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You do have to wonder how this is still an argument though, there was one game which defined 80s 8-bit gaming. It sat in the charts for, well basically forever. And that game was Robocop. As to the Atari 8-bits.... *tumbleweed blows past... :wink: Please tell me more about the Atari 8-bit version.

I don't feel the love for the ZX, I more pity it. Even more so for the 128K models and how they were paraded around as upgrades. Why do you 'pity' it ? Are you an upset Amstrad fan ? ;) Back in the early 80's it was huge to go from 48k to 128k. Granted some games were 'lazy' and just added music to...

I remember we played it a lot, but I can't remember if it was the C64 or Spectrum version we played most, since we played both. I know it wasn't the CPC version that runs at half the speed of the others. Try to PLAY both the C64 and Amstrad version. Then come back and tell us which versions speed g...

This is one of the games where the Amstrad CPC version is the best. Such a lovely game. The only versions to beat it are on modern machines that are running the game in emulation. It's interesting to hear such an early game that speaks - Chinese! Che che You can find a video of all the versions here...

With the title you've got for this thread i doubt you'll get many neutral fans agreeing. Again the Amstrad was a very good machine, just for the majority in the UK it arrived a fraction too late, people were already dipping their toes into this new 'computer' stuff and buying their kids a C64 or Sp...

Those colours are plain horrible. They'd look nicer on the green monitor! When I got my Dreamcast 15 years ago, I felt like coming home, the same good shiny saturated colours. They shine even more on a real monitor, we all had RGB monitors. The composite sh it used on the C64 and Spectrum was just ...

On the vector graphics front, you forgot Space Harrier ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll: There will always be good and bad ports. But in my opinion the CPC has more good arcade ports than the C64 and ZX Spectrum That's my recollection too. Although I'd have killed to have the C64 version of Bu...

joefish wrote:On the vector graphics front, you forgot Space Harrier!

There will always be good and bad ports. But in my opinion the CPC has more good arcade ports than the C64 and ZX Spectrum

Head Over Heels is a good example. It uses high resolution comparable to the Speccy version, runs at a decent speed like the Speccy version (unlike the C64 which is slow), but has more colour without sacrificing detail. Don't know about sound, but on the other evidence, CPC wins. Interestingly the ...

slacey1070 wrote: The best game on the Amstrad was Steve Davis snooker... spent way too long playing that at work.

Is this a joke? The game isn´t anything special, but not very bad either

Gibberish Driftwood wrote:Do you have any plans on publishing material from the spanish Retro Gamer?
That article about Livingstone for example.

Or from the French one?

RodimusPrime wrote:That's even worse though, to constantly have the most powerful hardware yet still not be able get on top is really really bad management.

That sounds like Commodore after Traimiel

The Spectrum is loved by many on this forum. Can anyone give sales estimates for the different Spectrum models?

Sinclair 16k , 48k, 128k, rubber and non rubber models, +2 and +3. Any more?

Bomb Jack on the C64 is criticised because it plays just wrong. You cannot collect the bombs in order and get a 50 000 bonus Amazing how nostalgia overcomes all of these issues. The C64 version of Bomb Jack is the one I grew up with and absolutely adored. I occasionally play it today via emulators ...

Bomb Jack on the C64 is criticised because it plays just wrong. You cannot collect the bombs in order and get a 50 000 bonus Amazing how nostalgia overcomes all of these issues. The C64 version of Bomb Jack is the one I grew up with and absolutely adored. I occasionally play it today via emulators ...