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Tez-X Spectrum Death Wish 3
Gremlin's ultra violent license for the Charles Bronson movie Death Wish 3.
None of us really played this game to actually complete it. We just liked turning grannies into piles of mincemeat on the pavement. Even though it's tremendously difficult, it's still lots of fun to play today, especially with that Kick-Ass in-game soundtrack.
None of us really played this game to actually complete it. We just liked turning grannies into piles of mincemeat on the pavement. Even though it's tremendously difficult, it's still lots of fun to play today, especially with that Kick-Ass in-game soundtrack.
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Tez-X Spectrum Happy Hour
Переглядів 362 години тому
What time is it? It's Happy Hour AKA Alky Olie. Probably the most booziest game in the Speccy. Guide Wobbly Wilf around the town on a pub crawl. You've got 6 hours to visit 12 and neck 12 pints and get home safely to "her indoors". She'll probably be waiting for you armed with a rolling pin and you'll wake up with a sore head in the morning. You can't get any more quintessentially British than ...
Tez-X Spectrum Prohibition
Переглядів 362 години тому
Prohibition is a 1930s gangster shooter inspired by the arcade cabinet Empire City 31. The Mafia led by the notorious Al Capone, controls the city. No one dares stand up against him. no one that is except you. This shooting gallery is similar to Operation Wolf with a massive playing area. This one's quite tricky, so to beat those mobsters I'll be putting on some cheats.
TeZ-X Spectrum Butch Hard Guy
Переглядів 997 годин тому
Butch-Hard Guy. Is he harder than Rambo? He must be. Butch is a Vietnam Vet with jaundice, on a mission to save his fallen war buddies from the poison coated evil androids. This game is very hard and would have been a piece of cake if I was wearing my Butch-Hard Guy pin badge. Stay hard everybody.
TeZ-X Spectrum Kung Fu MASTER
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Kapow! Kung Fu Master rescued from the pedal bin of despair. I'm whacking on the cheats for this monstrosity of a game. Regarded as one of the worst converted beat em' ups to ever to grace the spectrum, and this one even makes Double Dragon look good. Anyway the bin men takes away the rubbish on Friday Which gives me plenty of time to fish it out and have another play.
Tez-X Spectrum Lazy Jones
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As far as I am aware, Lazy Jones must have been one of the first collection of mini games on the Spectrum. This is a great little gem and it's got that "one more go" element to it. But judging by the magazine reviews at the time I don't think they understood the concept of future proofing nostalgia and why would they? Games within a game, that will never work 😆
TeZ-X Spectrum Exolon
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Even though the new Spectrum has arrived today, it's still business as usual at TeZ-X Spectrum. So today's video is Raffaele Cecco's brilliant Exolon. This will be one of my regular playthrough but just played on the new system. This is not an unboxing video and it's not a system review. I'll just be looking at the operating system and how to save games. Oh! And of course I'll be cheating if I ...
Tez-X Spectrum Mikie
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Imagine never ever playing Mikie on the Spectrum. I just thought it was a game that I wouldn't be interested in. After playing it for the first time today, I'm now attempting to kick myself in the arse for missing out on so much fun. What a brilliant little game this is.
Tez-X Spectrum Alchemist
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It's time for some Spectrum Wizardry with Imagine's Alchemist. In this colorful adventure, you must don your pointy hat and do battle with the evil warlock. 10-Year-Old me back in the day was mind blown that you could transform into a bird of prey. It has aged a little but it still holds some magical nostalgia.
TeZ-X Spectrum Cosmic Cruiser
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As a spectrum gamer sometimes we punish ourselves to get that little bit further in a game. Well, it's time to create another video for Cosmic Cruiser. And it's a minor success this time, I managed to rescue one of the Spacemen from peril, and only took me 40 years. Speccy baby steps!
Tez-X Spectrum Zzoom
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Zzoom Zzoom Zzoom let me hear you say wayo! If you enjoyed taking out the little men instead of rescuing them? I think this was the first game that brought out my sadistic side.
Tez-X Spectrum Donkey Kong
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Donkey Kong certainly stomps on any other Speccy Kong clone. This is a perfect rendition of the Nintendo classic and it looks and plays absolutely beautifully. Be the King of Kong and download it here: bubu-marcianito.itch.io/arcade-zx-collection-donkey-kong
Tez-X Spectrum Zip-Zap
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Imagine's Zip-Zap certainly has a lot of zipping and zapping. This is an old skool single screen arcade affair. Only after playing the game did I realise that it plays like a Jet Pack clone. It's a little bit of fun but nothing special. The addition of the Star Wars theme tune on the menu screen gets a thumbs up and probably gets me a copyright claim too😆👍
TeZ-X Spectrum XAVIOR
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Another suggestion from Mathew Lambert. Xavior the predecessor to The Covenant, the same character but completely different gameplay. With over 4000 screens and over 200 different enemies to destroy I don't think I'm on the road to finish this one. This is what the Speccy does best , a multitude of colour and a very atmospheric feel to this adventure. I liked this a lot, very intriguing, I'll b...
TeZ-X Spectrum TRANTOR The Last Stormtrooper
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TeZ-X Spectrum TRANTOR The Last Stormtrooper
10 to midnight 💪🚬🤠
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I played this Charles Bronson movie tie-in for the first time on my Commodore 64 from a compilation called 10 GREAT GAMES II (tape) as a little boy back in the late 1980's. 😹😺👍🕹️
I was walking home from the pub the other night, and had quite a few drinks. So I was feeling very tipsy 🥴 🥴 halfway back I saw a young guy under his car working on something. I said "What's the matter with your car son?" He said "Piston broke!" I replied "So am I mate! So am I. Hic!" 🥴 Lol 😅😅 Wyn 👍
That's a good one, hic😉🍻😵💫
Cheers Tez! 😁👍
Mine's a pint of Skol please 😉🍻
Lovely jubbly Tez!! I'll have a glass of red merlot wine this time round. 🍷😵💫
I'm sure I remember this as alky Ollie.
Exactly the same game but just renamed 🍻👍
you keep saying this game is terrible, it was actually an amazing game back in the day, and not worthy of the bin, spent hours on the arcade version so to get this at home on my speccy i was over the moon.
Nah! It's still shit and it's always voted in the top ten most disappointing Speccy games. But I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍
Just came here and subscribed after seeing your post on Facebook. I see you have 1000 videos so I will enjoy looking for my favourites 😊
That's very much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
Played this a lot as i loved the arcade ……it could have been better i agree but still it felt like the arcade to me back then
But I'm glad you liked it Daph🤜💥🤛
Never seen this before but it looks pretty cool
Brilliant game this Butch Hard Guy. Crisp colours like you said, and graphics are fab, and is also very addictive. Infinite lives cheat is cool. So no messing around here....get to the chopper!! Wyn 😆😆
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Why would anyone rescue this game from the pedal bin. It'll remain un-rescued with me. Yuck! Awful ponderous game in my opinion!! 💩
Back in the good old 80's my parents bought me the 'They sold a million 3' compilation for christmas. Ghostbusters, Fighter pilot, Rambo 2 and Kung Poo Master... Didn't remember it being this bad.
Ah yes, Lazy Jones, or as I like to call it "Indiana jones late on a sunday afternoon". HEY OH!
Old man Indy😆
Been meaning to get to this one myself. I plan to try and beat it somewhere down the line lol
Wish I had my Spectrum :( great review as always
Pretty sure I have thd physical copy of this game in my large Speccy collection. Exolon is a superb classic game!! Brilliant graphics and gameplay is challenging but very addictive. Yeah I really like this game! Good video review Tez!! 👍 😃
Have you tried my Saboteur 2 mod?
ua-cam.com/video/AGsWFLQIbvk/v-deo.htmlsi=P3XEr5lNgehjb9AR This one?
@TeZXSpectrum nope :)
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Great stream guys and a great chat 👍🏼
Cheers our Kenny 😉👍
This is a fun game I used to play quite often when I was younger. I have a copy of this in my large collection of Speccy games too. I love the colour and the music by the Beatles "it's been a hard day's night" is cool too. Very challenging but it's so much fun!! Practice makes perfect as they say!! Wyn 🤪😊
Brilliant chat as always guys, just catching up Saturday morning with a cuppa! Scuba and Mike are great fun guests. Have an awesome weekend everyone… 5 weeks to Christmas 😱🎄
Pete and Mike are always a great duo. Cheers for catching up Scott👍
Pro customs make a fantastic reproduction vlix (both Kenner and glasslite) and it ain’t no 40 grand! 😀😀😀
Loved playing this brilliant game in the past. I haven't played Alchemist in years either! But I do remember playing it for hours on end as I was so addicted to this game. Took me quite a while to complete it, without using any cheats at all. I have to say I enjoyed flying as the eagle bird too. The music at the beginning is cool..Toccata and Fugue by Bach. So sad about Ian Weatherburn who committed suicide in Spring of 1989 😔
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Smokin'😘🤩🇺🇸🇬🇧
Remember playing this back in the day with the creator Paul Hodges, what great memories, nice review after so many years.
This became a little bit of a campaign to get the game playable again on World of Spectrum. This is why I love the Speccy community so much ♥️ facebook.com/share/p/g1rTkPmK7t1hkJ2o/
Forgot to watch this video of yours Tez. I absolutely love this Heartbroken game dude. Very colourful like you said, and I enjoyed watching you play the game too. Great looking game by the Shaw brothers. Wyn 👍 😊
Finally found it again 😂
Bingo 😁👍
We used to have spectrums at school. Loved them ! We played the hobbit
FANTASTIC , Is it a newly made ?
Yep! It came out last week 👍
@@TeZXSpectrum Excellent need it 0n the new Spectrum ,
I have Zzoom in my large Spectrum collection and it's great fun to play. WAYOH!! I like the way you control your cross hair cursor to destroy the enemies, and although a joystick is handy to play this game, I can manage on a keyboard myself. It's been a very long time since I last played Zzoom. WAYOH! Wyn 👍😀
Chocks away 🛩️
Bandit at one o'clock!! Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da!! Kaboom. Hooray! 😆
I've always been a fan of Donkey Kong, and love this one by Artonapilos. I remember playing this in the arcades quite often. I even got to the last level where you have to collect/jump over the girder rivets to get Kong to fall to his doom. Tricky but so addictive!! I have a PC shareware version of this, and I did have the Atari VCS version as well until it got lost somewhere. 😒 Watch out for those dreaded barrels!! Yikes!! Wyn 👍
This is a great version very colourful as well
Mind-blowing Brian👍
Lovely, little game👊
Aye up Lowbot💪😘👍
Looks like a nice version! Great that folk are still enhancing these games. And stage 3 is about as far as I’ve ever got (on a good day 😄). All the best Tez.
Amazingly close to the arcade, mind-blowing to see it on the Spectrum. Hope you are keeping well Ed🤜💥🤛
These games are definitely worthy to go on the 💩 list Tez. Hooray!! 👏
Im gonna run out of big roll😆
Yeah, this Zip Zap game sure is very difficult to play. Great fun on a short term basis, but you need a lot of practice to perfect game play. You mentioned a few games in this video, and one was Alchemist. I really liked this game and enjoyed playing it more than the other games. Took me a while to complete it, using no cheats, and although there's the usual colour clash, it's a pretty good game.
Ah memories, I have the physical copy also but probably haven't loaded it in two decades. Simple and quite addictive.
Xavior looks like a really good game to play, but it does have its problems. Firstly, your character is just way too big, and you have limited firepower too, and also 3 lives is definitely not enough. So infinite lives cheat is needed in this one!! 😊
Definitely 😉👍
Hehe! I'm sure I posted this BC Bill game on the Wos Facebook group quite some time ago, and had a fair number of comments about it. I have the actual physical copy of this too, as well as the game of it on the Beau Jolly compilation Spectrum pack. It's very addictive and great fun to play. It was funny when you said you needed more females 😅 Like you said though, a remake of this game wouldn't go down very well these days though. You played much better this time round Tez, and protecting your kids is important too. But life can be tough!! The joys of being a parent eh!! 😅 Wyn 👍 Never heard of the Mostrops show on TV though. Nice chance to use your game pad too!
ua-cam.com/video/piq6MlRiiW8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared It sounds very similar
Wow! I never knew Warren Beatty owns the rights to the Dick Tracy movie!! 😮 You sure surprised me there Tez. This game of the film however is really pants! It's just downright awful! The presentation is okay, but the gameplay is just yuck! 😒
A stupid waste of a good license. Titus games really do suck💩😉👍
Definitely one for the bin, or Room 101.
It said the code was YDN I think (without reviewing the video again)
I absolutely loved this game. Yes, very hard, but very good. Never had pokes for it, so never got very far myself.
I absolutely loved this game. Yes, very hard, but very good. Never had pokes for it, so never got very far myself.
I have the original Trantor game on my Spectrum and I agree, it's quite a challenge to play. But great fun! Your character is quite large making it easy for enemies to hit you. Yeah a map is quite handy to get around.
Oh yes! I do like this alien blasting game, and what's more, I have the arcade version on my PS 2 Taito Legends compilation of games. There are many arcade games on this compilation too!!! There's at least over 15 of them!! As for this Spectrum version, I quite like this one as well. Although it does slow down a bit when there's lots going on the tv screen. But it seems to play quite well and has great music too. Yeah, I'll give this a thumbs up. Wyn 👍
loved that game too. did it not come with a rock song on the b side?
I would love to have a two player go with you on this Line of Fire game Tez. It looks alright, as it has end of level bosses, but I noticed it slows down a bit when there's a lot on the screen. Like you said it's a hit and miss kind of game, and needs more polishing up. Yeah, a disappointing messy Operation Wolf kind of game. Give me the proper arcade game any day!!