The A-Z of the best Speccy games (modern: post-1993)

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Ralf wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:48 pm
I know a lot would take issue with this but I think More Tea Vicar edges Metal Man. Controversial.
No way for me. I know that many of you give extra points to a game for being British and that many people like Jonathan Cauldwell but that would be very dishonest.

More Tea Vicar is good but not brilliant. It is a bit slow, has an absurd name, small sprites, is very similar to some games from the 80s and inferior to Zynaps so it's not groundbreaking in any way.

Metal Man is something never seen before - extremely colourful, yet reducing clash, huge, with lots of feature with gameplay typical for 16 bits computers, not 8 bits.

That's just my opinion anyway ;)
Fair enough, I will have to agree Metal Man is more impressive than MTV. I enjoy MTV more (eye/ear candy, first 3 levels well designed), hopefully not because it's British/Jonathan's but I think that will be plus points for some. Brilliant but not legendary.

You're wrong about two things though - the absurd name is a good thing and it's not 'a bit slow', it's just plain 'slow'!
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Didn’t like either.
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I agree - Metal Man is better than More Tea, Vicar. But I liked Magic Tokens, Magical Tower Adventure and Majikazo more than both of them. And my favourite M is Maritrini - Freelance Monster Slayer. :)

While we're being argumentative (I jest, don't panic!), Doom wouldn't even be in the running for my choice for 'D'. What about Descending Dungeons, or Dingo, or Dogmole Tuppowski - The New Adventures, or Dreamwalker? Doom's very impressive but basically just a tech demo rather than a game. :)

Some lovely choices elsewhere - a few of those I don't think I've ever played, I'll have to check them out.
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Blerkotron wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:44 pm I agree - Metal Man is better than More Tea, Vicar. But I liked Magic Tokens, Magical Tower Adventure and Majikazo more than both of them. And my favourite M is Maritrini - Freelance Monster Slayer. :)

While we're being argumentative (I jest, don't panic!), Doom wouldn't even be in the running for my choice for 'D'. What about Descending Dungeons, or Dingo, or Dogmole Tuppowski - The New Adventures, or Dreamwalker? Doom's very impressive but basically just a tech demo rather than a game. :)

Some lovely choices elsewhere - a few of those I don't think I've ever played, I'll have to check them out.
Good calls. I could do an updated list with several choices per letter.

Dreamwalker would be a contender for me, but I think Alter Ego plays the same game and looks better - the bicolour graphics spoil the atmosphere a bit IMO. Denis's Tourmaline could be a 'T' contender.
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Indeed, it's a great idea - the 'modern' Speccy games really don't get the attention they deserve and it'd be nice to have a list of the very best of the best to help newcomers get started. If they actually read it instead of saying "hey, who remembers Manic Miner?!" for the 438th time. ;)
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Okay, it's getting close to 'name some games beginning with a letter', but I think this is a good A - Z of standout releases from after the commercial era (or a good place to start).

A Alter Ego, Abbye des Morts, Albatrossity,
B Buzzsaw+, Bouncing Bomb Redux, Blink, Balachor Returns,
C Castlevania: Spectral Interlude, Circuitry, Catcombs of Balachor, Cronopios y Famas, Crimbo, ComplicaDX
D Doom, Dreamwalker, Dingo, Deep Core Raider,
E EFMB, El Stompo, Egghead 4,
F Fire 'N Ice, Floarea Soarelui,
G Gravibots, Genesis: Dawn of a new day,
H Hobbit 128 (Melbourne/Community),
I Invasion of the Zombie Monsters,
J Janosik, Jaws,
K Karlos und Schatze der Azteken, King's Valley,
L Los Amores de Brunilda,
M Metal Man, Majikazo, M is Maritrini - Freelance Monster Slayer, More tea vicar,
N Nelo & Quqo and the Last Butifarreisson, Ninjajar,
O On reflection, Operation Red Refrigerator,
P Prince Of Persia, Phaeton,
Q Quadrax, Quantum Gardening,
R Rough Justice,
S Sword of Ianna, Star Heritage, Slubberdegullion, Sunbucket,
T That sinking feeling, Tales of Grupp, Tourmaline, Twilight: Land of the shadows,
U UFO 2: Devils of Abbyss, Utter Tripe, Uroboros,
V Vallation, Vade Retro(JBGV),
W Wanderers. Chained in the dark, WHB,
X X=Y=Z,
Y Yumiko in the Haunted Mansion,
Z ZX Football Manager 2005, Zukinox, Zombi Terror,
# 48 Irons,

NB - I didn't suggest my own games!
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Hooray..! I was considering releasing a game starting with a $ symbol...
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Not Jaws? I demand a recount!!!
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I believe it's a great idea to make a list of good modern games and attach it somewhere at the top of the website.

I'll try to contribute more soon, actually I'm quite interested in this topic and may know some stuff that other people missed.
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