Misc Games
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Sometimes there are games sent into the CSSCGC that just don't seem to fit into
any of the other shoddily thought-out categories that I stuck on the front page. In
these instances it's best to just have a miscellaneous page and wait for people to
start complaining about how the games really should have been in section X or Y.
Meddling fools! |
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Quake - By A J Moss ID software's seminal multi-player 3D extravaganza comes to the Spectrum with all its featured intact with the exception of the graphics, which have had to be reduced to an 8 by 6 pixel window to keep the speed up. The game also features a revolutionary telepathic control system which means that the program reacts to your every thought before you've even had it!Ber-illiant! |
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POD - By Gonad The Barbarian This is a bizarre experiment in virtual life that presents a being so realistic that when I turned off my machine I was beset by fourteen pro-lifers with rolling pins who decried my act as tantamount to murder.Simply by typing in instructions the creature displayed on screen with pander to your every whim. Dancing, jumping and even spying. Blim! What's even more amazing about the game is that it was a greater commercial success than both of Millenium's "Creatures" titles put together. |
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Shut It! - By Chris Young This isn't so much a game as a technology demonstration that the humble Spectrum is quite capable of both Full Motion Video and Digitised Speech. Of course, with these abilities it's a miracle that On Digital didn't elect to use the Speccy as their set top boxes.At least I wouldn't keep getting that bloody red square on the screen when I was trying to watch Xena's breasts jiggle about... |