20 ZX Spectrum Games You Must Play - Page 2

Fiery Phoenix · 28 April 2022, 23:53

Thought Skooldaze and Back to Skool would be there

Robocop is an excellent port on the speccy (great speech too)

Rex and Batman too

Retrofan · 29 April 2022, 02:00

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Originally Posted by saimon69

3D starstrike too! The Best Star Wars arcade clone until the official version did came out for Amiga!

Of course

rabidgerry · 29 April 2022, 10:39

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Originally Posted by rothers

Yeah it's real! It's an amazing port.

The sound is amazing! Of course I went and looked into this thanks to your post, so there are a few versions it seems. I am very impressed, I wonder could I get it for my speccy emulator on my Amiga

?

Havie · 29 April 2022, 13:00

Good list and agree with a lot but I would have had Starion in there - brilliant and whacky concept; anagrams in space!

And perhaps you have overdone DD - one possibly, but there are better platformers.

And and I second Robocop - possibly the greatest Speccy game of all?

rothers · 29 April 2022, 19:19

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Originally Posted by rabidgerry

The sound is amazing! Of course I went and looked into this thanks to your post, so there are a few versions it seems. I am very impressed, I wonder could I get it for my speccy emulator on my Amiga

?

Yeah, he's been working on it for a couple of years.

He's also working on another game which has multi directional scrolling which is just as amazing.

The speccy just keeps being pushed to new levels of awesome, rather like the Amiga.

I really want to see a raycaster push the spectrum to its limits, there are some very fast 3D demos floating around.

rabidgerry · 30 April 2022, 15:16

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Originally Posted by rothers

Yeah, he's been working on it for a couple of years.

He's also working on another game which has multi directional scrolling which is just as amazing.

The speccy just keeps being pushed to new levels of awesome, rather like the Amiga.

I really want to see a raycaster push the spectrum to its limits, there are some very fast 3D demos floating around.

Needless to say I have went and got me ASpEmu spectrum emulator and found Mario

It's your fault!

What is Raycaster, not heard of it? I'm sure you have saw the Doom version on the Speccy, personally thought those vids were amazing. Someone should port the PC version of SkoolDaze (Klass of 99) to the Amiga. That would be cool.

rsn8887 · 30 April 2022, 16:26

I love your list, Thanks. +100 for including Impossaball.

I also really like Earthlight and Star Strike II.

Adropac2 · 30 April 2022, 20:32

I personally think the only way to play Qbert with a joystick is by the cross direction. Having to do a diagonal means it's still possible to do the wrong direction whereas you can't do that with only the four directions. Was the arcade set up with diagonal control?

My personal faves on this excellent machine are Sabre Wulf, Scuba Dive, TLL, Cyclone, Jet Set Willy, Back2skool, Mont Mole, 3d Starstrike

Back when games on different systems always represented their limitations and colour palettes giving all of them unique atmospheres. I loved my C64 for it's gloriously muted almost realistic colours and always the coldest of ambience and my recollection of these games is mostly from this very distinct atmosphere. The Speccy had an entirely unique feel all of it's own and these time burn into our memories in a way that's just not the same anymore

I think for a lot of us although we embraced the new, we never really moved on from playing games from this time because it shall always be so different

ZEUSDAZ · 01 May 2022, 15:57

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Originally Posted by Havie

Good list and agree with a lot but I would have had Starion in there - brilliant and whacky concept; anagrams in space!

And perhaps you have overdone DD - one possibly, but there are better platformers.

And and I second Robocop - possibly the greatest Speccy game of all?

Yeah I suppose what I could have done is stuck both Dan games under the same number (like I did with Turrican I & II on my Amiga list), this would have allowed an extra game in my list and if that was the case then I most likely would have put Chase H.Q in there as I wasn't a real fan of Robocop as good as it is.

deimos · 01 May 2022, 19:31

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Originally Posted by ice8629

As long as he (and others of course) obey the EAB rules, then he (and others of course) can post whatever they want on EAB

Yes. They can also spend their spare time recording themselves playing video games for youtube and beg people for money for their pet's surgery, when a few weeks overtime or stacking shelves in a supermarket would sort out any payment plan they needed to take.

Yes.

Fine.

Ban me now please mods.

gimbal · 01 May 2022, 20:13

Or just... not post?

rare_j · 01 May 2022, 21:23

Some old favourites:
Chase H.Q.
Midnight Resistance
Rainbow Islands
Batman (Movie)
R-Type
Robocop
Ghouls and Ghosts (yeah this is bad looking but it has the playability)
Magicland Dizzy
Dan Dare
Bomb Jack
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

Some new:
Pentacorn Quest
Old Tower
Los Amores de Brunilda
Castlevania Spectral Interlude
Wonderful Dizzy

gimbal · 01 May 2022, 23:11

You actually liked the Amiga version of Chase HQ? That's dedication.

rare_j · 02 May 2022, 09:51

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Originally Posted by gimbal

You actually liked the Amiga version of Chase HQ? That's dedication.

This is a thread about Spectrum gaming!

gimbal · 02 May 2022, 10:16

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Originally Posted by rare_j

This is a thread about Spectrum gaming!

... Okay, where's the dunce hat? I'll be in the corner.

jotd · 02 May 2022, 11:10

you can still play ZX spectrum version of Chase HQ on your amiga with an emulator and pretend that the amiga port is good.

rothers · 02 May 2022, 12:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

you can still play ZX spectrum version of Chase HQ on your amiga with an emulator and pretend that the amiga port is good.

Looking at them side by side the Spectrum version is possibly faster? It's also got more features of the arcade...

ZEUSDAZ · 02 May 2022, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

you can still play ZX spectrum version of Chase HQ on your amiga with an emulator and pretend that the amiga port is good.

Gotta give it to the ZX this time round and Ocean for producing such an incredible arcade conversion of Chase H.Q, god forbid if it was put into the hands of U.S. Gold

saimon69 · 02 May 2022, 22:51

Is a bit OT but i REALLY wish to see someone extract the batmobile phase from Batman Amiga and tweak it to have a Chase HQ lookalike ^^

(that or Outrun Europa Engine)

gimbal · 03 May 2022, 11:42

It's not only off-topic but also trivialising the act of game development.

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28 April 2022, 23:53	#21
Fiery Phoenix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bury, Lancs Age: 47 Posts: 664	Thought Skooldaze and Back to Skool would be there Robocop is an excellent port on the speccy (great speech too) Rex and Batman too

29 April 2022, 13:00	#24
Havie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK Posts: 1,895	Good list and agree with a lot but I would have had Starion in there - brilliant and whacky concept; anagrams in space! And perhaps you have overdone DD - one possibly, but there are better platformers. And and I second Robocop - possibly the greatest Speccy game of all?

30 April 2022, 16:26	#27
rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,058	I love your list, Thanks. +100 for including Impossaball. I also really like Earthlight and Star Strike II.

30 April 2022, 20:32	#28
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,062	I personally think the only way to play Qbert with a joystick is by the cross direction. Having to do a diagonal means it's still possible to do the wrong direction whereas you can't do that with only the four directions. Was the arcade set up with diagonal control? My personal faves on this excellent machine are Sabre Wulf, Scuba Dive, TLL, Cyclone, Jet Set Willy, Back2skool, Mont Mole, 3d Starstrike Back when games on different systems always represented their limitations and colour palettes giving all of them unique atmospheres. I loved my C64 for it's gloriously muted almost realistic colours and always the coldest of ambience and my recollection of these games is mostly from this very distinct atmosphere. The Speccy had an entirely unique feel all of it's own and these time burn into our memories in a way that's just not the same anymore I think for a lot of us although we embraced the new, we never really moved on from playing games from this time because it shall always be so different

01 May 2022, 20:13	#31
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,923	Or just... not post?

01 May 2022, 21:23	#32
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Some old favourites: Chase H.Q. Midnight Resistance Rainbow Islands Batman (Movie) R-Type Robocop Ghouls and Ghosts (yeah this is bad looking but it has the playability) Magicland Dizzy Dan Dare Bomb Jack Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Some new: Pentacorn Quest Old Tower Los Amores de Brunilda Castlevania Spectral Interlude Wonderful Dizzy

01 May 2022, 23:11	#33
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,923	You actually liked the Amiga version of Chase HQ? That's dedication.

02 May 2022, 11:10	#36
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,232	you can still play ZX spectrum version of Chase HQ on your amiga with an emulator and pretend that the amiga port is good.

02 May 2022, 22:51	#39
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,539	Is a bit OT but i REALLY wish to see someone extract the batmobile phase from Batman Amiga and tweak it to have a Chase HQ lookalike ^^ (that or Outrun Europa Engine)

03 May 2022, 11:42	#40
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,923	It's not only off-topic but also trivialising the act of game development.

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