Retro Asylum 102 - The 8bit Wars Special - Does the Amstrad CPC win?

[MacDeath]

yeah, 256x192 in monochrome can look very nice... but then why have a "colour" computer ?

BTW Rodland plays quite a lot better on speccy, faster, smooth and nice. all the gameplay and sensations are there.

CPC is quite sluggish in comparison and lacks many features probably due to those damn 464...
Would be interesting to kwow if the code was mostly ported from speccy version (and in what amount).


Anyway yes :
Shaun G McClure is a great pixelartist, but too many of his productions were too speccyported to be greater on CPC

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=staff&lenom=SGM
shaun-mcclure-2d-art

His jobs in Mode0 are quite good (graphically) and well paletted. As he worked for the CPC in the late era (around 1990) the graphics are quite detailed, far from what was available in the earlier 80s (around 1982-1984) and faithfull to arcade/16bit indeed.

[TFM]

The sound on a 128k version of the Spectrum is better than on an Amstrad when you think about it because the beeper can be used to enhance the AY chip.

The beeper? That' a good one!

There are plenty of games on the Spectrum that scroll just as smoothly as an Amstrad and probably a bit quicker too.

Post me a single link (youtube) with smooth speccy scrolling please! 

[Swainy]

Take a listen to this piece of music from Chase H.Q on the Speccy 128 which uses the 48k beeper for the drum beats.

Chase H.Q. 128K Spectrum Title Music - YouTube


As for scrolling:

ZX Spectrum Longplay [028] Cobra - YouTube


SWIV ZX Spectrum - YouTube


Flying Shark ZX Spectrum - YouTube


ZX Spectrum: Ghost'n'Goblins - YouTube


Ghouls N Ghosts - ZX Spectrum Walkthrough - YouTube



Narc (Zx Spectrum) - YouTube

[sigh]

The CPC version of Rodland came out before the Speccy and C64. It was their first game/port that the company created.

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=staff&lenom=SGM
shaun-mcclure-2d-art

His jobs in Mode0 are quite good (graphically) and well paletted. As he worked for the CPC in the late era (around 1990) the graphics are quite detailed, far from what was available in the earlier 80s (around 1982-1984) and faithfull to arcade/16bit indeed.

Thank you for that link! Will check it out.

As for scrolling:

Zx Spectrum: Commando

I like the commando scroll which works well on the speccy and all other systems too.
I love this game on the CPC.

[TFM]

Ok, thanks for the links. Obviously the speccy can scroll. Well, I never had one, so I never saw it before. And lot's of games just don't scroll well.


BUT for bad games nobody can blame the computer!