Quizball
Submitted by solaris104 on Thu, 2006-03-16 22:02. Game
A general knowledge game, based on the theme (and scoring system) of snooker.
Review by Steven Pick from the Sam Coupé Scrapbook
Isn’t Dennis Taylor a bit of a prat? What, with his crap glasses and his rubbish waistcoat, he’s also doing adverts for Vision Express!! Sorry, Dennis… Well, I had to do an intro on Snooker! But now, SAMCo has done a rather good conversion of the Radio 1 oldie “Give us a Break”. The game is obviously based around snooker, and gives you the chance to have 2 players, battling against each other. First of all, you get the chance to try and pot a red, followed by a coloured ball.
Inbetween this, we are given a nice animation of the SAM robot, coming up to the table, and preparing to pot. Then, you are given the chance to answer a question, based on nature, geography, history, sport, or even the SAM! Then you have to answer the question, by tapping keys A,B,C or D. Some questions are pretty easy, but the other questions are rock hard! You are played against the clock, represented by a cue, knocking away at the balls in a column. This gets faster, varying by the colour of the ball(Yellow to Black!). This really puts the pressure on, with you wildly pressing any key! The music on the game is rather grand, and the graphics are of a high quality too. This could be because the people behind it are Masters of Magic!
Overall, this game is great for the family, or for anyone who wants to learn some facts! Already I know the number of bones in the human body (206), and the guy who ran the 4 minute mile!
Why isn't there a Forum?
Submitted by Dan Dooré on Thu, 2006-03-16 21:39. FAQIf you want to discuss the Sam (or anything else) with other Sam users, the very best way to do it is to join the Sam Users mailing list.
To subscribe, send an email to sam-users-request@nvg.ntnu.no containing the single word ‘subscribe’.
There’s no forum on this web site because I wouldn’t dream of trying to divide the market.
TASWORD +2 +D TASCON +2 conversion to the sam
Submitted by rogerjowett on Mon, 2006-03-13 04:46.please help how do we go about it?
Oops
Submitted by Dan Dooré on Sun, 2006-03-12 14:20. Site MaintenanceI have bollocked up node 166 (Little Joke) - can the extra screenshots be removed?
Batz 'n Balls Demo
Submitted by solaris104 on Sun, 2006-03-12 14:16. DemoPublic Domain
Demo of the first 6 levels of Batz 'n Ballz that appeared on the Sam Newsdisk.
Silly Demo I
Submitted by Dan Dooré on Sun, 2006-03-12 11:27. DemoPublic Domain
Original Music is Proteus aka WarHawk by Rob Hubbard
Silly Demo 1
Review by Stewart Skardon
This is the SAM version of the Spectrum demo of the same name. The most impressive thing about this demo when it was first released was the fact that it contained 3 scrolling messages, one of which was moving up and down and going behind the picture of Uncle Sam. The music isn’t bad either. Wow! Someone actually mastered how to use the SAM Sound chip.
