forget top 10 and top 100 .... what IS legendary status ?
games that go beyond the top 100..
much like say armalyte+wizzball on c64 and rescue on fractulus on atari 8 bit... games that were good BUT basically speccy , if that makes sense :)
games that everyone like and if someone who talked to you about speccy and DIDN'T mention em, you'd think they didn't know whats up.
a few obvious ones to start off...
jetpac / manic miner / daley thompson decathlon / sabre wulf
(or are there people out there who hate em :-? much like I think alien 8 and other iso games are over rated.hehe)
and I'm not including arcade conversions such in this :)
much like say armalyte+wizzball on c64 and rescue on fractulus on atari 8 bit... games that were good BUT basically speccy , if that makes sense :)
games that everyone like and if someone who talked to you about speccy and DIDN'T mention em, you'd think they didn't know whats up.
a few obvious ones to start off...
jetpac / manic miner / daley thompson decathlon / sabre wulf
(or are there people out there who hate em :-? much like I think alien 8 and other iso games are over rated.hehe)
and I'm not including arcade conversions such in this :)
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....for all the wrong reasons :D
Lords of Midnight
I second that... I can't get enough of it.. It's usually the first game I play whenever I fire up the emulator, :D
One of the best 3d isometric adventures to hit the Speccy, with intriguing and challenges puzzles to keep you busy for hours. Sure Fairlight 1 & 2 bought this genre to the limelight, but Head Over Heels had the cuteness factor that would soon have you hooked to your Speccy for hours!
It also amazes me how they squeezed all those rooms into 48k of memory...
What? Marsport? :p
Jet Set Willy
any Ultimate game
If I had to pick a couple of Ultimate classics, I'd go with Jetpac & Knight Lore.
http://zx-pk.ru/
Dull after awhile, but original.
Beat me to it by mere minutes so I will say
Rebel Star!!
The Hobbit
Turbo Esprit
Way Of The Exploding Fist
Atic Atac
and my fav thing about their games, underwurlde where ya suspended from that 1 pixel string.hehe
2 more.. trashman and penetrator..(both I got from the local woolies :) ) , although they never did sell much of that sinclair silver paper at ?5 a roll.
I heard they are making a new game.. frobush goes to Cricklewood :)
Wasn't that a BBC game first
I'd say Manic Miner I bet it's the first game most people load when they get there hands on an emulator for the first time, I know I did.
Quite like the early 16k games as they were very basic and had excellent gameplay. Sabre Wulf blew me away when i first saw it, Underwurlde i was never a fan of, found it too frustrating, Knight Lore/Alien 8 were breathtaking when they came out but i spent 8 quid on just trying to find new rooms really !
Enjoyed Gunfright but wasnt a huge fan of Pentragram (Wasnt bad) and Cyberrun was difficult as anything.
Surprised there's no mention of Skool Daze yet?
Manic Miner
Jetpac
Jet Set Willy
Atic Attac
Jet Set Willy2
Sabre Wulf
*can you spot a pattern*
Fred