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It certainly is.
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Don't know why I didn't post this one earlier, as it's one of my favourite 8-bit games (although this screenshot is from the Atari ST version)....

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Certainly looks like Atari-style graphics, yeah :D. Don't recognise the game. though...
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No idea about that last one Saumun. But it seems to have a tomato in it. So I'm making a complete guess at the only game I know with a tomato in it:
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Bill's Tomato Game
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Whew! That is my favourite 8 bit game ever! I've passed hours and hours playing Spectrum version. It is
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Starquake, by BubbleBus
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You got it, Erik! It is indeed
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Starquake
. I also hammered it on the Spectrum... then when I upgraded to 16-bit, it was one of the games that came with the computer. Never did complete it though.

Anyway, here's another:

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Oh dear, really not doing very well here. I'll post up a new pic of my own whenever I can manage to think of a game I've missed so far :D.
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That's far too easy for an Amiga chap like me.
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Bubba n' Stix
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That's right..... It is indeed
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Bubba n' Stix
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Here's another Amiga/ST release:
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Hmm, don't know, but the little blue spaceship thingy looks kind of cute :D.
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No takers for my last one.... It's
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SDI
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Here's another:

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I thought an arcade buff like Gambit would have been all over this last one..... It's
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Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja
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So.... I'll go more old school:
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It's
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Battlezone
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Jan wrote:It's
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Battlezone
I think!
Yep! I bet on that too!
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Which reminded me of this rather horrible and luckily largely forgotten game:

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Yes, it is
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Battlezone
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I don't know Jan's game.
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Right, so mine was the
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Armoured Fist
- basically a Commanche Maximum Overkill spinn-off, only much worse with an uspeakably ugly graphics. Obviously, I'm running out of good games here :) .
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Jan's last one must have passed me by... I've never heard of it!

In keeping with the vectored nature of my last one, I'm going similar.... and world renowned!
Everyone (even yunguns) must know this:
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Hehe yes...I think
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Asteroids
is generally pretty recognisable...though in the screenshot you've provided it looks like a slightly dishevelled Pacman is paying a random visit ;).
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Lol... Didn't notice that. Looks like he's trying to help out by eating the asteroids.
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Yeah :D.
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Man... just spent 30mins going through these... got more than perhaps I should.
I have missed these forums! :)

I would just like to post this: one of the first things I played endlessly - which sucked me into this crazy world... :)
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The stonework walls? Pristine. The floor? Level. The waterworks? Flowing. Central heating? The Dragon in the basement was grumpily heating the pipes. Lord Chaos consulted the blueprints again, looking for the bathroom. #playmygame!
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Been racking my brain for the last day on this last one, and still can't think of it.
Looks familiar but I give up!

Seriously didn't think I'd fail on a spectrum game (or is it from an older Sinclair machine?)
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Look to the ZX81 - and part of the title is in the screenshot, ;). [it is ridiculously obscure, sorry]
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Aah... I did wonder. The font and cursor immediately made me think of the spectrum, then I realised it could have been one of it's predecessors.
I never had a zx81, so can't have played it. Looks strangely familiar though. Maybe I've seen it somewhere else.

Anyway... I'm still none the wiser.
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I've never owned a ZX81, or even seen one as far as I'm aware, but if the title is in the screenshot then is it called something like "Rescue the Princess" or something? :P
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ok, perhaps too obscure:
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Perilous Swamp
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and on side B, there was another game, 'Sorceror's Island' written in BASIC. You had to go fight monsters and navigate a map, again. And it was in here I found that you could edit the text so you could be attacked by a giant sock, and so on. :)

Anyway, the ZX81: it gave us 'Dungeon Master' :-

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So many of these games - I have played, or read about most of them. Some I even know the guys who wrote them: and yes, Tanglewood was an amazing game, :)... surprisingly I've not played may adventure games... Amazingly, no one seems to have posted
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Tomb Raider
or
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Zelda
.

Anyway, enough of talking to myself:-



try this one:-

I knew someone who worked on this, and it was a great little gem: converted from the Amstrad CPC 464 (part of the original 10-game bundle, no less) to a computer platform you probably did own, circa 1984 (?).

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Ah, now this is one I know. That would be
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Oh Mummy
. Don't remember conversions, but a kid across the street had a 464 with that very same game pack. I think it also had Harrier Attack and a couple of Roland games, but beyond that I'm struggling to remember.
I also recognise 3D Monster Maze further up, but never played it.
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You get a gold star: and you also stopped me posting a Roland game too ;)
Alan Sugar knew how to sell games...

Yes, the Hampton Court Maze game: took 17 minutes to load and crashed on level 2 - so you did not miss much ;)

ok... for bonus points: can anyone name this prolific games cover artist?
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[always fun to spot where he borrowed his models from when putting these together]
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No idea about the artist's name, but I remember that picture well.
You can see where he borrowed from, not only in the characters but in the background, and even the poses.
The stance of the guy on the left is almost identical to the cover of Predator.
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