ZX SPECTRUM TAU CETI - THE SPECIAL EDITION 128K

[TheRadwulf]

@SPINNEYFUCK Wow I am chuffed you played it. I could only just complete it back then. I had to use the cheat pokes, there is a "backdoor" in to the "basic" and the code but i can't remember it. I was a devious fecker even back then so yes it's a hard game but I swear it's possable. I'll give you a tip. Some robots dont kill ya.

[HardWarUK]

I only bought about 20 games for my Spectrum 48K before I upgraded to a Commodore 64, Tau Ceti was one of those 20, and was one of the first C64 games I bought for my new C64, C2N and 1641 floppy! :)

[TheRadwulf]

Pete was my maths teacher at school, we wrote "Jet Set Gertie" together around that time. Ahaha would love to catch up with Pete and Chris. Many hours spent at the programming table.

[SPINNYFUCK]

@TheRadwulf Thanks for the background story. Jet Set Gertie is a pretty frustrating game. Just had a quick go at it. I guess I need more practice.

[rivendell9999]

One of the best! :)

[tarcus69]

So you never found the fire button then.... Excellent game and I fully intend to play it again soon.

[kakabixlis]

Those are the days Spinny! i miss theeeeem!! Lords of Midnight,Ultimate Games,Tau Ceti...Academy!!heheeh well Tau Ceti was my first Fleet Guild in Star Trrek online :) ,Good show Spinny! bless you!! ,hope you are fine mate and well ,greets from Greece!

[SamusDrake]

Very nice looking game. Can't believe I never came across it before...

[herbal1971]

Never played Tau Ceti but Academy was superb.

[Stayrsaigh]

Excellent graphics for the time! Sort of like a pre version of Driller!

[alcockell]

I had it for the Amstrad CPC6128

[tomforsyth1000]

This was a fantastic game - I replayed it recently on an emulator just to check - yup, it still holds up. And it was co-written by Chris Newcombe, who gave me my first proper job in the industry at Sega UK. Ah, the memories.

You should also try the follow-on - Academy. It was awesome fun just screwing around with the HUD editor.

[jontycampbell]

There was a Special Edition? Preferred Academy myself.

[Smiaw]

Only 1 word to describe this game --- classic!

Those were the days when the star programmers talked about writing a special routine (in machine code of course) to do a certain thing.

[bx16v]

It was the atmosphere! lol

I liked the idea of being alone on a planet with crazy robots

[SPINNYFUCK]

Well, I can appreciate that. I can imagine that this game has its fans. Maybe the fact that I had no instructions for it years ago put me off it as well.

[bx16v]

This game was the reason I bought a +3 !

[SPINNYFUCK]

To be honest the game doesn't do much for me. Played the 48K version in '85 but preferred the Ultimate stuff. I got my +3 so I could play Where Time Stood Still.