Camelot Warriors - Quick Look - ZX Spectrum

[@retropuffer2986]

For large sprites the game moves pretty smooth. Nice review.

[@gearsofgames]

It's a nice looking game for the time and would probably have enjoyed most of it, but maybe not the difficulty! 😁

[@jeremygregorio7472]

I'm shocked there was a ZX spectrum game that sold for enough money to justify a dongle

[@gearsofgames]

Yeah, this could very well be the most stupid and expensive copy protection on the Spectrum. 😁 It's probably just shorting some pins on the expansion connector and there might even be a risk of shorting other pins if you insert it improperly. Makes Lenslock sound like a great idea! 😁

[@jaysmith2858]

At least Elite was actually worth having to deal with the dreaded Lenslok. Punishing difficulty on top of an annoying and/or expensive copy protection system would have been a step (or should that be a slow, pixel perfect jump) too far.

[@gearsofgames]

Yeah, Lenslock was a game in itself! Or maybe more like a slot-machine! 😁

[@pacbilly]

Speaking of beautiful games with Spanish releases, do you take requests? If so, you may consider checking out the impressive Speccy version of Sword of Ianna, released in 2017.

[@gearsofgames]

I do take request, will add it to my list. The name sounds familiar, I think I have seen the game in action, but not played it...

[@kratoskuromorips4505]

Sword of Ianina will blow your mind, true AAAA quality!

[@ArttuTheCat]

I bought CAMELOT WARRIORS (tape) for my Commodore 64 from a local retro game store in 2023 (last year) 😹. The cover art work 🖋️🖊️✏️🖍️ is amazing 😺👍, but the gameplay 🕹️ was frustrating 😹! And i never finished the whole game, at all 😹. Luckily, it cost 3€ 😹👍🕹️.

[@gearsofgames]

Azpiri made some amazing covers! That combined with the often very nice looking in game graphics, probably sold a ton of Spanish Speccy games! 😁

[@ilmestdavisque5391]

Hm, the scrolling is soft (slow... but soft), the "sprites" big, and no "clash-color"... what more can you ask for, let’s see? ;) Yes, the ZX Spectrum games were for real hard gamers, without save, with three credits... and often a lot of regrets! (and I don’t remember a Speccy game with dongle...)

[@gearsofgames]

No, I don't think I have heard of any dongles for Speccy games either, so far anyway. 😁

[@gaspop_]

Yeah... for a game where it seems likely for the player to miss most of the jumps even if they knew the game well, it seems like a terrible move to not give them a way to continue. Would love to hear what the devs were thinking at the time 😆

[@gearsofgames]

Yeah, that fish jump took forever to get right. And that was just the second stage 😁