Mission Alphatron on Memotech MTX512

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Gameplay fromMission Alphatron playing on the Memotech MTX512. Retro Gaming.

This is not a review, walkthrough, playthrough, or demonstration of my playing ability.
It's more a case of me speaking my thoughts while playing the games, many for the first time, and most for the first time in a very long time... so it's all a little spontaneous and random.
Predictably, as I never practice before recording, I usually play very badly.

Given that I am playing many of these games for the first time, and everything I say is completely off the cuff, you probably shouldn't take what I say overly seriously. The opinions that I express are my feelings at the time, but it's entirely possible that they would be different if I were to take the time to get to grips with the game.

However, given that these videos are intended to show that "first time experience", I believe they have some validity or merit.

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[nightbirdds]

Do you think those games were supposed to be so fast or were they maybe programmed with an older CPU in mind?

[SteveBenway]

@nightbirdds It's a good question and really I don't know... but it does seem odd that they'd deliberately design a game to run this fast.

[RomeoKGT]

Very similar to Penetrator on the Spectrum.

[SteveBenway]

@RomeoKGT There are masses of games that have this style of play. All clones of Scramble. Which is nice, as I really like Scramble :)

[edwardszzz]

I never thought the Z80 CPU could be so fast.

[SteveBenway]

@edwardszzz The bog standard Z80 was probably a creaking old thing, but the Z80A seems pretty impressive. And at 4MHz, it compares well with the Spectrum Z80 @ 3.5Mhz and equal to the Amstrad CPC464.

[OnAnElephant]

@andyzkey You wrote Mission Alphatron? Awesome! This was my favourite game from my childhood. Admittedly the selection on the Memotech was a little limited...

Never could get past those Bouncing Zoids, myself.

[andyzkey]

Thank you for reviewing my game.

I'm glad someone is still getting some enjoyment out of it.

In answer to some of the questions that have arisen:

It was deliberately written to be that fast, and indeed, gets faster on later levels.

It uses character scrolling as we didn't know how to pixel scroll back then.

I didn't have anything against fish, and I don't remember where the snowflake laying mines idea came from.

{{{ Andy

[MarkTheMorose]

"Get some! Get some! Get some, get some, get some! Anyone who runs is a Dipole Zoid. Anyone who stands still is a smart Dipole Zoid!" (With apologies to Full Metal Jacket)

[TheSymbianFreak]

@SteveBenway I Dunno look at F-Zero on the Nintendo Consoles xD

[markvergeer]

The system is quite fast but the games seem almost too fast....

[ForViewingOnly]

@SteveBenway I'm starting to think that Tapeworm was either written in BASIC or was very badly coded! It

[RetroRoadshow]

lmao! It's like a medley of death!

[nightbirdds]

@SteveBenway Yeah, it seems like it verges on the unplayable. Half that speed would be about right and match up with what Scramble ran at.