Favourite Speccy games...
3D Tanx, 1982

Like many of my early Spectrum games, I had this on a copied tape with no instructions. I figured it out through trial and error & could sit for hours trying to jam up the bridge - a great early title on the Speccy #zxspectrum #retrogaming

The Amiga has 2 left sound channels & 2 right, each with 64 volume levels.. but no stereo panning.🙁 I used 1 stereo pair to crudely simulate positional background effects, example here is the waterfall🔊 With CD music this should fill out nicely. (WIP) #amiga 💾 Speccy Nostalgia 🕹

Favourite Speccy games...
Star Wars, 1987

A surprisingly late title on the Speccy given ROTJ had been in the cinema 4 years earlier, but to take on Tie Fighters & fly the trench run on the Death Star was incredible - really good vector gfx on the Speccy #zxspectrum #retrogaming

For your eyes new arrived #ZXSpectrum #Art pieces for you to enjoy.

Top left- Fire Caster by #Sergio
Top right- Vinil by #Dman
Bottom left- Helltank by #Fransouls
Bottom right- Dr. Acula by #MCH

There was no way we could fit the whole map of gta3 in PS2 memory. Streaming involves loading models from the DVD as the player moves around. This was the hardest technical challenge during the development of gta3 and was coded by Adam Fowler.

The closer models physically are on…

The ZX Spectrum was released 23rd April 1982. My dad came home one day in ‘83 or ‘84 with a second-hand Speccy & a bunch of C60 cassette tapes with nothing more than words like “Jetpac” and “Hungry Horace” written on the inlay. I was hooked straight away #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Skool Daze, ‘84

I’d get home from school, watch Grange Hill, & go back to virtual skool to play this. An inventive concept, it didn’t fit in to a genre as such & was Bully before its time. The sequel passed me by for some reason #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Sim City, ‘90

I was nearing the end of my time with the Spectrum, but games like this extended its life - a city building & management simulation might not have sounded like fun at the time but it was so engrossing #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Scuba Dive, ‘83

For some people Ultimate, Ocean or Codemasters define the Speccy, for me it’s Durell. They made a small number of games but each one captured my imagination. Scuba Dive had a “what else is down there?” quality #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Sabre Wulf, ‘84

Classic Speccy gaming - frantic, unforgiving, colourful gameplay. Spread over a huge (256 screens) map, collect 4 amulet pieces to escape. I’ve seen it done in 10 minutes, 40 years later I’m still trying! #zxspectrum #retrogaming

One commonly used game trick of the Amiga's Copper was to create a water area by changing the palette blue on a vertical line. Demonstrated here in our game (WIP). Other tricks may include reversing the bitmap display output to create a reflection effect. #amiga 💾 Speccy Nostalgia 🕹

Favourite Speccy games…
Saboteur II, ‘87

I was beyond excited for the avenging angel sequel & it didn’t disappoint, from the hang glider opening to the flame thrower guards to the motorbike escape! On reflection the original is better but I love it #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Saboteur, ‘85

This game was like nothing I’d played before - from the opening at the pier, through the huge complex with henchmen, to the helicopter escape it felt cinematic like a Bond movie - it had me at the cover art! #zxspectrum #retrogaming

No proper retro arcade games at the seaside yesterday but a bit of #pinball is always good - I can never really figure out the scoring systems but you can often get £1 to last a good while

Meet the “COMPUTER ADDICTS”, 1983

It was another time and it was another place.

The Copper chip helped define the Amiga, and we've attempted to put it to good use with the time of day mechanic in our Amiga CD32 game (WIP). From *intense* sunrise to late day demonstrated here using the game engine. #cd32 #amiga 💾 Speccy Nostalgia 🕹

Favourite Speccy games…
R-Type, ‘88

I’ve never thought shooters work very well on the Speccy…& then R-Type demonstrates that the impossible is possible. A remarkable achievement in just 48k, read Bob Pape’s making of here:

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#zxspectrum #retrogaming

The fight against Metal Gear Rex was frustratingly difficult until it suddenly wasn’t & was pretty easy. I can see why Metal Gear Solid is a gaming classic & I’m happy to have finally played it, but I don’t miss old control systems #retrogaming

Favourite Speccy games…
Robocop, ‘88

This perfected the Ocean format of action & puzzles & what 13 year old didn’t want to play the game of the 18 rated movie they’d seen on VHS? I loved it but I think it’s dated more compared to other games of the era #zxspectrum #retrogaming

#DandD #1980s #dungeonsanddragons #cartoon #ZXSpectrum #Loadingscreens #RetroComputing #pixelart #8bit Loved this cartoon when it was shown in the UK back in '83 (I think). In honour of this show, here's a Speccy screen I've been tinkering with over the past couple of weeks...