The best Speccy game by Activision: vote

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The best Speccy game by Activision: vote

Poll ended at Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:36 am

AfterBurner
0
No votes
Altered Beast
1
2%
BallBlazer
0
No votes
Beamrider
0
No votes
Dragon Breed
0
No votes
Dynamite Dux
0
No votes
Eidolon, The
1
2%
Enduro
0
No votes
Enduro Racer
25
57%
Fighter Bomber
0
No votes
Fighting Soccer
0
No votes
Galactic Games
0
No votes
Galaxy Force
0
No votes
Geebee Air Rally
0
No votes
Ghostbusters
4
9%
Ghostbusters II
0
No votes
Guadalcanal
0
No votes
H.E.R.O.
1
2%
Hacker
1
2%
Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers
0
No votes
Hammerfist
1
2%
High Frontier
0
No votes
Hot Rod
0
No votes
Howard The Duck
1
2%
Knightmare
0
No votes
Koronis Rift
0
No votes
Little Computer People
0
No votes
Mindshadow
1
2%
Ninja Spirit
0
No votes
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
0
No votes
Power Drift
2
5%
Predator
0
No votes
Quartet
0
No votes
Rampage
3
7%
Real Ghostbusters, The
0
No votes
Rescue On Fractalus
0
No votes
River Raid
2
5%
S.D.I.
0
No votes
Sailing
0
No votes
Sonic Boom
0
No votes
Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space
0
No votes
Super Wonder Boy
0
No votes
Time Machine
0
No votes
Time Scanner
0
No votes
Toy Bizarre
0
No votes
Wonder Boy
1
2%
Xcel
0
No votes
Zenji
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 44

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Most of the early Activision released had a template loading screen with a standardised logo on top and credits at the bottom. (I never understood the need for including the French “par” in those credits BTW. Was there a Canadian connection perhaps?)

I couldn’t help noticing seeing all these titles listed in this poll that there are subtle differences in those screens depending on what company did the conversion.

All conversions by Software Conversions Ltd. have a bright yellow Activision logo:

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Whereas all conversions by James Software Ltd. use a white Activision logo:

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...Can I claim my Trainspotter award now? :geek:
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Looks like I’m the only one who’s voted for The Eidolon. Too bad. I think it’s a pretty neat game.
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Man, Activision has made a lot of (at best) mediocre stuff, it was real easy to vote for Enduro Racer.
I'm surprised that no one has voted for Dragon Breed though. That would've been my seconds choice.
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I liked the arcade Dragon Breed, but looking at it again, it's not a great conversion. I think the sprites are actually a bit too big compared to the arcade, going by the relative size of sprites-to-screen, and the screen just fills up with no room to manouvre. And it's pretty slow and jerky. Again, it was maybe a bit too ambitious. Not exactly Bob Pape's finest. I suspect he was rushed, or maybe just too p*$$*d off after doing R-Type for Electric Dreams to really make a go of it!

St Dragon is better proportioned and a lot smoother on the Spectrum (although without the vertical scrolling and rather useless ability to dismount).
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Joefish wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:36 pm I liked the arcade Dragon Breed, but looking at it again, it's not a great conversion. I think the sprites are actually a bit too big compared to the arcade, going by the relative size of sprites-to-screen, and the screen just fills up with no room to manouvre. And it's pretty slow and jerky. Again, it was maybe a bit too ambitious. Not exactly Bob Pape's finest. I suspect he was rushed, or maybe just too p*$$*d off after doing R-Type for Electric Dreams to really make a go of it!

St Dragon is better proportioned and a lot smoother on the Spectrum (although without the vertical scrolling and rather useless ability to dismount).
It has been a while since I played it, but I do remember that the sprites are pretty big. Perhaps I should have a go at it again to see if I agree with you ;)
But yes - the sizes of the sprites in St. Dragon are much more sensibly sized.
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1. Enduro Racer
2. Wonderboy
3. Ghostbusters
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1. Rampage
2. Enduro Racer
3. Hacker

Loved Rampage, great as a two player, I thought it just pipped Enduro Racer which is one of the best Speccy racing games.

The hardest decision was what to go for in 3rd place. After a bit of consideration I went for Hacker - a great idea for a game and a good atmosphere (once you manage to log in!).
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Well, Enduro Racer has obliterated the others.

25 votes out of the 44 cast. That's 57%!

Its closest contender, sitting in second place, is Ghostbuster, with just 4 votes!

At third, with 3 votes, it's Rampage.

Then the ones with 2 votes each: Power Drift and River Raid.

And in joint fifth place, quite a lot with 1 vote each: Altered Beast; The Eidolon; H.E.R.O., Hacker, Hammerfist, Howard The Duck, Mindshadow and Wonder Boy.

A similar story over in the proportional vote...

33 Enduro Racer
13 Ghostbusters
7 Rampage
6 River Raid
5 Wonder Boy
2 AfterBurner
2 Hacker
1 H.E.R.O.
1 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
1 Power Drift
1 Time Machine
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