The best classic Speccy game beginning with C: vote

[bob_fossil]

I voted for Chaos. Cobra and Chase HQ were also in the running. Cobra is a technical tour de force from the title music to the sheer amount of stuff being thrown around on screen. It also has a sense of humour - the weapon's duck and 'Game Under' - and actually has a playable (though rather unforgiving) game to back up all that clever stuff. Chase HQ is arguably the best of all the available home computer conversions, even giving the 16 bit versions a run for their money. It's not that great a game but the amount of effort put into the conversion at the late stage in the commercial life of the Spectrum is commendable.

That said on pure replay terms, Chaos trumps both of them. You can play against friends or just watch the computer fight it out amongst itself - which would sometimes crash the game - that's how seriously the battle was being taken. You can give the wizards silly names and kill other players with imaginary creatures. And when it all gets too much and you realise that golden dragon coming your way isn't an illusion you can go and hide in some magic trees or ride a horse.

[R-Tape]

These are all good points, but to counter I'll just say that I haven't even played Chaos and yet I *know* that Chuckie Egg is better.

[Rorthron]

I'll just say that I haven't even played Chaos and yet I *know* that Chuckie Egg is better.

You're not missing anything; it's rubbish.

VOTE COOKIE!
"YES, WE CAN!"

[PeteProdge]

Has anyone given any thought to what will happen when we have the inevitable five-way draw?

I say we go on loading screens.

I know your comment's tongue-in-cheek, but I've not formally clarified what happens in the event of a draw (which nearly happened during one of these).

I think it's best to do the poll again, keeping only the tied games in. This gives the opportunity for those who picked the lesser-voted games, to back a likely winner. (Of course, I do recognise that this could also end up in a draw again.)

[PeteProdge]

I'll just say that I haven't even played Chaos and yet I *know* that Chuckie Egg is better.

You're not missing anything; it's rubbish.

VOTE COOKIE!
"YES, WE CAN!"

Pete's Undead Golden Dragon takes aim at Rorthron...

[R-Tape]

"THEY" WANT YOU TO VOTE COOKIE.

[PeteProdge]

"Hello, Cookie Monster here! Now you'd think I'd be well in favour of Ultimate's Cookie as my pick in this poll, but no, even I recognise the absolute superiority of Chaos over all the others. In fact, every other Spectrum game. Hell, every other game. It's that good. I'd actually give up my biscuit-heavy diet if it meant I could play Chaos forever. Vote for Chaos. Chaos is awesome. Even Oscar the Grouch agrees."

[Rorthron]

MAKE THE LETTER C GREAT AGAIN

VOTE COOKIE

[Rorthron]

DON'T VOTE FOR CHAOS
VOTE FOR COOKIE'S STRONG AND STABLE LEADERSHIP

[R-Tape]

I see Rorthron is following both Hilary Clinton's and Theresa May's election strategies.

Excellent.

Edit - actually that's Trump and May. Both of whom won. Damn.

[PeteProdge]

Edit - actually that's Trump and May. Both of whom won. Damn.

Yes, those were literally votes for chaos.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

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Vote wisely!

[PeteProdge]

Time to subliminal advertising!
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Vote wisely!

Wow, that looks like chaos out there!

[serbalgi]

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Vote wisely!

Wow, that looks like chaos out there!

Looks like these people have left their headquarters to chase the eye

[Morkin]

Ooh, good to see Chaos HQ pulling ahead in the race...

Oh... hang on...

[PeteProdge]

Ooh, good to see Chaos HQ pulling ahead in the race...

Oh... hang on...

DISBELIEVE

[R-Tape]

The only way forward now is to form a coalition of Chuckie Egg and Chaos voters, and throw in some of the fringe loonies. So if you all change your vote to Chuckie Egg we'll have a chance, in return we'll vote Manic Miner when M comes round.

Sound fair?

[PeteProdge]

The only way forward now is to form a coalition of Chuckie Egg and Chaos voters, and throw in some of the fringe loonies. So if you all change your vote to Chuckie Egg we'll have a chance, in return we'll vote Manic Miner when M comes round.

Sound fair?

This looks like Chaos ends up as the Nick Clegg in this deal. That's a disaster.

(Sincerely, in a choice between Chuckie Egg and Chase HQ, I would go with Chuckie Egg. There is a lot to be said for Chase HQ, it's a technical marvel, one of only two racing games on the Speccy that I can say actually goes at an astonishing speed. I'm not really a fan, I don't like the arcade original - although I acknowledge many do - I don't get the appeal. Chuckie Egg is good old-fashioned fun, filled with the spirit of retrogaming.)

Join up with Chaos, and we'll back future ovoid-centric platform games, like those from the Oliver Twins and Jonathan Cauldwell.

[Rorthron]

On the off-chance you are counting me as one of the "fringe loonies" (surely someone else shares the Cookie love), I'd like to make clear my second choice would be Chase HQ.

And my third Cyclone.

And my fourth Commando.

Basically anything but Chaos or Chuckie Egg.

8 OUT OF 10 CATS SAID THEIR OWNERS PREFER COOKIE

(BUT QUITE LIKED CHASE HQ, TOO.)

[Nomad]

I can't be the only one that wasted their vote on Dizzy? But have to admit it was a tough choice between the two eggs...

[Blerkotron]

Voted for Chaos. Chuckie Egg is also blisteringly good, but Chaos has that old 'infinite replayability' bonus so I think it wins.

Chase HQ.... I realise it's really polished and an amazing conversion, but I never really found it much fun to play. Possibly because I'm crap at it.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Chase HQ currently first... a surprising top game!

[walrus]

Had to be Chaos.

There were others, Cobra, Carrier Command and Chuckie Egg particularly, but when it comes down to it, none of these are Chaos. Unfortunately that is a criticism which can be used against far too many games.

[PeteProdge]

There were others, Cobra, Carrier Command and Chuckie Egg particularly, but when it comes down to it, none of these are Chaos. Unfortunately that is a criticism which can be used against far too many games.

You talk sense. Not Being Chaos is an affliction that Chaos's sequel, Lords Of Chaos, suffers from, as well as the current crop of lesser titles such as Call Of Duty; FIFA; Assassins Creed, etc. Too many games to list, as you said, from 1950's Bertie The Brain to all this VR nonsense.

[R-Tape]

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Granted, I've yet to play ChaseHQ or Chaos, but the point still stands.