Games that you never stop playing... year after year

[Bubu]

Hi, alllll!!!!

I'd like to share with you those games that you never stop playing, since you first tried them. Although you play them 2 or 3 or thousands times a year, but never never can resist to leave them

I would begin with EXOLON:



It's an artwork for me, its setting is awsome, exquisite playiablity, and you always want to see what's in the next screen... Excellent!



BOUNDER:



Don't know why, but I always run this game only for taking a while, and not to thinking about anything, it's very entertaining


XENO:



Superb! I could play it for hours trying to win those matches, even there's a 2 human players mode!




And yours?

[Manu128k]

Rainbow Islands



and also Green Beret



But the absolute winner is...

Emlyn Hughes

[OldGamer]

I'm not sure how to link images so I'm sorry you'll have to make do with the names only but since the 1980's the games I've alway gone back to, time and time again are: (in no order and I'm missing out the most obvious ones like Jetpac/ant attack/Manic Miner)

Cyclone by Vortex Software (imo way way more fun and user friendly than TLL and no two games are the same)

Juggernaut by CRL (a trucking game, yes really)

F1 by CRL (a formula 1 manager game and one of the best I've played on any system)

Warlock of Firetop Mountain by uhm.. I don't know (a superb maze game which looks like Halls of the Things! Can you collect all the keys and get the treasure? unlikely as the Warlock is a killer and travels at warp speed if you disturb him)

Escape from Krakatoa from Abbex (I feel this was their best game, it's really fun and the difficulty curve is just right)

Minder from Dk'Tronics. I might be biased as the TV series Minder is one of my fave TV series of all time but this game is perfect, they could have ruined it and made it some crappy platform game but thankfully Don Priestley worked on it and created a timeless gem of a game. You start with three random things in your 'lockup' and you have 14 days to buy and sell items for as much profit as you can, all while not getting punched in the face or being caught with 'dodgy' (aka stolen) gear. It sounds boring but it's very very addictive to this day.

[Bubu]

I'm not sure how to link images (...)

I'd like so much posts with images, try it like so:

Go to https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php and write the title of the game and search it. Then right mouse on the image, and choose "Copy image address" (or whatever in your language). Then go to your text box and write this:

Code: Select all

[img][/img]

And between them press CTRL + V to paste the link you copied before, and the result is this:

[Pegaz]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... the_Future


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... f_the_Wood


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... /Heartland


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... nal_Tennis


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... ZX_Striker

[Sparky]

I never stopped playing this:

https://youtu.be/29r9UNclTXM

[akeley]

Any Julian Gollop game. Obviously

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Sabre Wulf
Knight Lore
Pyjamarama
Skool Daze
Fred
Commando
Match Point
Maziacs
Exploding Fist
Scuba Dive
Phantomas 2

[blucey]

Rebelstar 2
Rebelstar
Quazatron
Bruce Lee (for some reason)
Renegade

[zx81]

Maziacs
Bruce Lee
Babaliba
Saimazoom
3D Deathchase
Jet Pac
Exploding Fist
West Bank

[Jbizzel]

I play all of these quite often, and have done since always

Chuckie egg
R type
Manic miner
Dizzy 1 and fantasy world
Cyclone

Honourable mentions to RoboCop and rainbow island

[Jbizzel]

Hi, alllll!!!!

I'd like to share with you those games that you never stop playing, since you first tried them. Although you play them 2 or 3 or thousands times a year, but never never can resist to leave them

I would begin with EXOLON:



It's an artwork for me, its setting is awsome, exquisite playiablity, and you always want to see what's in the next screen... Excellent!



BOUNDER:



Don't know why, but I always run this game only for taking a while, and not to thinking about anything, it's very entertaining


XENO:



Superb! I could play it for hours trying to win those matches, even there's a 2 human players mode!




And yours?

There is an excellent version of bounder for the z88

[hitm4n]

Quazatron - best game

Popeye - also best game

Chuckie Egg (inc. Chuckie Egg 2) - best game

Dynamite Dan II - the best game

Skool Daze - bestest game

Wizards Lair - best game (shhhh, better than Atic Atac)

Jumping Jack - simplicity at its best


My top ten Speccy games of all time would have 27 titles at number 1, 18 at number 2 and consist a total of 142 games. Theres too many.

[Bubu]

There is an excellent version of bounder for the z88

Really?

[Ast A. Moore]

For those of you enjoying Exolon, I have a bug-fixed version.

[Bubu]

Thank you, [mention]Ast A. Moore[/mention], but I never realized such a bug, I'll play soon to try it. In which screen could I get to that bug?

[Ast A. Moore]

In which screen could I get to that bug?

Any screen where you walk on a platform that is high enough so that when you are hit by an enemy mid-jump, it causes you to brush the top of the screen.

[zxbruno]

My list may seem odd by some:

Laser Squad
CDS Pool
Fred
Glug Glug
Renegade
Target Renegade
Pheenix
Spy Hunter
Chuckie Egg
Batman The Movie

[Juan F. Ramirez]

CDS Pool

Yeah, great game, it's so easy to play!

[Morkin]

Any Julian Gollop game. Obviously

This is the correct answer.



As well as Mr Gollop's offerings, there are some classic games that I occasionally revisit after years and suddenly end up playing them for a long time, e.g. Atic Atac, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Ant Attack.

[Ast A. Moore]

Renegade
Target: Renegade
Flying Shark
Nether Earth

[Starquack]

Ranarama - it's the only S Turner game I instinctivly understand. It's just at the right difficulty level for me
Stack Up - great little Tetris type game
Jumping Jack - quick loading game in the past

[Jbizzel]

There is an excellent version of bounder for the z88

Really?

Yes, really. It's the only version I've played...

[Bubu]

I can't belieeeve it...

[Jbizzel]

Top 10 z88 games in no order...

Transworld golf
Lemmings - best music
Jetset willy
Manic Miner (and mm2 and 3 etc)
Bounder
Zetris - Tetris clone
Z88 chess
Sir Lancelot
Dstar
Toad - simple, short but fun text adventure

WhatNow - let's you play GAC text adventures