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The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
- Juan F. Ramirez
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
I liked Rainbow Arts X Out on the Spectrum, Monochrome graphics , side scrolling and fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGgGxNnR7Lg
Xcel, not a bad overhead view shooter, sort of a cross between I Ball, Splat and Xevious as you could get boxed in very easily with the ground defences as it scrolled vertically.
sorry could only find a video of the Amstrad version (though identical to the speccy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiJRNlOmnIs&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGgGxNnR7Lg
Xcel, not a bad overhead view shooter, sort of a cross between I Ball, Splat and Xevious as you could get boxed in very easily with the ground defences as it scrolled vertically.
sorry could only find a video of the Amstrad version (though identical to the speccy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiJRNlOmnIs&t=1s
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
My vote will go to XOR.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
Just had a go on Xevious, X-out, Xenon and Xeno and out of those I'd have to say that Xeno is probably the best and most unique.
- Juan F. Ramirez
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My problem from Xevious is that the day I got it (from a friend), he lent me both this and Terra Cresta. Two vertical spaceship shooters but with a [irony]slightly diferent[/irony] quality...
Not a bad game, anyway.
Not a bad game, anyway.
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
I think Xybots is actually pretty good:
The only bad thing about this game is that the original arcade is even better
- Lots of levels. Around 50 on the Spectrum version, more than 3 hours of continuous gameplay.
- Ok difficulty level: it's very hard to finish the game but it's very easy to make progress and complete many levels before you run out of lives, so it's challenging but not frustrating.
- Many different power-ups (a dozen or so). You have to buy them with the coins that you collect, so choosing how to spend your money carefully adds to the fun and allows for different playing strategies.
- Secret doors and weapons.
- 4 or 5 types of enemies with very different behaviors.
- Cooperative multiplayer
- Decent graphics and a quite successful 3D perspective.
- Ok sound. Basic but sufficient.
- Unique gameplay: unlike many other Spectrum games that have a dozen clones, I can't think of anything similar to this one. Xenon, Xevious, X-Out, ... there's a thousand like those, some better, some worse, but Xybots there's only Xybots.
The only bad thing about this game is that the original arcade is even better
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
My vote is for Xcel. I still play it.
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Xarq. Although it was bloody hard.
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
I'll sort the voting out tomorrow.
Meantime, what to do with the tiebreaker on W....?
Meantime, what to do with the tiebreaker on W....?
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
Tricky!
Howsabout this: we all post a score out of 10 for each game, and after a week we average them. If still it's a draw after that - namco decides?!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
Assign each game to a AI top-level wizard in Chaos and see who wins.
- Juan F. Ramirez
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
Why not declare both as the winners and forget this thread?
Forget it forever!
Forget it forever!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with X: discussion
Xeno and Xevious are my favorites here.
Both are very playable, Xevious has great loader too, but overall, still prefer Xeno...
Both are very playable, Xevious has great loader too, but overall, still prefer Xeno...
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Great idea..!
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