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"Head over Heels"

[URL]http://retrospec.sgn.net/games/hoh/[/URL]

Probably one of the finest games ever to be released on the Spectrum, and perhaps a little too old for even most of you retro gamers to remember.

Above is a most excellent remake of the original, true to it 100% in the gameplay, but with jazzed up graphics.

I suggest everyone go and download it (free!).

Lipe wrote:
> Can anyone explain it to me?

Been a long time but i think you have to escape from the prison planet Blackstar or something, you'll notice that when you begin you are in a jail type room.

The point is, head can go where heels can't, and vice versa... and at certain points they will meet and be able to use both sets of skills. Probably the first game to use that kind of co-op idea.

Also see:

Rentakill Rita
Knightlore (definitely an Ultimate/Rare title, and one of the greats!)

Lipe wrote:
> I downloaded it and played it...but I don't understand the objective
> of the game :S

Can anyone explain it to me?

VenomByte wrote:
> Yep, very similar. There were a few platformers around with that
> isometric viewpoint.

Solstice on the NES.. quality!

Yep, very similar. There were a few platformers around with that isometric viewpoint. There was an underwater one I played too... but I forget what it was called. All I can remember is that it had lots of whirlpools :)

heh, I found a screenshot of that batman I was on about.

and it was on the Amstrad PCW

[URL]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/detail.asp?t=3&i=574[/URL]

looks a bit like head over heels

I downloaded it and played it...but I don't understand the objective of the game :S

VenomByte wrote:
> Probably one of the finest games ever to be released on the Spectrum,
> and perhaps a little too old for even most of you retro gamers to
> remember.

nope, I had it for the humble old speccy. I recall an even earlier title, made by the same company and featuring similar graphics etc. It was Batman for the Amstrad CPW (green screen).

I wish I could find some screenshots for it.

this was made by Ultimate Play the Game wasn't it??

i seem to rememebr liking this a lot more than i do now :(
still a good conversion though!

Thought it was quite average.

Can see it being one of those games you've got to invest time into, though.

Which is why i cannot be bothered.