The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
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The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
3pm UK time Sunday 8th March, we'll find out the winner of this poll, which may well be of a 3D giant-insect battle variety. Or it could be something else, I guess the proportional votes could bring a surprise?
It's my 14-day-long poll to discover the best ZX Spectrum game by Quicksilva!
3D Strategy
Ant Attack
Aquaplane
Astro Blaster
Battlezone
Blood 'n' Guts
Bugaboo The Flea
Captain Kelly
Chess Player, The
Death Wake
DefCom
Dragonsbane
Elevator Action
Eric Bristow's Pro-Darts
Fantastic Voyage
Gatecrasher
Glass
Glider Rider
Gridrunner
Hocus Focus
Laser Zone
Mastermind
Max Headroom
Meteor Storm
Mighty Magus
Mined-Out
Pac-Land
Pontoon
Power Pyramids
Red Scorpion
Rupert And The Toymaker's Party
Sabotage
Schizofrenia
Sector 90
Smuggler's Cove
Snowman, The
Space Intruders
Strontium: The Killing
Tantalus
Thompson Twins Adventure, The
Time-Gate
Traxx
Tube, The
Xadom
Yabba Dabba Doo!
Zombie Zombie
It's my 14-day-long poll to discover the best ZX Spectrum game by Quicksilva!
3D Strategy
Ant Attack
Aquaplane
Astro Blaster
Battlezone
Blood 'n' Guts
Bugaboo The Flea
Captain Kelly
Chess Player, The
Death Wake
DefCom
Dragonsbane
Elevator Action
Eric Bristow's Pro-Darts
Fantastic Voyage
Gatecrasher
Glass
Glider Rider
Gridrunner
Hocus Focus
Laser Zone
Mastermind
Max Headroom
Meteor Storm
Mighty Magus
Mined-Out
Pac-Land
Pontoon
Power Pyramids
Red Scorpion
Rupert And The Toymaker's Party
Sabotage
Schizofrenia
Sector 90
Smuggler's Cove
Snowman, The
Space Intruders
Strontium: The Killing
Tantalus
Thompson Twins Adventure, The
Time-Gate
Traxx
Tube, The
Xadom
Yabba Dabba Doo!
Zombie Zombie
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
I've given Mined Out an early lead although I'm sure it won't be long before it's overtaken by some giant ants.
1. Mined Out
2. Elevator Action
3 Mighty Magus
I could never get along with Ant Attack's controls and as entertaining as Bugaboo is, it's just a bit too easy for my liking.
1. Mined Out
2. Elevator Action
3 Mighty Magus
I could never get along with Ant Attack's controls and as entertaining as Bugaboo is, it's just a bit too easy for my liking.
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Wait, what Gridrunner is here ? I asked a while back why it wasn't on the Llamasoft list. Well that's a clear number one for me, it's great fun
Followed by Elevator Action and then Time Gates
Followed by Elevator Action and then Time Gates
Definition of loop : see loop
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
I go by the appropriate brand of the original publisher, never the developer or development team (unless that IS the original publisher brand of course).Turtle_Quality wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:41 pm Wait, what Gridrunner is here ? I asked a while back why it wasn't on the Llamasoft list. Well that's a clear number one for me, it's great fun
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1. Bugaboo the Flea
2. Elevator Action
3. Mined Out
I'm another who couldn't get on with Ant Attack's controls
2. Elevator Action
3. Mined Out
I'm another who couldn't get on with Ant Attack's controls
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
1- Fantastic Voyage, played it a lot back in the day!
2- Ant Attack
3- Bugaboo the Flea
By the way, [mention]PeteProdge[/mention] , shouldn't be Blood 'n Guts and Fantastic Voyage be considered as only one game?
2- Ant Attack
3- Bugaboo the Flea
By the way, [mention]PeteProdge[/mention] , shouldn't be Blood 'n Guts and Fantastic Voyage be considered as only one game?
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I hadn't noticed that until now, having never played either.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:20 am By the way, @PeteProdge , shouldn't be Blood 'n Guts and Fantastic Voyage be considered as only one game?
That's the kind of thing I like to have ironed out in the discussion phase before the voting.
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
1. Ant Attack
2. Bugaboo
3. Glass
2. Bugaboo
3. Glass
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I think I wrote about this in the discussion thread. Anyway, the solution is simple: add votes of both options.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:14 amI hadn't noticed that until now, having never played either.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:20 am By the way, @PeteProdge , shouldn't be Blood 'n Guts and Fantastic Voyage be considered as only one game?
That's the kind of thing I like to have ironed out in the discussion phase before the voting.
A remember this old, wise meme:
Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
Bugaboo
Tantalus
Space Intruders
A Mediocre label but with a few standouts...
Tantalus
Space Intruders
A Mediocre label but with a few standouts...
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
1. Fantastic Voyage
2. Ant Attack
3. Dragonsbane
2. Ant Attack
3. Dragonsbane
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
1 - Fantastic Voyage
2 - Gatecrasher
3 - Aquaplane
2 - Gatecrasher
3 - Aquaplane
Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
There's a good amount of good stuff here, I don't know exactly what to prioritize
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
Absolutely no surprise to see Ant Attack steam this poll, with 15 votes. It's the one I thought would dominate.
The nearest to it? Just 4 votes, going to Bugaboo The Flea.
Joint third place, 3 votes each: Fantastic Voyage; Glider Rider and Time-Gate.
Joint fourth place, 2 votes each: Aquaplane and Elevator Action.
Joint fifth place, 1 vote each: Blood 'n' Guts; Gridrunner; Max Headroom; Mined-Out; Strontium: The Killing and Zombie Zombie.
It's a markedly different story on the proportional votes. Ant Attack isn't top there, the joint top place is split between Bugaboo The Flea and Fantastic Voyage. Ant Attack is second...
Bugaboo The Flea 9
Fantastic Voyage 9
Ant Attack 7
Elevator Action 4
Mined-Out 4
Gatecrasher 2
Tantalus 2
Aquaplane 1
Dragonsbane 1
Glass 1
Mighty Magus 1
Space Intruders 1
Also, the experiment in taking the poll to 14 days. it didn't really add on that many votes. I'm fairly certain we hit 36 votes a week ago, and only two more were cast since then, so I'm taking the polls back to a 7 day length. It's more than adequate for voting.
The nearest to it? Just 4 votes, going to Bugaboo The Flea.
Joint third place, 3 votes each: Fantastic Voyage; Glider Rider and Time-Gate.
Joint fourth place, 2 votes each: Aquaplane and Elevator Action.
Joint fifth place, 1 vote each: Blood 'n' Guts; Gridrunner; Max Headroom; Mined-Out; Strontium: The Killing and Zombie Zombie.
It's a markedly different story on the proportional votes. Ant Attack isn't top there, the joint top place is split between Bugaboo The Flea and Fantastic Voyage. Ant Attack is second...
Bugaboo The Flea 9
Fantastic Voyage 9
Ant Attack 7
Elevator Action 4
Mined-Out 4
Gatecrasher 2
Tantalus 2
Aquaplane 1
Dragonsbane 1
Glass 1
Mighty Magus 1
Space Intruders 1
Also, the experiment in taking the poll to 14 days. it didn't really add on that many votes. I'm fairly certain we hit 36 votes a week ago, and only two more were cast since then, so I'm taking the polls back to a 7 day length. It's more than adequate for voting.
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Re: The best Speccy game by Quicksilva: vote
Yet again i don't get the logic behind that. As "didn't really add that many" does mean it DID add some - those being now named unimportant and "inadequate" just on a whim. And as it is just one case, it looks like you were just looking for any excuse for this decision. All of this is really demotivating to participate in the future votings.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:49 am Also, the experiment in taking the poll to 14 days. it didn't really add on that many votes. I'm fairly certain we hit 36 votes a week ago, and only two more were cast since then, so I'm taking the polls back to a 7 day length. It's more than adequate for voting.
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Cool, don't vote then, ignore all my polls. Two of the three polls didn't add ANY new votes in their second week.Lethargeek wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:50 amYet again i don't get the logic behind that. As "didn't really add that many" does mean it DID add some - those being now named unimportant and "inadequate" just on a whim. And as it is just one case, it looks like you were just looking for any excuse for this decision. All of this is really demotivating to participate in the future votings.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:49 am Also, the experiment in taking the poll to 14 days. it didn't really add on that many votes. I'm fairly certain we hit 36 votes a week ago, and only two more were cast since then, so I'm taking the polls back to a 7 day length. It's more than adequate for voting.
It takes me an age to set them up, if it's not to your taste (and not every thread on this forum is to my taste), just move on.
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...and has absolutely nothing to do with the voting time. But whatever, it is pointless anyway to participate in anything where your contribution might be any moment judged as unimportant. Ok, i won't pollute these super-important polls with my lazy and inadequate choice anymore.
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Hey Lethargeek, did you vote in the second week cos you seem a bit upset about the decision. I'm sure Pete wasn't directly calling your vote irrelevant, just the extra week wasn't worth the extras it gained. I for one wondered what the hell was going on when no new polls appeared last weekend, i musta missed the post about the 2 week trial thing.
I rather enjoy these polls and visit daily to see peoples comments on them and actually look forward to new ones each weekend. And here i am on the Monday night with a fresh bunch of polls to ponder over, screenshots to look at and discuss etc. I know it must take ages setting these up, there has to be some input from us lot, and i do think 2 weeks at a time is too long.
Lets not start fighting over Petes decision, he is creating these after all, its up to him...
I rather enjoy these polls and visit daily to see peoples comments on them and actually look forward to new ones each weekend. And here i am on the Monday night with a fresh bunch of polls to ponder over, screenshots to look at and discuss etc. I know it must take ages setting these up, there has to be some input from us lot, and i do think 2 weeks at a time is too long.
Lets not start fighting over Petes decision, he is creating these after all, its up to him...
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...