The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: vote

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The best classic Speccy game beginning with G: vote

Poll ended at Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:01 am

Galaxians by Artic
0
No votes
Galaxy Force by Activision
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No votes
Game Over by Dinamic
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No votes
Garfield - Big, Fat, Hairy Deal by The Edge
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No votes
Gauntlet by US Gold
1
4%
Gauntlet II by US Gold
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No votes
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest by US Gold
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No votes
GBA Championship Basketball by Activision
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No votes
Gemini Wing by Virgin Mastertronic
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No votes
Ghostbusters by Activision
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No votes
Ghosts 'N Goblins by Elite
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No votes
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts by US Gold
1
4%
Gift From The Gods by Ocean
1
4%
Gilligan's Gold by Ocean
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No votes
Glass by Quicksilva
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No votes
Glider Rider by Quicksilva
1
4%
Glug Glug by CRL
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No votes
Gnome Ranger by Level 9
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No votes
Go Bear Go! by Sinclair User
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No votes
Gobble A Ghost by CDS Microsystems
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No votes
Golden Axe by Virgin Games
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No votes
Goody by Opera Soft
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No votes
Goonies, The by US Gold
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No votes
Grand National by CRL
1
4%
Grand National by Elite
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No votes
Grand Prix Simulator by Code Masters
5
18%
Great Escape, The by Ocean
11
39%
Green Beret by Imagine
6
21%
Gregory Loses His Clock by Mastertronic Plus
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No votes
Grell and Falla by Code Masters
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No votes
Gremlins by Magnum Computing
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No votes
Gremlins (adventure) by Adventure International (UK)
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No votes
Grumpy Gumphrey Supersleuth by Gremlin
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No votes
Gryzor by Ocean
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No votes
Guerrilla War by Imagine
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No votes
Guild of Thieves, The by Rainbird
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No votes
Gunfright by Ultimate
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No votes
Gyron by Firebird
0
No votes
Gyroscope by Melbourne House
1
4%
 
Total votes: 28

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Whenever I reach end of level one in Green Beret, I thought they were sheeps! :D

Am I the only one? :lol:
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:06 pm Whenever I reach end of level one in Green Beret, I thought they were sheeps! :D

Am I the only one? :lol:
If Cobra can have attack prams then you can be forgiven for thinking Joffa put sheep in Green Beret!
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Definitely sheep... :lol:

Anyway about the vote, I'm going to mull it over for a few days... I've narrowed it down to 3 or 4 so far...
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Whenever I reach end of level one in Green Beret, I thought they were sheeps!
To be pedant, it's level two.

But yes, they look like sheeps :)
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Ralf wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:17 pm
Whenever I reach end of level one in Green Beret, I thought they were sheeps!
To be pedant, it's level two.

But yes, they look like sheeps :)
Ooops! That's true, level two! :oops:
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R-Tape wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:59 pm
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:06 pm Whenever I reach end of level one in Green Beret, I thought they were sheeps! :D

Am I the only one? :lol:
If Cobra can have attack prams then you can be forgiven for thinking Joffa put sheep in Green Beret!
Surely that's Jeff Minter's trademark?
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Green Beret is the one I've sunk the most hours into. Only recently got near to the end of stage 2. I love stage 1, though. But still, next to The Great Escape, I love the Great Escape. Denton Designs at their finest. Although, once you know the solution, it's a bit too straightforward. So I spend time trying to get into unused corners and doors, and off-limits areas.

Someone mentioned it being a creative idea well implemented, and I agree. But, here Glider Rider is the same, an ingenious idea well implemented. it's basically a puzzle game that requires timing, good reflexes and some thought. And the sense of achievement after managing to bomb your first reactor, well that's got me hooked. It's tough, but rewarding. Plus switching between bicycle and glider is more appealing than crawling around tunnels in the semi-dark.

So it's Glider Rider for me this week. One of the games that still holds up well 30+ years later.
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Some great & memorable games there for me - Gauntlet, Gift from the Gods, Gunfright, Green Beret, Gyroscope...

But the one I'm going for is Grand Prix Simulator.

It got a lukewarm response from some mags (e.g. Crash), but I thought it was ace, both single and multi-player. Yep, am going for that one.
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Mike Davies wrote: Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:46 pm
Someone mentioned it being a creative idea well implemented, and I agree. But, here Glider Rider is the same, an ingenious idea well implemented. it's basically a puzzle game that requires timing, good reflexes and some thought. And the sense of achievement after managing to bomb your first reactor, well that's got me hooked.
Never been able to bomb anything in that game. But I'm very good at being zapped.
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Wow! Currently a hard fight between The Great Escape and Green Beret, 7/6!
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:59 pm Wow! Currently a hard fight between The Great Escape and Green Beret, 7/6!
I knew the Great Escape would do very well (it's second in the visitor Top 100 on some other Spectrum site), but I thought Gauntlet (my vote) would be closely following behind. Ah well. I think Green Beret is very worthy too, although I'm absolutely terrible at it. One of those horizontal action platformers that's immensely difficult for me, just like Ghosts N Goblins N Ghouls N Hold On I Need To Stop Now.
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Gauntlet plays well enough but the graphics let it down. To be fair it was released around the time I had unrealistic expectations and didn’t understand why Spectrum games didn’t look like their arcade counterparts, but it could look a lot better.
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Green Beret & Great Escape are both class games.

I didn't get that far in the latter, but liked the milling around with the rest of the POWs, having a schedule that you had to go to and trying to sneak out and do things craftily when you have the opportunity. Reminded me a bit of Skool Daze.
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Morkin wrote: Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:57 am Reminded me a bit of Skool Daze.
I think the same. That's the best thing of it.

And you have some ways to escape, not just one.
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Voted for The Great Escape.

I nearly voted for Ghostbusters. I missed this when it first came out and was super excited to find it for £1.99 as a Ricochet re-release in Woolworths. I loved Ghostbusters as a kid so bought it without hesitation. If I'd paid full price for it I suspect I'd have been disappointed. It suffers the same fate as many of Activision's ports of that era - the ROM font makes a guest appearance and there are awful graphics which were not converted kindly to the Spectrum screen layout. That said, you do get to bust ghosts and stop the Marshmallow Man - and the code you get at the end of the game if you win and make more money than you start off (so you can start with more money the next time around) with is pretty unique. The 48k speech is impressive - though the beeper rendition of Ray Parker Jr's theme tune is pretty rubbish. At least the 128k version improved on this.

And so on to The Great Escape. I got this one Christmas as part of Ocean's excellent Magnificent Seven box compilation. From the offset you are treated to a cracking beeper rendition of Colonel Bogey. The game is a real achievement - the camp is a living and breathing thing - and the ability for your player to go through the motions with you able to take control at any time to get up to no good is a great touch. The green flag turning red as you went somewhere you shouldn't be heightened the tension. I did once manage to get through the perimeter wall only to be told I hadn't gotten any paperwork so was recaptured. Back to the cooler for me. :) I often wondered how well this game travelled outside of the UK? We're slightly (understatement) obsessed with World War II as a nation and the repeated showings of World War II and POW films on the television meant this was a concept that didn't need a lot of explaining - even to 80s kids like myself.
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bob_fossil wrote: Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:39 pm The 48k speech is impressive
...white noise generation?
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Blimey! Grand Prix Simulator third position very close to Green Beret... I've never played it much, is it that good?
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Due to the nature of daylight savings time and phpBB using strict 168 hours (7 * 24) to define the past seven days, this poll closes at 11am UK time rather than the usual 10am. It's like an 'extra' hour to vote, but technically, not really.
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Well, this was pretty straightforward.

The winner, unsurprisingly, is The Great Escape with 11 votes

In second place is Green Beret with 6 votes, closely followed by Grand Prix Simulator with 5 votes.

Everything else got one vote each: Gauntlet; Ghouls 'n' Ghosts; Gift From The Gods; Glider Rider and Gyroscope
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PeteProdge wrote: Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:05 am
Everything else got one vote each: Gauntlet; Ghouls 'n' Ghosts; Gift From The Gods; Glider Rider and Gyroscope
and Grand National by CRL :)
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Digital Prawn wrote: Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:17 pm
PeteProdge wrote: Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:05 am
Everything else got one vote each: Gauntlet; Ghouls 'n' Ghosts; Gift From The Gods; Glider Rider and Gyroscope
and Grand National by CRL :)
Oh yeah! *slaps forehead*
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