The best classic Speccy game beginning with B: vote

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The best classic Speccy game beginning with B

Poll ended at Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:01 am

Back To Skool by Microsphere
4
13%
Bangers & Mash by Altnerative Software
0
No votes
Barbarian by Palace
2
7%
Bards Tale, The by Electronic Arts
0
No votes
Batman (1986 - Jon Ritman's isometric 3D game) by Ocean
1
3%
Batman : The Caped Crusader by Ocean
1
3%
Batman : The Movie by Ocean
1
3%
Batty by Elite
2
7%
BC's Quest For Tires by Software Projects
0
No votes
Beach Head by US Gold
0
No votes
Beaky And The Egg Snatchers by Fantasy Software
0
No votes
Beebul by Scorpio Gamesworld
0
No votes
Beyond The Ice Palace by Elite
1
3%
Bionic Commando by Go!
0
No votes
Biggles by Mirrorsoft
2
7%
Biz, The by Virgin Games
0
No votes
Blind Panic by Martech/Your Sinclair
0
No votes
BMX Simulator by Code Masters
0
No votes
Bobby Bearing by The Edge
2
7%
Bomb Jack by Elite
7
23%
Booty by Firebird
1
3%
Boulder Dash by Front Runner
2
7%
Bounder by Gremlin
0
No votes
Bounty Bob Strikes Back by US Gold
0
No votes
Brian Bloodaxe by The Edge
0
No votes
Bruce Lee by US Gold
2
7%
Bubble Bobble by Firebird
2
7%
Bugaboo The Flea by Quicksilva
0
No votes
Bumpy by Loriciels
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 30

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Struggling. There's very little wrong with any of these:

Back to Skool - I'll be voting Skool Daze
Barbarian
Batman the Movie - the most impressive but not the most fun
Beyond the Ice Palace
The Biz - maybe the most heart & soul went into it, but it needs polish
Bomb Jack
Booty
Boulder Dash
Bubble Bobble

I'm going for Boulder Dash. You could play it on any other system and it wouldn't be better for it, the same could go for Booty but it's not as much fun.
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It's a tough call. I went for Batman The Movie because it's one I still go back to and enjoy playing probably more than any of the others. Having that thing about "old" old games and "new" old games though, as Booty would be my pick of the older titles (despite being horribly frustrating I did enjoy it). Ultimately I went for the "new" old game because one of the classic Ocean movie titles feels like it needs representation and I can't help but think Robocop has a tougher battle for "R"!
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:34 pmI'm going for Boulder Dash. You could play it on any other system and it wouldn't be better for it, the same could go for Booty but it's not as much fun.
The Atari800XL version of Boulderdash is far far better.

I struggled to pick one here too, too many greats on the list.
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hitm4n wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:36 pm The Atari800XL version of Boulderdash is far far better.
To be fair I've only played 3 versions, and looking at this youtube vid comparing them all does suggest I was wearing my rose tinted glasses regarding the Speccy version. I still like it.

So despite the fact I'm talking crap, my point still stands :lol:
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:07 am
hitm4n wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:36 pm The Atari800XL version of Boulderdash is far far better.
To be fair I've only played 3 versions, and looking at this youtube vid comparing them all does suggest I was wearing my rose tinted glasses regarding the Speccy version. I still like it.
So despite the fact I'm talking crap, my point still stands :lol:
Cool video. The only thing wrong with the speccy version is the godawful scrolling, still hugely playable.
But wow, look at the MSX version! That looks great.
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This has been a far tougher choice than I expected. It is a strange list as there are several games on there which I know would be the choice of people I know or have known but nothing which jumps out to me immediately. I am trying to work out which one of these I have played on the speccy most over the years and can't say it was any one of these in particular.

As much as I admit Bomb Jack is a good conversion, it has just never been a favourite game personally.

My first thought was Back to Skool but I agree with some the comments others have made how it had been expanded beyond the original made it seem less focused. The Batman games and Bruce Lee were all very good and like many I probably sank far more time into Booty than I expected from a budget title.

In the end I am going to vote based on playability again and go for Bubble Bobble as that was such a good conversion of the arcade game, far better than I had expected to see when it was released.
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Well, Bomb Jack has ended up alongside Atic Atac in our alphabet of best classic Speccy games, gaining 7 votes.

In second place, Back To Skool gained 4 votes.

A lot of titles are jointly third with 2 votes: Barbarian; Batty; Biggles; Bobby Bearing; Boulder Dash; Bruce Lee and Bubble Bobble.

All the official Batman games are jointly fourth with 1 vote each... Batman (Jon Ritman isometic 3D); Batman : The Caped Crusader; Batman : The Movie; Beyond The Ice Palace and Booty.

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Not voted it, but I must reckon it's a fair win!
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Not my choice, but a very worthy winner!

Do we vote for an overall winner once you have one for each letter? :-D
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Too late, but probably Bugaboo. I like the cinematic intro. Probably more than the game itself.
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