The best modern Speccy game beginning with S: vote

[PeteProdge]

Wow. The ZX Spectrum homebrew community certainly don't let up in the output. 69 games here, it's probably the biggest list I've made in these 'modern' A-Z polls (if not, it's gotta be in the top 3, surely?) Taken me an age to get this formatted (mainly because I'm doing a huge house tidy up in the middle of it), even trickier than the 80-something games I did earlier today for the C.C.S. poll.

Anyway, you know this rolls. 7 days to pick your favourite from this lot...

S.I.P. by RetroSouls


Safecracker by Rafal Mizaga


Saltarin by Salvacam


Sam Mallard: The Case of the Missing Swan


Sami Troid by Son Link


Santa's Christmas Adventure


Sc0tb0t by Dougie mcg


Scuttlebutt by Eweguo


Sector by RetroSouls


Sector: Invasion by RetroSouls


Seto Taisho to Kazan by Monumemt Microgames


Sewer Rage by The Death Squad


Sgt. Helmet - Training Day by The Mojon Twins


Sgt. Helmet Zero by Ubhres Productions


ShapeShifter by Cronosoft


Sid Spanners by Digital Prawn


Sid Spanners 2: The Slackening by Digital Prawn


Sid Spanners 3: The Nuthouse by Digital Prawn


Sid Spanners 4: Timeloop by Digital Prawn


Sin Instrucciones by Manuel Gonzalez Martinez


Sir Ababol by Ubhres Productions


Sir Ababol 2 by The Mojon Twins/eightbiter


Skurff by Stonechat Productions


Skyscraper of Doom by Rafal Miazga


Slubberdegullion by Cronosoft


Smiler 2: In the City by Digital Prawn


Smiler in Arrowe Land by Digital Prawn


Snake Escape by Einar Saukas


Sochi Nights by SGL Team


Sokob-XXX


Sophia by Alessandro Grussu


Sophia II by Alessandro Grussu


Sorceress by Payndz


Souls by Retrobytes Productions


Space Escape


Space Invaders Emulator


Space Junk by Miguetelo


Space Monsters meet THE HARDY by Mayhem


Specball by ZozoSoft


Speccies 2, The by Tardis Remakes


Speccies, The by Tardis Remakes


Speccy Bros by Climacus


Speccy Invaders by Purple Studios


Spectral Dungeons, The by No Time To Play


Spider Mami by Rafael Vico Costa


Spiker: Basic Training by Black Jet


splATTR by Cronosoft


Sprouty by Stonechat Productions


Spych


SQIJ 2018 by Psytronik Software


Squares by kas29


Stamp Quest by Stonechat Productions


Stela by J.B.G.V.


Stela II by La Moderna Soft


Stompo, El by Stonechat Productions


Stormfinch by Stonechat Productions


Stranded by Cronosoft


Stranded 2.5 by Cronosoft


Streets of Doom by Rafal Miazga


Subacuatic by Ubhres Productions


Subacuatic Reloaded by Ubhres Productions


Subject, The


Sun Bucket by Stonechat Productions


Super Mario Bros 128K by Sergei Andreevich Smirnov


Super Mario Bros. COVID-19 Edition


Super Serif Bros


Survival ZX


Sword Of Ianna, The by RetroWorks


Survivisection by SaNchez

[+3code]

Uf, a lot of great titles, hard.

[Nick]

1. Snake Escape
2. Sword Of Ianna
3. S.I.P.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

1-Sword of Ianna
2-Sprouty
3-Sam Mayard

[Einar Saukas]

1. El Stompo
2. Sword of Ianna
3. Snake Escape

Am I allowed to vote for my own game???

[Hank Scorpio]

1 Sword Of Ianna
2 Sam Mallard
3 El Stompo

[Morkin]

Lots of good games in that list.

1. El Stompo
2. Sam Mallard
3. Sword of Ianna

[RWAC]

1. Streets of Doom
2. Sam Mallard
3. El Stompo

[Audionautas]

Hi

1. Sword of Ianna
2. Surivisection.
3. Snake Escape.

[R-Tape]

1 - Sword of Ianna
2 - Slubberdegullion
3 - Survivisection

Tough one this. 1 & 3 are not necessarily the ones I enjoyed most either, but the most impressive overall. Ask me another week it might be different.

[stupidget]

Woweeeee there are some bosters in that list!!! My top 3 would be:

1 - El Stompo
2 - Sword of Iana
3 - Snake Escape

I'd also give a nod to Stormfinch and Sam Mallard which were both excellent.

[Joefish]

Snake Escape is great, but it's got to be El Stompo.

[Einar Saukas]

Snake Escape is great, but it's got to be El Stompo.

Dave I hate you!!!

[R-Tape]

Snake Escape is great, but it's got to be El Stompo.

Dave I hate you!!!

I'm sorry! I know the engine could have been better—if only I wrote it myself

[Joefish]

Dave I hate you!!!

I'm sorry! I know the engine could have been better—if only I wrote it myself

Calm down kiddies, you're all no less 'special'!

Here's a free one - this lets you do 30-wide 8x2 multicolour on 128s from a linear colour buffer, so you don't need some other nerdy oik's proprietary tile-printing functions. The buffer's even 32 bytes wide so you can overprint your sprites at the edges:
viewtopic.php?p=38391#p38391

[DoDesKaDen]

1. Sword of Ianna
2. Snake Escape
3. Sam Mallard

[PeteProdge]

During the discussion phase, someone said this thread might as well be titled 'What game will become second to Sword Of Ianna?'

Sword Of Ianna is extremely popular, so as predicted, it's topped the phpBB poll and the proportional poll. 8 people put in votes for it on the phpBB poll.

Now, to answer the question - what game will be second to Sword Of Ianna? It's El Stompo, getting 5 votes.

Survivisection is in third place, with 2 votes.

Joint fourth place goes to: Sam Mallard: The Case Of The Missing Swan; Snake Escape; Streets Of Doom and Super Mario Bros 128k.

The proportional results are below.

Sword Of Ianna 22
Stompo, El 11
Sam Mallard: The Case of the Missing Swan 8
Snake Escape 8
Streets of Doom 3
Survivisection 3
Slubberdegullion 2
Sprouty 2
S.I.P. 1