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I wrote this ages ago on comp.sys.sinclair as some kind of pisstake in a thread about game difficulty.
...and then pretended it's the hardest game ever. Others joined in, in mock-agreement.

worcestersource wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:11 pm You could run a worst game of too! At least all the hard work compiling the lists would have been done.

Naah, we're never gonna get through the best of EVERY software house and the worst as well! I doubt we'll even complete every software house anyway.

Alchemist

I'd add Werewolves Of London, but that's a time-based change rather than a conscious one. Just like Knight Lore really.

@PeteProdge based on that compilation above, another topic what would be a “Best Of” compilation? Take the top 4 or 5 results from the polls and make the ultimate “Best of” compilation, as voted by readers of Spectrum Computing!! The idea is already in the works! I think it'll go along the lines of...

The last 2 official Dizzy games, perhaps? (No idea which year) Ooh! Going on the adventure-based Dizzy series, that'd be 28 years! Crystal Kingdom Dizzy (the 7th in that lineage) came out in 1992. The 8th game, Wonderful Dizzy came out in 2020! (And I've just realised that none of the purely arcade...

I wrote a post last year on the unusual decisions Ocean made for what became an Ocean game or an Imagine game. @toot_toot comes up with the best response in that thread, it's really well researched.

Reading up on news reports about GTA6 and how the 2025 release date means it'll be twelve years since GTA5 (debuting two console generations ago), it's made me wonder...

What's the longest timespan between two ZX Spectrum games as part of a series?

Why is everyone giving a reply with three out of the four games listed in the order of preference? The original questionnaire says that "You may select 1 option". You must be new to these polls. Yes, you can vote for just one option in the forum-driven poll, that's the main poll. But, we ...

Thanks once again StooB . I've gone through those pointers, also re-checked all the 4 Most compilations and I believe I've got it correct, or at least, very close to correct: 19 Part 1: Boot Camp Aliens (US Version) ACE 2088 A-Maze Andy Capp Army Views Attack On Atlantis Australian Rules Football Ba...

Apart from fitting on the plug, my dad had absolutely NOTHING to do with the Spectrum or indeed any technology more advanced than a television set. On the day I first switched it on, he stared at the screen for a minute as I was playing Colin The Cleaner, but other than that, nope. It'd be like tryi...

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:36 am Stonkers leading the poll!

It might have been when you wrote that, but as I write this, it's 2 votes behind Jumping Jack.

So, right now, when it comes to the best Speccy game by the original incarnation of Imagine Software...

Spoiler

...it's definitely not Stonkers.

I think you need to start again with this one! Frightmare, The Double and Fallen Angel are Summit, Hellfire Attack, Spindizzy and Dandy are Winner, Tarzan is React. Red Arrows, Olympic Spectacular, Stelar/Starburst/Starbuster, Ice Attack, Stagecoach, Dotty, Super Shuffle, One Hundred and Eighty, Ti...

For me, just as it was in the full Imagine poll:

1) Target: Renegade
2) Renegade
3) Green Beret

Pretty sure almost all of the ten tangible ZX Spectrum games by Costa Panayi have ended up on Sinclair User's covertape at some point... Android One by Vortex Android Two by Vortex Collision Course by Americana Cosmos by Abbex Electronics Cyclone by Vortex Deflektor by Gremlin H.A.T.E. by Gremlin Hi...

1) Manic Miner. I know JSW does more and breaks you out of the linear gameplay of MM, but the OG has more exciting game play and interesting screen design.
2) Jet Set Willy.
3) Styx.

More like Andre's Week Off, am I right guys!? Ahem. Well, here begins the two-horse race. Andre's Night Off by C&VG (type-in listing) https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/a/AndresNightOff.scr&border=0 Jet Set Willy by Software Projects https://www.spectrumcomputin...

You lot can't resist Midnight Resistance! It's the runaway winner with 21 votes here. A distant second is Cabal, 7 votes. Then World Class Leader Board takes third place, 6 votes. Throne Of Fire is fourth, with 2 votes. At the bottom, we have Hudson Hawk and Road Runner, 1 vote each. It's a similar ...

Yes, a while back I did a poll on the best Speccy game by Alternative Software , but here in December I mix things up and break my 'rules', giving you the opportunity to vote on rereleases. So, purely on the titles reissued by Alternative Software as standalone budget bargains or as part of their co...

Pandzadrome and The Terrors Of Trantoss have jointly come top, with 5 votes each. Joint second place goes to Archon, Skyfox and Think! 4 votes each. Tujad is third, with 3 votes. Can we break the deadlock by looking over to the proportional results? Well... Terrors Of Trantoss, The 10 Think! 8 Archo...

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So it's definitely not Stonkers.

This is the poll for Imagine Software's tangible ZX Spectrum games from when Ocean bought the brand. If you're looking for the poll about their original incarnation, well, it's here . And the original poll combining ALL of Imagine's games was concluded in 2019, here . Meanwhile, here's what they put...

There's no better takedown on Imagine's demise than this brutal write-up from Stuart Campbell , which wipes out the myths put forward by Bruce Everiss. Anyway, we come not to mourn what was the Liverpool-based incarnation of the Speccy software brand that had the best logo ever. We're here to celebr...

Shmup: Commando. Astonishing that it's coded for the Speccy by the guy who did Chuckie Egg. Car racer: WEC Le Mans. Seems to be the fastest. Adventure: Behind Closed Doors. Genuinely funny and a creative use of a single location setting. Beat em up: Target Renegade. Everything that Double Dragon sho...

Yes, I did a poll on ALL ZX Spectrum games originally released under the Imagine brand , but as any Speccy historian can tell you, there are two phases to Imagine's life. And I've always wanted to cover this... 1) The plunky arrogant and ultimately complacent up-start created by former Bug-Byte folk...

I don't know what Chaos by The New Young Pony Club sounds like (yet), but I reckon it's the greatest song of all time by any act.