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- Speccytacular
Aspiring Speccy developers can enter
this year’s Yandex Retro Games Battle
competition, held by Moscow’s Yandex
Museum. What’s the stipulation?
Well, you need to make a game for the
=; 6pectrum . or ., it can’t use
any special peripherals beyond the
basics, and... that’s about it.
Winners will be awarded cash prizes,
and entries are being accepted until
3 December. Though do remember
to read the small print: this is not an
endorsement of the competition from us
- we Must think it sounds cool.
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05. Spooktacular
In other, spookier news, a crafty hacker
(they’re all crafty) worked their way
through the backend of P.T. – .onami’s
aborted Silent Hill proof of concept
demo, directed by +ideo .oMima – and
discovered a shocking truth doctors
didn’t want you to know: malevolent
spirit Lisa is behind you the entire time.
Well, except for when she’s in front of
you, scaring the beMee]us out of you.
Hacker Lance McDonald revealed
that Lisa is attached to the player’s back,
meaning the noises you hear behind
you – and the fact you see nothing when
engaging in more panic-induced turning- is all down to her actually being right
behind you, and not any other trickery.
Is that the spookiest development
technique ever? Quite possibly.
06. Switchtacular
You’ve probably already seen them, if not
played them, but it’s still worth pointing
out Must as it took so long to happen
Nintendo has released a batch of 20
SNES games for the Switch. Huzzah!
The selection, included with a Nintendo
Online membership, includes rewind
functionality and online multiplayer – as
well as local, of course. Get on it, if you
haven’t already.
As well as the obvious big hitters of
Super Mario World, Zelda: A Link to the
Past, F-Zero, and so on, there are a few
outliers such as Brawl Brothers, Super
E.D.F. Earth Defense Force, and Joe &
0Dc . Thus proving Nintendo does
have a sense of humour.Nintendo releasing a ring
peripheral. For 60-odd quidThe Game Awards returns 12 Dec.
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