I used to have this game on my Spectrum +2 many years ago. It had the best title music of any Speccy game I can remember. It sounds a bit basic at first, but if you leave it for a bit it gets really good (well for an 8 bit computer anyway). Any chance you could post a vid of it...?
Congrats on getting your games published Ash, i looked them up on the WOS and they look damm good, i had this game on the Atari ST and it was,nt bad but racing games never seemed to work that great on the ST for some reason (Outrun being the most infamous)
I never had a problem with the Atari ST. It was great for word processing/spreadsheets/database unless the tutor gave you the wrong handout sheet...lol!
I must check out your games. I suppose there is an Inn in one of the games where a weary traveller can quench his thirst with a cider and an unhelpful barman who says "I don't understand"!
Lol, In Conman there was an Inn but sadly was closed due to lack of memory. I just looked at WOS and they had the original review of my Conman by Your Sinclair and they just made it up. It wasnt the story. They said he got lost in a cab in Hartlepool. Just shows you how thrown together YS was at the end. It is like having the Hobbit and saying they were Artic explorers after seals.
I've got a short record of my game on Spectaculator and put it onto Movie Maker. Now saving it via Movie maker and it says 70 minutes. Is this normal? it seems to be converting it to wmv.
After you finish recording your gameplay go back into spectaculator control and go to movie and click on stop before you exit. Converting to wmv via movie maker is fine its just compressing it. This is the version you want to upload. I made a folder called youtubevids on drive d which I save the moviemaker wmv to. You can edit etc using moviemaker but if you havn't used it before it can be strange. 1st rule start recording gameplay for say 5 minutes stop recording and import to moviemaker.
No. It just comes from experience which you will learn. Just mess around and see what you can do. Sometimes you think your recording for ages and your not. The recording depends. Some games are split up into segments on moviemaker. You can edit clips for longer games. If it's a single clip drag it to the storyboard and click on timeline and you can drag the clip the shorten it
10 minute video takes about 32 minutes to save to your computer. Dont leave spectaculator recording and forget about. Thats what I used to do. You end up with loads of drive space being taken up.
Can't go wrong for 30p. Found some good games in bargain bins. I use to have a tour of places in my town centre looking for Spectrum Adventure games. Did I mention I had 5 published??!! Sadly the shop shut down as the Speccy world crumbled. I want an Xbox 360 now. Just a question of having money to pay for it...
I remember when the speccy came to an end in 1993. It was a sad time. Felt like you had been betrayed somehow. What games did you get published? Might be good to put some of them on youtube.
Yeah. Know what u mean betrayed. I bought the magazines until their last issues. They were adventure games my offerings. Conman the Barbaric, The Haunting, Queen of the Mirror, Deadly Silence and Dreamare. Coman got on the Your Sinclair Covertape. How do you get them on You tube? I have a Digital Camcorder but do you need a capture screen program to do what you do?
Download 'spectaculator' from WOS (you will have 30 day trial). Then choose any game from WOS and open the file. Spectaculator will load the game then use mouse to go up to top of the screen for menus. Go to controls and click make movie and name the file as 'avi'. You will need to use Windows Movie Maker to Import the file and compress it. Save your movie and then upload to youtube. I hope that makes sense!!!
Never played this game. Nice graphics and sound. never was into car racing genre. The games seemed to get too hard too quickly. Time for my first Tuesday Cider!
I picked this game up for 30p in a second-hand shop years ago - no case or instructions. It's just immediately playable. Some of the car games are pretty hard but this one doesn't really get too hard until the last level. I raise my can as a fellow cider drinker ;0
I used to have this game on my Spectrum +2 many years ago. It had the best title music of any Speccy game I can remember. It sounds a bit basic at first, but if you leave it for a bit it gets really good (well for an 8 bit computer anyway). Any chance you could post a vid of it...?
MrThunderwing 3 years ago 2
There is no problem with that request! Coming up right now.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Congrats on getting your games published Ash, i looked them up on the WOS and they look damm good, i had this game on the Atari ST and it was,nt bad but racing games never seemed to work that great on the ST for some reason (Outrun being the most infamous)
Fawltykog 4 years ago
I never had a problem with the Atari ST. It was great for word processing/spreadsheets/database unless the tutor gave you the wrong handout sheet...lol!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
My games where the most advanced written on PAW. I could have wrote a book on it. Often Cider Inspired!
Chase HQ was pretty bad on the Atari ST too.
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
I must check out your games. I suppose there is an Inn in one of the games where a weary traveller can quench his thirst with a cider and an unhelpful barman who says "I don't understand"!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Lol, In Conman there was an Inn but sadly was closed due to lack of memory. I just looked at WOS and they had the original review of my Conman by Your Sinclair and they just made it up. It wasnt the story. They said he got lost in a cab in Hartlepool. Just shows you how thrown together YS was at the end. It is like having the Hobbit and saying they were Artic explorers after seals.
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
Just put up a short version of Conman. If you want it removed just say. It was only meant to be a laugh.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Haven't upload yet! Thanks! Can wait. My creation on you tube! I'm messing with Speculator now. getting the hang of it.
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
You'll soon get used to Spectaculator. It pretty user-friendly. It took me a few goes to learn it.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
I've got a short record of my game on Spectaculator and put it onto Movie Maker. Now saving it via Movie maker and it says 70 minutes. Is this normal? it seems to be converting it to wmv.
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
After you finish recording your gameplay go back into spectaculator control and go to movie and click on stop before you exit. Converting to wmv via movie maker is fine its just compressing it. This is the version you want to upload. I made a folder called youtubevids on drive d which I save the moviemaker wmv to. You can edit etc using moviemaker but if you havn't used it before it can be strange. 1st rule start recording gameplay for say 5 minutes stop recording and import to moviemaker.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Thanks Spinny. Do you keep a stopwatch for how long you are recording for? To make sure it's under 10 mins?
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
No. It just comes from experience which you will learn. Just mess around and see what you can do. Sometimes you think your recording for ages and your not. The recording depends. Some games are split up into segments on moviemaker. You can edit clips for longer games. If it's a single clip drag it to the storyboard and click on timeline and you can drag the clip the shorten it
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
10 minute video takes about 32 minutes to save to your computer. Dont leave spectaculator recording and forget about. Thats what I used to do. You end up with loads of drive space being taken up.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
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Can't go wrong for 30p. Found some good games in bargain bins. I use to have a tour of places in my town centre looking for Spectrum Adventure games. Did I mention I had 5 published??!! Sadly the shop shut down as the Speccy world crumbled. I want an Xbox 360 now. Just a question of having money to pay for it...
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
I remember when the speccy came to an end in 1993. It was a sad time. Felt like you had been betrayed somehow. What games did you get published? Might be good to put some of them on youtube.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Yeah. Know what u mean betrayed. I bought the magazines until their last issues. They were adventure games my offerings. Conman the Barbaric, The Haunting, Queen of the Mirror, Deadly Silence and Dreamare. Coman got on the Your Sinclair Covertape. How do you get them on You tube? I have a Digital Camcorder but do you need a capture screen program to do what you do?
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
Download 'spectaculator' from WOS (you will have 30 day trial). Then choose any game from WOS and open the file. Spectaculator will load the game then use mouse to go up to top of the screen for menus. Go to controls and click make movie and name the file as 'avi'. You will need to use Windows Movie Maker to Import the file and compress it. Save your movie and then upload to youtube. I hope that makes sense!!!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Never played this game. Nice graphics and sound. never was into car racing genre. The games seemed to get too hard too quickly. Time for my first Tuesday Cider!
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
I picked this game up for 30p in a second-hand shop years ago - no case or instructions. It's just immediately playable. Some of the car games are pretty hard but this one doesn't really get too hard until the last level. I raise my can as a fellow cider drinker ;0
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago