Shadow of the Beast for AMSTRAD/SPECTRUM ???

[RetroMan]

Found this advert, does any of this versions exist :confused


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[RetroMan]

:cool Seems that I´ve found the Amstrad Version :D Now, what about the Spectrum Version ???

[Tommo]

World of Spectrum (http://www.worldofspectrum.org) has it.

[RetroMan]

:D THX :)

[Akira]

Yep, both versions suck ;)

The Atari Lynx version is teh greatest IMO/

What about Nemesis for teh Amstrad, Retroman? I neve rseen it, mind posting screenies and impressions of taht game? (and I think Salamander/Life FOrce was released too, so post comments and screenies about that one too :))

It might be time for a 'CPC THread':D

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Akira
What about Nemesis for teh Amstrad, Retroman? I neve rseen it, mind posting screenies and impressions of taht game? (and I think Salamander/Life FOrce was released too, so post comments and screenies about that one too :))

It might be time for a 'CPC THread':D
Well, I can say for sure that I own Salamander for CPC (Original), not sure about Nemesis ..... can´t check right now cause I cannot find the disk box, where I have put my CPC originals, but I post a scan as soon as I find them :)

[Ian]

Originally posted by s4murai


http://www.somethingawful.com/askjeffk/
It's his dang keyboard he tells ya;) (For teh 10,000 time:p)

[Uukrul]

Shadow of the Beast was the last CPC game I bought (or was Bloodwych?) and it looks better on a green monitor than on a colour one :)


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[Uukrul]

And here goes the Salamander pic. After playing it again on Caprice, yes, is a lot faster than what I remembered


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[Uukrul]

Sorry for the triple post but I forgot type this url: http://www.aceroms.com/cpc/cpc.htm

Here you'll find all CPC disks and here:
ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/cpc/
more disks and redumped-fixed images (updated daily)

[Amigaboy]

The Atari Lynx version is teh greatest IMO/

Hell yes! Best graphics and the most playable

[Shatterhand]

I already had the Spectrum version for sometime, and I even told Akira about it when I got it. I won't comment about it , as I don't even like the Miggy game that much...
But what I found really weird is that the word "Shadow of the" never appears in the game (It's like the game is only called "Beast" ) , and there's NO Psygnosis or Reflections credits in the game!

I just got the Amstrad version with the pack of games I've just downloaded, so I'll may comment about it later..

I have a little more to say about the CPC, but I'll say it in the other CPC thread....

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Shatterhand
But what I found really weird is that the word "Shadow of the" never appears in the game (It's like the game is only called "Beast" ) , and there's NO Psygnosis or Reflections credits in the game!
Not weird, that´s cause GREMLIN had the rights on the Amstrad and Spectrum Versions (look advert posted above) ;)

[Akira]

Originally posted by Ian

It's his dang keyboard he tells ya;) (For teh 10,000 time:p)

Yes, it ain't funny anymore. You pig
:)

[Akira]

Thanks for posting the CPC pics. I can officially say it sucks :) The Commodore versions were SO great!

I still might end up buying them. What about R-Type? I almost nab that one on eBay...

[RetroMan]

Well, R-Type is not a very good conversion IMHO, but make your mind ....


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[Akira]

hey, rtype looks better :)

but l rather not judge by looks! will try all tehse games :D

[Uukrul]

Nope, it's like the spectrum version. If you want a good CPC shooter try Silkworm

[RetroMan]

Hmmm, there was a really great shooter on CPC, you fly in an world war one airplane and the scrolling was up/down, but I can´t remember the name :(

[Uukrul]

The onnly one I can now remember is 1943 (great conversion) but it can`t be (WWII airplane). Do you have more info about publisher or year?



...Is Scramble Spirits?

[RetroMan]

None of those u mentioned :( I don´t really know anything more, but I´ll have a look at some databases, maybe I´ll find out ;)

Edit : I found out .... it was "FLYING SHARK" :D take a good look here, there´s also an Amiga Version :)

http://toaplan.gamersgraveyard.com/flyingshark/flyingshark_homeversions.html

[Shatterhand]

R-type on the CPC, like Uukrul said, is identical to the Spectrum. I think the Spectrum version is great for a Spectrum, but not for an Amstrad game .

@Retroman

Yet I think they had to put a "Psygnosis" trademark somewhere..

When I 1st got the spectrum version, I saw only the name "Beast", and no Psygo copyright, I thought they had just stole the game idea or something (Although a big company like Gremlin woulnd't do that)

The same happens in the CPC version...


Oh yeah, and Silkworm on CPC is indeed great :)

[Uukrul]

And the sequel SWIV is simply one of the worst games I've ever seen on the CPC. Conclusion: CPC was a great machine with very bad programmers.


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[Akira]

I wouldn't say bad programmers, I'd say LAZY. A LOT of games were Spectrum shovelware. But there were demo coders who made GREAT stuff!

[Shatterhand]

I don't think Swiv was that bad on the CPC. It's not good either, is just average.

Like R-Type, it's a good game for spectrum, but not for the CPC

[RetroMan]

Sorry, but SWIV on CPC is a REALLY CRAP GAME !!!! The scrolling sucks, the gfx sucks and so does the game :( While Silkworm was brilliant, I can´t understand why they made SWIV to be that crappy ...... hmmm, it´s all about the money, the sooner the game is ready, the sooner they get more money, it´s a real shame ......