Games Ahoy!

1999-01-21 Thread Gavin Smith
Decided it was time I spent a few quid on my SAM last week, so I ordered Defender (from Persona) and Super Byke Championship (from Quazar). Defender is superb, it is arcade perfect and it is exactly how I remember it on my Acorn Electron, albeit slightly harder (although I could just be out of

Re: Games Ahoy!

1999-01-21 Thread Colin Piggot
From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Haven't had much of a chance to play Super Byke Championship Colin, looks as professional as all your stuff though, This was my full game release too... back in December 1995! hopefully get a few goes at it over the weekend - my brother says its funky, so it

Re: Games Ahoy!

1999-01-21 Thread Colin Piggot
From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Haven't had much of a chance to play Super Byke Championship Colin, looks as professional as all your stuff though, Oops! what I meant to say in the previous email that Super Byke Championship was my first full price game i released back in Dec 1995! Colin P.

Re: Hurrah!

1999-01-21 Thread Colin Piggot
From: Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who's got a least pathetic score than me on Stratosphere? Level 3? And what method of attack are you using? I tend to go backwards, being chased by the drones, in a weaving pattern, and shooting just at the small length of time when the nose of your craft is

I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread The Mad Goose
hard to believe that the SAM is ten years old this year. Is there any plans to do anything interesting for a celebration? Perhaps this should be they year that everybody tries to have something new to show - we could set the date for the big SAM party adn then everybody could work on new

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Andrew Collier
hard to believe that the SAM is ten years old this year. Is there any plans to do anything interesting for a celebration? Perhaps this should be they year that everybody tries to have something new to show This thought had crossed my mind too! What month of the year was Sam originally

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Malcolm Mackenzie
On the 21-01-99, The Mad Goose wrote:- hard to believe that the SAM is ten years old this year. Is there any plans to do anything interesting for a celebration? Don`t know, but there is going to be another show in HORWICH on the 27th FEBUARY. Incidently my SAM was ten years old last year.

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Malcolm Mackenzie
On the 21-0199 Andrew Collier wrote:- What month of the year was Sam originally released? To be honest, I'd be much happier with a deadline for the October show than the April one What April one? The Show that matters is the Febuary one, in HORWICH.

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread The Mad Goose
On the 21-0199 Andrew Collier wrote:- What month of the year was Sam originally released? To be honest, I'd be much happier with a deadline for the October show than the April one What April one? The Show that matters is the Febuary one, in HORWICH. But Norwich is miles away... ;-)

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread The Mad Goose
Perhaps this should be they year that everybody tries to have something new to show - we could set the date for the big SAM party adn then everybody could work on new software for it - just for old times sakes more than anyhting. Kind of like one last bash at something SAM-ish before we all

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Andrew Collier
On the 21-0199 Andrew Collier wrote:- What month of the year was Sam originally released? To be honest, I'd be much happier with a deadline for the October show than the April one What April one? The Show that matters is the Febuary one, in HORWICH. And since when have I been within 150 miles

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Dave Hooper
The Show that matters is the Febuary one, in HORWICH. And since when have I been within 150 miles of Horwich during February?? At least the Gloucester shows are usually out of term-time. as of this coming july-ish i will have graduated with my first class degree, maybe, who knows, and

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Malcolm Mackenzie
On the 21-0199 Andrew Collier wrote:- And since when have I been within 150 miles of Horwich during February?? Just for you Andrew, I`ll have a word with the organiser of the Northern Sam users show, and get him to arrange the show when school`s out. Malcolm.