The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
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The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Not gonna be around for 10am, so let's get this out of the way...
Marauder by Hewson
Marble Madness by Melbourne House
Marsport by Gargoyle
Match Day by Ocean
Match Day II by Ocean
Mercenary by Novagen
Metal Army by Players
Micronaut One by Nexus Productions
Midnight Resistance by Ocean
Mikie by Imagine
Minder by DK'Tronics
Monty Is Innocent by Gremlin
Monty On The Run by Gremlin
Movie by Imagine
Mugsy by Melbourne House
Myth by System 3
Those are the games I've come up with. I suppose I could dig deeper to get one extra title. Something for you lot to get manic, but maybe it's just too minor a hit?
Marauder by Hewson
Marble Madness by Melbourne House
Marsport by Gargoyle
Match Day by Ocean
Match Day II by Ocean
Mercenary by Novagen
Metal Army by Players
Micronaut One by Nexus Productions
Midnight Resistance by Ocean
Mikie by Imagine
Minder by DK'Tronics
Monty Is Innocent by Gremlin
Monty On The Run by Gremlin
Movie by Imagine
Mugsy by Melbourne House
Myth by System 3
Those are the games I've come up with. I suppose I could dig deeper to get one extra title. Something for you lot to get manic, but maybe it's just too minor a hit?
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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
I kind of feel sorry for the games that have no chance in this poll. Maziacs was quite a fun game, and Moon Alert was pretty good if you could get past the awful flickering. I heard Master of Magic isn't too bad either.
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Moon Cresta
Moon Alert
Misterio del Nilo
Mr Heli
Mystery of Arkham Manor
apart from the obvious missing one
Moon Alert
Misterio del Nilo
Mr Heli
Mystery of Arkham Manor
apart from the obvious missing one
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Manic Miner. Matthew Smith/BugByte/Software Projects.
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That's an interesting point actually, should the Bug Byte and Software Projects versions be listed as separate games? Then we can find out whether impossible triangles beat those up and down threshing things in the Warehouse. Plus it might give the other games more of a fighting chance!
EDIT: Wow, I never realised until just now that those Warehouse sprites are supposed to be rotating. I always thought that they were just extending up and down. Mind blown...
EDIT: Wow, I never realised until just now that those Warehouse sprites are supposed to be rotating. I always thought that they were just extending up and down. Mind blown...
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Match Point - A classic. Maybe the best tennis games for the Spectrum
Mr. Weems and the She Vampyres - a funny Gauntlet game
Mag Max - Am I the only one who love this game?
Mr. Weems and the She Vampyres - a funny Gauntlet game
Mag Max - Am I the only one who love this game?
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NO!djnzx48 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:16 am That's an interesting point actually, should the Bug Byte and Software Projects versions be listed as separate games? Then we can find out whether impossible triangles beat those up and down threshing things in the Warehouse. Plus it might give the other games more of a fighting chance!
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Could 'Myth' be removed from the list please, it's proper title is "History in the making: (myth)".
Same for "Innocent monty" and "Resistance: midnight".
Same for "Innocent monty" and "Resistance: midnight".
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No competitions here, a game that defines Spectrum, so MM all the way...
Can we vote right now ?
Can we vote right now ?
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Nice try, Mr. Bond, but even with your wise tactics you won't avoid the win of the best tennis game ever made
*evil laugh*
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Stands a good chance that MM is going to win, but, it'll still be interesting to see what other games get voted for.
Midnight Resistance is a great game and Marauder is up there with one of my all time favourite game. But, in all honesty they are not 'classics'.
Midnight Resistance is a great game and Marauder is up there with one of my all time favourite game. But, in all honesty they are not 'classics'.
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Mailstrom by Ocean Software
Maze Mania by Hewson
Metabolis by Gremin Graphics
...
Well, whatever. It's all in vain.
Maze Mania by Hewson
Metabolis by Gremin Graphics
...
Well, whatever. It's all in vain.
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This is going to be tough. I’m torn between Myth and Micronaut One. I think I’ll register a few sock accounts and cast a few votes for each.
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I'm throwing in another nomination for:
Metabolis - because this game doesn't get nearly enough love! (I don't recall seeing it in A Gremlin in the Works either )
And:
Moron (the text adventure)
Metro-Cross
Molecule Man
Monopoly (by Leisure Genius)
Metabolis - because this game doesn't get nearly enough love! (I don't recall seeing it in A Gremlin in the Works either )
And:
Moron (the text adventure)
Metro-Cross
Molecule Man
Monopoly (by Leisure Genius)
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I think Metabolis is an underrated game. Nice one.
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You're a man of taste, Juan.
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I seem to remember enjoying it on the few occasions it loaded, but my overarching memory is of it having the most temperamental loader ever.
Unlikely to win "Best classic Speccy game beginning with Manic Miner" anyway.
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There's too much Manic Miner complacency in this thread, it's scaring me.
Remember these are strange times and anything can happen in votes these days.
Remember these are strange times and anything can happen in votes these days.
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R-Tape is at the head of the MMExit Party.
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Who’s this mentally unstable collier everybody keeps blabbing on incessantly?
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Absolutely not. No campaigning, no dirty tricks or messing about. I just hope people vote honestly for the best game.
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Has anyone heard the rumour going round Facebook about the profits from Myth being directly traced to funding French nuclear testing in Polynesia?
It’s a shame because it was my second choice before I heard that. Oh well.
It’s a shame because it was my second choice before I heard that. Oh well.
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I can't understand how a game with UDG graphics might win the poll...
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This is a one horse race, the rest are donkeys compared to the supreme classicness of Manic Miner. No contest for M.
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...