tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post1075124481813550883..comments2024-03-19T14:50:46.819-07:00Comments on The Realm of Zhu: [RFM] Hero Quest The 8bit SoundtrackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-83599812601319315522014-05-10T01:26:31.253-07:002014-05-10T01:26:31.253-07:00Many thanks for this. There is also an illustrati...Many thanks for this. There is also an illustration in the Advanced Heroquest rule book that appears in LW2. It is the picture of the man in flames.Stuart Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100216520313336932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-15852830407856078442014-05-08T07:47:24.498-07:002014-05-08T07:47:24.498-07:00Constraints informing the creativity is definitely...Constraints informing the creativity is definitely part of the charm. There's also sense of something I can't quite put my finger on... sparseness? confinement? game-ness? something graphic / symbolic almost, perhaps the harsh mathematical, logical nature more like a labyrinth of twisty turny passages than the wide vistas of orchestral music. The darkness of bleepy staccatto arpeggios .zhu bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004498036257289234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-1621798992502421422014-05-08T07:36:50.161-07:002014-05-08T07:36:50.161-07:00Long standing BBC micro user - I never owned a Spe...Long standing BBC micro user - I never owned a Spectrum back in the day, had to bomb around to my mates house to play £2.50 tape games, read Crash and eat toast there. Vague memories of loading the example characters off a cover tape from Bards Tale into the actual game. . Think one of them had a Fire Horn or something. Have a 128 now tho, somewhere... although the beeb is plugged in.<br /><br /zhu bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004498036257289234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-60347475220768163802014-05-07T12:12:10.058-07:002014-05-07T12:12:10.058-07:00As somebody who owned a Spectrum and then an Atari...As somebody who owned a Spectrum and then an Atari ST I was never quite sure if the Speccy 128 was blessed to have almost the same sound chip as the ST, or that the ST was cursed in having almost the same sound chip as the Speccy 128.Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-69429289410776186672014-05-07T03:35:59.199-07:002014-05-07T03:35:59.199-07:00That opened up some memories. Many thanks. And yes...That opened up some memories. Many thanks. And yes, there's something about the constraints of composing for 8bit that forces a creative response. End result is a truly atmospheric if rather bleak set of compositions.robotforadayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302954722308521390noreply@blogger.com