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The best classic Speccy game beginning with T: vote

Poll ended at Mon Dec 10, 2018 3:40 am

T.L.L. by Vortex Software
2
5%
Tai Pan by Mikro-Gen Ltd
1
3%
Tai-Pan Ocean Software Ltd
0
No votes
Talos by Silversoft Ltd
0
No votes
Tantalus by Quicksilva Ltd
0
No votes
Tapper by U.S. Gold Ltd
1
3%
Target: Renegade by Imagine Software Ltd
6
16%
Tau Ceti by CRL Group PLC
0
No votes
Technician Ted by Hewson Consultants Ltd
0
No votes
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles by Image Works
0
No votes
Terminator 2: Judgement Day by Ocean Software Ltd
0
No votes
Terra Cognita by Code Masters Ltd
0
No votes
Terra Cresta by Imagine Software Ltd
0
No votes
Terramex by Grandslam Entertainments Ltd
2
5%
Terrormolinos by Melbourne House
0
No votes
Terrorpods by Melbourne House
0
No votes
Terrors of Trantoss, The by Ariolasoft UK Ltd
0
No votes
Tetris by Mirrorsoft Ltd
0
No votes
Thanatos by Durell Software Ltd
1
3%
That's The Spirit by The Edge
1
3%
They Call Me Trooper by CRL Group PLC
0
No votes
Thing! by Players Software
0
No votes
Thing Bounces Back by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd
0
No votes
Thingy and the Doodahs by Americana Software Ltd
0
No votes
Think! by Ariolasoft UK Ltd
0
No votes
Thirty-Nine Steps, The by Zenobi Software
0
No votes
Three Weeks in Paradise by Mikro-Gen Ltd
3
8%
Thro' the Wall by Sinclair Research Ltd
0
No votes
Throne of Fire by Melbourne House
0
No votes
Thrust by Firebird Software Ltd
3
8%
Thrusta by Software Projects Ltd
0
No votes
Thunder Blade by U.S. Gold Ltd
0
No votes
Thunderbirds by Firebird Software Ltd
1
3%
Thundercats by Elite Systems Ltd
0
No votes
Time-Gate by Quicksilva Ltd
0
No votes
Tir Na Nog by Gargoyle Games
0
No votes
Total Elclipse by Incentive Software Ltd
0
No votes
Total Recall by Ocean Software Ltd
0
No votes
Tour De Force by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd
0
No votes
Transformers by Ocean Software Ltd
1
3%
Transmuter by Code Masters Ltd
0
No votes
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper by Go!
1
3%
Tranz Am by Ultimate Play The Game
0
No votes
The Trap Door by Piranha
4
11%
Trashman by New Generation Software
3
8%
Travel with Trashman by New Generation Software
0
No votes
Las Tres Luces de Glaurung by Erbe Software S.A
1
3%
Treasure Island by Mr. Micro Ltd
0
No votes
Treasure Island Dizzy by Code Masters Ltd
3
8%
Turbo Esprit by Durell Software Ltd
3
8%
Turrican by Rainbow Arts
0
No votes
Tutankhamun by Micromania
0
No votes
Twin Kingdom Valley by Bug-Byte Software Ltd
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 37

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Post by namco »

I think I got everything so here goes:

T.L.L. by Vortex Software
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Wasn't sure which Taipan so included both versions that I think it is

Taipan by Mikro-Gen Ltd
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Taipan by Ocean Software Ltd
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Talos by Silversoft Ltd
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Tantalus by Quicksilva Ltd
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Tapper by U.S. Gold Ltd
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Target: Renegade by Imagine Software Ltd
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Tau Ceti by CRL Group PLC
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Technician Ted by Hewson Consultants Ltd
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles by Image Works
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day by Ocean Software Ltd
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Terra Cognita by Code Masters Ltd
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Terra Cresta by Imagine Software Ltd
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Terramex by Grandslam Entertainments Ltd
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Terrormolinos by Melbourne House
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Terrorpods by Melbourne House
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The Terrors of Trantoss by Ariolasoft UK Ltd
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Tetris by Mirrorsoft Ltd
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Thanatos by Durell Software Ltd
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That's The Spirit by The Edge
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They Call Me Trooper by CRL Group PLC
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Thing! by Players Software
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Thing Bounces Back by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd
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Thingy and the Doodahs by Americana Software Ltd
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Think! by Ariolasoft UK Ltd
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by Zenobi Software
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Three Weeks in Paradise by Mikro-Gen Ltd
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Thro' the Wall by Sinclair Research Ltd
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Throne of Fire by Melbourne House
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Thrust by Firebird Software Ltd
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Thrusta by Software Projects Ltd
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Thunder Blade by U.S. Gold Ltd
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Thunderbirds by Firebird Software Ltd
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Thundercats by Elite Systems Ltd
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Time-Gate by Quicksilva Ltd
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Tir Na Nog by Gargoyle Games
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Total Elclipse by Incentive Software Ltd
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Total Recall by Ocean Software Ltd
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Tour de Force by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd
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Transformers by Ocean Software Ltd
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Transmuter by Code Masters Ltd
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Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper by Go!
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Tranz Am by Ultimate Play The Game
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The Trap Door by Piranha
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Trashman by New Generation Software
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Travel with Trashman by New Generation Software
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Las Tres Luces de Glaurung by Erbe Software S.A
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Treasure Island by Mr. Micro Ltd
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Treasure Island Dizzy by Code Masters Ltd
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Turbo Esprit by Durell Software Ltd
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Turrican by Rainbow Arts
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Tutankhamun by Micromania
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Twin Kingdom Valley by Bug-Byte Software Ltd
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A really good bunch of games here (Turbo Esprit, Trap Door, Thunderbirds, Three Weeks in Paradise, ... ) but my vote went to That's the Spirit, a game tha tI played a lot back in the day, amazed first time I played it, cool to explore etc
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Voted for Three Weeks In Paradise in the end as I do have a bit of a soft spot for the Wally Week series.

I've just noticed that They Stole A Million isn't on the list, was it not considered good enough or just a case that, until now, nobody mentioned it?
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Great list and pretty tough to pick just one. I was torn between Three Weeks in Paradise, Technician Ted, Transformers, TLL and Turbo Esprit, but, based on what I played the most BITD I went for Transformers!! I I know it seems an odd decision, but, me and my mate spent ages playing this game :D
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Tough one as there are some classics in that list. I was tempted to vote for Trashman, Turbo Esprit, Trapdoor or Target: Renegade but in the end went for Three Weeks In Paradise. It was a solid arcade adventure and the best of the Wally games for me. I completed it very quickly and actually phoned Mikro-Gen up to see if I was one of the first but I was actually the third person to phone them.

I also inadvertently found the infinite lives cheat. It must have been due to a cheap death that I mashed the keyboard, heard a strange jingle and lo and behold: infy lives! This contributed greatly to me finishing the game so quickly :lol:
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Voted for thrust then saw tapper...doh, tapper would be my vote (as it's one of my favorite speccy games).
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Thanks namco, that's a lot of pictures.

Tricky this one. These are my favourites of the bunch:

Tornado Low Level
Target Renegade
Thrust
Tir na Nog
The Trap Door
Trashman
Treasure Island Dizzy

Technician Ted would be there if it wasn't so bloody hard! Trap Door was great; it looked like a game for a more powerful system. I've had the most fun with Thrust and Target Renegade.

I should probably vote for Tir na Nog, it's a Speccy icon and I don't think there was anything quite like it at the time. However, I think one of the Renegade series deserves to win, and as Renegade didn't get 'R', it's got to be Target Renegade.
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Yep, a great selection there. For me there are 5-6 games competing for 2nd place but I have to go for

Target Renegade

Used to be one of those games I could finish over and over, though after the first playthrough you start relying more on a combination of flying & back kicks to beat most of your opponents.
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A fair few good titles here, but I'm going for the boxing glove bearing egg again - he's got to end up with one of these surely and Treasure Island Dizzy pretty much defined the formula that was used for every subsequent title.
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R-Tape wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:33 pm Thanks namco, that's a lot of pictures.
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Hank Scorpio wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:00 am Voted for Three Weeks In Paradise in the end as I do have a bit of a soft spot for the Wally Week series.

I've just noticed that They Stole A Million isn't on the list, was it not considered good enough or just a case that, until now, nobody mentioned it?
I don't remember seeing it. If I missed it, I do apologise.
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Curious that whenever I read 'They stole a million' I think of the compilation of similar title :D
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:15 pm Curious that whenever I read 'They stole a million' I think of the compilation of similar title :D
And I think of "they stole half a million" ;-)

On topic though: once again too many great games in this bunch, Thanatos, Trash Man and Through the Trap Door were in the running, but finally I had to vote for the 8 bit grand daddy of GTA - Turbo Esprit!
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TLL, Tau Ceti, Three Weeks in Paradise, Thunderbirds, Time-Gate, Trans Am, Trashman. Another tough choice, but the one game i can still go back to over and over is Trapdoor. Don Priestley for president.
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So torn between Target Renegade and Trashman! Two of my all-time Speccy faves. In the end I went with Trashman, although I expect TR will most likely win out in the end. Honorary mention to Trapdoor, which is also absolutely superb!
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Big surprises so far: Tapper, Terra Cresta & Tir Na Nog zero votes.
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Some fantastic games in that list, but I opted for Trashman in the end. Mainly because there's been nothing really like it since, the only way I know of experiencing what it is like to be a Waste Collection Technician with household members making references to 1980s computers.

Montague Street was also a street near where I lived and had a paper round on and it coincidentally looked very similar to "Montague Road" in Trashman. Looking at it on Google Maps, it looks even more like it, I can just imagine a little 8-bit trashman going in each of the houses!

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But doing a search on Google Maps for all the streets in Trashman (Montague Road, Pulteney Road, Lyncombe Vale, Widcombe Hil, Landsdown Roadl), it looks like it may have been set in Bath!
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Yeah, I live nearby in Bristol and have been intending for years to make a Speccy pilgrimage to Bath to visit them all.

(Not going to be this year though, you can hardly move through the streets at Christmas time..)
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YEEEEESS! The correct game won!
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