Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games
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Hah. Let's just say I disagree, but to each its own.
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The great thing is, is that all three are different enough to enjoy playing still. RS 2 was all about rushing across the map, trying not to get bogged down etc.
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Julian wanted RB2 to have more urgency. Let's face it, RB was easy once you worked out the choke points and let the enemy come to you. Even on level 8 difficulty you can just pick them off with a well-organised defence.
Rebelstar 2 you just can't do that, you need to take risks and it adds to the drama, creating a different type of experience.
Laser Squad is indeed fiddly with its line of sight but the extra and varied missions make it fun.
Which do I prefer? I guess we will find out!
Rebelstar 2 you just can't do that, you need to take risks and it adds to the drama, creating a different type of experience.
Laser Squad is indeed fiddly with its line of sight but the extra and varied missions make it fun.
Which do I prefer? I guess we will find out!
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I really enjoyed that game, I bought two copies, super cheap, and used to play against my brother.Rev_Stuart_Campbell wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:00 pm I wish I could find out more about Email X-Com, the fantastic two-player-only spiritual successor to Rebelstar that came out for Windows around 2000. It would make for an incredible mobile game. I once tried to contact Julian about it directly but got no reply. Nobody seems to have a clue who owns the rights, if indeed they've even heard of it, which hardly anyone has. I'd love to buy them and get it made.
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I guess the legacy of Mr.Gollop deserves its own thread, but while we're at it for me the cancelation of Dreamland Chronicles was probably the biggest disappointment in videogaming history.
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83.Operation Wolf
82.Licence To Kill
81.Alien
80.International Cricket
79.Future Games
78.*a big sequel*
82.Licence To Kill
81.Alien
80.International Cricket
79.Future Games
78.*a big sequel*
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The surprising ones in that list for me are Licence to Kill (vaguely remember playing it, it was OK-ish I suppose) and Future Games, which has a great tune, and is a nice idea, but I didn't think the games themselves were all that good.
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While on the topic of top 100, the old WOS site used to show the top 100 action games and the top 100 adventure games. Does anyone know how to get hold of the top 100 Adventures list?
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You can still see the top 100s - they're on the archive page of the WoS classic site.
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Well we are still in the lower reaches of the list and I played both a lot back in the day and have a lot of affection for them. Toxard shoot and the jumping game in future games are still fun and there was a fun little shooting game in between. I think the humour appeals to me as well.
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Oi, you been looking at my computer?
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Count Duckula 2?
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A good game but I really think you should reconsider Count Duckula 2!
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It's interesting to look at Top 100 games that various people have compiled. Some of the usual suspects show up in every list, but often there are new gems to be found. It's a nice way to discover good games that you aren't aware of or just haven't bothered to try out. The HSC contest is another way to do that
I'm in the process of creating folders on my ZXBaremulator micro-SD that consist of various Top100s. Each folder is a different Top100 or TopWhateverNumber. Inside each folder are all the games TZX and TAP files belonging to that list, prefixed with the rank number for sorting, for example "001-Kosmic Kanga". I'll be adding a "Wizwords Top 100" folder pretty soon.
Here are my folders so far:
Top 100 (WOS)
Top 100 - Your Sinclair
Top 100 - Your SInclair Reader
Top 100 Adventure Games (WOS)
Top 100 of all TIme - Kim Justice (from Youtube)
Top 25 (some random top 25 on a Google search)
Are there any other published Top100s out there worth adding?
I'm in the process of creating folders on my ZXBaremulator micro-SD that consist of various Top100s. Each folder is a different Top100 or TopWhateverNumber. Inside each folder are all the games TZX and TAP files belonging to that list, prefixed with the rank number for sorting, for example "001-Kosmic Kanga". I'll be adding a "Wizwords Top 100" folder pretty soon.
Here are my folders so far:
Top 100 (WOS)
Top 100 - Your Sinclair
Top 100 - Your SInclair Reader
Top 100 Adventure Games (WOS)
Top 100 of all TIme - Kim Justice (from Youtube)
Top 25 (some random top 25 on a Google search)
Are there any other published Top100s out there worth adding?
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YouTube is full of top 100 videos, just have a search for them.
By the way, a bit off-topic, I've come across this video covering (according to the author) all the Spectrum games -almost- (sic) in one video, more than six hours!
https://youtu.be/i2b7QMgos6U
By the way, a bit off-topic, I've come across this video covering (according to the author) all the Spectrum games -almost- (sic) in one video, more than six hours!
https://youtu.be/i2b7QMgos6U
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The top games listed on spectrum20.org is the best / most credible list of top Speccy games.
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Quite liked Dandy (though you can't actually finish it can you?) - though it doesn't make my top 100.jdanddiet wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 4:02 pm No 77 released today
http://www.wizwords.net/news/2020/10/6/ ... 9evzcbs150
Thanks for that link, I ended up trawling through it and reading the articles when I probably should've been working..
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Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is great! The best football game on the Spectrum. I never understood why people liked Match Day.
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This is the point of Spectrum20.Rev_Stuart_Campbell wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:55 pm Emlyn Hughes International Soccer at #15? Yeah right.
We have had 40 odd years of individual's personal subjective opinions of games, to degrees of accuracy that are rendered pointless when one mag gives a game 87%, while another gives it 38%. There are also the public polled scores, like the old WoS scores, that get hugely skewed by over active unaccountable fan boys - and the individual top 10 / 20 / 100 lists - these largely reflect the games that the compiler is aware of, as well as their personal tastes.
Just scores from 1/awful to 5/excellent - of folk who have to justify opinions with a quick review. Outlying opinions, such as yours regarding Emlyn Hughes, will be taken into account, but averaged out. Completely crazy opinions/scores usually trigger a few balancing reviews from the gamers who regularly browse the recent reviews (the site is a great way to discover interesting games).
This is why I go with Spectrum20 as the "authoritative" guide to Speccy games.
And - if there is a game that you feel is unfairly placed on Spectrum20 - I'm guessing Emlyn Hughes for you - you should write a review to get your opinion included. It is a good community resource.
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