Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games

[jdanddiet]

Number one!!!!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Chaos???

Pfff!!!

[Morkin]

Zythum?

By Mirrorsoft?

[PeteProdge]

The absolutely 100% correct choice for number one!

Still the best computer game out of anything I've played on any system. Deserved to twice be on the YS covertape and it really should have been a hit first time round.

[Alone Coder]

What place is Black Raven?

[jdanddiet]

What place is Black Raven?

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[RWAC]

I used to love this as a kid but I don't play it that much anymore.
Success depends on luck as much as any kind of strategy, but that's to be expected from what is essentially a digital board game.
It's definitely behind both Rebelstar games and I also prefer Lords of Chaos which is severely underrated.
Still a top, top game though.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Thanks Graeme for sharing your top 100. Great to see your games and the corresponding (funny) comments.

Once you've posted your top 100, I think it's time to post mine:

1- Sabre Wulf
2- Knight Lore
3- Pyjamarama
4- Skool Daze
5- Saboteur
6- Highway Encounter
7- Cyclone
8- Green Beret
9- Hypersports
10- Fred
11- Commando
12- Phantomas 2/Vampyre
13- D.T. Decathlon
14- Match Point
15- The Great Escape
16- Underwulrde
17- Fairlight
18- Cobra
19- Atic Atac
20- the Way of the Exploding Fist
21- Maziacs
22- Sir Fred
23- Scuba Dive
24- Everyone's a Wally
25- Abu Simbel Profanation
26- Batman
27- Fernando Martín Basket Master
28- 3D Deathchase
29- Cauldron
30- Fantastic Voyage
31- Nosferatu the Vampyre
32- The Rocky Horror Show
33- Exolon
34- Jet Set Willy
35- World Series Baseball
36- Alchemist
37- Konami's Ping Pong
38- Gyroscope
39- Borer Deep (Panic by Mikro-Gen)
40- Game Over
41- Death Pit
42- Cauldron II
43- Movie
44- Gremlins the Adventure
45- Gauntlet
46- D.T. Supertest
47- Bomb Jack
48- Nodes of Yesod
49- Arkanoid
50- Raid Over Moscow
51- That's the Spirit
52- N.O.M.A.D.
53- Navy Seals
54- Travel With Trashman
55- Alien 8
56- Into the Eagle's Nest
57- Saboteur 2
58- West Bank
59- Spy Hunter
60- Jet Pac
61- Renegade
62- Robin of the Wood
63- Tapper
64- El Misterio del Nilo
65- Kokotoni Wilf
66- Booty
67- Zorro
68- Firelord
69- Nuclear Bowls
70- Dustin
71- Psycho City
72- World Series Basketball
73- Pheenix
74- Critical Mass
75- Saimazoom
76- Penetrator
77- Dynamite Dan
78- Batman the Caped Crusader
79- Head Over Heels
80- Back to Skool
81- Match Day
82- Dan Dare
83- Beach Head
84- Avalon
85- Ghosts'n Goblins
86- Cavelon
87- Ant Attack
88- Turbo Esprit
89- Impossaball
90- Tir Na Nog
91- The Dam Busters
92- Jack the Nipper
93- Basketball Two on Two
94- Ranarama
95- Terra Cresta
96- Android One
97- Emilio Butragueño Fútbol
98- Rocky
99- Rambo
100- Wargame (Microhobby Cassette)

Happy Christmas!

[cmal]

Thanks you @jdanddiet for keeping us in constant suspense throughout this top 100 saga. It's been a lot of fun!

[Matt_B]

The absolutely 100% correct choice for number one!

Still the best computer game out of anything I've played on any system. Deserved to twice be on the YS covertape and it really should have been a hit first time round.

It was certainly a hit with me from the original Games Workshop release.

Lords of Chaos, Laser Squad and the Rebelstar games are certainly better as single player experiences, or even with two, but there was nothing quite like a big mulitplayer game of Chaos.

I'd think that the key things that make it a winner are:
1. The basics of the game are very easy to pick up, so it was never too hard get new players involved.
2. It's quick to play. If you lose early, you can play another game in a few minutes.
3. It's also fun to watch even once you've been eliminated.
4. The random elements are a great leveler. You might get incredibly lucky with a Golden Dragon or conversely fail with a Zombie.
5. If you've got a decent number of players they can gang up against the skilled/lucky players who've won all the games so far.

One of my friends lived right next door to our school and we'd gather round at his place at the end of the day for a few rounds. We experimented with a few other games but nothing else quite hit that spot; the closest was probably Viking Raiders although that's a budget BASIC affair that tops out at four players.

[jdanddiet]

Thanks everyone for your comments and interest - it's been fun!

[toot_toot]

Chaos is still a wonderful game and I have to wonder how many people were introduced to it through the YS covertape (it’s where I found it!)

My son loves playing it as it’s still quite unique, it’s one of those games that transcends the hardware it was written for.

[WIWC]

People, where are SC top and bottom 100 games lists? I saw them yesterday for the first time and I can't find them already.

edit: Ok, here they are:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/worst5plus.php
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/rating5plus.php