Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Sensible Software were quite the legendary developer during the days of 8 & 16-bit home computing, and the game which truly put them on the map was 1987's Wizball, published by Ocean Software.
In this episode, I take a look at the original Commodore 64 release, and examine two of its many ports - the Commodore Amiga release, alongside the Sinclair ZX Spectrum one.
Quotes shown are taken from Read Only Memory's "Sensible Software 1986-1999" (which is a great read, though sadly out of print).
All three versions recorded from real hardware, fed into an XRGB Mini:
● Commodore 64 from a C64 Reloaded Mk 2 board using S-Video
● Commodore Amiga using an Amiga 500 using RGB
● ZX Spectrum with a ZX Spectrum+ 128k using RGB
Watch this at 1080p50 for the absolute best quality if you can!
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#beyondthescanlines #wizball #sensiblesoftware
Sensible Software were quite the legendary developer during the days of 8 & 16-bit home computing, and the game which truly put them on the map was 1987's Wizball, published by Ocean Software.
In this episode, I take a look at the original Commodore 64 release, and examine two of its many ports - the Commodore Amiga release, alongside the Sinclair ZX Spectrum one.
Quotes shown are taken from Read Only Memory's "Sensible Software 1986-1999" (which is a great read, though sadly out of print).
All three versions recorded from real hardware, fed into an XRGB Mini:
● Commodore 64 from a C64 Reloaded Mk 2 board using S-Video
● Commodore Amiga using an Amiga 500 using RGB
● ZX Spectrum with a ZX Spectrum+ 128k using RGB
Watch this at 1080p50 for the absolute best quality if you can!
If you enjoyed this episode, would you kindly consider leaving a THUMBS UP, or leaving some COMMENTS, or even SHARING this with other like minded peeps.
Thanks for watching!
● More Videos (featuring more "Beyond The Scanlines" & "Rob Plays" episodes):
youtube.com/user/hellfire64/playlists
● Want to Support the Channel?
patreon.com/robc
ko-fi.com/robplays
● Social Links:
twitch.tv/hellfire64
facebook.com/Hellfire64YT
#beyondthescanlines #wizball #sensiblesoftware
