The best Speccy game by Design Design: vote

Massive amount of love for Return of the Things. I never knew what I want doing but loved the battles (redefine keys to perform multiple actions), eating scenery and looking for collectibles. Zones had their own colour and feel and wasn’t there a tower?

I got my hands on a copy when I bought a Speccy a few years ago but it won’t load.

Even more tragically, I had my original copy with my Speccy, safely stored at my parents until my brother returned home and sold the lot.

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:45 am

1. N.e.x.o.r.
2. On the Run
3. Halls of the Things remix

stupidget · Post by **stupidget** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:14 pm

I've voted for On The Run as it's the only game on the list that I've actually played. I do recall quite liking the game and remember is being on a tape that my dad got from someone he worked with. The other game on the tape was The Covenant which seemed pretty similar to On The Run.

Turtle_Quality · Post by **Turtle_Quality** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:52 pm

It's got to be Invasion of the Body Snatchas for me... once again I cast a solitary vote for a game.

It is stupidly difficult, but I'm still amazed the Speccy could handle an arcade game as demanding as defender so well. Plus the high score table was entertaining.

bluespikey · Post by **bluespikey** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:17 pm

Halls of The Things is the greatest Spectrum game of all time, so :
1. Return of the Things
2. Halls Remix
3. Dark Star cos nice wireframe graphics.

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:38 pm

Not keen on most of them so gave it to On The Run as the most playable.
Some technically good programming for the vector and isometric games, but they don't float my boat.

uglifruit · Post by **uglifruit** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:28 pm

1. Return of the Things
2. Forbidden Planet
3. On The Run

hitm4n · Post by **hitm4n** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 6:03 pm

So isee a bit of love for On The Run. Honestly i thought i'd be alone on that one...

Validated

spider · Post by **spider** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 6:27 pm

Without saying which I voted for, it was the first Design Design game I ever saw and played.

And on occasion I still fire it up too.

jdanddiet · Post by **jdanddiet** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:04 pm

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:31 am Yeah, basically a rebrand of Crystal Computing really.

SB says WTF!

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:27 pm

hitm4n wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 6:03 pm So isee a bit of love for On The Run. Honestly i thought i'd be alone on that one...

Validated

It was between that and the vector games for me, and I didn't really get on with the vector games.
Technically the vectors and isometric games are fine, but I played On The Run more often.

Matt_B · Post by **Matt_B** » Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:44 am

On The Run has the look and feel of a classic Ultimate game. It's like they've mashed ideas from Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde and Jetpac together and ended up with something that works well.

I didn't vote for it, but I certainty wouldn't begrudge it winning. The only game they released on the label that I really didn't like was 2112AD.

Hank Scorpio · Post by **Hank Scorpio** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:06 pm

1 On The Run
2 N.E.X.O.R
3 Dark Star

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:18 am

1. On The Run
2. Return Of The Things
3. Dark Star

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:50 am

Cripes! We have two good games sitting jointly in the top spot. Dark Star and On The Run have 7 votes each. Will we need a tie-break poll or will the proportional results show a clear winner? Well, let's get the other votes counted...

Second place is jointly held with Forbidden Planet and Return Of The Things having 3 votes each.

Third place jointly goes to Halls Of The Things Remix and Invasion Of The Body Snatchas (1991 version), 2 votes each.

N.E.X.O.R. has 1 vote, placing it fourth.

Now, the proportional results do indeed show the overall winner is On The Run!..

On The Run 12
Return Of The Things 9
Dark Star 7
Halls Of The Things Remix 6
N.E.X.O.R. 5
Forbidden Planet 2
Invaders 1

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:25 am

Nexor in 4th despite having 6 games better than it?
That's not how ordinal numbers work!

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:26 pm

Pobulous wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:25 am Nexor in 4th despite having 6 games better than it?
That's not how ordinal numbers work!

How dare you. My mathematical skills are rated 110%.

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