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  • Which old 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    From weetomuncher@weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk (Weetomuncher) to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Saturday, July 05, 2003 15:44:34
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    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command,
    Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?
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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 01:13:14
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    What about U peeps?

    Depends on how they should be updated! If the get a super 3d 16 million
    colors new revamped desing, I am not sure I would like it. I like the "original"
    feeling. I guess I would enjoy a "respectful" update.

    A new refreshing Buggy Boy, for istance?

    Or WIZARD. It would deserve a fresh update. The concept was marvelous.


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  • From Julian Hales@julianhales@spam proof.com to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 01:42:50
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    "Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    webelstar waiders


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  • From Frodo Morris@graham.lee@wadham.ox.invalid.ac.uk to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 02:36:52
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    Weetomuncher wrote:
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    Well, if monkey would do a 'touch my PS2' then I'd be happy. But
    otherwise, what I'd like to see is some of the games re-released on the
    modern machines (Windows/Linux/*BSD including OS X), not remade.
    Basically (and hear me out before you flame), a commercial MAME.

    The thing that puts me off using MAME is that I'd have to break the law
    to play any games on it[1]. What I'd like to see is a company gain the commercial rights to some of the older arcade ROMs, and agree to sell
    licenses for MAME users to download and play them at some nominal cost.,
    say a fiver. I'd feel much happier about using the ROMs if this were
    the case, and wouldn't mind paying five quid to play Bubble Bobble for
    months on end :-). Not only this but some company could then package a
    MAME distro for a few dozen squids, containing installers for major
    systems, a few ROMs, printed manual etc. and it would be easier to
    configure and support would be available.

    [1]I do own emulators such as FUSE, Spectaculator, T3, ElectrEm, DrEAm
    etc., but in each case I (i)legally own an original box, so have a
    license to use the ROM and (ii)legally own the software I use. Although
    in some cases, I flout the definition of 'own', for instance I own
    Outrun on the Amiga but play the Speccy version on FUSE/Spectac.
    --
    Frodo Morris http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1342
    All your bast are belong to us AKA Graham Lee, Wadham College SpectrumSofts currently on show at URL/speccy/: Speccy@Home SETI Client
    Also the home of iloveyou.bas, the first PC virus ported to the ZX82!!!

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  • From nospam9212@nospam9212@aol.commune (Nospam9212) to comp.sys.cbm on Sunday, July 06, 2003 02:14:41
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    On 7/5/03 6:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk (Weetomuncher) wrote...

    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, >Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    Mainframe, Parallax and Impossible Mission, come to mind.


    -= Francis Yarra =-
    fyarraATjunoDOTcom
    http://members.aol.com/fyarra001/ads - My drywall website http://members.aol.com/fyarra001 - My C64 website http://members.aol.com/prsnl99 - My personal website

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  • From Martin Fensome@martin.fensome@shaw.ca to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 07:03:17
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    Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    I would love to see an update to paradroid.

    Martin


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  • From Riaz Ali@riazali@lineone.net to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 08:57:09
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    "Martin Fensome" <martin.fensome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:VQPNa.366517$3C2.10051944@news3.calgary.shaw.ca...
    Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    I would love to see an update to paradroid.

    Martin



    Remakes of - Rebel Planet
    The Jewels Of Babylon
    Head Over Heels (yes, I know there IS a remake of it,
    but I mean a COMMERCIAL remake)
    Revenge Of The C5
    Roland On The Ropes
    Get Dexter
    Nonterraqueus
    Terrormolinos (with explicit x-rated graphics)



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  • From Brian Gaff@Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:35:35
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    Strip Poker? :-)

    Seriously folks, How about a Battle Zone version, most of the Speccy ones
    I recall had some problems.

    Not that I could play them nowadays.

    Brian

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    graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
    Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________


    "Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    | Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?
    |
    | I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command,
    | Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    | WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!
    |
    | What about U peeps?


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  • From philicorda@philicordaNOOSPAM@ntlworld.com to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 16:35:22
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    Weetomuncher wrote:

    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    I would love to see some of the games with more depth to them updated.
    Apart from the lords of midnight games, most re-makes seem to concentrate
    on the arcadey stuff.
    So.. My choices would be...

    Catch 23
    Heavy on the Magik
    Mercenery
    Cholo
    Bobby bearing
    Fat worm blows a sparky.


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  • From path0s@pathos@c64.org to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 17:40:48
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    Not sure if you mean "updated" as in running on C= 8bit hardware, or running
    on current PC hardware. I guess I'll assume current PC hardware.

    Neuromancer.. Without a doubt. And yes.. In all it's full directx, 256M
    chewin up, 32bit color, gonna-need-a-cray to play glory! They could do so
    much with cyberspace and ice breaking and stuff now.

    Someone mentioned Wizard too, yeah that'd rock.. Along with Montezuma's revenge. And lets not forget Hero from Activision.

    Man, I haven't seen a new side scroller for the PC in a couple of years I
    don't think.

    path0s

    "Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?


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  • From Darren Salt@news@youmustbejoking.demon.cu.invalid to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 19:14:33
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    I demand that Martin Fensome may or may not have written...

    Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command,
    Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and WEC
    Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    I would love to see an update to paradroid.

    That's been done (Paradroid 2000).

    --
    | Darren Salt | d youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | nr. Ashington,
    | RISC OS, | s zap,tartarus,org | Northumberland
    | Linux | @ | Toon Army
    | Retrocomputing: a PC card in a Risc PC

    That that is is not that that is not.
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  • From Sune Mika Salminen@efternavn@doktor.dk to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 20:27:53
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    Steppe wrote:
    Sune Mika Salminen wrote:
    Wizball!

    I doubt you could improve that! Blasphemy! ;-)

    /Steppe

    I know i'll probably get killed for saying this in here - although i am
    very loyal towards the old Speccy, this is one game that is a 100 times
    better on the C64. All other versions i've seen pales in comparison.
    (pun intended)

    I was thinking more along the lines of a 1st-person 3D remake, or even 3rd-person with dynamic or selectable camera movements, and, of course, netplay.

    -Sune

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  • From Steppe@steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 21:10:46
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    Sune Mika Salminen wrote:
    I know i'll probably get killed for saying this in here - although i
    am very loyal towards the old Speccy, this is one game that is a 100
    times better on the C64. All other versions i've seen pales in
    comparison. (pun intended)

    Oh, I was actually referring to the C64 version. Never played the game on
    the Speccy.

    I was thinking more along the lines of a 1st-person 3D remake, or
    even 3rd-person with dynamic or selectable camera movements, and, of
    course, netplay.

    Oh, imagine how annoying this must be as a 1st person game. Always bouncing
    up and down and up and down... I'm getting sick only from the thought at it. :-)

    /Steppe


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  • From The Doctor@thedoctor@thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Sunday, July 06, 2003 20:30:36
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    In message <VQPNa.366517$3C2.10051944@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>
    "Martin Fensome" <martin.fensome@shaw.ca> wrote:

    Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    I would love to see Dizzy, Rainbow Islands, St Dragon, Battle Command, Midnight Resistance, Plotting, Silkworm, SWIV, Mutants, Chase HQ and
    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    What about U peeps?

    I would love to see an update to paradroid.

    Been done. It's called Paradroid 2000, on RISC OS. (and on something
    called the amiga)

    I'd like to see an updated version of Quazatron (for RISC OS of course!) Cheers!

    --
    Graham
    The RISC OS software site - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk/software
    The RISC OS hardware guide - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk/hardware Deathzone Emulation - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk/emulation
    The Main Control Room - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk
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  • From Jim Faulkner@jfaulkne@ccs.neu.edu to comp.sys.cbm on Sunday, July 06, 2003 16:35:23
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    fortunately it is being updated:

    http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sidpirates/preview_6028012.html

    Jim

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  • From Richard Wilson@rich@bitwise-systems.com to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Monday, July 07, 2003 09:39:44
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    Weetomuncher wrote:

    Chase HQ

    Not sure what you would change about the CPC version. It's damn near
    perfect.

    WEC Le Mans brought bang up to date!

    It's called Burnin' Rubber on the CPC Plus.

    If you're talking about new versions of these games for PS2/Cake-Box/PC
    etc, I don't think it should be done. What's the point of Chase HQ or
    WEC Le Mans for PS2 when there's already NFS Hot Pursuit, GT3, GT4 in
    the pipeline etc etc etc.
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  • From Sune Mika Salminen@efternavn@doktor.dk to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Monday, July 07, 2003 02:21:18
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    Steppe wrote:
    Sune Mika Salminen wrote:
    I know i'll probably get killed for saying this in here - although i
    am very loyal towards the old Speccy, this is one game that is a 100
    times better on the C64. All other versions i've seen pales in
    comparison. (pun intended)

    Oh, I was actually referring to the C64 version. Never played the
    game on the Speccy.

    Don't. And steer clear of the absolutely horrible Amiga version too if
    you can.

    I was thinking more along the lines of a 1st-person 3D remake, or
    even 3rd-person with dynamic or selectable camera movements, and, of
    course, netplay.

    Oh, imagine how annoying this must be as a 1st person game. Always
    bouncing up and down and up and down... I'm getting sick only from
    the thought at it. :-)

    /Steppe

    *LMAO* >BARF<

    -Sune

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  • From Jeff Thomas@a2forever@usa.net to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 19:56:26
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    Brian Gaff wrote:

    Seriously folks, How about a Battle Zone version, most of the Speccy ones
    I recall had some problems.

    It has been updated in 1998, by Activision for the PC with support for 3D accelerator cards, and multiplayer over LAN or Internet. Closely, followed by the sequel "Battle Zone II - Combat Commander" in 1999.

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  • From Jeff Thomas@a2forever@usa.net to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 20:05:30
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    "SWIV" has been updated for the PC in 1996, titled: "SWIV 3D" and more
    recently the original for Gameboy Colour. Published by Sales Curve
    Interactive (SCI). Website: www.sci.co.uk.

    Product description:
    Take control of a helicopter gunship, four wheel drive armoured buggy and additional vechicles and negotiate your way through 18 action-packed
    levels over 4 totally different landscape environments (Temperature,
    Antarctic, Lunar and Martian). Gather awesome weapon power-ups and health bonuses and blast everything in sight in the next generation 3D
    shoot'em-up!

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  • From Ythcal@keineGewaehr@nix.de to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Friday, July 18, 2003 12:05:26
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    In <28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com> Weetomuncher wrote:
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?


    Bard's Tale
    Test Drive (no, NFS is no replacement for me!)
    Ghostbusters
    Nebulus

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    dArk greetinX
    Ythcal
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  • From RaYzor@no@no.no.net.org.tv.com.edu.welf to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Friday, July 18, 2003 21:58:34
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    "Ythcal" <keineGewaehr@nix.de> wrote in message news:20030718140526361+0200@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
    In <28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com> Weetomuncher wrote:
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?


    Bard's Tale
    Test Drive (no, NFS is no replacement for me!)
    Ghostbusters
    Nebulus


    Space Rogue


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  • From rbernardo@rbernardo@value.net (Robert Bernardo) to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Friday, July 18, 2003 16:28:18
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    weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk (Weetomuncher) wrote in message news:<28e19b30.0307051444.573a7a4a@posting.google.com>...
    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?

    Other than games, I would love to see an update of the GEOS
    applications -- GEOWrite, GEOPaint, and the others. I was so happy
    when a few years ago Todd Elliott released a patch for GEOWrite 128
    v2.1. The patch corrected some errors in GEOWrite 128 and also gave
    the application the ability to easily recognize up to 4 drives
    (like a RAMLink or the SuperRAM in a SuperCPU). With the patch,
    GEOWrite 128 v2.1 became GEOWrite 128 v2.2.

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://videocam.net.au/fcug
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  • From Jeff Ledger@jeff@NOSPAM.com to comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amstrad.8bit on Friday, July 18, 2003 22:21:40
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    Which 8 bit computer titles should be updated?


    I know this is a little off topic on this question, but
    how about some new games based on some of
    the new movies, etc?

    I love to see a game programmer tackle:

    Men In Black
    or
    Startrek TNG

    as material for a new game.
    (Of course they would have to un-authorised, as I doubt Paramount would
    get very excited about a new game on a 20 year old machine.)

    "Maybe it's time to crack into my library and learn ML on this thing after
    20 years" <GRIN>

    Jeff



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