TOP TEN SPECTRUM GAMES!!!!
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Yeah , the fantastic C64.
Lots of memories of trying to load games on to the thing on summer afternoons during school hols while my mum tried to get me out to 'get some fresh air '
The graphics may not have been top notch but the playability of the games were spot on.
Ones I recall are :
Pitstop 2 - motor racing , you could brandish your hose and ram it into the car fuel tank. Very satisfying manouvre at the age of 11 that one.
Spindizzy - you were a sparkling diamond and hurtled around a mad surreal world taking off into the air every now and then. Good training for later Hacienda adventures.
Boulderdash - just the very very very bestest game I ever played on any system. Little diamond collecting ant who had to avoid falling boulders. I'm reaching a state of unsightly excitement just thinking about it.
Lots of memories of trying to load games on to the thing on summer afternoons during school hols while my mum tried to get me out to 'get some fresh air '
The graphics may not have been top notch but the playability of the games were spot on.
Ones I recall are :
Pitstop 2 - motor racing , you could brandish your hose and ram it into the car fuel tank. Very satisfying manouvre at the age of 11 that one.
Spindizzy - you were a sparkling diamond and hurtled around a mad surreal world taking off into the air every now and then. Good training for later Hacienda adventures.
Boulderdash - just the very very very bestest game I ever played on any system. Little diamond collecting ant who had to avoid falling boulders. I'm reaching a state of unsightly excitement just thinking about it.
MidlifeRaver
New Member
Scoobie said:
Oh my god the memories...
Spent two years locked in my room playing with my Spectrum...parents thought I was looking at porn mags...
Jet Pac
Lunar Jetman
Lords of Midnight
Doomdark's Revenge
8) 8)
Ahhh! Forgot about Jetpac. Great game. Or paperboy??
Does anyone remember 'Elite' ?
It was fantastic on the ST, but I had it on the Spectrum. Oh the days of being locked up in my room pretending to be a space smuggler.
Quick blast at old computer company names
Gremlin
Mastertronic (did all the cheapo ones)
Ocean
Activision
Codemasters (brilliant at sim games)
Microprose (did the first sliding tackle football game)
Any to add people?
Does anyone remember 'Elite' ?
It was fantastic on the ST, but I had it on the Spectrum. Oh the days of being locked up in my room pretending to be a space smuggler.
Quick blast at old computer company names
Gremlin
Mastertronic (did all the cheapo ones)
Ocean
Activision
Codemasters (brilliant at sim games)
Microprose (did the first sliding tackle football game)
Any to add people?
Buckley
Well-Known Member
jeembo said:1. Matchday 2
2. Daley Thomsons Decathlon
3. Green Beret
4. Commando
5. The Way of the Exploding Fist
6. Ghosts & Goblins
7. Jet Set Willy 2
8. Treasure Island Dizzy
9. Saboteur
10. Knightlore
Tigeryang - I also can't believe that no-one's mentioned the game mentioned previously here
Buckley said:jeembo said:1. Matchday 2
2. Daley Thomsons Decathlon
3. Green Beret
4. Commando
5. The Way of the Exploding Fist
6. Ghosts & Goblins
7. Jet Set Willy 2
8. Treasure Island Dizzy
9. Saboteur
10. Knightlore
Tigeryang - I also can't believe that no-one's mentioned the game mentioned previously here
Paddy Eeziglow
Active Member
Bruce Lee
Saboteur
Ghostbusters (with the barely legible "He slimed me" digitized speech)
Kickstart2 (with course developer)
Bugsy
Saboteur
Ghostbusters (with the barely legible "He slimed me" digitized speech)
Kickstart2 (with course developer)
Bugsy
TheRealSimon
Active Member
Manic Miner
Jetpac
TLL
Knightlore
Lords of Midnight
Tir Na Nog
Skooldaze
Ant Attack
JSW
The Hobbit
Though the best game ever was 3D Monster Maze on the '81.....
Jetpac
TLL
Knightlore
Lords of Midnight
Tir Na Nog
Skooldaze
Ant Attack
JSW
The Hobbit
Though the best game ever was 3D Monster Maze on the '81....
.
DJ Soulman
Active Member
Was a BBC Micro man myself. 
.........well it did help enormously during my HND in Computer Studies followed by my BA Degree in Data Processing
..........and later Atari STE, still got the Atari with hard drive in a cupboard somewhere ..........and about a thousand disks full of games, utils, etc. Whiled away many an hour on Chuckie Egg.
Mainly used the Atari for music making with Steinbergs Pro24 followed by the early versions of Cubase...........and Virgin Records followed my progress for four years and have copies of half the music I produced. Came to nowt in the end.......... I broke off communications with them when I got fedup.
.........well it did help enormously during my HND in Computer Studies followed by my BA Degree in Data Processing ..........and later Atari STE, still got the Atari with hard drive in a cupboard somewhere
..........and about a thousand disks full of games, utils, etc. Whiled away many an hour on Chuckie Egg. Mainly used the Atari for music making with Steinbergs Pro24 followed by the early versions of Cubase...........and Virgin Records followed my progress for four years and have copies of half the music I produced. Came to nowt in the end.......... I broke off communications with them when I got fedup.
TheRealSimon said:Manic Miner
Jetpac
TLL
Knightlore
Lords of Midnight
Tir Na Nog
SkooldazeAnt Attack
JSW
The Hobbit
Though the best game ever was 3D Monster Maze on the '81....
I used to love coming back from school and playing schooldaze, it was like one big academic journey. Loved the fact on that game you could change the teachers names into your own school teachers.
Did anyone ever manage to get into the safe via the conker tree etc!! Tough game!!
Johnny Vodka
Well-Known Member
Renegade
that Kung Fu one that came out in the early days
r-type
Cobra
that Kung Fu one that came out in the early days
r-type
Cobra