The best classic Speccy game beginning with I: vote

[R-Tape]

I'm still sticking with Ikari Warriors tho, 'cos you can drive a tank and Chuck grenades at your mate.

[PeteProdge]

I played this a fair bit last night, it's really good fun and we'll balanced. The mistake I kept making early on was 'spending' too much energy on each gig, 10 seems to be good enough (200 is max). It wasn't long before my band, Spunk Vulcan, was nearly top ten, touring Europe and playing Wembley Stadium.

Yeah, the status symbols don't tend to add much for the success level.

It's a nice touch that, no matter how rich you become, you are no better at writing songs. It's harder in fact as you have less energy.

That's quite accurate of most bands. Start out brilliantly early on, then they're shadows of themselves much later, almost sounding like a parody.

See, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll is quite possibly the most accurate simulator released on the ZX Spectrum.

Strangely, the highlights of the Wembley gig were rather similar to the first one in the boozer...

That's some solace to those who are stuck on the pub circuit.

[Spud]

It really surprises me how poor taste you lot have in games

International Karate all the way for me.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Many games with only one vote this time.

[PeteProdge]

Many games with only one vote this time.

Which is really nice to see!

Certainly an unusual letter, with diverse titles.

[WIWC]

A very scattered voting. Except for the games I've proposed, which are all at zero [minus The Inheritance]

[Morkin]

Used to love Ikari Warriors, I was desperate to play it after playing the demo to death. On another day (or another letter) it would have clinched it for me...

...But I'm going for IK+. I always loved the beat 'em ups, and this was the one I played more than any other, even Way of the Exploding Fist. Fast, fluid movements, and the way you could play against multiple opponents was inspired.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Impossible Mission is an example of game that I know is good but I have no idea what to do and no time to try to complete it.

[Ralf]

And I'm one of the guys who voted for Into the Eagles Nest. I'll try to say a bit more about it.

Actually it's a game that I played quite a lot. It had a very good graphics, very colourful for Spectrum standards. It also had good difficulty level, which was quite rare in the 80s with all these insanely hard games.

And you could learn it to become better. At first I shot some explosives very often and died from it very early in the game. Later I progressed more and more. It was quite a beginner achievement to get into banquet hall at start floor and do some officers shooting

Unfortunately I never finished it. My version had some nasty bug that at some moment you start to lose your health without a reason and die and it happened to me. Until many years later I didn't know what I did wrong. I can't find it now but I've seen it mentioned somewhere else on the forums and explained.

Still a great, atmospheric game.

[Ast A. Moore]

Both Ikari and Super Off Road have always been high on my personal list, but I’m going to give this one to the former. In addition to being an excellent conversion, it offered me and my brother hours and hours of fun back in the day. Ah, those were good times.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

I first played Super Off road on a PC, later on a Spectrum emulator. In fact, it was one of the first PC games I played, along with Lakers vs Celtics and Cisco Heat.

Maybe that's why I prefer the PC version.

[Morkin]

I would have predicted that (International) Match Day would have flown into the lead, surprised to see it lagging behind a bit.

[Ralf]

I would have predicted that (International) Match Day would have flown into the lead, surprised to see it lagging behind a bit.

Match Day would be a serious candidate for me.

But International Match Day??? I had a look and it doesn't seem like a valid, independent game for me, more like a quick hack of Match Day. And I'm not voting for Match Day under I letter

[WIWC]

Yes, it doesn't add much to the original, I didn't think about it as a contender for the first spot.

[Dark]

I have no recollection of International Match Day. I remember playing the original a lot and then the exciting build up until the release of Match Day II. But International Match Day must have completely passed me by. I assume it must have come out near the end of games manufacturing on the Spectrum?

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Into the Eagle's Nest is getting away (6 votes).

It seems it will win.

[WIWC]

Deservedly.

[Vampyre]

Forgot to vote on this one but mine would have gone to Impossible Mission (not that it would have had much affect on the results). Never got on with Into The Eagles Nest - found it rather boring.

[PeteProdge]

Right, to conclude the poll...

Into The Eagle's Nest is a surprising winner, with 6 votes.

Second is IK+, with 4 votes.

Closely in third place is Ikari Warriors - 3 votes.

Those with 2 votes: I Ball; Impossible Mission and Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road.

At last, a poll where single voted games outnumber the no votes! And those would be: The Ice Temple; Impossaball; Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade; Inheritance: Panic in Las Vegas; Inside Outing; Intensity; International Karate; International Match Day; I, Of The Mask and It's Only Rock 'n' Roll.