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WhatHoSnorkers
Великобритания
Добавлен 7 ноя 2013
I mainly look at type-in games, that is... games where the writers gave you the source code in a book or magazine and it was up to YOU to type them in to the computer, without making mistakes, and then running them. Typing them in sometimes took AGES. Sometimes they didn't work. Often you made lots of mistakes...
But I like them. Because if there's a good game, but you don't like something.... you can change it! You can add things, change things, improve things, make them prettier.
Also I like dressing up like an idiot.
#retrogaming #usborne80s #zxspectrum #zx81 #commodore64
But I like them. Because if there's a good game, but you don't like something.... you can change it! You can add things, change things, improve things, make them prettier.
Also I like dressing up like an idiot.
#retrogaming #usborne80s #zxspectrum #zx81 #commodore64
Rex Hard MSX: No commentary, just gameplay!
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WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop!
Rex Hard for the MSX, played on the FMSX Emulator by Marat Fayzullin.
When booting the emulator (or MSX IRL apparently) you must hold down the CTRL key to load in the Disk ROM or it won't work.
Keys are cursor for movement, space for jump and enter for fire.
It has the best controls of the three. The clock is VERY slow. I couldn't find out the Eclipse information... and the water in the Lost City heals you but you then instantly die.
But it's done!
WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop!
Rex Hard for the MSX, played on the FMSX Emulator by Marat Fayzullin.
When booting the emulator (or MSX IRL apparently) you must hold down the CTRL key to load in the Disk ROM or it won't work.
Keys are cursor for movement, space for jump and enter for fire.
It has the best controls of the three. The clock is VERY slow. I couldn't find out the Eclipse information... and the water in the Lost City heals you but you then instantly die.
But it's done!
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Richard Evans (not that one) presents: Pyramids of Aaron for the ZX Spectrum
Просмотров 67528 дней назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! A cracking puzzle platformer from Richard Evans, 100% Sinclair BASIC... from Computer and Video Games Issue 43, May 1985. WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! Attributions Liquid Drink .mp3 by SilverIllusionist freesound.org/s/411172/ License: Attribution 4.0 0:00 Start 2:00 Original Game 8:52 Interlude 10:47 Snorkified Version 17:04 Huzzah spect...
Sir Francis Drake for ZX Spectrum. Subtitles in English y Castellano
Просмотров 355Месяц назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/19674/ZX-Spectrum/Sir_Francis_Drake Snorkified version will be available via Jim Blimey's website! Photo of Drake's Bay By Kognos - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84941748 0:00 Start 0:32 Original Version 7:10 Action 7:36 Snorkified Version 11:55 T...
Cosplay Supercuts Volume 7
Просмотров 109Месяц назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! Norway Panic to Enterprise 0:00 Start 0:57 Rainbow Song 1:18 Capture of the Cocos Islands 2:14 Heart of Oak 2:42 How Dark Was My Forest? 4:46 Minder in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace By David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada - Lagoon Beach, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76102827 www.pexels.com/photo/em...
Napoleon Sings A Song
Просмотров 276Месяц назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! Old French Flag By Zippanova - This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1436955 Elba By Mjobling - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3486361 Gym Photo Photo by Max Vakhtbovych: www.pexe...
Rex Hard ZX Spectrum SUBTITLE COMMENTARY English and Castellano
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Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! There is no AUDIO commentary but there is full commentary in the subtitles. This is so that if you need to use this as FOOTAGE you can without me ruining it with arrows and dressing up. Arrows and dressing up will come in another video... WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4132/ZX-Spectrum/Rex_Hard I couldn't have ...
Indiana Jones and the Idol of Gold: ZX Spectrum! ¡Juan Jose Sanchez Plaza!
Просмотров 9712 месяца назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! 00:00 Start 01:16 Original Version 08:03 At the airport 09:24 Added UDGs 12:30 Mercia 14:14 Snorkified Spanish Version 22:03 Murcia 23:45 Snorkified English Version 33:59 The Idol of Gold 35:11 Credits Play the Snorkified versions from Jim Blimey's website! www.jimblimey.com/games/ Indiana Jones and the Idol o...
The Evil Crown for ZX Spectrum: Twitch Stream VOD
Просмотров 2062 месяца назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! The Evil Crown was a ZX Spectrum strategy game from 1985, also available in Spanish and for the Commodore 64. I have the ZX Spectrum version, with the manual. That wasn't that much help...
Wizard's Tower by Tony Hetherington for the ZX Spectrum
Просмотров 5384 месяца назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! 0:00 Start 0:20 Introduction 3:13 Original Version 3:33 Live Action! 5:04 Original Version Part 2 5:08 Designing a monster 6:37 Original Version Part 3 9:49 Monster vs Barbarian 10:08 Original Version Part 4 12:32 Trophy Room 12:35 Bug fixing 14:45 Return of the wizard 15:11 Fixing the map 17:29 Snorkerfied ve...
Defend the Dam! Amddiffyn yr Argae! Dydd Gwyl Dewi Arbennig! St David's Day Special!
Просмотров 3605 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! Welsh subtitles available! Dam Eaters is from Sixty Programs for the Dragon 32. Read more about rhayader.co.uk/ here, and maybe visit www.rhayadercomputers.co.uk/ while you're there? The dams were built to supply Birmingham with water. One was used in testing the Bouncing Bomb. There were plans to build EVEN MORE DAMS but then there was a reasonable objection to f...
Light bulbs aren't free: Ben Ware's "Light's Out" for the ZX Spectrum
Просмотров 4816 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! "Light's Out" was a type-in program for the 16K ZX Spectrum by Ben M Ware, originally published in Sinclair Programs 17, March 1984! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! Check out @ZXVintage40 on Twitter Photo by Olga Lioncat: www.pexels.com/photo/cityscape-with-st-pauls-cathedral-7245328/ For more about the WW2 blackout, and how what I did was a...
Spanish Civil War on the ZX Spectrum: Richard Forsythe's masterpiece!
Просмотров 4986 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! Caudillo was a wargame for the ZX Spectrum, written by Richard Forsythe from a design by Jason Davies. It was available for mail order in 1992! 0:00 Start 0:33 Historical Background 3:22 The Map of Spain 8:35 Playthrough of Original: 1936 24:42 Catalan Assault Guard 25:15 1937 36:39 1938 49:35 1939 54:32 Comme...
Fabada
Просмотров 1987 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop! freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/116730/ Benboncan March 17th, 2011 A stereo field-recording of water dripping on to standing water in a partially flooded mine.Sony PCM-M10 CCA 4.0 freesound.org/people/CaptainYulef/sounds/638696/ CaptainYulef June 15th, 2022 This is actually a spoon against a jar, but it ...
My best Christmas present. Merry Christmas.
Просмотров 2297 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thanks to ZombiWorkshop!
Derek Mearns IS Santa's Christmas Nightmare
Просмотров 2567 месяцев назад
Find me on Twitter, @JAMOGRAD! 0:00 Start 0:57 The Game 2:30 Stage 1 Live Action 3:38 Stage 1 Gameplay 4:18 Stage 2 Live Action 5:09 Stage 2 Gameplay 5:31 Stage 3 Live Action 6:11 Stage 3 Gameplay 7:07 Stage 4 Live Action 7:33 Stage 4 Gameplay 8:54 Stage 5 Live Action 9:21 Stage 5 Gameplay 11:55 Bugs! 13:34 Let's make it better! 17:30 Outro 18:14 Grand Finale WhatHoSnorkers logo and music thank...
Polyphonic sound on the 48K Spectrum?
Просмотров 1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Polyphonic sound on the 48K Spectrum?
Isaac Albeniz Cataluna (Suite Espagnole No. 2) on the ZX Spectrum
Просмотров 21110 месяцев назад
Isaac Albeniz Cataluna (Suite Espagnole No. 2) on the ZX Spectrum
Isaac Albeniz Granada (Suite Espagnole No. 1) on the ZX Spectrum
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Isaac Albeniz Granada (Suite Espagnole No. 1) on the ZX Spectrum
Caudillo Second Playthrough: Spanish Civil War on the ZX Spectrum
Просмотров 107Год назад
Caudillo Second Playthrough: Spanish Civil War on the ZX Spectrum
Caudillo on the ZX Spectrum: Why it is two player only but I think there is single player
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Caudillo on the ZX Spectrum: Why it is two player only but I think there is single player
Caudillo First Playthrough: Spanish Civil War ZX Spectrum
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Caudillo First Playthrough: Spanish Civil War ZX Spectrum
Redcoats: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
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Redcoats: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Cosplay Supercuts Volume 6 Kevin Smith to El Dorado
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Cosplay Supercuts Volume 6 Kevin Smith to El Dorado
Playing music while loading? On a ZX Spectrum??
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Playing music while loading? On a ZX Spectrum??
Oh la la
All those French people!
I've been missing out on your videos because my subscription was via my original account that I'm using less often. At least I get a bunch to catch up on and you get another subscriber! I really enjoy these 'make it better' videos. I'm not sure I'd enjoy playing this game too much but it's a lot of fun to watch.
Thank you! Yes, as a game it's rather limited (and expensive). Your ship is either completely fine OR in the process of sinking. And attacking a Spanish ship is a 50/50 chance, which does seem to be rather strange. Glad you enjoyed watching! I'm working on another one where I've added MUSIC to it!
Definitely one of the greatest games ever made. The original author (Ben Ware) must have been a genius! 😅
It's elegant, it's fun.... and comes with an important ecological message!
Not sure what to make of this …on one hand i like the idea of it but on the other it looks horrible to play ….thanks for showing this x
The idea is really cool, like a proper Indiana Jones adventure. It's just AWKWARD to play, sadly. And this is better than the Amstrad CPC version. I thought it's good to show people what it's like, just as a historical record!
It looks like a Spectrum game.
It does, doesn't it. But better sounds, and it's faster. It plays well. The MSX is Z80-based so it's a port of the original but I imagine with bits changing. I think this hurt those systems more than it helped them.
NICE!!!
Give people some unique content while they're waiting!
Toutes ma jeunesse avant l'arrivée de la Nintendo... Amstrad spectrum Sinclair. 1986.
Oui... mais pour moi c'etait SEGA Master System II! :)
@@WhatHoSnorkers la rivalité Sega Nintendo fin des années 80 et début 90
@@WhatHoSnorkers sans oublier les jeux Amstrad Avenger, Krakout, Punchy, Tellement des bons moments. Tout sur une cassette et le bruit pour le chargement..... Sa reste l'âge d'or des jeux 2d et de la génération ou le monde tournais un petit peut mieux. Du moin les valeurs était présent.
@@gregory19771 It was a simpler time for me, that's for sure. Childhood!
Puts a whole new aspect on "the floor is lava". Excellent as always!
Thanks Ponder! Some of those later levels were INTENSE!
@@WhatHoSnorkers So I saw!
I have to admit that i've never been so disappointed in never seeing Rich Evans in my life
You've not seen my Kevin Smith videos yet. Mind you, I didn't know that Richard Evans was a famous person. From what I can gather on the comments, he's a film reviewer from Milwaukee. It'd be nice if it was actually the same person!
IsItAnyGood told me to subscribe to your channel. lol 🤣 hahaha your funny. I'm from Australia 🇦🇺.
Thank you! In some of my videos I play the famous Australian, William "Horace" Tang...
@@WhatHoSnorkers your welcome 🤗 oh ok
The Red Letter Media algorithm has tricked me
Welcome to the Snorkers cinematic universe. A cast of dozens, all of whom are me in different costumes...
Ahhh, now it makes sense. I was literally unaware of his involvement in that. I had hear of Red Letter Media not but watched any of their stuff. I've also not read The Scarlet Letter... or seen "Easy A" which does look like great fun. Of course, he COULD have written this. He'd have been 8 years old but it's not totally impossible... just highly unlikely!
The game sounds are so oddly catchy. ;o
They do have a bit of rhythm to them!
Bloody hell, I remember typing this in way back when. Quite proud of my achievement when it actually ran.
Wow! It's not the biggest type-in I've done, but it's certainly large enough that you wouldn't want to handle it after your tea but before bedtime. It's lovely when you type these things in and they actually do work!
Excellent work as always that contractor has worse deals than the Admiral.
He's got to keep himself in sheepskin coats somehow, margins were very tight in Ancient Egypt... Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to own a ZX Spectrum 48K. First computer I ever owned. My mother who was a single mom and a self employed translator raising me and my two younger sisters on her own saved money for months to buy it for me. I taught myself programming BASIC on its wobbly rubber keyboard during the nights under a blanket as an 11yo. so my mom wouldn't notice, because there was school the next day. I'm an IT professional today. I have very fond memories of these times.
My Mum bought us a second-hand ZX81 (with RAM pack!) and a bag of games as our first computer... and I learned BASIC on that, then on the +2... and I'm an IT professional (to a certain extent!) today as well! "Here's this game. You can do it too, if you put your mind to it!" was a lovely time. Later when the type-ins were just pages of machine code numbers without explanation it lost its charm.
I was so much hoping the story would have a happy ending, but then I read the part about becoming an IT professional. I am so sorry. Take heart. You are not alone.
0:44 😂😂😂 This is hilarious, 2:08 Costing 95P Now let's see if this would have been Worth spending my pocket money on back in the day 😂 , 2:25 Not sure if I would have Had the patience to have spent an hour and a 1/2 typing that in But I'm sure my dad would have 😂 A very simple looking game, Definitely interesting although I don't think I would have appreciated it back then As there was just so many more better things to be playing on the Speccy , Definitely one I probably would have only played once, Thanks for showing this as I have never seen it before, Thanks for sharing fantastic video have a wonderful weekend
Thank you! It was a fair amount of typing in, and it doesn't look the fanciest... but there's a solid platformer in there, and it gets VERY tricky. The first time I played it I ended up repeating the first level 7 times as I typed a number in wrong. Type-ins were clearly on their way out in 1985 but this was a good one! And you have a great weekend too!
Another magnificent video. The in-jokes continue to increment register A. A question regarding the game over screen. The last few letters tend to take a while to appear. Is this because appearance of letters is random? If so, how does it know the sentence is complete and to print the rest of the screen?
Thank you very much! Yes, the appearance of letters is indeed random. It does 100 beeps, and for each beep it prints a random character of that line. So there is indeed a chance that it may miss out letters... But after it has finished BEEPing the 100th time, it prints the whole string out as a safety net!
@@WhatHoSnorkers Ah! Very smart, and you’d barely notice more than one letter appearing at the end if it got that far.
@@Justin-TPG Yeah, it's really well done!
Shortly after this, mister Evans moved to Milwaukee and started reviewing bad movies.
The home of Laverne and Shirley!
Only a minute in but I see this has potential for the 2 decent Oasis gags I hope you know at least one of them. One isn't so good (don't look back at hangars - something to do with learning to be a pilot). The one about the soup(do you want the Oasis soup or the Blur soup?) is quite good though.
Do you want the Oasis soup or the Blur soup? "What's the difference?" The soup is the same, but with the Oasis soup YOU GET A ROLL WITH IT
@@ParadigmShifter-zx5fq Cracking! I'll have to remember them! I've got Mancunian style fishing hats after all...
@@WhatHoSnorkers That's one of the best action games written in BASIC I have seen so far and Snorkification made it even better (not sure about the flashing though). I'm sure there's an easy way to reduce the ghosting (which was a big improvement on the flashing however, so good job) involving whether you actually moved or not, and old positions etc. but this RUclips comment is too narrow to write down the complete proof I am afraid. EDIT: The Indiana Cojones game was also very well done for a BASIC game
@@ParadigmShifter-zx5fq Yes, the Flashing did get a bit excessive! It's a cracking game though, with decent falling action and everything. There are two sorts of movement happening, ones you control (left and right) and ones that are automatic (jumping an falling), and it's the latter where it's gets tricky. Indiana Jones y el Idolo de Oro was indeed a superb BASIC game as well!
Excellent work as always! By the way, that poor Pharaoh was getting ripped off by the contractor.
Thank you. Dodgy dealers seem to have always been a thing, from Ea-Nasir (the first documented complaint letter!) to Daley! All he wanted were some nice traps to keep his diamond - AS BIG AS A CHILD'S HEAD - safe. All he got were some poisonous rocks!
Once again im left staggered by the visual effects Spielberg needs to take some inspiration from this for his next film
He'd save a fortune that's for sure! Glad you liked it!
Wow! You have outdone yourself with the opening alone, James! The paper sand is especially inspired! I’ve long wondered what you’d do with an actual filming budget? 😂 Interesting game? Got a kind of Super Meat Boy feel to it with some interesting mechanics & challenging level design but I *hate* timers in games. Still your redesign does make it look a lot better & adding a high-score table is a welcome addition. Great video, thanks.
You are welcome! With sand, I either have to drive to the beach or make do somehow, and as I had sheets of sandpaper in the house.... might as well use them! The timer can be removed or disabled quite easily. I never actually found it to be an issue, but after you complete it once, the clock gets faster. Completing it once is a challenge enough... you only get ONE extra life for completing the game!
WORLD EXCLUSIVE
It's not often you get to do that, so I'm milking it!
You're a wonder Snorkers! Brilliant work! And congratulations on 1k! 🎉
Thank you Lee! And thanks to Mr Evans too... I've found another one of his games to type in!
This game reminds me of zx81 game but better and the snorker version is amazingly done as always ……brilliant vid as always x
Thanks Daph! It's a simple game but it packs a lot in!
Congratulations on reaching 1K !!!
Thanks Nick! Five year mission complete!
You’ve reached 1k! Time to plug in a ram pack.
Yeah! And hold it in place with Bluetack! When we used our ZX81 we gave up on the RAM pack in the end.
@@WhatHoSnorkers it made typing those listings in even more exciting. Like a game of buckaroo. One wrong move and everything is lost.
@@gedbyrne8482 Oh yes, I remember that well! Loading Rocket Man, loaded on the third go then you pressed a key too har and BOOM.
01:42 are you using sandpaper for the desert? your practical effects and mixing of computer-generated imagery is always impressive and interesting to look at.
Yes! I bought 4 sheets of sandpaper for my Pyramid of Iunnuh video and then just plopped it on the dining room table. It didn't lie flat, but that looked a bit like sand dunes! It's fun trying to do things quickly and simply! I've moved away from AI art as this sort of stuff is more fun!
@@WhatHoSnorkers I understand exactly what you mean.
Original Content!
Not often you can say that these days! Not found anywhere else!
Congratulations on the 1K. Maybe you can release a compilation cassette to celebrate.
I need to do something nice...
Spelunker shout-out! This looks like a lovely little thing. I recall typing in quite a few games that were a bit like this on the ol' Atari. Surprising what you can do with BASIC if you really think things through.
Yeah! I watched your Spelunker video yesterday evening and thought of his ankles, and compared to this bloke who can fall 60 feet. Not as good as Chel from Portal though who, because of those things on her ankles, can fall FOREVER! And it's REALLY tightly designed. Later levels require you to plan your route carefully, and make maximum use of the jumping arc. It's superb!
I wonder how I'm going to say "BEST VIDEO EVER" when absolutely all of your videos are "BEST VIDEO EVER"!!!
Thank you very much! I wanted to get something out, so for me this was a QUICK video. It really helps when the game itself is really good. A bit of a dust and polish and we're good. It has a good difficulty curve and is well architected too. Proper job!
@@WhatHoSnorkers And Nefertiti!!!
She inspired the pyramids!
How do you get the budget to film in locations such as Egypt in this video?
I'm a cultural and environmental nightmare, what with my private jet, film crew and floating museum...
@@WhatHoSnorkers I bet that Middle Aged' Teenage Snorkers is a nightmare to work with, though. Flippin' little yobbo he is!
He's easily distracted by some Sherbert in his trailer thankfully!
What a fantastic C&VG cover that is! Busy as all hell!
I've got a million ideas, so let's just use them all!
YES! Middle aged teenage Snorkers..!
He gets into some scrapes, doesn't he?
MIDDLE AGED TEENAGE SNORKERS LESSS GOOOOO
He's a wicked-y wicked bad boi for life!
Needs more sun gods
You're in luck there...
Excellent stuff, Sir Snorkers!
Thank you very much Sharka! These gold bars fell off the back of a galleon, and I just found them floating in the sea...