The best classic Speccy game beginning with J: discussion

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Now onto another letter of the alphabet, and I don't suppose there are any standout classic Speccy games beginning with J, are there?

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...ah, right.

Well before we call this a foregone conclusion, we do have the dilemma that Jet Set Willy voting faces a split.

I'm sure 95% of you already know Jet Set Willy can't be completed due to a bug and that Jet Set Willy 2 isn't a proper sequel, but a bug-fixed version of the previous game.

Which means votes may be split across these two...

Jet Set Willy
Jet Set Willy 2

...although I suppose Jet Set Willy 2 is objectively the better version.

Not sure how we deal with this, it's obviously a highly prolific title in Spectrum history, probably the first or second thing the average man-in-the-street would say if asked to name a ZX Spectrum game.

Anyway, putting our Willy away (fnar - Ed) let's take a look at other worthy contenders for the J vote...

Jack The Nipper by Gremlin
Jack The Nipper II by Gremlin
Jailbreak by Konami
Jetpac by Ultimate
Joe Blade by Players
Joe Blade II by Players
Joe Blade III by Players
Joe Blade IV by Players
Judge Dredd by Melbourne House
Juggernaut by CRL

Not a big list, I'll grant you, but there is Jetpac in there which is also a highly notable game. Do suggest your inclusions over the next seven days, and from 10am Mon 30th Apr, we'll do the vote.
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Some early classics:
Jumbly
Jumping Jack
Jungle Fever

One of the last text adventures I thoroughly enjoyed:
Jinxter

I think this poll might be a battle between Jetpac and Jet Set Willy. Although my prediction for Head Over Heels' victory fell rather flat...
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Jasper! by Micromega
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I would include journey's End, one of those cool games in spite of its appearance:

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But I think this time, as someone said above, it'll be a mortal combat between Jet Set Willy and Jet Pac.
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Jack the Nipper is the one that jumps out at me from that list. Not only did I love the game, but the comic strip in Your Sinclair was a definite favourite part of that magazine. A game where being naughty was the aim certainly appealed to me as child. The cartoon graphics were great and the game play loads of fun. I remember the anticipation for the sequel, which I thought was great, particularly the Indy Jones cart sequences, but my vote will probably go with the original.

The title character maybe didn’t go down in speccy folklore like JSW & Jetpac, but for someone whose first computer was a +2, and thus missing the impact of the earlier titles, he was definitely one of the defining characters of the spectrum to me.
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Eek this one is going to be tricky, Jack the Nipper is probably the best there (IMO), but I really feel it should be Jet Set Willy :?
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:13 am Eek this one is going to be tricky, Jack the Nipper is probably the best there (IMO), but I really feel it should be Jet Set Willy :?
Who knows... Jet Pac is the usual game that everybody loves (or, at least, nobody hates), I bet for it to be the winner (but I won't vote for it!)
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I suppose the biggest "cult status" here belongs to Jet Set Willy. Anybody who heard about Zx Spectrum heard about it too.

But I'm not going to vote for it :D
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I see there is no love for the attribute mess and dodgy collision that is Jack and the Beanstalk....

Jetpac it is
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The Joe Blade series is pretty neat. The second installment lets you play a mini Pac Man game while it’s loading. Also, Joe Blade IV was never released. They renamed it Prison Riot.
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Don't forget the multi-mode gameplay of Jason's Gem (even if the platform bits are a tad crap).
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Joefish wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:11 pm Don't forget the multi-mode gameplay of Jason's Gem (even if the platform bits are a tad crap).
Yeah, it’s kind of death-spirally, though.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:34 am I would include journey's End, one of those cool games in spite of its appearance:

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But I think this time, as someone said above, it'll be a mortal combat between Jet Set Willy and Jet Pac.
One of my favourites although i can't count it as a classic. My vote is always on a game i feel is great, but also one of the earlier greats. Jack the Nipper came much later, so it has to be JSW, Jetpac or Jumping Jack.
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Jahangir Khan's World Championship Squash is quite good. I remember when I played it for the Speccy Tour.
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