New retro gamer and Ikari warrior

[ukmarkh]

I think what they were trying to say, is that the amstrad version looked great until it moved. I don't think it's wise to slag off the Speccy version, unless you've played it through until the end. Otherwise we potentially make the same mistake some of you guys are accusing RG of making. It's all subjective at the end of the day, and personally as much as I love my CPC, I have to admitt the Speccy version is the better to play, as was the case with other games of this style i.e. Commando, Swiv and Lightforce to name a few.

[Gryzor]

You're making an excellent point: that, just as others are bound to be biased, so are we. But what happens is that we're dealing with the underdog, so to speak, and most people are biased the other way so in magazines it comes out the worse...

That said, a mate of mine had a speccy. Sometimes we'd play at his house, some times at mine. But IW was *definitely* a game we'd always play on the CPC!

[AMSDOS]

One cannot exclude the possibility that if their using Spectrum Emulators on their Super charged PCs that they may not even be running it at Realtime (even if Realtime is on). Depends on how good the emulator is, so their advice could be wrong!    Wouldn't be the first time it's happened! 

[ukmarkh]

I've had Speccy users tell me that ChaseHQ, Robocop and Operation Wolf play better on their machine. In my head this is a blatent lie, a bending of the very word, the 'truth'. Simply put, I think their deluded... but when everyone in the room doesn't share my view, I begin to wonder if i'm the biased one? Maybe we all are, but sometimes blinded by the truth.

However mad they think I am, or however subjective... i'm sticking with the CPC versions.

[andycadley]

In fairness, Chase HQ does play better on the Spectrum, though the colourful graphics of the CPC version put it a very close second. Robocop is basically identical, so I'd probably give it to the CPC on graphics. Can't say I was ever into Op Wolf, so wouldn't like to make the call there. I think I'd probably go for Ikari Warriors on the CPC too, don't think the speed difference ever seemed noticable enough to make it an issue myself.

[AMSDOS]

ukmarkh wrote:

I've had Speccy users tell me that ChaseHQ, Robocop and Operation Wolf play better on their machine. In my head this is a blatent lie, a bending of the very word, the 'truth'. Simply put, I think their deluded... but when everyone in the room doesn't share my view, I begin to wonder if i'm the biased one? Maybe we all are, but sometimes blinded by the truth.

However mad they think I am, or however subjective... i'm sticking with the CPC versions.

Yep for the last 25 years we've been biased the debate will continue when we're all dead and buried (or burnt) depending on what takes your fancy! The same rubbish happens between IBM Compatible, Amiga & Atari 16bits alike. Moving on is impossible because there's one sniffling rival out there with a Big Mouth!   

[ukmarkh]

Well... shut your big mouth then 'cpm'.