Thread: Hooked on old games...... still

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    Hooked on old games...... still

    Had some time to play around today so I thought I'd take a look at a blast from my past. I grew up playing games on a zx spectrum before learning to write for it. One of the earliest addictive games I played was this one. I give you Jet Set Willy. The father of all platform games. OMG its even harder than I remember. I'm sure as a kid I could cross the banyan tree, been trying all day still no joy!
    Here take a look. Gotta love some of these old games!
    Obviously its a .zip not .txt but boards attatchments feature sucks balls!
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    q - left
    w - right
    space - jump
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    So, you have a link to a good Speccy emulator?

    I used to have every NES and SNES game on here, but I forgot to back them up last time I formatted

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    i was looking for one earlier and didnt find much. Let me know if you find a good one.
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    For some ungodly reason, I can play,"Hals Hole in One Golf" for Super Nintendo for hours upon hours. I don't even play golf that much in real life. But for some reason, I can tear up that golf course silly. There is no one who can beat me at this game.
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    <------- I play Mega Man to avoid studying.
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    Dizzy. Those games aren't as difficult as I remember them but are still challenging.

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    I play old LucasArts or Sierra adventure games all the time.

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    i was looking for one earlier and didnt find much. Let me know if you find a good one.
    @Stoned_coder : I've been playing Football Manager (That's REALLY old) for the spectrum on the ZX32 emulator. ZX32 is a very fine emulator IMHO http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/9932/

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    is it in .sna format. my emulator works beautifully with .sna, most .z80 refuse to run and .tap it doesnt even understand.
    I'll download that one and try it with some of the .taps i got
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    RC Pro Am for the NES.

    Oh yeah. But man them cheating cars.

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