Spectrum Computing

Okay, 7 days to pick your favourite modern ZX Spectrum game that begins with L.

(The reason Legend Of The Frog Prince is listed with screenshots that have borders included, is that SpectrumComputing currently has no screenshots and so I just quickly got some using Fuse and haven't trimmed out the border.)

Labyrinth 2 by Shuric Program


Ladatologato Jatek by Laszlo Nyitrai


Laetitia by Jaime Grilo


Lala Lah by The Mojon Twins


Lala Prologue by Ubhres Productions


Land of Mire Mare


Larry the Lander


Last Courier, The


Lava


Left Behind: Escape from Mars by Dave Hughes


Legend of the Frog Prince, The by Gabriele Amore


Leonardo's Lost Last Invention


Leovigildo! by The Mojon Twins, eightbiter


Lethargy: The Apathetic Dream by Studio Stall


Little Dragon 2


Log Cabin Dizzy


Lost In My Spectrum by Alessandro Grussu


Lost in Worlds


Lost Island, The by kas29


Lost Little Spaceman by Nellyfish


Lost Tapes Of Albion, The by Stonechat Productions


Lost Treasure, The by Andy Watson


Lovecraft Mythos by Ancient Bytes


LumASCII by Bob's Stuff


Lunaris by Jonathan Cauldwell


Lupo Alberto by Lupo Alberto

1 - Lost in my Spectrum
2 - LumASCII
3 - Lost Tapes of Albion, The

Tricky choice between Lost in my Spectrum and LumASCII. Both are great, the latter is more inventive, but I enjoyed the former more. And it feels a bit saucy, but I'm going to vote for my own game at #3.

(The reason Legend Of The Frog Prince is listed with screenshots that have borders included, is that SpectrumComputing currently has no screenshots and so I just quickly got some using Fuse and haven't trimmed out the border.)

Could I ask where you got the game? I couldn't find it anywhere when I created the entry.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:21 pm Tricky choice between Lost in my Spectrum and LumASCII. Both are great, the latter is more inventive, but I enjoyed the former more. And it feels a bit saucy, but I'm going to vote for my own game at #3.

Oh, never feel guilty about voting for your own work. If I had ever kept hold of the one completed game I wrote, I'd have voted for it in the B poll!

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:21 pm

(The reason Legend Of The Frog Prince is listed with screenshots that have borders included, is that SpectrumComputing currently has no screenshots and so I just quickly got some using Fuse and haven't trimmed out the border.)

Could I ask where you got the game? I couldn't find it anywhere when I created the entry.

It's detailed on this page: https://www.retromania.pt/cms/2019/12/1 ... og-prince/

The dropbox link to the .tap file is here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ccntw7ldz9mr ... G.tap?dl=0

Land if Mire Mare for me.

1 Lost In My Spectrum
2 Land Of More Made
3 The Lost Island

If anybody would like to play LumASCII you can download it freely (athough donations are very much appreciated) from my Itch.io site using the link below:

https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/lumascii

You can also get it on cassette from Cronosoft - https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/LUMASCII_ ... 28343.

Some of my other ZX Spectrum, and ZX81, games are also available on cassette from there.

Hank Scorpio wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:42 pm 2 Land Of More Made

I've just noticed that, bloody predictive text!

Quite a few really good games on this list but after plenty of replaying of them I finally managed to work out my top three.

1. Laetitia
2. Legend Of The Frog Prince
3. Land Of Mire Mare

For what it's worth Leovigileo, Lost In My Spectrum and The Lost Island were all contenders for my top three as well. I don't know if Gabriel Amore reads this forum but if you do, I love the AY Euro-pop of Effiel 65's Blue in The Frog Prince game.

Wow, we have a tie for top place. Jointly, it seems it will go to The Lost Tapes Of Albion and LumASCII - which have attained 4 votes each. Of course, we need a tie breaker, and that could be resolved in the proportional voting results, but let's continue the PHPbb poll results...

Second place is also a tie, 3 votes each have gone to Land Of Mire Mare and Lost In My Spectrum.

Similar story for third place, 2 votes each go to Laetitia and Lethargy: The Apathetic Dream.

And again, for fifth place, 1 vote each to The Last Courier and Lovecraft Mythos.

Okay, let's break that down by going over to the proportional votes...

Lost In My Spectrum 6
Land Of Mire Mare 3
Laetitia 3
LumASCII 2
Legend Of The Frog Prince 2
Lost Tapes Of Albion 1
Lost Island 1

Cripes. I wasn't following the votes during the week so that's a surprise!

I certainly wouldn't argue if the top spot of the proportional vote got it in this case. Alessandro's games are pretty consistent in terms of quality, but his first game, this one, is my fave.

I missed this and didn't vote. I'd have gone for Lost Tapes. Soz.

Spud wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:04 pm I missed this and didn't vote. I'd have gone for Lost Tapes. Soz.

As long as Stamp Quest wins "S" I don't mind

Thanks for all the votes for LumASCII (I’m still taking that as joint-first )

See you all again when we get to the letter ‘S’!

I missed this vote and I'd have gone for Little Dragon 2 which is a great game.