...was feeling a little retro.
Just for a change from drawing I've been messing about with old computers, the Sinclair Spectrum to be precise (did any of you have or still have one of these?), as it was the computer of choice in the house I grew up in. I do love this computer, for I feel closer to understanding how it works than I do the magic box that I'm sitting in front of at the moment. It's limitations mean you have to use your imagination more and forces programmers to be more creative.
I always wanted to write a game, and I've entered it for the 2010 comp sys sinclair crap games competition, but against games like 'overtake the pope 2' and 'John Terry's Quest for the Golden Bra' it doesn't stand a chance.
It's based around my Norman character and has 10 levels, like Delia Smith's Boudoir and the Screaming Habdabs to name a couple. Fancy a game? If so here's what you do:
1-Download an emulator from http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html, I would recommend ZX Spin, just scroll down a bit.
2-Download my game from the crap games website, and check out the other great, sorry crap, games while you're there.
3-Open the game file with ZX Spin and you're away!
I've entered it for the crap games comp as it's written in Basic, so slow as hell, and the object detection doesn't work very well, so you have to hover over them. If you want, in the emulator, you can increase the emulation speed to say 7 or 14MHz to make it more playable.
If this tickles your fancy and you complete it before xmas, email me & I'll send you a substantial prize. All you would need to do is tell me what the ending sequence is (i'll know if you cheated ;))
Cool you have this up! I'll have to put mario kart on the wii to one side and complete this now there is a substantial prize involved! I hope it is a big slab of cheese!
ReplyDeleteYes get your inferior machines out the way and get on the winning team!
ReplyDeleteI might be buying a slab of cheese off Rob Jackson for xmas, but wouldn't be so mad as to give the thing away!