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Good choices there for the 'A' section, except for Amaurote, which I found a bit tedious.

Have just voted for Atic Atac so now it's even..

Close competition between Atic Atac, Ant Attack and Avalon atta... err.. Avalon for me.

All three are great games in their own right, so it came down to comparing what I thought were the immediate negatives:

Atic Atac
- objects other than the keys are a rendered a bit pointless due to the carrying restrictions

Ant Attack
- controls could have been much, much better

Avalon
- movement a bit imprecise at times, spell selection controls fiddly

But I think Atic Atac holds up very well today especially for replay value, 3 characters each with their own routes through the house, and their own inertia (something I didn't realise back when it was released).

One thing I liked about all 3 is that each has a map that you can get familiar with just through playing a few games, without having to get the graph paper out.

I went for Atic Atac (some time ago so my vote doesn't break the tie).

I also just wish you didn't have to fiddle with objects. Please can someone create a mod where you pick up automatically and have unlimited pockets? You could call it Atac Atac: a Hac!

Aaaaaand this concludes the As.

Atic Atac wins

To celebrate, I will now offer a download of this game at this link (Er, better not - Ed) oh right.

That was a very close run thing, the labyrinth of nasties was tied equally with Sandy White's Ant Attack for most of the week. If it had been a tie, then I'd have run a three day poll on Atic Atac vs Ant Attack. And if that had been a tie, I'd have... um gone for rock, scissors, paper, ant.

7 votes: Atic Atac by Ultimate
6 votes: Ant Attack by Quicksilva
2 votes: Auf Wiedersehen Monty by Gremlin
1 vote each: Avalon; ATF; Arkanoid; Amaurote; Alien 8; Academy

Now to start a discussion thread on classic Speccy games beginning with B...

I'd have determined a tie by voting Ant Attack, probably.