Technical limitation yes, which necessitated more creativity and innovation.

Imagine games like Elite, Lords of Midnight, Head over Heels etc were written into less than 48k.

That's less than most simple Word documents.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on June 30th 2022 at 13:47:59

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Best ZX Spectrum Game Thread. (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 10:25:55
- Soho Sex Quest (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 30, 14:17:15
- A lot of the games mentioned below were far more creative in terms of gameplay than (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 30, 13:03:32
  - Creative limitation innit (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Jun 30, 13:19:12
    - Technical limitation yes, which necessitated more creativity and innovation. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 30, 13:47:59
      - Jet Pac was only 16k - what a game ! (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 13:48:41
- Jet Set Willy (n/m) (General Chat) - Dracula, Jun 30, 11:34:04
- All the Dizzy games (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Jun 30, 11:30:17
  - Yes!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Jun 30, 12:39:26
- Football Director (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jun 30, 11:28:06
- Elite (n/m) (General Chat) - phelans tash, Jun 30, 11:16:21
  - Deadly (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 30, 11:33:44
- Emlyn Hughes International Soccer and Hypersports (n/m) (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jun 30, 11:16:09
- Head Over Heels (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 30, 10:58:13
- Avalon (n/m) (General Chat) - Drurys Left Nut, Jun 30, 10:51:58
- Way of the Exploding Fist. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 30, 10:47:57
  - Oh no (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 30, 12:15:20
    - Oh yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 30, 13:21:37
  - Penetrator (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 11:50:49
- Chaos (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 30, 10:45:52
- Virtual Valerie... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jun 30, 10:45:47
- Daley Thompson's rubber key mashing Decathlon (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 30, 10:39:34
  - My Mum walked into my room behind me while I was furiously waggling away (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 11:18:15
- Match Day (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 30, 10:37:15
  - Match Day 2.even better (General Chat) - Dracula, Jun 30, 11:35:23
    - I still play it regularly!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Herbivore, Jun 30, 20:53:39
- Jet Pac (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 30, 10:35:19
- FA Cup (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 30, 10:34:29
- Skool Daze (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 30, 10:31:47
- Lords of Midnight (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jun 30, 10:31:44
  - ^^^ this (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 30, 10:42:25
  - played that for hours and made my own map (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 10:32:49
    - Shame the sequel wasn't anywhere near as good. Something to do with Doom? (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 30, 12:54:58
- Commando (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 30, 10:28:06
- Horace goes Skiing (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 30, 10:27:42
- Chuckie Egg (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Jun 30, 10:26:07
  - Great game (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 30, 11:35:57

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