Finally got a copy of Match Point

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Finally got a copy of Match Point

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Finally 30 odd years after enviously staring at the full colour graphics in one of my Sinclair magazines I've got a copy of Match Point :-) As a Spectrum owner this and QL Chess seemed so next gen, well until I got my Amiga...

Anyway fully backed it up to a blank virtual Oqtadrive cartridge and pleased to see (with some help from a certain utility) that it loads perfectly including the copy protection which means I can safely put the original away. First cart I've seen that has to be in mdv2 to run which was interesting. Guessing it expected you to always make a backup and just use the original for the aforementioned copy check which would be in mdv2 and the copy in mdv1.

And yes I'm rubbish at it

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I didn't remember they had so man redheads in the audience ;)

(But if your only other choices are black, white and green (wasn't en vogue back then), understandable)


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I'd forgotten how good the graphics were in that game! When it first came out, I was so bad at playing it I think I only ever played it to enjoy the graphics.

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Speaking/typing as a red head....... :D

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Good job! I spent too many hours with that game back in the day. It's surprisingly addictive!

I wish my original mdv cartridge still worked :(


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The fact is: Both Psion Chess and Matchpoint were MODE 4 games - games that used the high-res mode of the QL and as such came closely on par with games for computers that came long after the QL. Thinking of that: who else but Psion did some notable MODE 4 games?


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