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Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens

From Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.sinclair
Subject Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens
Date 2015-02-06 13:54 +0000
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Ranarama and Quazatron had text slideshows giving the backstory too, as
far as I remember.

On 5 Feb 2015 18:36:25 +0000
"Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:

> Was that Trap Door with the moving eye monsters? Rings a bell anyway.
> Most Hewson games had a little countdown timer (looking a bit like the
> counter you get on old tape recorders) somewhere on the screen.
> 
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:55:37 -0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were
> rappin' to MC Brian Gaff:
> 
> > There was one with little characters walking about on the screen
> > for no apparent reason, and some silly ones like eyes moving about
> > on static drawn monsters etc, and one that flashed the screen
> > apparently randomly as the load went on with no bars visible in the
> > border.
> > 
> > Brian

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Mauricio <mimpallari@gmail.com> - 2015-02-03 12:55 -0800
  Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2015-02-04 09:06 +0000
    Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Mauricio <mimpallari@gmail.com> - 2015-02-04 07:19 -0800
      Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 08:55 +0000
        Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens BloodBaz <chris@zxlife.net> - 2015-02-05 05:14 -0800
          Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 14:20 +0000
        Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2015-02-05 18:36 +0000
          Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2015-02-06 13:54 +0000
            Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Selwyn Froggitt <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-06 06:12 -0800
        Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens hp <ferd@farkel.net> - 2015-03-01 14:59 -0500
    Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2015-02-04 18:09 +0000
      Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Mauricio <mimpallari@gmail.com> - 2015-02-04 11:04 -0800
        Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2015-02-05 18:34 +0000
          Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Matthew Westcott <matthew@west.co.tt> - 2015-02-05 22:09 +0000
            Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2015-02-05 23:49 +0000
              Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-06 07:07 +0000
            Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2015-02-06 13:53 +0000
              Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2015-02-07 12:26 +0000
                Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-07 12:38 +0000
  Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens R-Tape <stonechatproductions@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-08 11:37 -0800
    Re: ZX Spectrum most creative loading screens Mauricio <mimpallari@gmail.com> - 2015-02-09 10:12 -0800

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