The best Speccy game by Elite: discussion

[stupidget]

Yep, this is going to be a toughie. I’ve got fond memories of Kokotoni Wilf as it was a Christmas present from my grandparents. We used to go there for Christmas lunch and I’d take my speecy and B&w portable tv and set it up in the kitchen. Ghosts and Goblins was also another favourite even though I couldn’t get any further than the cyan/Ice level. Commando and Bob Jack we’re indeed amazing conversions but I never spent much time playing either of them. Fall Guy really had that ‘just one more go’ appeal to me.

[Morkin]

Another tricky one for me as well.

Seems weird to see Commando & Ikari Warriors up against each other, I used to love both of those games.

[hitm4n]

Wow, some great ones in this list.

Although it was super hard, i always enjoyed the challenge of Airwolf and always thought "yeah, today i'll get further" but never did.
Getting maximum points in every level of Bomb Jack was tough, i could always do the first 5-6 levels or so then it got nuts.
Classic, Frank Bruno's Boxing. U~sed to get close to the last couple of fighters but never got to Frank
Classic, Ghosts 'N Goblins. Muscle memory FTW. Shame i had neither.
Classic, Kokotoni Wilf. WTF was going on here? I dunno, collet stuff, teleport to levels. Die.
Kokotoni Wilf but more collectables and all placed round rides, its Roller Coaster. Got pretty far in this too but only saw it all with infy lives pokes.

Ahh, Scooby-Doo, great game. I think of all these this got the most playtime from me, was a great fun game.

And what an achievement Space Harrier was for a lowly Speccy. This for many years was my most favourite "real" arcade game. I was pretty good at it and loved the hydraulic chair. Always sought one out at Skeggy when on hols.

Scooby Doo for me although i'm not sure that will be a popular choice.

[Dark]

I really loved Paperboy, spent loads of time playing that, even though it was pretty repetitive, but I still got a sense of achievement every time I correctly delivered a paper or knocked a bin over, and I loved smashing windows of folk not part of my route.

The other two stand outs are Bomb Jack and Commando, both games I played loads of and could easily load up today and immerse myself in.

[Joefish]

I thought Space Harrier was an incredible achievement on the Speccy and played it loads. A shame that once you got past level 6 there weren't any new sprites to see (except maybe the skeletal dragon). Also that there weren't any tall trees on the first level, even though there were on later levels. But obviously nowadays it's not much to look at, what with so many better conversions and MAME around. Similarly Buggy Boy may have looked great once, but the frame rate is embarrassing if you look at it now.

I never really got into Bomb Jack but love Commando as it was genuinely a better game than the arcade.

But I do like a game of Kokotoni Wilf. I love the time-zone settings, and the way it's a multi-screen game but still in stages. I come back to it more than Jet Set Willy.

And then there's the utterly brilliant Thundercats. Way better to look at and more fun to play than other on-foot scrollers like Rygar and the GnG games.

Honestly never played Roller Coaster, and I utterly hated Paperboy - the diagonal scroll was a bad idea as it always just filled the screen with big blocky houses and forced you into the bottom-right corner where you couldn't see far enough ahead to react to anything.

[DouglasReynholm]

Bomb Jack, vs. Commando, tricky one as they both got a lot of play from me. Bomb Jack was quite fluid to play. Also put a lot of time into Airwolf but I can't remember if that was due to or in spite of its difficulty! Probably one of the first two.

[Vampyre]

Blimey, I'd forgotten about Roller Coaster until JoeFish mentioned it above. Can't believe I missed it in the list.

That was another really, really good platform game that I played loads of but never got anywhere near to completing. I'd go as far to say that, other than Manic Miner, it's the best platform game on the Speccy.

Picking an Elite top 3 just got that little bit harder...

[Vampyre]

Classic, Frank Bruno's Boxing. U~sed to get close to the last couple of fighters but never got to Frank

You were Frank, the final fight was against Peter Perfect. Actually, I'm sure when you completed it the game mentioned that some additional fighters would be available later. Pretty sure they were never released though?

[hitm4n]

Classic, Frank Bruno's Boxing. U~sed to get close to the last couple of fighters but never got to Frank

You were Frank, the final fight was against Peter Perfect. Actually, I'm sure when you completed it the game mentioned that some additional fighters would be available later. Pretty sure they were never released though?

Oh yes, that makes sense. lol. Damn these hazy rose tinted memories... I think i may have got to him but he just dodged and hit you after every move, he was impossible to beat.

[spider]

Difficult to decide although my choices might seem a bit odd.

Kokotoni Wilf or Roller Coaster , simply as I really enjoyed both games. Koko I first set eyes upon on the Soft-Aid tape BITD. Roller Coaster the same I think I might still have my tape for it.

I do recall my brother hiring out (in the days when you could hire games from some video shops although it was miles away) AirWolf amongst other things over time, but it was too tricky. Never really was a great fan of Commando for some reason I think I did not like the control method too much although I think those were the only ones I played 'back then'



The poll when it appears for this is going to be very interesting viewing I think.

[PeteProdge]

Phew. I'm back after a hectic extended weekend up at the Edinburgh Fringe, a week of work where I was catching up on stuff from before my holiday... now back on all of this. Will try to start the polls today. Give me a few hours first...