The best classic Speccy game beginning with L: discussion
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The best classic Speccy game beginning with L: discussion
Well...
Laser Squad by Blade Software
Last Ninja 2, The by System 3
Last Ninja 3, The by System 3
Last Ninja Remix by System 3
Leader Board by US Gold
Legend Of Kage by Imagine
Lemmings by Psygnosis
Light Force by Faster Than Light
Lords Of Chaos by Blade Software
Lords Of Midnight, The by Beyond
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Lunar Jetman by Ultimate
...any more? We start the poll around 10am Mon 28th May.
Laser Squad by Blade Software
Last Ninja 2, The by System 3
Last Ninja 3, The by System 3
Last Ninja Remix by System 3
Leader Board by US Gold
Legend Of Kage by Imagine
Lemmings by Psygnosis
Light Force by Faster Than Light
Lords Of Chaos by Blade Software
Lords Of Midnight, The by Beyond
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Lunar Jetman by Ultimate
...any more? We start the poll around 10am Mon 28th May.
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with L: discussion
Lunar Jetman???? You've got to be kidding!PeteProdge wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 10:10 am Well...
Laser Squad by Blade Software
Last Ninja 2, The by System 3
Last Ninja 3, The by System 3
Last Ninja Remix by System 3
Leader Board by US Gold
Legend Of Kage by Imagine
Lemmings by Psygnosis
Light Force by Faster Than Light
Lords Of Chaos by Blade Software
Lords Of Midnight, The by Beyond
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Lunar Jetman by Ultimate
...any more? We start the poll around 10am Mon 28th May.
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with L: discussion
I'd add:
- Livingstone Supongo (Livingstone, I Presume), one of the iconic spanish videogames of the 80s
- Lode Runner: I've always found interesting, in spite of its poor graphics
- Light Cycle: One of those Tron clones I played a lot back in the day, and quite addictive.
- Livingstone Supongo (Livingstone, I Presume), one of the iconic spanish videogames of the 80s
- Lode Runner: I've always found interesting, in spite of its poor graphics
- Light Cycle: One of those Tron clones I played a lot back in the day, and quite addictive.
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I would add Lazy Jones to the mix.
It may be an atrocious execution of an excellent idea, but it's still an excellent idea.
It may be an atrocious execution of an excellent idea, but it's still an excellent idea.
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Man, I'd forgotten all about Lazy Jones. I *loved* that game. It felt like a dozen (or so) games for the price of one. Will be firing up ZXDS later!R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 10:43 am I would add Lazy Jones to the mix.
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with L: discussion
Along with Lazy Jones (above) I'd suggest Lode Runner -- a great little platformer.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 10:10 am ...any more? We start the poll around 10am Mon 28th May.
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There are three 007 games beggining with L:
- Licence to Kill
- Linving Daylights, The
- Live and Let Die
The only 007 game I've played a lot it's been A View to a Kill, none of the above though, so do you think it's worth including these three games in the poll?
- Licence to Kill
- Linving Daylights, The
- Live and Let Die
The only 007 game I've played a lot it's been A View to a Kill, none of the above though, so do you think it's worth including these three games in the poll?
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LED Storm by Go!
Lone Wolf The Mirror of Death by Audiogenic
Last Ninja 3 doesn't exist...
Lone Wolf The Mirror of Death by Audiogenic
Last Ninja 3 doesn't exist...
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Well, it exists on let's say Amiga, but not Spectrum.Last Ninja 3 doesn't exist...
And Last Ninja Remix is just a Last Ninja 2 with some intro added. Not worth to be called a separate game.
These two titles should be removed.
And Lunar Jetman actually belongs to biggest disappointment of the year list
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Adventure:
The Lost Tomb of Ananka by Compass Software
which could win my vote
The Lost Tomb of Ananka by Compass Software
which could win my vote
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Little Puff (Cartoon Time)
Loco-Motion (Mastertronic)
Lorna (Topo Soft)
Loco-Motion (Mastertronic)
Lorna (Topo Soft)
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I realise that Lords of Midnight is probably going to win this one hands down, but, for me its a toss-up between Light Force or Lord of the Rings. Light Force was just such a leap in graphics for a shmup and LotR, though painfully slow, was a great adventure.
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Not necessarily. We allready had some case of some "sure" winners and some self-confident people about their types andI realise that Lords of Midnight is probably going to win this one hands down
then there was a voting, a reality check and a big surprise
Lords of Midnight is a strategy game and for many people it's not their cup of tea.
Personally I'm not going to vote for it, maybe it's great but it felt intimidating with its size and complexity and I could never make any heads or tails of it.
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Are you referring to the protest against sanity that resulted in Chuckie Egg not winning ‘C’?
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Tough choice between Lunar Jetman and Laser Squad.
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Hmmm, some quite good games beginning with L.
Will be interesting to see how many votes Lunar Jetman gets.
Will be interesting to see how many votes Lunar Jetman gets.
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Luna Crabs
Lord of the Rings
Light Force is likely my vote.
Lord of the Rings
Light Force is likely my vote.
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I still have not decided to vote, but I must say Lightforce is a very cool shooter.
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Wow Luna Crabs!!!! I forgot about that little gem. It was the first game that I bought when we our little rubber-keyed beauty back in '84!! We'd had a Dragon 32 in 83 but after several tech issue we went back to Boots (yes, you could get a computer from a Chemists back in the 80s ) and swapped it for a Speccy 48k. So when I saw the Lunda Crabs high-res graphics I was gob smacked
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Wow Luna Crabs!!!! I forgot about that little gem. It was the first game that I bought when we our little rubber-keyed beauty back in '84!! We'd had a Dragon 32 in 83 but after several tech issue we went back to Boots (yes, you could get a computer from a Chemists back in the 80s ) got a cash refund, and me and my Dad ran trough Wolverhampton (you'd do the same if you had a wodge of cash on you in Wolverhampton) went to Comet and bought a Speccy 48k. So when I saw the Lunda Crabs high-res graphics I was gob smacked
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Has Loopz been mentioned yet? Got a lot of mileage out of that puzzle game.
For me it's probably going to be Leaderboard. It set the template for just about every subsequent golf game since and I had many happy hours playing it back in '87.
For me it's probably going to be Leaderboard. It set the template for just about every subsequent golf game since and I had many happy hours playing it back in '87.
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Lightforce looks good, but it suffers from the same cheap shots as nearly all other horizontally oriented vertical scrollers - chucking in enemies from the two top corners at the same time so you can't get to both.
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Yeah, I always felt that it looked amazing but the gameplay wasn't any better than any of the Speccy's other good vertically scrolling shooters. I'd rather play Moon Cresta than Lightforce, for instance. Then a couple of weeks after Lightforce was released Uridium came out and blew it out of the water. Still a good game, but a bit over-rated IMO due to the incredible graphics.
One thing always confused me with Lightforce was that it came second in the 1987 Crash Readers Awards for Music (http://www.crashonline.org.uk/51/awards.htm). I don't recall any music, not to mention it was a 1986, not 1987 release...?
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I had the Living Daylights back in the day and I wanted to love the game as I thought the film was amazing, but for the life of me, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get past level 1. So the whole rest of the game was a mystery to me.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 11:29 am There are three 007 games beggining with L:
- Licence to Kill
- Linving Daylights, The
- Live and Let Die
The only 007 game I've played a lot it's been A View to a Kill, none of the above though, so do you think it's worth including these three games in the poll?
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