>>6091987
It also has a serviceable port of Mercenary. Stranded on an alien planet you must join factions and perform missions to earn enough cash to buy your way off this rock.

This is much better on Amiga, but so it goes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:52:23 2019 No.6091995 File: 23 KB, 371x313, midnight_resistance_flamethrower.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091993 And a really good port of Midnight Resistance. Maybe the best run n gun on the platform.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:55:42 2019 No.6091998 File: 5 KB, 320x256, missile-defence-zx-spectrum-screenshot-next-level-a-plane.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6091995 Along with a pretty good Missile Command port in Missile Defence

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:57:31 2019 No.6092001
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>>6091998
PREVIEW ALERT!!!

Hopping ahead a bit for a preview of Ryan Mclane, a run and gun, platformer adventure in the works. It looks phenomenal. Keep your eyes peeled for this one folks!

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:59:07 2019 No.6092003
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>>6092001
Just as prolific as the Dizzy series is the Monty series of platformers. They are super charming and play great! There are a ton of them, so give them a try until you find one you like.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 16:59:46 2019 No.6092005 Burger here, these games look pretty good. What's the best choice for emulation?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:05:14 2019 No.6092012 File: 142 KB, 1280x720, Monty Honey Run.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092005 I use Fuse, which seems pretty popular. I'm a burgerman myself. >>6092003 On to the homebrew Montys! First up is Monty's Honey Run!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:06:17 2019 No.6092014 File: 11 KB, 960x715, mattols01.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092012 And then the spooky spooky Monty Mole and the Temple of Lost Souls!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:24:54 2019 No.6092049 File: 5 KB, 256x192, Movie.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092014 And Movie, its an adventure game as well as a game engine designed to make more cinematic, sophisticated titles for the Spectrum.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:30:26 2019 No.6092064
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>>6092049
Myth is a super cool platformer with plenty of shooting and swordplay. This is a totally different version than what was found on other platforms of the era. Some consider this one the best of the bunch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:34:24 2019 No.6092071 File: 25 KB, 480x360, Nebulus.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092064 Nebulus is a challenging puzzle title in which you must climb towers, avoid enemies, and get your cute little guy to the top.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:43:08 2019 No.6092086 The Spectrum had a _lot_ of those explore-a-huge-ass-maze games. I guess the hardware was particularly suited for it.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:45:45 2019 No.6092092

>>6090009
>Your industry was too small to crash.

Incorrect. Britain had the highest number of computer users per-capita than any other country. The reason there was no crash was because British users could program and supply fresh new games, where as the Americans were reliant on consoles and the crap that companies served them.

> European countries just didn't play video games much.
I can't even.

> You like to make this revisionism that there was this huge PC scene at the time and while it was bigger than the console market in the UK, the NA PC industry was bigger than the UK PC industry even though consoles were more popular here.
> Highest. Per. Capita. Computer. Ownership. In. The. World.

> You just didn't play video games. Even now your most popular games are annual FIFA releases.
Majority of best indie PC releases made in Europe. "Nintendo doesn't give you programmers."

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:51:09 2019 No.6092103 File: 36 KB, 480x360, Nether Earth.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092071 Nether Earth is one of the first RTS titles, published back in '87 and predating Dune II by years.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 17:56:56 2019 No.6092110 File: 5 KB, 256x192, Nightmare on Halloween.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092103 More spooky fun in Nightmare on Halloween. For some reason the homebrew scene is really into this theme.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:01:48 2019 No.6092123

>>6092092
>The reason there was no crash was because British users could program and supply fresh new games, where as the Americans were reliant on consoles and the crap that companies served them.
You know any fag could run down to the local Radio Shack and get a TRS-80. Or Commodore machines could be had at any department store.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:13:12 2019 No.6092152 >>6091462 Think it was one the highest revised Spectrum games and stayed in the charts forever.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:14:14 2019 No.6092156 >>6092152 Reviewed*

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:15:26 2019 No.6092161 >>6092092 >the NA PC industry was bigger than the UK PC industry even though What was the population of the US in the 80s versus the population of Britain?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:51:05 2019 No.6092196 >>6092152 I remember being amazed by the synthesised speech, I think it was only the 3rd game i'd heard speech on on my speccy, they other two being Ghost Hunters and Treassure Island Dizzy

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 18:54:00 2019 No.6092202 File: 289 KB, 661x515, Soldier of Fortune.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Soldier of Fortune is an excelent action platfformer similar in atmosphere to Ghost'n Goblins.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 19:25:41 2019 No.6092234 File: 5 KB, 640x512, ChuckieEgg-AnF.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just got pic related, how do I setup the controls

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 19:30:52 2019 No.6092245 >>6089717 http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/ My personal favourite, does fullscreen properly which a lot of common recommendations like FUSE don't

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 19:42:33 2019 No.6092263 >>6092234 bump

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 20:36:29 2019 No.6092337 >>6092245 Nice, some other emulators there too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:13:03 2019 No.6092385 File: 3 KB, 256x192, nightshade-zx-spectrum-screenshot-06.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092110 Nightshade is another of Rare's isometric adventures, and conveniently also has a horror theme.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:15:01 2019 No.6092390 File: 352 KB, 800x602, NIXY.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092385 Nixy the Glade Sprite is a beautiful indie platformer with a fantasy theme and gorgeous visuals.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:17:44 2019 No.6092394 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Ocean Conquerer.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092390 Ocean Conquerer is a submarine simulation, recommended only for the most hardcore retro sim enthusiasts.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:18:56 2019 No.6092396 The games aren't as good as they look. Most of them just have you laboriously walk through a maze looking for whatever the game wants you to collect.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:19:33 2019 No.6092398
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>>6092394
In Ooze you platform as a ball of slime, but with the addd ability to stick to the ceiling as well as the floor.

>>6092202
Great suggestion! I actually didn't know about this one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:20:34 2019 No.6092402 >>6092234 >>6092263 Help

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:23:34 2019 No.6092405 File: 30 KB, 782x597, Order of the Sleeping Dragon.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092398 When your hometown is beset by demons you must seek out the mysterious Order of the Sleeping Dragon in the action adventure of the same name.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:28:20 2019 No.6092413
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>>6092402
Depending on the emulator you use you may have the ability to rebind keys on your own keyboard. The Spectrum didn't have a "standard" keyboard, and many games had unorthodox control schemes compared to more contemporary ones. Some games also didn't have many control options so you may be out of luck unless you perform the before-mentioned emulator configuration.

>>6092405
Outland is an action adventure that begins aboard a space station

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:30:41 2019 No.6092420 File: 156 KB, 640x472, Page and the Curse of the Pharoah.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092413 Page and the Curse of the Pharaoh has you exploring dusty Egyptian ruins at night

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:36:48 2019 No.6092427 File: 118 KB, 640x480, Pentacorn Quest.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092420 Pentacorn Quest is another new platformer with a focus on exploring ruins and dealing with mythical beasties.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:39:08 2019 No.6092429 File: 83 KB, 800x520, Pentagram.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092427 Pentagram on the other hand is another of Rare's fantastic isometric puzzle platformer adventures.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:42:31 2019 No.6092434 File: 19 KB, 480x360, Target Renegade.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Target Renegade it's probably the best beat 'em up for the ZX Spectrum. Very playable, memorable stages and enemies and a great melancholic soundtrack.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:43:16 2019 No.6092436 File: 26 KB, 757x570, Prelude to CHaos.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092429 Prelude to Chaos is a puzzleing sort of adventure title

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:45:34 2019 No.6092438 File: 10 KB, 487x394, Rex.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Rex is a difficult but good action game about a Rhino soldier in an sci-fi setting. Some good animations there too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:47:32 2019 No.6092439 File: 43 KB, 480x360, Quazatron.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092436 Quazatron is a stylish action title where you use the parts of vanquished enemies to build up your own mech.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:48:42 2019 No.6092441 File: 7 KB, 971x630, RType3b.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092439 And yes, the Spectrum even has a decent port of R-Type.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:50:55 2019 No.6092446 File: 38 KB, 480x360, Goody.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Goody is an spanish adventue game about a funny burglar. Quite difficult but charming.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:51:42 2019 No.6092447 >>6092439 Not much of a point in playing it when Paradroid exists.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:51:45 2019 No.6092448 File: 13 KB, 768x576, Rabbit in Nightmareland.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092441 Rabbit in Nightmareland is a grisly reimagining of "Alice in Wonderland" for the ZX Spectrum

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:54:59 2019 No.6092451
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>>6092448
Delve deep into dungeons and run for your life to escape from relentless zombies in Realm of Impossibility. I love the aesthetics of rising plateaus and diving cliffs that make up this world.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 21:58:14 2019 No.6092458 File: 25 KB, 480x360, Rebelstar.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092451 The Rebelstar series is one of Julian Gallup's first projects on the way to X-Com. I believe it even predates Laser Squad.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:02:22 2019 No.6092465 File: 6 KB, 256x192, Rick Dangerous.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092458 Explore ruins and avoid traps in the Rick Dangerous series!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:04:33 2019 No.6092471 File: 7 KB, 256x192, robin-of-the-wood-zx-spectrum-screenshot-robin-shoots-an-arrow.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092465 Or play as Robin Hood in Robin of the Wood

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:06:36 2019 No.6092474 >>6092471 Run the deadly maze in Rubicon!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:07:38 2019 No.6092478 File: 290 KB, 1014x779, Rubicon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092474 Oops, pic related! I can't believe its taken me this long to forget to attach a pic!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:09:01 2019 No.6092480 File: 100 KB, 620x368, saboteur.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092478 Get some stealth action going in the Saboteur series!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:11:46 2019 No.6092484 File: 45 KB, 480x360, Sabre Wulf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092480 Rare's Sabre Wulf brings you into the jungle for exploration and malaria! Playing as our hunter here from the darkest wild makes you feel just like a child!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:14:02 2019 No.6092491 File: 15 KB, 256x178, Scuba Dive.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092484 Find Treasure and angry fish in Scuba Dive!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:15:43 2019 No.6092492 File: 5 KB, 256x192, Scumball.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092491 Explore some more in Scumball!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:18:26 2019 No.6092493 File: 375 KB, 1600x834, Sentinel.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092492 Take down the solemn Sentinel from his high perch in this 3D puzzle game of the same name. Beware its gaze, it watches from on high.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:21:29 2019 No.6092498 File: 4 KB, 258x194, Shadowfire.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092493 Assemble your team of 6 experts and work together to rescue the ambassador in the strategy adventure Shadowfire

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:26:47 2019 No.6092507 File: 39 KB, 480x360, Smash TV.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092498 BIG MONEY! BIG PRIZES! I LOVE IT! Win big in Smash TV, or be given the consolation prize of a pine casket in this futuristic bloodsport.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:28:40 2019 No.6092510 File: 4 KB, 512x384, Space Crusade.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092507 Fight for the Terran Empire in Space Crusade, an adaptation of Warhammer 40K

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:29:57 2019 No.6092516 File: 124 KB, 1440x1080, Starglider_2_-_1989_-_Rainbird_Software.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092510 Shoot your way through space in the Starglider series!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:32:23 2019 No.6092519 File: 24 KB, 480x360, Starion.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092516 Or do the same in Starion! We are at the part of the alphabet where everything begins with "star", what do you expect anons?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:33:23 2019 No.6092521 File: 3 KB, 256x192, Starquake.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092519 At least Starquake is more of a platformer to go with the space theme

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:36:46 2019 No.6092524
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>>6092521
In Sweevo's World you play as a hideous animatronic gentleman. Likely the scariest game on the platform for all the wrong reasons. Check the cover art if you don't believe me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:38:17 2019 No.6092529 File: 26 KB, 480x360, Switchblade.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092524 Fight through a post-apocalyptic future in Switchblade.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:38:18 2019 No.6092528 File: 26 KB, 480x360, Switchblade.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092524 Fight through a post-apocalyptic future in Switchblade.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:40:17 2019 No.6092532 File: 34 KB, 480x360, Taipan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092529 Explore China in Taipan, rounding out the trilogy of Marsport and Dun Darach

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:42:06 2019 No.6092535 File: 148 KB, 1280x720, Tales of Grupp.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092532 Fight through the maze in Tales of Grupp, a knight forced out due to the king being sick of him smooching all his daughters

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:43:06 2019 No.6092537 Are these all homebrews or games released for the original system?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:43:55 2019 No.6092539 File: 3 KB, 258x194, Technician Ted.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092535 More Willyvania action in Technician Ted, as you adventure in the fantastical realm of your corporate offices.

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:46:22 2019 No.6092542
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>>6092539
Yet more horrific fun in Tenebre Macabre!

>>6092537
I've been posting a mix of the two throughout the thread. All titles are playable on original hardware of course, as long as you have a 128K model that is. Its been mentioned a few times, but the Spectrum has a particularly hardy homebrew scene.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:48:46 2019 No.6092546 File: 22 KB, 220x169, Thanatos.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092542 Burninate some villages in Thanatos. Be a dragon and lay waste

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:50:22 2019 No.6092551 File: 38 KB, 256x192, TheyStoleAMillion.tap-image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092546 Become a master thief in the robbery simulator "They Stole A Million!"

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:52:45 2019 No.6092553 File: 4 KB, 300x198, Tir Na Nog.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092551 Become a Scottish hero in the mythological adventure Tir Na Nog

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:54:48 2019 No.6092556 File: 3 KB, 512x384, Tomahawk.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092553 Or pilot a helicopter in the flight sim Tomahawk. Once again, for hardcore retro sim enthusiasts only.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:56:40 2019 No.6092557 File: 13 KB, 320x320, Tornado Low Level.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092556 For more arcadey fun you can fly around and wreck shit in Tornado Low Level

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 22:58:36 2019 No.6092559 File: 16 KB, 480x360, Trailblazer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092557 Bounce your way across perilous space highways in Trailblazer!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:00:18 2019 No.6092561 File: 118 KB, 1280x720, Trashman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092559 Or put shitposters where they belong in Trashman, a sanitation worker simulator.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:01:39 2019 No.6092563 File: 10 KB, 640x480, Unhallowed.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092561 Those homebrewing bastards even made a Halloween text adventure in Unhallowed.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:03:46 2019 No.6092564 File: 107 KB, 1280x720, Vade Retro 2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092563 Or enjoy more solid adventuring in the Vade Retro series

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:04:49 2019 No.6092567 File: 72 KB, 347x266, Vallation.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092564 Yet more shooting and exploration before we close things out in Vallation

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:05:50 2019 No.6092570 File: 103 KB, 1280x720, Wake Me Up!.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092567 Horror never changes in Wake Me Up!

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:07:05 2019 No.6092571
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>>6092570
Where Time Stood Still puts you in command of a group of survivors of a plane crash. You find yourselves on an isolated plateau, inhabited by natives and hungry dinosaurs. Can you ally yourselves with the natives? Can you hold the group together well enough to escape alive?

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:08:43 2019 No.6092573
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>>6092571
Similar to Ant Attack, you explore a dangerous city crawling with ghouls in Zombie Zombie on foot and from the air in search of survivors to rescue

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:09:44 2019 No.6092574 File: 23 KB, 1061x798, Zombo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092573 Or explore the jungle as Zombo. Don't lose your head!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:10:45 2019 No.6092575 File: 17 KB, 480x360, Zynaps.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092574 Take one final cruise through an alien planet in Zynaps

Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:12:21 2019 No.6092579

>>6092575
>>6089717
And thats about all I've got folks.

Thanks for letting me hijack your thread while I spammed suggestions. I also got to learn about a couple of cool new games as well, so thanks for showing me those anons. Let me know if you think I missed anything, I'm always excited to learn about more cool games.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:15:08 2019 No.6092583 File: 4 KB, 256x192, Underwurlde_2.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6092579 Duh, I almost forgot Rare's "Underwurlde".

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:19:44 2019 No.6092587 >>6092579 Cheers for all the titles.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 24 23:27:18 2019 No.6092592 >>6090684 Europe includes incomprehensible German rpg games.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 01:26:50 2019 No.6092707

>>6091460
I played this and a bunch of these games in C64 when I was a kid. Good of stuff.
Never saw a spectrum, but I read lots of game mags that had pics n stuff.
I was always impressed at the speccy's detailed sprites over what I often saw on 64.
Always wanted to try one.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 03:03:41 2019 No.6092804 >>6092570 Superb adventure.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 03:08:07 2019 No.6092808 >>6089430 >countr Spectrum was awesome. Greetings from Spain. We love Spectrum here.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 04:04:46 2019 No.6092856

Good thread. A fair few games I never knew about, having grown up with the thing. With the Spectrum I think you have to realise it was cheap hardware that came at the right time. The home computer was now small and affordable, runnable via any TV and just about anyone could learn to code. Its way of displaying colours was in thick colour blocks people learned to mask sprites infront of to varying effect - a lot just went for monochrome, and its early audio capabilities were limited.

The C64 was a much more expensive and more advanced system retailing around the same time give or take a few months and not as many jumped on board until price reductions. By then you had Spectrums that were fully upgraded that included a tape drive in the unit, which made them even more attractive to the public wanting to get in on the home computer boom. Some of its UK success was due to people in the UK wanting to 'buy British'. Sir Clive Sinclair was a reasonable company figurehead at first who made some good decisions and fallbacks - things got to his head when he started Elon Musking and making ugly modes of transport, and the computing world was moving so fast he, as manufacturer of the little hobbyist machine that could, couldn't keep up.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 04:23:47 2019 No.6092867 File: 22 KB, 300x225, flunkyb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Can't believe it hasn't been posted yet. Flunky is the best english butler simulator ever done.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 04:26:35 2019 No.6092869
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>>6092856
I always prefered the ZX Spectrum over the C64. Something about the really strange resolution and the desaturated color palette was a bit off-putting to me even back then (some games really look good, though).

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 09:59:11 2019 No.6093137
File: 2.36 MB, 471x403, R-type (Spectrum).webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>6092441

The Spectrum port of R-type is technically impressive but there's no reason to play it now due to how choppy it is.

The C64 version is more fun to play despite being a complete rushjob.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 10:20:34 2019 No.6093169 >>6089430 Honestly, every person who says Speccy is bad should be ashamed of himself. Because the only truly bad thing about ZX Spectrum are awful graphics, and judging retro games by their graphic fidelity is a brainlet move.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 10:23:20 2019 No.6093171 >>6090747 Judging by graphics on a retro board? Begone, zoomer.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 10:28:50 2019 No.6093176

>>6091248
I haven't programmed any of those computers at the time, but I have programmed both modern games and made a game for the speccy. No modern programmer would know their hardware as well as someone programming on an old computer. First, because this is unnecessary as compilers have gotten to the point where they're almost always better than a programmer is. Secondly, you need to make sure your game works on a multitude of different hardware, so you don't want it to be made to run on something specific. Also, computers are fast enough where you don't need to write highly optimized small pieces (except, rarely, SIMD instructions).
The main difference in games as time goes on is scope and polish. The difficulty in games nowadays comes from the architecture of them, rather than any programming. With more features, you need a better engine that can handle the complexity of these features grinding against each other. It's more about laying a good foundation so you can program in new features without friction.
So no, programmers now aren't able to make a game for a computer's hardware as well as a programmer from the 80s. But they also don't need to, and the difficult part of programming games has changed as the technology enables larger, more polished videogames.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 10:34:21 2019 No.6093179 >>6092856 >Some of its UK success was due to people in the UK wanting to 'buy British'. It was cheap and thus attractive to people during the depressed UK economy of the early 80s.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 11:05:54 2019 No.6093197 >>6089430 it's British

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 12:44:11 2019 No.6093313

I was four when I remember my dad playing a zx spectrum it looked like fun.

I did managed to play around with BASIC programming and a few of its games.

I do emulate a spectrum games now and again.
I managed to play each game beginning with #-9.

https://youtu.be/qEWpIUNJezk

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 13:28:28 2019 No.6093374

>>6090165
Yeah, I liked it. Clever, polished little game, but slow paced. I'd add Micronaut One, an impressive first person vector game where you fly around inside giant electronic brains maintaining the power levels and hunting alien parasites as they evolve and lay eggs. Great 3d and a sophisticated map/navigation system, it's up there with the ZX version of Carrier Command and Starstrike 2

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 13:54:24 2019 No.6093413

>>6090087
>the Americunt cries out in pain as he beats you
All you father fucking, horse cock sucking, shit eating, to-kiddie-porn-meat-beating, worthless spastic inbred bastard sons of pig-dogs whores DO is start shit. There's a shit on Euro thread every week at least twice a week. No one ever starts crap with YOU faggots because, unlike you, we're not inherently awful human beings that need to be RAPED TO FUCKING DEATH. The absolute TEMERITY of fucktards like you. Kill yourself. I mean it. You contribute nothing to this board but strife. You're not even decent trolls. You're just terrible, terrible people. Just fucking die already.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 14:29:05 2019 No.6093485 based anon drowning out /int/ shitters with his recomedations

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 15:45:34 2019 No.6093628 File: 9 KB, 640x480, image.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6093169 Except the machine didn't have awful graphics. It had a limited colour palette, that's all. The way everyone shits on it is like it had sub-100 res.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 16:56:00 2019 No.6093768 File: 6 KB, 256x192, 84559-rastan-zx-spectrum-screenshot-i-wonder-where-this-rope-goes.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I remember enjoying a lot the Rastan port too.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 18:04:33 2019 No.6093889 I mean, the thing didn't even have a power switch, that's how minimal it was.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 18:08:55 2019 No.6093895

One nice thing it had over the C64 was that it just has a frame buffer and bleeper for sound so you weren't as likely to end up with tech demos posing as games. Custom chips are cool but inevitably lead to shitty shit like Flimbo's Quest and The Last Ninja that looks awesome but there's no actual gameplay there.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 18:14:44 2019 No.6093912

>>6093895
When it comes to memory-intensive games like RPGs and simulations, the C64 benefits from 16k more memory than the Spectrum but then again Z80 code is more compact than 6502 code and you need fewer instructions to accomplish the same task. Z80s also have more raw processing power for the tradeoff of less execution speed.

Though there was always the Spectrum 128 if you needed more work space.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 19:03:43 2019 No.6093982 >>6091881 Sorry, I don't speak faggot.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 19:22:50 2019 No.6094001 >>6090419 this jew would shit in your hand and try to charge you for the honour. he ripped of the company that designed the Lynx and drove them to ruin. his opinion is worthless.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 19:23:23 2019 No.6094002 >>6093982 bae was an acronym for "before all else" for social media, especially for stans, it lasted about one year - 2017 and noone ever uses it now.

Anonymous Wed Dec 25 19:33:39 2019 No.6094023

i had access to a few of the home computers of the time and the speccy just had more games, more interesting games and better polish than the competition.
i did not have access to a C64, this would have cast some shade over the humble speccy.
its hard to explain the limitations of the time and how cool it was to see devs overcome them.
to put it simply, i saw more cool and interesting shit on the speccy over any other system but for anyone looking back (and at the C64 as well) it is very hard to point out what was so great about it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 19:42:24 2019 No.6094038 >>6094023 >and at the C64 as well The C64 hit the perfect balance of price to performance. Of all 8-bit systems it's also overall the easiest one to code for.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 20:43:10 2019 No.6094120 >>6090751 Literally the only reason why I’d buy ZX. Dizzy is the best. Also, I’m 22 yo and not british.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 21:14:06 2019 No.6094172 >>6094001 And that still doesn't make the ZX any good...

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 21:19:35 2019 No.6094189 >>6094172 No, that would be all the games that make it good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 21:23:58 2019 No.6094196 File: 39 KB, 649x489, 1568630616935.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6094002 >stans Sorry pal, I'm lost again

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 22:03:57 2019 No.6094238 >>6094189 OI M8, THE ZED EX SPECCY...

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 25 22:43:28 2019 No.6094289 >>6094196 A lesson to any of you not yet too far gone to be saved. This is what happens when you lock yourself in your room doing nothing but shitposting on 4chan and playing LoL for five years.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 00:16:21 2019 No.6094385 >>6094289 Nah fuck you and your retarded social media meme buzzwords

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 02:20:40 2019 No.6094514 >>6094238 It fucking blows that its impossible to talk about retro games on this board.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 03:05:13 2019 No.6094547 >>6093982 Except you do, as the United States has by far the largest gay population in the world, per capita. In fact, it's so big, that it could replace the entire populations of some countries. FAGGOT.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 05:41:04 2019 No.6094664 >>6094547 >source: my gay 3rd world ass

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 10:03:02 2019 No.6094906 >>6094547 O B S E S S E D

Anonymous Thu Dec 26 16:02:06 2019 No.6095395

>it's another bongs get uppity about their zniggy-tier garbage and pretend the USA didn't invent RPGs with Ulitma and Wizardary, didn't revolutionize city builders with Sim City, strategy games with Civilization, FPS with Wolfenstien 3d and Doom, or RTS with Dune 2

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 16:11:19 2019 No.6095409 >>6091923 Jetpac is pretty fun, I wouldn't have known it existed if it wasn't in DK64. I played the shit out of it along with the DK Arcade in the DK64.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 17:57:21 2019 No.6095548 >>6095395 >>it's another bongs get uppity about their zniggy-tier garbage and pretend the USA didn't invent RPGs with Ulitma >Richard Garriott >American >Born in Cambridge England >American

Anonymous Thu Dec 26 18:00:52 2019 No.6095558

>>6095395
>Ultima
>Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux is an English-American video-game developer and entrepreneur. He is also known by his alter egos "Lord British" in the game series Ultima and "General British" in Tabula Rasa

"Lord British"
"General British"

Britain wins again

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 18:13:01 2019 No.6095593 >>6094038 i agree. the sound chip was nice too. i just wish that the one person i knew at the time with one only showed me hovver bovva and aztec challenge. i was left with a low opinion of the C64 for over a decade

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 26 18:15:11 2019 No.6095602 >>6094172 well its all old shit now isnt it. god, i cant look at less than 4k games now without actually throwing up. anything inferior in my opinion should be burned and erased from history.

Anonymous Fri Dec 27 10:57:21 2019 No.6096676

>>6093176
Thank you so much for your opinion. It actually confirm what I have been thinking about lately--that game engines have become more and more important in the last decade, and couple with the fact that games are now increasingly more finnancially expensive to make, it has been leading us to the consolidation of a smaller number of game engines than before.

(Maybe something similar is happening to consoles to make them more and more like PC.)

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 27 21:51:36 2019 No.6097651 >>6094664 Nah, I just know how to use the Internet, legitimate homo.. >>6094906 With what, exactly? Big throbbing dongs? Well, apparently, that's you, faglander. COPE.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 27 22:59:10 2019 No.6097745 >>6097651 >i know how to use the internet to get wrong information Top kek kid

Anonymous Fri Dec 27 23:23:30 2019 No.6097772

>>6097745
Except anon didn't; you're not taking account of the fact that the United Pink States of Gaymerica has a large Christian population - something that is stopping your faggots (who are undoubtedly in their millions) from coming out. Just admit that you like the cock. We all know you do. I mean, no country has a bigger hard-on when it comes to degen pride parades. You fucking love them. If Christcucks weren't so abundant, then YOU'D be. There'd be a parade every fucking week. And then there's the faggy as fuck SJW culture that is now even destroying colleges and universities in southern states. You're fags, and you're fucked. Orange Man isn't going to save you.

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 04:23:36 2019 No.6098049

>>6097772
Except anon (You) did. Faggots like to make up numbers, just like you. You're completely clueless, which is no surprise given you're a cryptogay denying and projecting your deepest desires to suck cock. The countries with the highest percentage of faggots are the most Christian. Brazil is the tranny capitol of the world and possibly the most gay country in the world. You can deny that, just like you can desire to have another mans dick in your ass, but them's the facts.

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 05:08:19 2019 No.6098064

>>6097772
>The countries with the highest percentage of faggots are the most Christian
>the U.S. - very, VERY Christian
The most Christian, actually - and the most gay, by your own admission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country
>b-but muki Wikipage, anon
Page always has links, f-f-f-FAGGOT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 05:10:37 2019 No.6098068

>>6098049
>The countries with the highest percentage of faggots are the most Christian
>the U.S. - very, VERY Christian
The most Christian, actually - and the most gay, by your own admission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country
>b-but muh Wikipage, anon
Pages always have links, f-f-f-FAGGOT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 28 05:46:40 2019 No.6098092 >>6098049 >cryptogay >deepest desire to suck cock >highest percentage of faggots are the most Christian >possibly the most gay country in the world >desire to have another mans dick in MY ass, but them's the facts They sure are, anon. They sure are...

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 05:50:37 2019 No.6098095

>>6098049
>"cryptogay"
>"deepest desire to suck cock"
>"highest percentage of faggots are the most Christian"
>"possibly the most gay country in the world"
>"desire to have another mans dick in MY ass, but them's the facts"
They sure are, anon. They sure are...

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 07:17:27 2019 No.6098149

>>6098068
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country
>united states: 71%
>nearly 100 countries higher
>by your own admission
Which one of those gay countries are you from gay boy? Like I said. Faggots like to make up numbers. The fact that you keep doing it says it all. Look how frothing at the mouth ass blasted you. You're livid you can't even think straight or write above a six year old level. You obviously have serious issues with your latent homosexuality. You might want to head over to /lgbt/ and get some advice from some other cock suckers on how to deal with your unholy desires.

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 09:12:31 2019 No.6098238

>>6098149
Seems you're reinforcing what I've said. I stated that Burgerland has the highest number of Christcucks in the world. Here, I'll repeat it since you're such a total fucking spastic:
>"the U.S. - very, VERY Christian"
"The most Christian, actually"
What was it you said again? Ah, yes:
"Christian countries have the highest fag population"
- A fag, from Fagland...
...by your own admission. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA! You're making this too easy, and your constant homophobia reeks of closeted cope and projection. Just suck on a fat dick, anon. Ya know ya want to. What, no retort? There's none you can make. You just keep shooting yourself in your big gay foot... Shit, I don't even care if you like dudes. But you do. Oh, it's eating at you, isn't it? COPE, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

Anonymous Sat Dec 28 21:38:28 2019 No.6099396

>>6098238
You said
>United States has by far the largest gay population in the world, per capita.
A completely nonsensical statement you just pulled out of your ass. You blamed this on Christfags and disproved that with your own citation that listed the US as being about 100 away from the the top of the list of countries most Christian. After being BTFO too many times you had a meltdown and started posting this like
>f-f-f-FAGGOT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!
Now you're so frustrated by your failure you're projecting your latent homosexuality on the other people. You really might want to talk with a professional about your problems.

Anonymous Sun Dec 29 07:29:11 2019 No.6099984

>>6099396
On the very page I cited, you gay little spastic:
A list of the top ten countries by largest number of Christians
1. United States 247,000,000
2. Brazil 175,700,000
3. Mexico 122,500,000
4. Russia 117,640,000
5. Philippines 110,644,000
6. Nigeria 92,281,000
7. Congo, Democratic Republic of 68,558,000
8. Ethiopia 54,978,000
9. Italy 54,070,000
10. Germany 47,200,000
>A completely nonsensical statement you just pulled out of your ass
Hardly. You made the argument for me, you dumb shit. Again, BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION (heehee!), Christcuck countries have the largest gay populations - and it is demonstrable that no country has more Christcucks than the good ol' US of GAY. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I wonder how many of you are closeted poop stabbers? You're one of them, that's for sure - and that's just fine, FAGGOT! YEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA! I win! I win! I WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN! XD. Oh, and you should know that there's only tiny number of God-botherers in my neck of the woods. We're not dumb - and SUPER FUCKING GAY - like you. Ha. Haha. Hahahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 08:40:01 2019 No.6100060 Jesus h Christ ! What happened to the speccy thread? Getting back on track. I had zx spectrum +3. Real learning curve for a young me. Curse of Sherwood was the first game i ever completed, which I personally think is quite an achievement.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 12:15:00 2019 No.6100336 >>6095548 >>6095558 >Actually, that's not true ... I am a British citizen. That said, I only lived there for about two months prior to moving to the States kek, he's about as british as chicken tikka masala

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 12:16:53 2019 No.6100342 >>6099984 >correlation is causation

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 12:35:39 2019 No.6100390 >>6100336 >A self-claimed British citizen >Born in Britain >Not British

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 12:44:52 2019 No.6100408 >>6100336 >Lying by omission >You're obviously not English. Richard Garriott: 'Actually, that's not true ... I am a British citizen How disingenious of you, he quite literally admits he's British

Anonymous Sun Dec 29 16:58:31 2019 No.6100808

>>6100390
>>6100408
He grew up in Texas, has an American citizenship, and an American education. What’s disingenuous is trying to claim him just because at the University of Oklahoma people jokingly nicknamed him ‘Lord British’

The company was also from Texas that made Ultima.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 19:03:10 2019 No.6100996 >>6099984 >population in the world, per capita You're as stupid as you are gay

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 19:17:07 2019 No.6101039 >>6100808 Why are you so mad that Richard Garriott is British.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 22:17:36 2019 No.6101342 >>6099984 This guy is obsessed with talking about gay people and gay statistics.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 29 22:24:53 2019 No.6101352 >>6089430 it was impressive how much they could get out of so little, but everyone would have liked to have simply had more to begin with.

Anonymous Mon Dec 30 08:46:07 2019 No.6102030

>>6091456
I remember being at a friends house during school lunch break trying to get a game in after loading it in the limited time we had. I then got to the "end" of the first area only for it to soft lock where we had no more bullets to shoot the upper enemies and all the lower ones had been punched out. So after that disappointment it was back to school. Fun times.
Always meant to play it again and see what we did wrong.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 09:04:19 2019 No.6102053 >>6101342 I bet you a dollar he's the dilate guy

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 10:36:41 2019 No.6102216 >>6089439 I am said boomer and I even think it's garbage.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 11:15:26 2019 No.6102284 Quite possibly one of the worst systems of all time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 15:58:35 2019 No.6102673 >>6089435 FPBP

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 19:26:21 2019 No.6103069 >>6102284 then your knowlege of systems is rather limited, the worst ones never get mentioned.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 30 19:36:53 2019 No.6103092 >>6090225 that game looks antisemitic

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 10:28:33 2019 No.6104417 >>6101342 >when you can't see the wood for the trees... And the other guy vomiting bile about gay fantasies is super-hetero? Talking your language, is he? Hm.

Anonymous Tue Dec 31 10:39:04 2019 No.6104440

>>6099984
>Italy 54,070,000
Just pointing out, those numbers are definitely wrong. According to old data, christians amount to less than 75% of the population, and we're roughly 60 millions. 45 millions would be a more fitting count and even then they probably dropped 2-3 milions in recent years.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 15:27:56 2019 No.6105076 >>6104440 >45 millions would be a more fitting count and even then they probably dropped 2-3 milions in recent years Along with this, there has been a sudden inexplicable 2-3 million more people professing belief in Islam. :^)

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 16:17:17 2019 No.6105210 State of this thread now

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 18:20:16 2019 No.6105509 >>6089821 Ah, yes. The thriving British video game industry.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 20:26:46 2019 No.6105720 >>6105076 No, just people tired of this pointless fight between immaginary friends and their annoying fandoms.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 31 23:01:25 2019 No.6105959 File: 138 KB, 1214x1600, Portrait-Sigmund-Freud-1921.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6104417 >wants to see the wood >gay fantasies Talking your language, is he?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 1 02:28:36 2020 No.6106272 >>6089430 >good no, not even when it was relevant

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 1 03:39:29 2020 No.6106365 >>6105959 >either doesn't understand the idiom, or... ...this is you deflecting/projecting/just being a faggot.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 1 12:20:44 2020 No.6106857 >>6091443 >Foggy's Quest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sIxH9ntEz8

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 1 12:37:22 2020 No.6106887 >>6106365 >the ironing lol

Anonymous Thu Jan 2 20:11:30 2020 No.6109371

>>6099984
>>A completely nonsensical statement you just pulled out of your ass
>Hardly. You made the argument for me, you dumb shit. Again, BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION (heehee!), Christcuck countries have the largest gay populations - and it is demonstrable that no country has more Christcucks than the good ol' US of GAY.

Well, in first world countries, we aren't allowed to kill them. Blame the Jews.

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