Buzzsaw+(Foxton Locks Mix) Jason J Railton 2011, ZX Spectrum Liveplay
10A live play of one I've been meaning to do for ages, as requested by Pete. But found it in a directory and didn't have a clue what it was or where I'd got it from (had to google where to download it from!) So had to load it up and realised it was the same thing.
Buzzsaw from 2011. We're playing the Foxton Locks Mix, but there are other variants available. It's running on a 128K Spectrum emulated, but as you'll see it can run, and still have nice colour effects, on other Spectrum variants.
A kind of tetris fill the gaps game, but this includes cute animal things and massive circular saws which cut the poor critters up.
Looks really fun, but will I run screaming from the horror of it?
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0:00 Stream Starting Soon
0:20 Welcome
2:23 Playing Buzzsaw+ Foxton Lock Variant
20:05 Buzzsaw+ Foxton Lock Variant - Level 2
32:55 Closing Thoughts
Get Buzzsaw here:
https://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/buzzsaw-zx-spectrum.html
#retrogaming #retrohomebrew #ZXSpectrum
Some instructions (as found in the download file):
Buzzsaw+
by Jason J Railton, for the Sinclair 48K, +, 128K, +2 and +3 ZX Spectrum, and Pentagon.
Game code, sound and graphics Copyright (C) Jason J Railton, October 2011.
Music by Mister Beep, used with permission.
Introduction.
Now, you will like this game. It's sort of like all those other falling-block games, but with the inclusion of small fluffy animals and circular saw blades (yes, it's that much fun). It uses a super-dooper multi-colour rainbow generator, and do turn up those marvellous beeper sound effects.
You don't need instructions. Just play it. It'll all become clear within a few seconds of starting. There are 10 levels of difficulty, and you can start on any of the first five levels once you get the hang of it.
Okay, there are instructions, after the legal stuff...
The following parties are authorised to distribute this game, besides my own websites (Joefish.co.uk, Railtron.com and Railtron.co.uk). Other parties may be authorised at a later date:
"World of Spectrum" - http://www.worldofspectrum.org
"Cronosoft" - http://cronosoft.orgfree.com/
Versions.
The following versions of this game are indicated both on the game menu screen and vary in the colour of the spatter when eliminating a creature:
Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix) - Green spatter.
- This is the version which may be downloaded and played for free.
Buzzsaw+ (Box Deluxe Mix) - Red spatter and unique Level 10 sprite.
- This version may be purchased from media distributors which I have licensed to act on my behalf. Free downloading of this version is not permitted, and may lead to future releases not being made available in a free version.
Buzzsaw+ (Competition Edition) - Magenta* spatter.
- This includes several versions adapted for particular contests, and will only be supplied to the contest organiser. Further distribution is not permitted.
(*colour may be subject to change)
Buzzsaw+ (Dim Sun Edition) - Cyan* spatter and no colour effects.
- This version contains simple ZX Spectrum colours and character movement, for use on emulators and compatible computers that do not support the colour effects. This version may also be downloaded and played for free.
(*colour may be subject to change)
Source Code.
Buzzsaw+ (Box Deluxe Mix) is supplied with the entire Z80 assembly language source code for the game and graphics, plus extra features.
Other info is available in the associated .txt file found in the download .zip.