The best Speccy game by System 3: vote

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:03 am

"You've got to have a System 3, haven't you?" said Harry Hill. (No he didn't - Ed)

Well, you have this system then, vote for your favourite over the next seven days and, optionally, leave a top three games comment to take part in the proportional vote.

Death Star Interceptor

Dominator

IK+

International Karate

Last Ninja 2

Last Ninja Remix

Myth: History In The Making

Tusker

Twister

Vendetta

Hank Scorpio · Post by **Hank Scorpio** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:59 am

1 IK+
2 Myth
3 Death Star Interceptor

Matt_B · Post by **Matt_B** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:49 am

1. IK+
2. Myth
3. Last Ninja 2

I'd think that this one's basically a two horse race. I'm not sure how it'll go but either would be a worthy winner.

Pegaz · Post by **Pegaz** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:07 pm

1. Myth
2. Last Ninja 2
3. IK+

stupidget · Post by **stupidget** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:36 pm

Used to love DSI so that’s got my vote. I desperately wanted to like Myth but I just found it too fiddly to play.

1- Death Star Interceptor
2-IK+
3-Myth ( only in my list as I’ve not played any of the other games)

Andre Leao · Post by **Andre Leao** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:41 pm

1. IK+
2. IK
3. Death Star Interceptor

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:00 pm

1. Myth
2. Myth
3. Myth

p13z · Post by **p13z** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:07 pm

1. IK+
2. Myth
3. International Karate

RWAC · Post by **RWAC** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:47 pm

Stefan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:00 pm 1. Myth
2. Myth
3. Myth

That's the same as my list!

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:58 pm

1. Myth
2. Last Ninja 2
3. Vendetta

catmeows · Post by **catmeows** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:46 pm

For me, it is duel between the best fighting game and the best action adventure.

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:35 pm

1 Myth
2 International Karate
3 Last Ninja 2

hitm4n · Post by **hitm4n** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:24 am

stupidget wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:36 pm Used to love DSI so that’s got my vote. I desperately wanted to like Myth but I just found it too fiddly to play.

1- Death Star Interceptor
2-IK+
3-Myth ( only in my list as I’ve not played any of the other games)

Similar. Death Star Interceptor is top one here for me.
IK+ 2nd place for sure...
But not sure i want to go with Myth in third, in fact, i'm not sure i ever played it.
IK in third it is then.

Vampyre · Post by **Vampyre** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:31 am

IK+
DSI
IK

Never played any others.

firelord · Post by **firelord** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:47 pm

I had only Last Ninja 2.I remember it was in an expensive box with the map and some other stuff inside.
I bought it because it seemed to me that it was a modern version of Saboteur. I still can't say if Last Ninja 2 was a good game. I tried 2 times to play it using POKEs but I could still loose.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:14 pm

1 - Myth
2 - IK+
3 - Dominator

Third place could have been any of these—in fact ask me on a different day my top 3 might be totally different—but I've a soft spot for Dominator's creepy edgy feel. None of these games are howlers though; I didn't realise System3 had such a good catalogue.

toot_toot · Post by **toot_toot** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:47 pm

I think most of System 3’s output were better on other systems to be honest, like Interntational Karate on the Atari 8 bits, IK+ on the C64, Last Ninja 2 on the C64. So I’m going to choose the following three

1) Myth - because the Spectrum version feels very much like a Spectrum game, the flick screens IMHO are better than the C64 version that used scrolling.
2) Twister - one of only two games developed by the eventual Sensible Software on the Spectrum. Plus it had a really strange history, It’s actually not that bad a game and AFAIK only available on the Spectrum, despite it being advertised for every other platform going.
3) Death Star Interceptor - because somehow it seems to have an official Star Wars licence. In that they’ve licensed the Star Wars theme by John Williams (kind in the way that CRL licensed the Vangelis Blade Runner album)

Morkin · Post by **Morkin** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:58 pm

1. IK+
2. Death Star Interceptor
3. Last Ninja II

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:53 pm

1. Myth
2. IK+
3. Tusker

Timmy · Post by **Timmy** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:40 am

1) Myth. It's a great looking game.
2) Last Ninja 2. I like the demo version on the cover tape. I somehow like the full version a bit less, but it's still a very good game. The controls are completely weird though.
3) Dominator. I love full colour shooters. This one isn't that bad either, but I mostly like its graphics.

Tusker was really nice too but it felt just outside this list.

Also I wonder why I thought The Time Machine would be on here. It's probably a mix up on my side.

blucey · Post by **blucey** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:16 am

Stefan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:00 pm 1. Myth
2. Myth
3. Myth

This.

IK+ was pretty dull to be honest. The balls minigame was especially tedious.

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:42 am

Well, as many commenters wanted, Myth is the winner of this poll. It really is history in the making, as it gets 20 votes.

IK+ was the strongest competition for Myth, with 12 votes placing it in second.

4 votes goes to Death Star Interceptor, making it third.

Last Ninja 2 is fourth, with 3 votes.

Joint fifth are Last Ninja Remix and Tusker, 1 vote each.

The battle between Myth and IK+ was much tougher in the proportional poll, with just one point separating them:

Myth: History In The Making 28
Death Star Interceptor 13
IK+ 27
Last Ninja 2 9
International Karate 7
Dominator 2
Twister 2
Tusker 1
Vendetta 1

I'm quite amused by the unpopularity of Last Ninja Remix, which is meant to be an updated/enhanced version of Last Ninja 2. Seems like almost all of you prefer the original!

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