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The best modern Speccy game beginning with C

Poll ended at Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:59 am

C is for CRABBY!
0
No votes
Cadàveriön
0
No votes
Cannon Bubble
0
No votes
Captain Drexx
1
4%
Car Wars
0
No votes
Carlos Michelis
4
15%
Castaway
0
No votes
Castle Capers
0
No votes
Castle of Sorrow
0
No votes
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude
8
31%
Catacombs Of Balachor
1
4%
Cattivik
0
No votes
Cattivik Never Dies
0
No votes
Cave Raider
0
No votes
Celtic Carnage
1
4%
Charm, The
1
4%
Cheril of the Bosque
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No votes
Cheril Perils
1
4%
Cheril the Goddess
0
No votes
Chip Rescue
0
No votes
Chrimblast!
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No votes
Circuitry
0
No votes
Clickmania
0
No votes
Code Zero
0
No votes
Color Lines (by Surdakar Group)
0
No votes
Complica DX
2
8%
Corona Encantada, La
1
4%
Courier 2
0
No votes
Cousin Horace
0
No votes
Cray 5
1
4%
Crazy Kong City - Episode 1: Saving Helen Blond
0
No votes
Crazy Kong City - Episode 2: Saving Kong
0
No votes
Crimbo
1
4%
Crime Santa Clause: Deja Vu
0
No votes
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2017
3
12%
Cybereal
1
4%
 
Total votes: 26

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Pheee-ew... the longest list of the modern Speccy game A-Z polls so far.

7 days of this, we conclude the poll at 9am Sunday 23rd June.

C is for CRABBY!
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Cadàveriön by The Mojon Twins
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Cannon Bubble by Computer Emuzone
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Captain Drexx
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Car Wars
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Carlos Michelis by World XXI Soft Inc
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Castaway by usebox.net
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Castle Capers by Monument Microgames
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Castle of Sorrow
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Castlevania: Spectral Interlude by Rewind Team
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Catacombs Of Balachor by Lasasoft Ltd
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Cattivik by Gabriele Amore
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Cattivik Never Dies by Gabriele Amore
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Cave Raider by Bumfun Software
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Celtic Carnage by Zenobi Software
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Charm, The by RetroWorks
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Cheril of the Bosque by Ubhres Productions
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Cheril Perils by Ubhres Productions
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Cheril the Goddess by The Mojon Twins
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Chip Rescue by Romancha
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Chrimblast! by Stonechat Productions
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Circuitry by Rucksack Games
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Clickmania by Optical Brothers
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Code Zero
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Color Lines by Surdakar Group
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Complica DX by Einar Saukas
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Corona Encantada, La by Karoshi Corporation/RELEVO Videogames
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Courier 2 by Perspective Group
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Cousin Horace
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Cray 5 by RetroWorks
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Crazy Kong City - Episode 1: Saving Helen Blond by Gabriele Amore
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Crazy Kong City - Episode 2: Saving Kong by Gabriele Amore
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Crimbo
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Crime Santa Clause: Deja Vu by BroklmSoft/Rush I.S.P.A.
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Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2017
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Cybereal by Laser Dreams
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A really good selection this time.

The 'adventure factor' unbalanced my vote so:

1 - Carlos Michelis
2 - Castlevania
3 - La Corona Encantada
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I do love to torture myself with a bit of Crimbo and its woefully unfair collision detection, but my vote has to be for the staggeringly good opponent A.I. programming that's gone into Complica DX. That's a real achievement of 8-bit programming.
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Joefish wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:44 amI do love to torture myself with a bit of Crimbo and its woefully unfair collision detection, but my vote has to be for the staggeringly good opponent A.I. programming that's gone into Complica DX. That's a real achievement of 8-bit programming.
Thank you!!! Frankly I never expected anyone to appreciate that!

Personally I'm still trying to decide my vote. There are too many games I really like, and I'm resisting the temptation to vote for my own game. :)
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I voted for The Charm. Just because I really enjoyed playing it.
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Not easy. Again I've had to decide how much to factor in sheer enjoyment over technical achievement.

As impressive as Castlevania and Complica DX (sorry Einar!) are, this is my top 3:

Catacombs Of Balachor
Circuitry
Crimbo

So Catacombs gets my vote (Circuitry came very close, but I decided it was too difficult).

I'm not completely sure why, but it epitomises exactly what I want a Spectrum game to be.
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My vote goes to Carlos Michelis for Frank Trigg's tantalizing theme tune.
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Voted for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy.

1. Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
2. Castlevania Spectral Interlude
3. Complica DX
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I've only played Castlevania and Dizzy out this list and you have to admit that that Castlevania is one hell of an achievement and a brilliant game. That's what get's my vote.

Also, there are some superb loading screens in this list as well.
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I appreciate Castlevania is quite an achievement, but frankly I find it very dull to play. It takes an age to get anywhere and then you find you have to backtrack and do the same bit again several times, in-between bouts of properly dreadful dialogue. It might be comparable to something on the NES but that's not really a big deal to aim for.
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Cheril Perils is the one I've played the most.
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Castlevania got my vote in the end although it was a close call between that and Complica DX, which is one of the most addictive games I've ever played.

1. Castlevania
2. Complica DX
3. Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:22 pm Not easy. Again I've had to decide how much to factor in sheer enjoyment over technical achievement.

As impressive as Castlevania and Complica DX (sorry Einar!) are, this is my top 3:

Catacombs Of Balachor
Circuitry
Crimbo

So Catacombs gets my vote (Circuitry came very close, but I decided it was too difficult).

I'm not completely sure why, but it epitomises exactly what I want a Spectrum game to be.
Cheers Tapey..!

The bri... errr... agreed sum is in the post. I ate the Rolos by mistake. Will a chocolate digestive do? (It's McVitie's :D )

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I voted for Castlevania. I remember when it originally came out and I was blown away by the level of quality. The graphics are some of the nicest I've seen in any Spectrum game, and the music is fantastic too. In fact this game directly inspired my interest in the AY with its downloadable soundtrack.

It may start off a little slow, but the game gets more interesting once you start getting upgrades and weapons. The movement upgrades and the teleportation ability let you move around much faster, which saves a lot of time backtracking. And the dialogue doesn't really bother me. I actually like the slightly unusual English translation, as it adds some charm to the game.

For me the main downside of Castlevania is the slightly anticlimactic ending (the bad ending more than the intended one). The bosses are also a little too easy to beat on subsequent playthroughs, once you know which strategies to use.

As a bonus, the game makes good use of systems with faster clock speeds. Try playing it on a 7MHz CPU and the sprite movement becomes silky smooth.
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Well, what can I say?

Castlevania: Spectral Interlude is the clear winner, scoring 8 votes, twice as many as the second-placed title.

That second-placed title being Carlos Michelis - 4 votes.

Third place is the 2017 128K-only remake of Crystal Kingdom Dizzy from an international team of coders - 3 votes.

Fourth place, with 2 votes, is Complica DX.

One vote each ensures that these games are placed fifth - Captain Drexx; Catacombs Of Balachor; Celtic Carnage; The Charm; Cheril Perils; La Corona Encantada; Cray 5; Crimbo and Cybereal.

Now, some of you came up with a proportional vote - the first time this has happened in a modern Speccy game A-Z poll. I've done the calculations on the back of a fag packet and Castlevania also tops that, with Carlos Michelis similarly placed second (albeit jointly)...

7 Castlevania - Spectral Interlude
3 Carlos Michelis
3 Catacombs Of Balachor
3 Complica DX
4 Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2017
2 Circuitry
1 La Corona Encantada
1 Crimbo
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PeteProdge wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:43 am Now, some of you came up with a proportional vote - the first time this has happened in a modern Speccy game A-Z poll.
I don't know if that's true but I love it! Castlevania gets the top spot in both, and although I didn't vote for it due to quirks of taste, it seems fair enough to me.
Morkin wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:05 pm
Cheers Tapey..!

The bri... errr... agreed sum is in the post. I ate the Rolos by mistake. Will a chocolate digestive do? (It's McVitie's :D )

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:lol:
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