The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
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The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Okay, now for one of the toughest (if not THE toughest) choices in these polls. Ultimate - arguably an aptly-named company - made an absolute load of jaw-dropping hits for the Speccy, creating some astonishing punch-above-their-weight titles that could fit into a 16K Speccy, as well as astounding games for the 48K.
Then at some point - maybe during Gunfright or after - the brand was sold to US Gold and things weren't quite as good. Anyway, the Speccy had 16 titles featuring Ultimate logo and we're here to discover which you think is the best. Yeah, a difficult challenge.
I'll allow you to have a proportional vote in your messages...
1) Your absolute favourite
2) Your second favourite
3) Your third favourite
...and of course, I attribute 3 points to your #1 choice, 2 points to #2 and 1 point to #3. You get the idea. (Don't deviate by going over three choices having less than three, or including something not in the game list here, I won't count those.)
Oh, and while we're praising Ultimate, there's an amusing Digitiser article that highlights the rather awful things that have been put out in their name, mostly concentrating on the non-Spectrum stuff (The Staff Of Karnath; Outlaws; Entombed; Imhotep; Blackwych and Dragon Skulle).
Alien 8
Atic Atac
Bubbler
Cookie
Cyberun
Gunfright
JetPac
Knight Lore
Lunar Jetman
Martianoids
Nightshade
Pentagram
Pssst
Sabre Wulf
Tranz Am
Underwurlde
Poll ends around 11:30am UK time, Sun 7th July 2019.
Then at some point - maybe during Gunfright or after - the brand was sold to US Gold and things weren't quite as good. Anyway, the Speccy had 16 titles featuring Ultimate logo and we're here to discover which you think is the best. Yeah, a difficult challenge.
I'll allow you to have a proportional vote in your messages...
1) Your absolute favourite
2) Your second favourite
3) Your third favourite
...and of course, I attribute 3 points to your #1 choice, 2 points to #2 and 1 point to #3. You get the idea. (Don't deviate by going over three choices having less than three, or including something not in the game list here, I won't count those.)
Oh, and while we're praising Ultimate, there's an amusing Digitiser article that highlights the rather awful things that have been put out in their name, mostly concentrating on the non-Spectrum stuff (The Staff Of Karnath; Outlaws; Entombed; Imhotep; Blackwych and Dragon Skulle).
Alien 8
Atic Atac
Bubbler
Cookie
Cyberun
Gunfright
JetPac
Knight Lore
Lunar Jetman
Martianoids
Nightshade
Pentagram
Pssst
Sabre Wulf
Tranz Am
Underwurlde
Poll ends around 11:30am UK time, Sun 7th July 2019.
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Jetpac.
2. Atic Atac.
3. Cookie.
2. Atic Atac.
3. Cookie.
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Sabre Wulf
2. Atic Atac
3. Jet Pac
2. Atic Atac
3. Jet Pac
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1. Atic Atac
2. Knight Lore
3. Sabre Wulf
As an aside, does anyone have a release date for Melkhiors Mansion yet?
2. Knight Lore
3. Sabre Wulf
As an aside, does anyone have a release date for Melkhiors Mansion yet?
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Sorry, this won't count, until there are three.
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That's fine, consider it a spoilt ballot. Now I wish I'd written something revolutionary for number 3!
If only Dingo had been released twenty years earlier.
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1-JetPac
2-Knight lore
3-sabre wulf
2-Knight lore
3-sabre wulf
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Atic Atac
2. Jetpac
3. Knight Lore
2. Jetpac
3. Knight Lore
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1 - Sabre Wulf
2 - Knight Lore
3 - Underwurlde
2 - Knight Lore
3 - Underwurlde
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1 Lunar Jetman
2 Atic Atac
3 Jetpac
2 Atic Atac
3 Jetpac
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Somebody's voted for Martianoids.
Now, yeah, this is a democratic vote and all that, but I never envisaged THAT happening!
Now, yeah, this is a democratic vote and all that, but I never envisaged THAT happening!
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:39 pm Somebody's voted for Martianoids.
Now, yeah, this is a democratic vote and all that, but I never envisaged THAT happening!
We have an anarchist in this forum!
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Knight Lore
2. Jetpac
3. Attic Atac
2. Jetpac
3. Attic Atac
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1 - Atic Atac
2 - JetPac
3 - Pssst
2 - JetPac
3 - Pssst
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Atic Atac
2. Jetpac
3. psst!
2. Jetpac
3. psst!
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Voted for Jetpac in the end. A good, simple and very addictive shooter.
1. Jetpac
2. Gunfright
3. Atic Atac
1. Jetpac
2. Gunfright
3. Atic Atac
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Sabre Wulf
2. Knight Lore
3. Jetpac
2. Knight Lore
3. Jetpac
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Bet it was Spuds as their '3rd place'.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:27 amPeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:39 pm Somebody's voted for Martianoids.
Now, yeah, this is a democratic vote and all that, but I never envisaged THAT happening!
We have an anarchist in this forum!
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1 - Jetpac
2 - Knight Lore
3 - Underwurlde
2 - Knight Lore
3 - Underwurlde
Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Looks quite a close contest between Atic Atac and Jetpac so far.
A few years ago I might have voted for Jetpac, as it's pure arcade class. I guess one criticism voiced over the years is that changing/randomising the platform placement might have increased the variety a bit. And of course a hover button, that'd be ace..
I only remember playing Atic Atac after Sabre Wulf, and it took a while for me to appreciate it fully. 3 playable characters, each with different momentum/inertia. One map but 3 variations of how you can traverse it depending on your character choice. A decent amount of time to react to enemies spawning on top of you (I felt that Sabre Wulf compensated with lots of extra lives dotted around). And finally a 3D map with distinguishable floors which means you don't have to think about a map, you learn your way around after a few goes. The only criticism I really have is that the objects are fairly redundant, with your object carry limit it's all about the keys. But otherwise a game I can keep coming back to, and that you can finish in any time between 5 minutes or 2 hours.
A few years ago I might have voted for Jetpac, as it's pure arcade class. I guess one criticism voiced over the years is that changing/randomising the platform placement might have increased the variety a bit. And of course a hover button, that'd be ace..
I only remember playing Atic Atac after Sabre Wulf, and it took a while for me to appreciate it fully. 3 playable characters, each with different momentum/inertia. One map but 3 variations of how you can traverse it depending on your character choice. A decent amount of time to react to enemies spawning on top of you (I felt that Sabre Wulf compensated with lots of extra lives dotted around). And finally a 3D map with distinguishable floors which means you don't have to think about a map, you learn your way around after a few goes. The only criticism I really have is that the objects are fairly redundant, with your object carry limit it's all about the keys. But otherwise a game I can keep coming back to, and that you can finish in any time between 5 minutes or 2 hours.
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
Haha, yeah, it's the same for me too.
Atic Atac was also my own choice, for the exact same reasons that you mention.
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Re: The best Speccy game by Ultimate: vote
1. Pssst
2. Knight Lore
3. Gunfright
2. Knight Lore
3. Gunfright