The best classic Speccy game beginning with D: vote

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The best classic Speccy game beginning with D

Poll ended at Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:03 am

Daley Thompson's Decathlon by Ocean
3
9%
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge by Ocean
1
3%
Daley Thompson's Supertest by Ocean
0
No votes
Dambusters, The by US Gold
0
No votes
Dandy by Electric Dreams
1
3%
Danger Mouse in Double Trouble by Creative Sparks
0
No votes
Dan Dare by Virgin
3
9%
Dan Dare 2 by Virgin
1
3%
Dan Dare 3 by Virgin
0
No votes
Dark Sceptre by Firebird
0
No votes
Dark Star by Design Design
0
No votes
Day In The Life, A by Micromega
1
3%
Deactivators by Reaktor
0
No votes
Deathchase by Micromega
8
24%
Death Star Interceptor by System 3
0
No votes
Death Stalker by Code Masters
1
3%
Death Wish III by Gremlin
0
No votes
Deflektor by Gremlin
2
6%
Demon's Revenge by Firebird
0
No votes
Deus Ex Machina by Automata UK
1
3%
Deviants by Players
1
3%
Dizzy by Codemasters
3
9%
Dictator by DK'Tronics
1
3%
Dominator by System 3
0
No votes
Doomdark's Revenge by Beyond Software
1
3%
Doomsday Castle by Fantasy Software
0
No votes
Draconus by Zeppelin
0
No votes
Dragontorc by Hewson
2
6%
Driller by Incentive
1
3%
Druid by Firebird
0
No votes
Dun Durach by Gargoyle
0
No votes
Dustin by Dinamic
0
No votes
Dynamite Dan by Mirrorsoft
1
3%
Dynamite Dan II by Mirrorsoft
1
3%
 
Total votes: 33

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Juan F. Ramirez
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with D: vote

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The same to F

;)
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I chose Daley Thompson's Decathlon in the end. I never owned Deathchase and only became aware of it when Stuart Campbell made it his top 100 Spectrum game in Your Sinclair. I played Decathlon so much, I was genuinely shocked when I turned out to be rubbish at the javelin during athletics at school - turns out it's more than just running a bit and throwing it at as near to 45 degrees as possible. If you ever talk to someone about 80s home computers and games, you're more likely to find common ground with Daley Thompson than Deathchase. Pummeling the keyboard or inflicting terrible physical damage on a joystick seems to have entered the lore of 80s gaming. For me it also marks the point where Ocean became the big licensing company they turned in to and was my first experience of the Speedlock tape loader on the They Sold a Million compilation. I nearly voted for Danger Mouse as I have a soft spot for it. It's silly and colourful like the cartoon and like Bruce Lee, one of a select number of games I can finish (again :) ).
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Well, the clear winner is Deathchase, winning with 8 votes. Could there be any other 16K Spectrum games that can top these polls, I wonder?

Three games are joint third with 3 votes each...
Daley Thompson's Decathlon; Dan Dare and Dizzy

The next tier - 2 votes each - has Deflektor and Dragontorc.

Then there are loads of single-voted games: Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge; Dandy; Dan Dare 2; A Day In The Life; Death Stalker; Deus Ex Machina; Deviants; Dictator; Doomdark's Revenge; Driller; Dynamite Dan and Dynamite Dan II.

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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with D: vote

Post by WIWC »

Not sure about this one. I'd have gone for one among Deactivators, Death Star Interceptor, Druid and Dynamite Dan II.
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