The best Speccy game by MirrorSoft: vote

1. Dynamite Dan II
2. Zythum
3. Dynamite Dan

Also there are still some very good games here, that deserve attention:
Tetris
Strike Force Harrier
Moon Strike (amazing loader)
Action Reflex

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:05 pm

Pegaz wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:04 am Action Reflex

Yep, Action Reflex it's a cool & interesting game, a sort of 2D-Impossaball.

Pegaz · Post by **Pegaz** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:24 pm

It seems, pictures of Spitfire 40 is missing...

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:27 pm

Pegaz wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:24 pm It seems, pictures of Spitfire 40 is missing...

Oops!!!

I got that massively wrong.

Here's a corrected listing:

Spitfire 40

Andre Leao · Post by **Andre Leao** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:44 pm

1. Tetris
2. Sai Combat
3. DD 2

Vampyre · Post by **Vampyre** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:23 pm

1. Dynamite Dan 2
2. Tetris
3. Dynamite Dan

DouglasReynholm · Post by **DouglasReynholm** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:11 pm

1. DD2
2. DD1
3. Robert Maxwell's Yacht Simulator (but that game sunk without a trace)

Sorry about the edit, couldn't help myself

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 5:31 pm

DouglasReynholm wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:11 pm 3. Robert Maxwell's Yacht Simulator (but that game sunk without a trace)

Winner of the CSCCGC 1991, I believe. The winner was awarded a cash prize that sadly couldn't be traced.

Hank Scorpio · Post by **Hank Scorpio** » Mon Jun 13, 2022 11:40 am

1 DD2
2 Tetris
3 Moon Strike

Matt_B · Post by **Matt_B** » Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:08 pm

I just never got on with the Dynamite Dan games, although I can see their obvious appeal.

1. Spitfire 40 - Played this a lot back in the day. It's not the most realistic sim but the dogfights get pretty hectic.
2. Tetris - Not the best version the Spectrum has seen by a long way, but still pretty good fun.
3. Moon Strike - A pretty graphic shooter.

hitm4n · Post by **hitm4n** » Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:03 pm

DD2
DD
Action Reflex

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:04 am

1. DD2
2. Zythum
3. Tetris

Morkin · Post by **Morkin** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:27 am

I was wondering if/when Zythum would get a vote.

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:44 am

1. DD2
2. DD1
3. Tetris

Tetris ought to have been top if they had done more than the absolute bare minimum.
The Mirrosoft Tetris actually inspired me to write my own version (now sadly lost to the mists of time) to address its shortcomings.

catmeows · Post by **catmeows** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:14 am

Pobulous wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:44 am Tetris ought to have been top if they had done more than the absolute bare minimum.
The Mirrosoft Tetris actually inspired me to write my own version (now sadly lost to the mists of time) to address its shortcomings.

Problem with Tetris is that there is Tetris 2 which is much much better implementation.

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:19 am

Pobulous wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:44 am 1. DD2
2. DD1
3. Tetris

Tetris ought to have been top if they had done more than the absolute bare minimum.

I'm fine with them doing the minimum, because I remember reading in a multi-format mag that the Spectrum version outshines the 16-bit versions due to them having unnecessary animated background graphics, which isn't what you need when concentrating on slotting a block into the right space.

Sometimes less is more.

My vote went straight to Tetris, no question!

Pobulous · Post by **Pobulous** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:50 am

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:19 am
Pobulous wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:44 am 1. DD2
2. DD1
3. Tetris

Tetris ought to have been top if they had done more than the absolute bare minimum.
I'm fine with them doing the minimum, because I remember reading in a multi-format mag that the Spectrum version outshines the 16-bit versions due to them having unnecessary animated background graphics, which isn't what you need when concentrating on slotting a block into the right space.

Sometimes less is more.

My vote went straight to Tetris, no question!

My biggest complaint was that the dark blue pieces were dificult to see quickly on a lot of screens of the day, especially if next to much brighter pieces.
It lacked the slow drop, so if you wanted to tuck a piece in you had to wait for it to fall slowly all the way down.
The target lines to to clear a level and puzzle features of the Atari arcade version would have been good inclusions - that was my favourite version and I integrated those features in the version I created.

PQR · Post by **PQR** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:15 am

1. Dynamite Dan II
2. Sai Combat
3. Tetris

+3code · Post by **+3code** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:42 pm

1-DD 2
2-Mean Streak
3-Terror Of The Deep

I remember playing that 3, they appeared in Microhobby covertapes, nice games, DD2 is to me far better than DD 1.

Edit: Mean Streak appeared only as demo, iirc.

worcestersource · Post by **worcestersource** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:33 pm

Well, having got Caesar the Car into the list, it’d be rude not to vote!

Steve

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:10 am

Dynamite Dan II has been very popular, winning this poll with an almighty 17 votes.

A distant second is the game's prequel, Dynamite Dan - 5 votes.

Joint third, with 3 votes: Caesar The Cat (the 'educational' title that was well argued for its inclusion here); Sai Combat and my personal favourite, Tetris (the game that's been officially ported to more platforms than any other).

Fourth is Zythum, with 2 votes.

Finally, in joint fifth place, 1 vote each: Action Flex; Ashkeron!; Mean Streak and Spitfire 40.

And here are the proportional results:

Dynamite Dan II 30
Tetris 13
Dynamite Dan 11
Sai Combat 5
Zythum 4
Spitfire 40 3
Mean Streak 2
Moon Strike 2
Action Flex 1
Terror Of The Deep 1

Ast A. Moore · Post by **Ast A. Moore** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:12 pm

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:10 am Fourth is Zythum, with 2 votes.

Which is outrageous!

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