Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Using the gun is one of the most annoying moments in the game because of this.

[akeley]

Icons, or no icons, Movie is a top ten game.

That is all

[Morkin]

Icons, or no icons, Movie is a top ten game.

That is all

...That's coming from someone who enjoyed playing Kosmic ('effing) Kanga, which immediately puts a big question mark over your general state of sanity...

[jdanddiet]

Any arguments over today's game, no.62, Rex by Martech.

60s Update

69.Universal Hero
68.Starstrike II
67.Scuba Dive
66.Myth History in the Making
65.180
64.The Sentinel
63.Movie
62.Rex

[jdanddiet]

Icons, or no icons, Movie is a top ten game.

That is all

I have never played Kosmic Kanga I'm sorry to say. I should correct that so maybe it can make the list one day!

[clebin]

...That's coming from someone who enjoyed playing Kosmic ('effing) Kanga, which immediately puts a big question mark over your general state of sanity...

Oh, you are going to love my Top 100!

[catmeows]

Rex is a great game and very well designed. I really appreciate it was released as two standalone 48K programs instead of beeing a multiload game. If anything, it feels little slow nowadays.

[RWAC]

Any arguments over today's game, no.62, Rex by Martech.

Nope. Rex is a solid game.
I'll give you a pass on this one!

[jdanddiet]

Any arguments over today's game, no.62, Rex by Martech.

Nope. Rex is a solid game.
I'll give you a pass on this one!

Phew!

What about today's entry, no 61, the brilliant Batty?

[RWAC]

Not a fan of Breakout. I always found it a bit boring. I'm not sure I've ever played Batty.

[uglifruit]

Batty's brill, but you need a friend sitting next to you to blame when it all goes wrong. (In the fab 2-player simultaneous mode).

[Morkin]

Wasn't a big fan of Batty.

It was fairly impressive for a covertape game but I just found it far too difficult, was really struggling from screen 2 onwards. Much preferred the Arkanoids. But a lot of people seem to rate it quite highly.

[jdanddiet]

No 60 today: gunfright

Into the 50s!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

I enjoy Gunfright (and Nightshade) more nowadays than back in the day.

[jdanddiet]

three games released today!

59.Midnight Resistance
58.Deactivators
57.Rogue Trooper

[RWAC]

Midnight Resistance is fantastic!

Top tip: shoot the fish in the waterfalls on level 4 for extra lives!

[Morkin]

Not sure I've played Deactivators.

Midnight Resistance was a bit late in the Speccy's commercial years for me, I wasn't really playing much at that time.

Rogue Trooper I played a bit, it was refreshing to have a game that wasn't too hard to play.

[jdanddiet]

56: Jack The Nipper
55: Finders Keepers

[RWAC]

56: Jack The Nipper
55: Finders Keepers

I know I'm in the minority but I prefer Jack the Nipper 2.

[jdanddiet]

56: Jack The Nipper
55: Finders Keepers

I know I'm in the minority but I prefer Jack the Nipper 2.

Be boring if we all liked the same games

[jdanddiet]

No 54 today is...Impossible Mission

[cmal]

Yet another game I haven't played yet. So many games, so little time...

[stupidget]

No 54 today is...Impossible Mission

This was one of those games that, for some reason, was really popular at my school and did the rounds on the 'tape 2 tape' market. Took me ages to get a working copy.

[blucey]

Universal Hero (at 69) is a rough one. It's so good at first but the puzzles get really obscure and by the end it is no fun at all.

Myth would deffo make my top ten and the only Ultimate games in my top 100 would be Trans-Am (but it'd be low) and Jet-Pac (somewhere in the 50s).

Enjoying the list though!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Speaking of Impossible Mission, a question to people who has played it properly... Is part 2 worth playing it? Is it better? worse?