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Good Games in the bottom 100?

Alessandro TommasiAlessandro Tommasi
edited October 2004 in Games
Looking at The worst 100 games as voted, I was looking for games I actually liked. Most of them I didn't know, but at least one served me many fun hours! That is "One on one". Thinking about it, it wasn't technically much of a game, but I liked it anyway. I liked the dribbiling moves mainly.

What other games are there that you remember fondly?
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  • Lee TonksLee Tonks
    edited October 2004
    Aw! You can't have the Pathetic Pablo Bros in the 'worst 100'! It's just not right!
  • Bluce_ReeBluce_Ree
    edited October 2004
    Oh man, there are some really horrible gaming memories on that list. Superman belongs in the top ten!

    Where is 'Play For Your Life'???

    every game on there that I've played pretty much belongs there.
  • Wally WeekWally Week
    edited October 2004
    Where is 'Howzat ??'
  • The Mighty DopethroneThe Mighty Dopethrone
    edited October 2004
    Well, it seems I had three of those on real tapes.

    Dr Franky And The Monster and Jet Set Gertie were both on the now-legendary 90-odd games compilation (surely we have to give that a proper title sometime!). JSG never had a proper release. And the third? Asteroids Ahead!, which was a ZX Computing type-in!

    Since then I've also obtained Jack And The Beanstalk and OK Yah!, both on the grounds that I had to see exactly how crap they were.

    And reading the various reviews, I see one of those that scored 1/10 was written by a 14-year-old. Harsh...
  • The Mighty DopethroneThe Mighty Dopethrone
    edited October 2004
    Am I dreaming or is Sqij actually unplayable? There appears to be no controls. I've tried Issue 2 and 3 keyboards, and all the joysticks...
  • darkmandarkman
    edited October 2004
    On 2004-10-05 21:22, The Mighty Dopethrone wrote:
    Jet Set Gertie never had a proper release.
    It was originally on a Spectrum Computing tape magazine (though I suppose that probably doesn't count as a 'proper' release).
    I have the Argus Press 30 games compilation, where it also appears along with a few others from Spectrum Computing.

    Jack & the Beanstalk is undoubtably being voted down on account of being so bleeding hard !

    By the way, if people REALLY object to games being in the bottom 100, why not vote them up ? Give them a vote of, say 80% - that'll probably move them out of the bottom 100 !


    [ This Message was edited by: darkman on 2004-10-06 14:00 ]

    [ This Message was edited by: darkman on 2004-10-06 14:02 ]
  • ErlstonedErlstoned
    edited October 2004
    Hey, I have an idea for a thread. Say thanks I asked your opinion before starting it: "Crap games in the top 100". How about that?
  • LeeTLeeT
    edited October 2004
    On 2004-10-06 13:56, darkman wrote:
    On 2004-10-05 21:22, The Mighty Dopethrone wrote:
    Jet Set Gertie never had a proper release.
    It was originally on a Spectrum Computing tape magazine (though I suppose that probably doesn't count as a 'proper' release).
    I have the Argus Press 30 games compilation, where it also appears along with a few others from Spectrum Computing.

    Ah - The infamous '30 Games' compilation - I still have the C64 version and wince every time I look at the details - One good point is that the Taskset games are included on that version - The only saving grace!

    [ This Message was edited by: LeeT on 2004-10-06 16:54 ]
  • bjohnnybravobjohnnybravo
    edited October 2004
    On 2004-10-05 17:35, Alessandro Tommasi wrote:
    Looking at The worst 100 games as voted, I was looking for games I actually liked. Most of them I didn't know, but at least one served me many fun hours! That is "One on one". Thinking about it, it wasn't technically much of a game, but I liked it anyway. I liked the dribbiling moves mainly.

    What other games are there that you remember fondly?
    I actually like One on One too :D
    Seems I have to help this game a little by voting for it, as I forgot to do that actually...


    [ This Message was edited by: bjohnnybravo on 2004-10-06 17:04 ]
  • jiljil
    edited October 2004
    On 2004-10-06 08:54, The Mighty Dopethrone wrote:
    Am I dreaming or is Sqij actually unplayable? There appears to be no controls. I've tried Issue 2 and 3 keyboards, and all the joysticks...
    I had the same problem so I posted to CSS about it (e.g. this post). Remarkably, you actually have to BREAK into the game and turn off the CAPS LOCK before it'll work properly!
  • BlunderbussBlunderbuss
    edited October 2004
    Wow! There are 71 games worse than The Great Space Race!
  • FrankieFrankie
    edited October 2004
    I looked through the list and I personally don't think that 'Flak' and 'Alcatraz Harry' belongs on that list :)

    This also goes for Jack and The Beanstalk, just because its a classic and the graphics facinated me back then :)

  • redballoonredballoon
    edited October 2004
    I noticed that Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona never made the list.
  • The Mighty DopethroneThe Mighty Dopethrone
    edited October 2004
    On 2004-10-06 18:59, jil wrote:
    I had the same problem so I posted to CSS about it (e.g. this post). Remarkably, you actually have to BREAK into the game and turn off the CAPS LOCK before it'll work properly!

    Crikey o'blimey! CRAP!

    I reckon some of the CCSCGC games are better...
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited October 2004
    I was always a bit partial to a game of Bounces. Alright it was repetitive, but certainly not one of the worst games I've played.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
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