Spectrum Computing

40-31 recap

40.Spy Hunter
39.Beach-head
38.3D Starstrike
37.Knight Tyme
36.Starglider
35.Manic Miner
34.Bubble Bobble
33.Ping Pong
32.Starquake
31.Way of the Exploding Fist

I never played Starglider and only just tried 3D Starstrike. In fact, the only 3D space games I think I had BITD were Codename Mat 1 & 2 on compilations and I thought they were quite boring TBH. Shame Realtime couldn’t have got the Star Wars license for Starstrike as it’s a fab version.

Number 30

Excellent shooter

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:55 pm Excellent shooter

Yep, seconded...

Number 29 today

You certainly got a lot for your money with Booty, especially if you had a Currah Microspeech.

Cracking budget game, I think I remember this winning the "WoS world cup" of budget titles...

Simple but enjoyable gameplay. The only two 'features' that I wasn't keen on were the stuck-on-lift-with-parrot-flying-towards-you syndrome, and the way the collision detection favoured one side of the player sprite.

Wouldn't get into my top 100, but a decent game.

jdanddiet wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:36 pm
32.Starquake

That is so terribly wrong

I do love Booty and its 'sequel' (same gameplay, same author) Moonlight Madness, this time controlling a boy scout instead of a cabin boy. The rest is the same.

Number 28

Now we're talking!

Good luck finding 27 better games!

I'm now assuming the list is in random order because this is the best Speccy game ever made.

blucey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:48 pm I'm now assuming the list is in random order because this is the best Speccy game ever made.

I think there's a bit of waggle room between it, the Rebelstar games and the Chaos ones but you'd definitely want at least one of them in the top five.

My Gollop preference/order (this isn't my actual top 5 but all great games!):

1. Chaos
2. Laser Squad
3. Rebelstar
4. Rebelstar II
5. Lords of Chaos

Morkin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:47 pm My Gollop preference/order (this isn't my actual top 5 but all great games!):

1. Chaos
2. Laser Squad
3. Rebelstar
4. Rebelstar II
5. Lords of Chaos

I'd probably go

1 Rebelstar 2
2 Rebelstar
3 Lords of Chaos
4 Laser Squad
5 Chaos

I think Lords of Chaos is extremely underated. It does need a few more levels though. I'm also rating these as single player games as that's how I play them nowadays.

I noticed that a couple of you had Rebelstar 2 avatars and therefore this would be your number one favourite game in your top 100 list of ZX Spectrum games, which I'm looking forward to seeing

Mind you, my avatar is Rex and he's languishing all the way down at number 62 on my list. He is one sexy rhinosapien though.

jdanddiet wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:30 pm Number 28

I must admit that, dare I say it, I've never enjoyed any games like this on the Speccy, or an other computer/console

stupidget wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:24 am

jdanddiet wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:30 pm Number 28

I must admit that, dare I say it, I've never enjoyed any games like this on the Speccy, or an other computer/console

They're not for everyone.

As I see it's confession time, I must admit I've never played any Gollop game back in the day

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:00 am As I see it's confession time, I must admit I've never played any Gollop game back in the day

I've never enjoyed any pixel-perfect-jumping games like Manic Miner and family on the Speccy, or an other computer/console.

stupidget wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:24 am I must admit that, dare I say it, I've never enjoyed any games like this on the Speccy, or an other computer/console

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:00 am As I see it's confession time, I must admit I've never played any Gollop game back in the day

+3code wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:13 am I've never enjoyed any pixel-perfect-jumping games like Manic Miner and family on the Speccy, or an other computer/console.

I never enjoyed the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Number 27 today is

Update of the games so far

http://www.wizwords.net/top-100-spectrum-games