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[challenge entry] one track mind. sort of.

i got 500+ hits from my FP. that's the power of b3ta. cool.

From the What should be on the cover of The Face? challenge. See all 434 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:28, archived)
# which version is that?
I don't remember any looking so... well, colourless

woo for classic games!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:30, archived)
# original spectrum, old boy
well, i say original, post-bbc original anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:31, archived)
# yeah
"original"... bollocks ;)

I have attempted the NES version via an emulator, as Ian Bell considers that to be the definitive version. sadly, the emulator was on an iPaq, which didn't allow multiple keypresses, which kinda ruined any opportunity of proper control!

now there's a speccy emulator for my phone, however...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:33, archived)
# pfft.
a spectrum in your pocket.

what an era we live in
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:35, archived)
# there's also a C64
and a direct port of Doom... my phone has more processing power than the PCs it was originally released for!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:36, archived)
# but
can your phone make phone calls without requiring a huge number of menus?
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:37, archived)
# click one button for list of numbers
scroll through list or type initial letter to find person to call
press call

I think that means "yes"
edit: oh, and there's always the old classic "dial the number" method
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:38, archived)
# bet it runs out of batteries in
10 seconds flat :P
(Catfish Ma, why can't I draw? "Because you have fins dear", Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:57, archived)
# *counts to 10*
no, it's still working
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:59, archived)
# you make a very good point
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:39, archived)
# there's a really good spectrum emulator that runs it on the pc
it plays perfectly but doesn't save properly all the time. mind you, i'm almost 30 now, i refuse to spend all day, every day, and all evening, every evening pissing about on a computer.

oh. bugger. ;)
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:37, archived)
# hehehe
I never played speccy or C64 games, so I've no interest in trying them - shame, really... the gameboy emu I've got is good though, and it's more suited to the available controls
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:39, archived)
# *faint*
no spectrum? no c64? good god man, you've never lived!
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:47, archived)
# I had a BBC
and was haxor king at school...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:48, archived)
# bbc
was the dogs really, a lot faster than the others on the market just looked on as an educational computer :(
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:58, archived)
# that was a bonus though
as it meant there was a plentiful supply of spares and upgrades just waiting for me to "liberate" them ;)
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:00, archived)
# christ even i've played a spectrum...
and i'm only 17 :o

still remember knight lore :)
(Catfish Ma, why can't I draw? "Because you have fins dear", Wed 22 Oct 2003, 22:59, archived)
# 17? 17!?
17!?!?

;)
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:01, archived)
# well no-one's ever seen what I mean
from the age of n-n-n-n-n-n-thirteen....
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:03, archived)
# i've met tony hawk
that one, not the other one. he's very tall
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)
# surely
KnightLore was released before you were born ???

edit: released in 1984 - www.crashonline.org.uk/12/index.htm

blimey.
(I helped save b3ta! spiny - things are looking up, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)
# I've just played
c64 games on my gp32. It's the first time I've been near any c64 stuff at all. have played spectrum stuff, but I had am Amstrad CPC at the time, which was a lot better than both.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 23:03, archived)