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Title: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: chinnyhill10 on 21:16, 07 June 16
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.
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Puresox on 03:35, 08 June 16
Atom Smasher ,3D Invaders , £7.99 for these gems
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: chinnyhill10 on 10:38, 08 June 16
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.
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: 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
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: chinnyhill10 on 21:54, 08 June 16
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.

Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Puresox on 22:20, 08 June 16
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
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: EgoTrip on 22:51, 08 June 16
A terrible game.  But compared to Home Runner, its a masterpiece.
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: ervin on 00:31, 09 June 16
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.

Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Puresox on 00:44, 09 June 16
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 :)
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: 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:
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: EgoTrip on 13:25, 09 June 16
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.
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: TFM on 15:31, 09 June 16
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.
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: 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...
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Puresox on 12:53, 10 June 16
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
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: TFM on 15:10, 10 June 16
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.  :)
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Puresox on 17:28, 02 July 16
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]
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: ivarf on 07:42, 03 July 16
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
Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: AMSDOS on 08:07, 03 July 16
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).


Title: Re: ChinnyVision: 3D Invaders by Amsoft
Post by: Gryzor on 15:22, 17 August 16
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 (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=511) 's comment, guys; let's not blame the software when we don't get it...[/ot]
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