Playing 3 NEW Spectrum releases. Frank N Stein, Dr Acula, Donkey Kong

[@Pjvenom1985]

Definitely remember Richard playing a few of those types of titles⚡️🧛‍♂️ Frank & Drag have a strange way of thanking you for resurrecting them haha. And ole Mario Donkey King & Pauline together again, very well played and smooth video Lee.🕹🌠🎮🍀

[@Tetlee]

@@Pjvenom1985 haha cheers Patrick buddy, yeah there are proper Richard type games no doubt about it. Make a change for me and really enjoy them. Donkey Kong is perfect. Take care mate🍀

[@bundjohn]

Thanks for showing these off! Always awesome to see homebrew!

[@Tetlee]

@@bundjohn so much brilliant homebrew around isn't there? Cheers for watching John buddy👍

[@pauljackson6168]

Another great selection Lee. Loving that ice slip animation in Frank N Stein! Colour clash takes me back to the good old days hehe and that Donkey Kong is just amazing for a 48k version.

[@Tetlee]

@@pauljackson6168 haha yeah I love the ice slip animation aswell, bit like my dance moves😆 Donkey Kong is absolutely incredible for 48k, some wizardry going on there. Cheers Paul.

[@shain6946]

Imagine having that Donkey Kong back in the day! Looks amazing.

[@Tetlee]

@@shain6946 my thoughts exactly! Was playing it again last night, can't get over how they managed to squeeze a near arcade perfect port into just 48k. So good. Cheers for watching Shain👍

[@GenerationPixel]

Frank N Stein and Dr. Acula are fun looking little titles, but oh my! Donkey Kong in 48k on a Speccy! That, my friend, is nothing short of witchcraft 😮

[@Tetlee]

@@GenerationPixel I agree Stewart, Donkey Kong has some sort of black magic coding going on, incredible work!

[@RetroEdUK]

Loved the puzzle elements on the first two titles. And the ice / grass terrain is a nice touch 😄 DK played nice and fast. What a great version. You breezed that first level. Not a game I’m very good at haha. Cheers Lee!

[@Tetlee]

@@RetroEdUK cheers Ed, yeah all three of these were winners. I'm in awe at Donkey Kong, always considered the TI99 version to be brilliant but this blows that and all the other conversions out the water for me. Brilliant.

[@Spare_Ombres]

Hey Tetlee, that great thanks for showing them to us, I must say the music is quite good in these games! Well beside the Donkey kong one lol, I find that one weird, I do have it on a little arcade that I think the sound beter there lol

[@Tetlee]

@@Spare_Ombres haha the old 48k beeper music is limited in it's abilities so they did about the best possible on Donkey Kong😄 Glad you enjoyed the vid Christian buddy👍

[@retrotap]

I like the look of the Frank one, it's similar to Colin The Cleaner/Ralph on Alpha 2 but it has some meanies to avoid too. Dr Acula looks like more of the same, no bad thing they're fun ❤ Donkey Kong does look fantastic mate, amazing for a 48k game. If you're a fan of DK, have you tried Donut Dodo on the switch?

[@Tetlee]

@@retrotap Colin the Cleaner, that's the one I was thinking of😁 Both are great, love the way they break it up with the non collecting levels, looking forward to delving deeper. Donkey Kong is the best home port I've played, incredibly good!

[@retrogamesrevived1189]

All 3 games look amazing. I love the first two though, they are very typical of the old school platformers on the speccy. Thanks for showing them mate 👍👊

[@Tetlee]

Yep very much so, I never got to play either of these first time around, nor any games like them(I think there were a few) so it's great having them now. Love all three of these. Glad you enjoyed seeing them Sean buddy, you were one that requested them 🙂

[@allanmailer4540]

Some top Speccy goodness there, I'm going to have to start picking up some of the homebrew stuff. Donkey Kong looks really good on the 48K and quite literally everything is in there. The best two versions I've seen of Donkey Kong would be the Amstrad CPC464 version and the arcade perfect version on the Tandy Color Computer 3. The Frank N Stein game looks good too, the music is excellent. I've had a look at Dr Acula and it looks really good too, nice mix of platform and puzzler. I've picked up 5 of the new Atari releases this week, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Asteroids Deluxe, Berzerk, Frenzy and Space Duel. Also got a few more shelves and some more box art for the walls. Hopefully I'll pick up the rest of the Atari titles when I get my pre Christmas pay. One little thing I did pick up off of eBay and I was genuinely shocked to win it was 7 game cartridges for the Sord M5. They're as rare as hens teeth and usually sell for quite a bit. Great video as always Lee, keep em coming!!!!

[@Tetlee]

Donkey Kong is the best conversion I've played, not only plays perfect but everything is there and the graphics are beautiful. To fit all that into 48k is an incredible achievement from the dev, that must've been a labour of love. Must be fun buying those new Atari games, they really hit gold with the way they've done those. As for the Sord M5, I've never heard of that one but certainly has me curious! Cheers Allan.

[@SEGAZombie]

Thanks for doing gameplay on these games bud Frankenstein and Dracula look very similar but wow very polished nice visuals and I really like the music and sound effects Donkey Kong on the 48k looks amazing not impressed with the sound though hahaha

[@Tetlee]

@@SEGAZombie haha I guess they did the best they could to keep Donkey Kong in 48k, apparently they used every single byte. A 128k version would be just way too awesome! The other two are really nice little puzzle platformers, chuffed with all 3 of these.

[@ArttuTheCat]

FRANK N STEIN is like a retrospective mixture of JET SET WILLY and INFERNAL RUNNER 😹😺👍🕹️. DONKEY KONG has a nice looking front cover art on the tape 😺👍🕹️.

[@Tetlee]

Donkey Kong is an incredible looking game as well, in 48k no less! Crazy achievement.

[@nerdygeezer78]

Frank n Stein & Dr.Acula look pretty cool. May look to see if I can get a digital download. Wow this Donkey Kong is seriously impressive on the Speccy

[@Tetlee]

I'm blown away by Donkey Kong, how the hell they fit that into 48k, wizardry I tell you! The others are both really nice games aswell, great batch of purchases 🙂

[@stewsretroreviews]

Hi Lee, ok bud, never played any of those, but I like them all 👍 , especially that Donkey Kong game, a brilliant new version here, I must get all of these mate 😂

[@Tetlee]

@@stewsretroreviews hello Paul buddy, hope you're well mate. Hey that reminds me I saw a vid from you the other day, need to go back and watch that one🙂 busy feed lately and difficult to keep up. Yep these are all brilliant buddy, well worth a arguing to your collection, especially Donkey Kong. Good to see you back👍

[@stewsretroreviews]

@Tetlee Cheers bud 👍

[@KeithBBergman]

The slipping on ice is killing me! I need to get my T/S 2068 sorted and see if I can play Speccy games on it. Too many projects, not enough time.

[@Tetlee]

@@KeithBBergman 😄I love the slipping on ice animation, they stole my dance moves there😁 Would be great if you can get to play some Speccy on your T/S 2068, so many brilliant games on the old Speccy. Cheers for watching Keith.

[@CliveMcCabe]

3 great looking games esp donkey kong

[@Tetlee]

@@CliveMcCabe I agree, 3 great ones here and Donkey Kong is more perfect than I would've ever thought possible on the 48k Spectrum. Thanks for watching Clive👍

[@retroimportgamer513]

Well i think all these look amazing individually Love the two monster games, essentially the same with a different theme by the looks of it but both right up my street DK is a personal favourite of mine and that looks fantastic, do like how they have embraced the colour clash, looks brilliant, seems to play great and all levels too Brilliant 👍

[@Tetlee]

@@retroimportgamer513 I've always loved when people embrace the Speccy colour clash, I think it makes this version look stunning, date I say the best home version of Donkey Kong I've played! The other two are great aswell, I know there were a few games of that ilk but I never owned it even played any so these are very welcome in my collection. To use the phrase everybody uses these days.. 3 bangers! 😄

[@WoolyChewbakker]

Excellent games. Where do we get them from?

[@Tetlee]

@@WoolyChewbakker the first two you can find as a set if you google midnightbrewgames(takes you to a ko-fi site). Donkey Kong I ordered from Spain, I found the site via a link in World of Spectrum on facebook. Hope that helps 🙂

[@DadLadsGaming]

Donkey Kong looks amazing....how on earth did they manage that on a 48k Speccy🤷

[@Tetlee]

@@DadLadsGaming I know it's insane, imagine if we'd had that port back on the day! Probably the most impressed I've ever been with a homebrew game pushing the limits.

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

The first to games look brilliant, fairly sure I played the first one back in the day. Hate donkey Kong 😂.

[@Tetlee]

yeah they are great, you hate Donkey Kong?!?!? How the hell is that even possible? Dizzy I can kind of accept but Donkey Kong?!?!?!?!?!

[@Gold2thGaming]

Speccy aint my thing these days but got to say all look well but that Donkey Kong is way better than j imagined 👊🏻

[@Tetlee]

I've come to realise the 8bit games are where the really enjoyment is for me, and the fact they can reach such incredible heights like this version of Donkey Kong on the old hardware never fails to bring a huge grin to my face.

[@Gold2thGaming]

@ Yeah mate i appreciate you still loving it,honestly wish i did as i grew up with these and 2600 etc i try from time to time

[@tootyuk]

Very impressive them Lee, shame the first two seem like reskins

[@Tetlee]

@@tootyuk Frank n Stein is a remake, where as I believe Dr Acula is a modern sequel, they are similar but different enough to both be enjoyable. Really happy with all three of these, cheers Stu👍