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ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft

Started by chinnyhill10, 21:16, 07 June 16

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chinnyhill10

As a quick bonus midweek video I thought it was about to look at the game Amstrad Computer User readers voted the worst title of 1985. 3D Invaders by Amsoft:





It's everything I heard it was. Would have been pretty poor even as a type in (just look how good that type in Space Invaders game I did in my 30 years of the 6128 video for example). At full price it was the kind of game that gave Amsoft a bad name.
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Puresox

Atom Smasher ,3D Invaders , £7.99 for these gems

chinnyhill10

Quote from: Puresox on 03:35, 08 June 16
Atom Smasher ,3D Invaders , £7.99 for these gems


And more on disc!


I seem to remember at least having some limited playtime from Atom Smasher though.
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Puresox

will have to try Atom smasher again , I think I found it unbearable last time I tried it

chinnyhill10

Quote from: Puresox on 20:52, 08 June 16
will have to try Atom smasher again , I think I found it unbearable last time I tried it


Oddly enough I was thinking that. There's loads of Amsoft games that I used to play that were fairly terrible that I want to revisit. The Prize being another.

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Puresox

Yep the Prize , was one which  as a kid I thought, what is this crap. But on a recent look I was far more forgiving and it is a game that I find I can give it a quick burn and sort of enjoying finding out what it has to offer

EgoTrip

A terrible game.  But compared to Home Runner, its a masterpiece.

ervin

Quote from: Puresox on 20:52, 08 June 16
will have to try Atom smasher again , I think I found it unbearable last time I tried it


First video game I *ever* bought, for any system.


To my eyes (at the time) it looked like Asteroids!
How wrong I was.


To this day it is my most hated game of all time.


Puresox

Quote from: ervin on 00:31, 09 June 16

First video game I *ever* bought, for any system.


To my eyes (at the time) it looked like Asteroids!
How wrong I was.


To this day it is my most hated game of all time.


Really ! Your a braver man than me to have bought it . I can imagine you were gutted . It could scar you for life which it sounds like it has :)

Puresox

This forums bugs are P'ing me off , can't paste any thing into it now.
Response to Ervin wasted :picard:

EgoTrip

Quote from: Puresox on 00:45, 09 June 16
This forums bugs are P'ing me off , can't paste any thing into it now.
Response to Ervin wasted :picard:

Paste into notepad first to remove any formatting, then copy and paste from there into here.

TFM

Quote from: EgoTrip on 13:25, 09 June 16
Paste into notepad first to remove any formatting, then copy and paste from there into here.


Or do it super simple: Use the A to A icon (the second last). It does this job.
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Shaun M. Neary

The 3D idea doesn't always work for games, you'd think people would have learned from this.
But no, in 1991, we got Welltris...
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Puresox

Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 20:44, 09 June 16
The 3D idea doesn't always work for games, you'd think people would have learned from this.
But no, in 1991, we got Welltris...
Didn't think Welltris was too bad a game . It was understandable and worked , whereas 3D invaders was just a mess that you could not enjoy

TFM

Quote from: Puresox on 12:53, 10 June 16
Didn't think Welltris was too bad a game . It was understandable and worked , whereas 3D invaders was just a mess that you could not enjoy


Very true! Welltris is a great game, except the missing sound. Imagine a driving tune and it would be really awesome. Ok, you may can also improve game field gfx a bit. But it's 3D part is really working well and understandable.  :)
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Puresox

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Quote from: chinnyhill10 on 10:38, 08 June 16

And more on disc!


I seem to remember at least having some limited playtime from Atom Smasher though.
Has anyone seen the recent video by Retrogamervx , which play tests Atom Smasher for the Vic 20!?  I was under the impression that this game  was only brought out for the Amstrad , but it seems that the Vic 20 had a version done for it ,and tbh it looks a much better version imo . I'm interested to see if any other machine had a port of this dung heap of a game . Check out his vid (If you can bare the guy's style) reminds me of the fast shows 'Colin Hunt'. Still he obviously appeals to some . And probably ,like me doesn't care what others think . :D [size=78%] So For that I respect him .[/size]

ivarf

Quote from: Puresox on 17:28, 02 July 16
Has anyone seen the recent video by Retrogamervx , which play tests Atom Smasher for the Vic 20!?  I was under the impression that this game  was only brought out for the Amstrad , but it seems that the Vic 20 had a version done for it ,and tbh it looks a much better version imo . I'm interested to see if any other machine had a port of this dung heap of a game . Check out his vid (If you can bare the guy's style) reminds me of the fast shows 'Colin Hunt'. Still he obviously appeals to some . And probably ,like me doesn't care what others think . :D [size=78%] So For that I respect him .[/size]

I found a version of Oh Mummy for the Einstein on his youtube page as well

AMSDOS

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The Oric 1 had Harrier Attack, it's so funny watching this guy play it, just wondering if the Mrs is here (bit of an Amstrad fan apparently).


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Gryzor

Oh dear, I knew I shouldn't have watched that vid... I'm sure I had played it back when, but obviously I had suppressed the memory...


[ot]Thanks for replying to @Puresox 's comment, guys; let's not blame the software when we don't get it...[/ot]

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