I have that collection too and each one of those games were borderline unplayable shit other than Jetpac which was simply average. And those are supposed to be the best of the best speccy games so one can only imagine just how much worse the average game was.
it has a colour memory map separate from the pixel data where each 8x8 block of screen is one colour, so that resulted in the famous "colour clash" and many games would just use a monochromatic playfield so it would look cleaner
They sold the Apple II in the UK. It was expensive, only offices or laboratories or whatever had the things, and there were absolutely no games. I think at first they couldn't even display colour due to the graphics system being dependent on NTSC quirks.
Yeah absolutely zero people owned an Apple 2 for gaming. Oi me speccy, the Amiga and the commodore absolutely ruled the roost in England. Console wise it was Mega Drive for console and Game Boy for handheld. The Apple 2 was mainly used in offices and such
Yes. Understand that the NES was expensive and had conflicting software released for it (games cost upwards of £50 whereas a brand new triple A speccy game cost, at most, £20, and even then you had to make sure your NES game worked with your console or not). People only really started to give into consoles around the mega drive before everyone jumped ship and got a PlayStation when that came out
those lovely un-optimized PAL games that ran at like 30 fps and they would release games 3 years after the US and Japan got them so you'd end up with LOZ in 1990, SMB3 in 1992, etc.
You know we actually had NES and Master System in the UK. I remember I started with a Master System and I had a mate who had a NES so every couple of weeks we'd swap consoles then back again so we had the best of both worlds.
I loved Mario 3 and Digger T Rock. I remember my downstairs neighbour had a NES as well but he had a game genie which completely mystified my tiny brain. I still preferred the Master System because I was a giant Asterix nut plus games were cheaper so I got to play more.I still love the Master System to this day to be honest, everything I played back then I can play now and enjoy (especially Asterix and Sonic 2), the NES only a very small, select collection of games I can still enjoy.
A lot of people especially professional game developers were often not that taken with the NES because they felt it was more of the same early 80s 8-bit nonsense and it took the Mega Drive before there was a console that looked really cutting edge.
Rare Replay Collection is like the top 10% of Spectrum games, the vast majority are barely playable jank made by one 18 year old over his summer break.
Isnt the commodore version of TMNT like, actually unbeatable because one of the walls in the sewers is too low to pass and they didn’t test it properly, or am I thinking of a different port
>SMB, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, etc.
Boring copypasted platformers with simple gameplay and graphics. >Jack The Nipper
One of the best action adventure games on 8 bit systems. So many more things to do than running right and shooting at braindead AI. More unique areas to explore. More than 3 sprites per scanline without flickering. Playable for tens of hours.
It's the opposite, if some z tier bong amateur programmer made something like bayou billy (a konami game nobody really talks much about) for the speccy, creatures like you would say it's the quintessential masterpiece in all of gaming or whatever.
The funny thing is, even a mediocre game like bayou billy is still miles better than the abominations you played as a kid on your specce
>One of the best action adventure games on 8 bit systems. So many more things to do than running right and shooting at braindead AI. More unique areas to explore. More than 3 sprites per scanline without flickering. Playable for tens of hours.
you forget where it cost 1/3rd what you paid for NES cartridge
If you were poor, yeah. The Master System did quite well too, and some people did in fact own the NES.
I played through the rare replay collection on Xbox and i have to admit the speccy games where fun
Yankies fears the speccy.
I certainly do, I don't like playing with turds
Yet you enjoy this
Sup auster. Oy me speccer
I have that collection too and each one of those games were borderline unplayable shit other than Jetpac which was simply average. And those are supposed to be the best of the best speccy games so one can only imagine just how much worse the average game was.
It's probably better on a real Spectrum, emulation tends to be meh.
Out of curiosity, what's missing from the emulated versions?
No idea what that is.
You're not missing much.
Gotta love how the Speccy is so bad at color many games just didn't even bother.
it has a colour memory map separate from the pixel data where each 8x8 block of screen is one colour, so that resulted in the famous "colour clash" and many games would just use a monochromatic playfield so it would look cleaner
Actually a really neat, elegant design compared to how most 8-bit micros' graphics work (don't even ask what Apple II graphics are like).
but that's not fair considering the Apple II is like 5 years older than the Spectrum
Wasn't this based on a British comic strip?
is that millions or individual units?
You can’t buy .1 of a console dipshit
They sold the Apple II in the UK. It was expensive, only offices or laboratories or whatever had the things, and there were absolutely no games. I think at first they couldn't even display colour due to the graphics system being dependent on NTSC quirks.
Yeah absolutely zero people owned an Apple 2 for gaming. Oi me speccy, the Amiga and the commodore absolutely ruled the roost in England. Console wise it was Mega Drive for console and Game Boy for handheld. The Apple 2 was mainly used in offices and such
>Yeah absolutely zero people owned an Apple 2 for gaming
Wrong
The U.K.
In America it was a different story but the computer was absolutely a work only thing in England
it didn't even get into UK schools because the BBC Micro dominated the educational market
Yes. Understand that the NES was expensive and had conflicting software released for it (games cost upwards of £50 whereas a brand new triple A speccy game cost, at most, £20, and even then you had to make sure your NES game worked with your console or not). People only really started to give into consoles around the mega drive before everyone jumped ship and got a PlayStation when that came out
those lovely un-optimized PAL games that ran at like 30 fps and they would release games 3 years after the US and Japan got them so you'd end up with LOZ in 1990, SMB3 in 1992, etc.
You know we actually had NES and Master System in the UK. I remember I started with a Master System and I had a mate who had a NES so every couple of weeks we'd swap consoles then back again so we had the best of both worlds.
What was your consensus on the NES? Did it not stack up to the MS In your eyes or were you envious of him and his big grey box
I loved Mario 3 and Digger T Rock. I remember my downstairs neighbour had a NES as well but he had a game genie which completely mystified my tiny brain. I still preferred the Master System because I was a giant Asterix nut plus games were cheaper so I got to play more.I still love the Master System to this day to be honest, everything I played back then I can play now and enjoy (especially Asterix and Sonic 2), the NES only a very small, select collection of games I can still enjoy.
A lot of people especially professional game developers were often not that taken with the NES because they felt it was more of the same early 80s 8-bit nonsense and it took the Mega Drive before there was a console that looked really cutting edge.
dude, like Apple IIs were just for public schools and nerds who played ancient grognard RPGs.
Rare Replay Collection is like the top 10% of Spectrum games, the vast majority are barely playable jank made by one 18 year old over his summer break.
>Mega Man
>Ninja Gaiden
>1986
Dumb septic
It's funny how many games the NES and the Spectrum share, the Spectrum version of TMNT is actually okay
Isnt the commodore version of TMNT like, actually unbeatable because one of the walls in the sewers is too low to pass and they didn’t test it properly, or am I thinking of a different port
ms dos version. Although I never did finish C64 version myself.
>SMB, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, etc.
Boring copypasted platformers with simple gameplay and graphics.
>Jack The Nipper
One of the best action adventure games on 8 bit systems. So many more things to do than running right and shooting at braindead AI. More unique areas to explore. More than 3 sprites per scanline without flickering. Playable for tens of hours.
>Someone actually took their time to type that
>Probably thought he's funny
it's fricking hilarious, eurotrash monkey.
I never ever played on retro PCs. That shit looks like some 14 years old tried to be funny.
>it's fricking hilarious
If you're a low IQ moron, maybe.
If Konami made Jack The Nipper it would be seen as an instant 10/10 classic on here.
It's the opposite, if some z tier bong amateur programmer made something like bayou billy (a konami game nobody really talks much about) for the speccy, creatures like you would say it's the quintessential masterpiece in all of gaming or whatever.
The funny thing is, even a mediocre game like bayou billy is still miles better than the abominations you played as a kid on your specce
>One of the best action adventure games on 8 bit systems. So many more things to do than running right and shooting at braindead AI. More unique areas to explore. More than 3 sprites per scanline without flickering. Playable for tens of hours.
you forget where it cost 1/3rd what you paid for NES cartridge
and you could copy it for free! that alone makes it a better game! frick paying for a good game! I'd rather have a shit one for free m8
https://vocaroo.com/ficl4O040If
You could go down to the grocery store and pick up a new Spectrum cassette ever week.
>So many more things to do than running right and shooting at braindead AI
really. like 80% of NES games could be boiled down to this.
If you haven't seen this game it's like a Sierra adventure but more arcadey.