Photography, random posts and very little about kebabs.
Birmingham related things
Just a nice friendly hello to……
Especially young……
You (futureeffects.co.uk – not Ben) seem to have accidentally downloaded some of my images……
and published them.
Though, thanks for leaving the © on the Gallery pictures…..
Apologies for ‘copying’ your site mast head – but I thought you’ve done it I might as well.
The pictures in question were taken during the filming of ‘Tezz’ which looking at IMDB is a fairly poor film.
You can visit Future Effects here, Enjoy!
Get involved in a shop
Invest in a shop
Think that I’d actually get a financial return from a shop
So, does anyone want to buy some prints – slightly shop soiled? Reasonable prices.
So now the end is near etc,
Right I know I said all day, but I’m thinking ‘1982’ day you know when I was at school. So it’s going to be school hours, hence I’ll be clocking off early.
16) Lunar Jetman – 2nd outing on the Spectrum for Jetman. This time with a vehicle. Now I always found this game tricky. I still do!
17) Sabre Wulf – now if this loads I’ll be surprised – as I type it ‘R Tape Loading error’ appears – sounds like a strangled cat (not that I have – just guessing). So I’ll try again. After years of not being used I guess it might be a bit of tape stiffness – a few FF and Rew might fix it. – Failed 🙁 Shame as it my favourite Ultimate game
18) Knight Lore – Sabre man returns, this time part man part wolf. The pioneering isometric game play was revolutionary at the time. Never got too far on the game in ’84, still not got any further!
So that’s your lot*. Actually quite tired considering I was just playing games all day.
* I do plan to post spectrum30 day ‘thoughts’ – so keep an eye out.
We’re on a roll with Durell now (other games manufacturers are available), well I think we are…..
12) Turbo Esprit, not the best start as the first side fails. Now trying the other side which is the fast load – same result – bugger – I wanted to play this 🙁 2nd tape now tried and failed. So removed Interface One. It worked. After all that I can’t be bothered with Turbo Esprit. Still had a blast around the city in it. Crashed into a few things.
13) Scrabble Redux (no, not a limited edition – but 2nd attempt with the tape/interface one changed) – It loads! And i’ve spent a happy hour or so on it loosing badly.
14) Manic Miner (again) – loads now. Played a few levels, come the conclusion Matthew Smith was a genius.
15) Jet Set Will (again) – Tape 1 fails on both sides, trying with reserve tape. The reserve works. So Matthew Smith – Genius, well he is. The thought that went in to levels, sprite collision and design are frankly still brilliant nearly 30 years on. One day I’ll sit down and try to complete the game.
Next up…
5) Match Day II. An enhancement on the original? Well I’m not too sure, the ‘better’ graphics dont add much to the experience and the diamond deflection system doesn’t really add anything either. If anything the latter seems to add uncertainty to the game. Still a worthy update to the classic.
6) Saboteur. Failed to load 🙁
7) Saboteur II. Failed to load 🙁
8 ) Combat Lynx – Loaded – but then didn’t work 🙁
9) Flight Simulation (Psion), Yay, one works. This brings back memories, I actually did prefer the ZX81 version but today is the Spectrum day so I’ll forget that. It’s a tricky thing attempt to fly something that’s not overly responsive. But a fun little flight sim (yes I crashed).
10) Harrier Attack! – Tempting fate with another Durell tape! But this one loads! A quick loader as it’s a 16k game, released with the country still celebrating the glorious win that was the Falklands Conflict. It’s a simple game, played the same way as the defender arcade game – but with the UK twist. It’s not a forgiving game, shot down and you’re gone (though you can eject!).
11) Scrabble – loads, then fails 🙁
Right onwards to next post……