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Wow, 3D monster maze. Truly scary when I was a seven year old playing that. A shame my 16k RAM pack kept overheating and crashing my ZX81 at the time.
I've still got my ZX81 but not fired it up for many years - plus I no longer have a cassette deck to load the games with....
Also lurking in a cupboard somewhere I have my ZX Spectrum+.
Still waiting for them to appreciate in value - but I doubt that will happen anytime soon....
Mike
I've still got my ZX81 but not fired it up for many years - plus I no longer have a cassette deck to load the games with....
Also lurking in a cupboard somewhere I have my ZX Spectrum+.
Still waiting for them to appreciate in value - but I doubt that will happen anytime soon....
Mike
Tuna said:
I tried some 20 year old tapes and they were fine. Haven't had a chance to try out the older ones yet - don't want to risk damaging them.
As for Ultimate:
Their early cassettes were quite modest. It's the later ones that grew the big boxes.
What a beautiful sight. An era when you fully anticipated, appreciated, and got the most out of each individual game. Brilliant era for me and many happy memories.As for Ultimate:
Their early cassettes were quite modest. It's the later ones that grew the big boxes.
ETA Atic Atac was my first game with my first speccy, how I loved that game, blocky cell colour clashes included :-)
SeanyD said:
ETA Atic Atac was my first game with my first speccy, how I loved that game, blocky cell colour clashes included :-)
I drew an annotated map showing every room, since this was the days before domestic internet access so you couldn't just go online to find help with games ...I imagine as a 13/14 year old I should have been out playing in the street or getting girls into trouble (to use the vernacular of the time) rather than sat in my room staring at a screen.
Talking of maps, I found an old A2 sketch book from my childhood in my parent's attic at Christmas when I was rummaging for decorations. Seriously, I'd struggle to do something this neat and precise now. The rooms are tiny!
The same sketch book that had this contemporary work: http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/Zadpics/G...
Ford clearly lost a genius when they failed to sign me up at the age of 13
The same sketch book that had this contemporary work: http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/Zadpics/G...
Ford clearly lost a genius when they failed to sign me up at the age of 13
Tuna said:
I tried some 20 year old tapes and they were fine. Haven't had a chance to try out the older ones yet - don't want to risk damaging them.
As for Ultimate:
Their early cassettes were quite modest. It's the later ones that grew the big boxes.
The Trans Am tape has brought memories back for me. Anyone know where a modern copy of this can be found to run on PC, iPad or android? It would be interesting to see my daughters faces when they first play it.As for Ultimate:
Their early cassettes were quite modest. It's the later ones that grew the big boxes.
Many games can be played online through emulators. However, Ultimate have withheld permission for redistribution, so their games are not available online or for download. There are some remakes around, but I've not tried them.
Atic Atac was probably my favourite of the early games from them - I went back to it as an adult and played it right through and mapped it over a few days.
It turns out Tim Stamper (ex Ultimate boss) is back in the game with a mobile games company called Fortune Fish - their first title is called 'That Bouncy Thing' and is in the Android store right now.
Atic Atac was probably my favourite of the early games from them - I went back to it as an adult and played it right through and mapped it over a few days.
It turns out Tim Stamper (ex Ultimate boss) is back in the game with a mobile games company called Fortune Fish - their first title is called 'That Bouncy Thing' and is in the Android store right now.
Zad said:
Talking of maps, I found an old A2 sketch book from my childhood in my parent's attic at Christmas when I was rummaging for decorations. Seriously, I'd struggle to do something this neat and precise now. The rooms are tiny!
The same sketch book that had this contemporary work: http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/Zadpics/G...
Ford clearly lost a genius when they failed to sign me up at the age of 13
Excellent. Looks like the original Jet Set Willy to me? That game had me addicted for hours and hours.The same sketch book that had this contemporary work: http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/Zadpics/G...
Ford clearly lost a genius when they failed to sign me up at the age of 13
The other game which had me hooked was Turbo Esprit - a bit like a olden day Grad Theft Auto....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CIEHfVIEMM
3D Ant Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAZnXa1Eamk
Skool Daze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULCjgUNz6bQ
Too much time wasted playing these in my yoof...
Mike
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