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Poll: Amstrad CPC v BBC v C64 v ZX Spectrum
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Soldato
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Anyone remember this on the C64?
Well, someone's made a PC remake.
Download: http://derbian.webs.com/lv-426/
Well, someone's made a PC remake.
Download: http://derbian.webs.com/lv-426/
Speccy. I got it with that bundle that included Survival, Checkered Flag, Horrace Goes Skiing, Chess, and something else. I used to love the Marvel based games like Hulk and Spiderman, even though they were frustrating as all hell...
Go water
I don't understand that.
Enter water
I don't understand that.
Walk water
I don't understand that.
Swim water
I don't understand that.
Jump water
I don't understand that.
<smashes head down on (luckily rubber) keyboard>
Go water
I don't understand that.
Enter water
I don't understand that.
Walk water
I don't understand that.
Swim water
I don't understand that.
Jump water
I don't understand that.
<smashes head down on (luckily rubber) keyboard>
That game scared the absolute **** out of me as a 10 year old.
BBC for me. Yes, it's 32K was pitiful and the C64 had better graphics and more good games and the Spectrum had that cheap, mass-market edge with more games than you can shake a stick at however the question was best Retro home computer and on that front the BBC had a lot of going for it. It has huge expandability and exceptional build quality.
Plus we had one and I loved it. So ner!
Plus we had one and I loved it. So ner!
The C64 was a great piece of kit when I was a kid.
I remember typing something in once, and it came back with something like "ILLEGAL INPUT ERROR", my dad told me I broke the law and the police are coming to get me, I hid for hours.
I remember typing something in once, and it came back with something like "ILLEGAL INPUT ERROR", my dad told me I broke the law and the police are coming to get me, I hid for hours.
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What was that funky Spectrum platform game, with a blocky Bruce Lee that could knock out flying kicks from ladders on to fat Sumo geezers?
Bruce Lee?
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I remember a Jet Set Willy review from the Micro User and the female reviewer mentioned something went awry or somesuch and as a result she had "multiple willies". Which actually made it onto "Thats Life" TV show along with the customary rude-shaped vegetable of the week.
Ah the innocence of the age.
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Sinclair Spectrum for me definately. I started out with a 16K rubber key beer mat speccy then went to a 48K rubber key, then sent that sway to be upgraded to a 48K+ then the 128K then plus 3 model. I had a multiface 3 whch was pretty awesome that allowed ou to dump ram contents to disk (save states).
The spectrum conversion of renegade is just amazing on the spectrum, great colour, great sound and still fun to play even today, compare it to the C64 version.
The C64 however was a competant computer and it's SID chip in the hands of the right people could do some amazing sounds, the Amstrad seemed to be a curio owned by about 2 people at school.
Some stand out games for the sytem for me personally were...
Knight Lore - Hard to imagine what a groundbreaking this game was.
Mercenary - Pure witchcraft, you could fly around a wireframe world even even navigate corridors underground.
Driller / Castle master - Sure it was really slow but it blows my mind that this was even possible to have a full 3D multi room world on a 48K system.
Dizzy Series: These always seemed best on the spectrum to be, I had them on the Amiga later on and they were nowhere near as good.
Honorable mentions
Brian Bloodaxe, Alchemist, Rapscallion, Caves of Doom, midnight resistance
The spectrum conversion of renegade is just amazing on the spectrum, great colour, great sound and still fun to play even today, compare it to the C64 version.
The C64 however was a competant computer and it's SID chip in the hands of the right people could do some amazing sounds, the Amstrad seemed to be a curio owned by about 2 people at school.
Some stand out games for the sytem for me personally were...
Knight Lore - Hard to imagine what a groundbreaking this game was.
Mercenary - Pure witchcraft, you could fly around a wireframe world even even navigate corridors underground.
Driller / Castle master - Sure it was really slow but it blows my mind that this was even possible to have a full 3D multi room world on a 48K system.
Dizzy Series: These always seemed best on the spectrum to be, I had them on the Amiga later on and they were nowhere near as good.
Honorable mentions
Brian Bloodaxe, Alchemist, Rapscallion, Caves of Doom, midnight resistance
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I had a ZX Spectrum +2. It did the job. But every time I used a C64 I could not help but think it was the most superior.
Commodore 64 owners = Gods!
Zx Spectrum owners = Peasants.
Amstrad CPC owners = Latecomers.
BBC micro owners = Pushy parents.
This +1, especially if 64 owners later upgraded to Amiga 500
This +1, especially if 64 owners later upgraded to Amiga 500
Never got that far, begged my parents for one when my first C64 died. Even my dad was tempted at the time but my mum put a stop to it and i ended up with the 2nd gen C64 (the white one with poorer SID chip)