@@ClassicReplay It was. Later I realised that the C64 had better sound etc. But as I love 3d games. 3D starstrike was my favourite, C64 was never as good.
I have over recent years fallen in love with the speccy. It's truly amazing by what could be squeezed out of that humble machine to produce truly amazing games.
Great top 10 thanks. Manic Miner would definitely be in my top 3 with Jet Set Willy. One game I can't believe isn't mentioned though is Atic Atak which is probably the best Spectrum game ever! Also what about the Daley Thompson super test and decathlon? They were incredible.
Wonderful list. Loved seeing any attack in there. I played that a lot! Daley Thompson’s decathlon on rubber keys was something to behold. So many great memories. Thank you
No Dizzy / Bubble Bobble / Commando / A.T.V. / Astemex / R-Type / A.M.C. / some 3D things ? Some modern strategies like Last Battle / Sim City ? Silly list. I like Tetris 😂 I mentioned only one modern game in that list - Last Battle FYI, but that’s related to genre, not platform… Robocop - as well is superb implementation… almost forgot
Almost impossible to rank.. here are some of my favourites I don't think were mentioned - Sabre Wulf, Atic Atac, TLL, Harrier Attack, Wheelie, Monty Mole, Bruce Lee, Where Time Stood Still, Skool Daze, Werewolves of London and Airborne Ranger.
Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this top 10 video being an absolute huge speccy fan myself. I felt your pain trying to choose 10 game from that Stellar spectrum library is almost mission impossible. So glad you showed lots of close calls and honourable mentions. Yep brilliant vid, my fav top 10 video ever...... subbed my friend! 👍🍻
What a memory rush! I loved seeing each and everyone of these again. There are so many more you didn't feature either, the spectrum was an incredible gaming computer.
Manic Miner ! Yes I'd agree..deserves number 1 place. I played a lot of these Zx Spectrum games back in the 80s Your video has helped me remember some great games i'd forgotten about.. 'Flying Shark'! 'Renegade' 'Match day 2' 'Thrust' 'Operation Wolf' 'Spellbound' 'Super Hangon' Among others.. My list would include 'Scramble' Terra Cresta' 'Chronos' 'Dizzy' And maybe 'R-Type'? ...But there were a lot of good games for the Spectrum....so its really hard to do a list.
It is a nearly impossible task to compile a top 10 list for the ZX Spectrum, well done for attempting it 👍 Quite a few of those would feature in most peoples lists though. Nice one!
There’s no science to it, no real thought process. It was simply, which games do I play and come back to the most. So brain dumped every game I played on screen and then figured out which are the games I come back to or play the most. This is the end result. The game that eventually wins, actually wins by a country mile, as I definitely play that more than any other game on the Speccy. In fact infinitely more 😀
Nice list and like the way you kept adding in honourable mentions, made it extra interesting. So many brilliant games it'd be real tough for me to compile a top 10, leave alone a number 1.
Thanks for taking the time out to leave a comment, I really appreciate it. Also thanks for the feedback, I never know what’s working or not. If you could do me a favour and share I’d really appreciate it. I’m planning a new Speccy vid I think you might like, so keep an eye out 👍🏻
Thanks for the list! I've been trying to compile a selection of good games across as many systems as I can find, and this will be a good starting point for picking out solid ZX Spectrum titles.
I've just found the spectrum emulator for the Android today...Many of your games are on my top 10 list too! This brings me so many memories that I only can share with my older brother who introduced me to the spectrum computer and later I got the amiga 500 and the later versions and ive never stopped having these systems... thank you for sharing this video and long live these games. I'm def gonna buy this spectrum computer to my daughter when she turns 5 :)
Journey's End was a great d&d type game, start of exploring a dungeon, then you're travelling across a map with a group of adventurers, and then finally, you explore a castle. Loved this game.
Awesome List !!!! For the commercial games back in the years... now I leave you an idea for the same video but newer ZX Spectrum Games released like year > 1999 until now. And congratulations on your video, it was a blast from the past.
Thrusta was my favorite for the longest time and at young age of 7 probably my first favorite game altogether. Then as I grew bit older Elite and JSW/MM took its spot. Thank you for invoking lots of fond memories from that time :)
Couldn't argue with this list. Although I was a Amstrad owner, I spent a lot of time at my friends place playing on his Spectrum. Even made a make shift 'roach stopper' for his microdrive😁.
I find the two computers very similar, although the Amstrad keyboard is easier to code on. But all coding done in Winape32 these days. Check out my Amstrad vids if you haven't already, I think you might be pleasantly surprised. Plus I have a new Amstrad CPC video almost ready ;-) Thanks for leaving a comment :-)
I think it's fair to put Manic Miner at no.1. It was so groundbreaking. I have to say Lightforce was an amazing game. The colours of the sprites and speed. I always had a thing for The Pyramid with ziggy. So iconic the shape of ziggy.
Great list! It is fun to see the splash screens and the developers names! We used to play Cookie, Kane and Spy Hunter on repeat. Does anyone remember Cookie?
Really enjoyed the video - perhaps should have done a top 40 mate? Honourable (yes, that’s how we spell it) mentions to Back To Skool, Attic Attack and Football Manager plus an outside shout for Daley Thompson’s Decathlon. Cheers for the upload!
Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner, classic games on the ZX Spectrum but my number 1 would always be Chuckie Egg. I couldn’t beat it for its playability. Thanks for the video brings back good memories. Take care John
Here is my incomplete list of favorite zx-spectrum games: Target Renegade, Renegade, Flying Shark, Terra Cresta, War, Slap Fight, Operation Wolf, Dragon Spirit, Green Beret, Ikari Warriors, Rex, Rick Dangerous 1 & 2, Dan Dare 1 & 3, Nebulus, Dynamite Dan 2, R-Type, Arkanoid, Arkanoid Revenge of Doh, Pacmania, Exolon, Athena, Chase HQ, Colony, Out Run, Enduro Racer, Chevy Chase, Light Force, Scooby Doo, Batty, Bombjack, Fist - The Legend Continues, Ironman Super Off Road, Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Cybernoid 1 & 2, Into Eagles Nest, Freddy Hardest, Bounder, Firefly, Robin of The Wood, Dark Fusion, International Karate +, Myth - History in The Making, Batman, Batman - The Caped Crusader, Batman The Movie, Head Over Heels, Hyper Sports, Stallone Cobra, Anarchy, Jack The Nipper 1 & 2, Dizzy series, Fairlight, Moon Cresta, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Ghosts'n Goblins, Rainbow Islands, Pang, Ms. Pac-Man, Yogi Bear, Yogi's Great Escape, Stop The Express, Last Ninja 2, Bruce Lee, Maze Mania, Rockman, The Way of Exploding Fist, Movie, Desperado, Rogue Trooper, Thunderbirds, Konami Golf, Konami Tennis, Konami Ping-Pong, The Way of Tiger, Commando, Chessmaster 2000, Cabal, Pro Mountain Bike Simulator, Sai Combat, Nether Earth, Great Gurianos, Wec Le Mans, Astro Marine Corps, Rolling Thunder, The Great Escape, Top Cat, Avenger, Barbarian, Stormlord, Hong Kong Phooey, Gryzor, Match Day 2, Operation Wolf, The Addams Family, Shadow of The Beast, Rambo 3, Rodland, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Savage, Action Force 1 & 2, Army Moves, Navy Moves, Shao Lin's Road, Combat School, Who Dares Wins 2, Plotting, Heartland, Mickey Mouse, Thundercats, Crystal Castles, Rock'n Roller, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Untouchables, Saboteur 1 & 2, Nosferatu, Hydrofool, Scuba Dive, Postman Pat 2, Ninja Hamster, Spy vs Spy, Turbo the Tortoise, Potsworth & Co., Atom Ant, Cauldron 1 & 2, Hysteria, Tornado Low Level, Cyclone, HATE.
Awsome video and nostalgia unlock... Deathchase was the first game I ever played. Games I can't where not mentioned though... Commando, ikari warriors, gryzor, atv, bomber jack, and rasputin
I'm a sucker for racing games so seeing Stunt Car Racer and Super Hang-On made my day. Great list, some I've not played so added to the massive list to play that I have 🎈🙌
Melbourne House Penetrator was an epic “scramble”copy. Thrust - so many hours. Spy v Spy what a classic. Manic Miner IS the ZX Spectrum, but for me so is JetPac/Lunar Jetman, Arcadia, and so many more.
After all those years ago, now watching the levels of manic miner i could still remember how to complete them, just shows how many hours were spent on it.
I’ll be honest, I never managed to complete either. But definitely great games. There’s quite a few vids on TH-cam including a walkthrough that show how much content the game offered. It would definitely make my top fifty.
Great video mate. I'm a commodore man but my mate had a 128 back in the day and when I stayed over loved playing robocop and many more games that have so much more playability than the 64. Just subscribed and looking forward to watching your videos 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed that trip down memory lane, loved robo cop back in the day but my favourites were wanted monty mole and Bruce lee lol. Great vid mate
Great list. Very nostalgic, I enjoyed watching the mentions that didn’t make it. The one I personally thought should have deserved a mention was “The Last Ninja 2” which I played to death!
Thanks for the feedback. I can’t personally take The Last Ninja series seriously on any other system after playing it on the C64. But you’re correct, it’s still a good game on the old Speccy.
lol just saw number 1.. manic miner. I could get as far as eugene's toilet. Hard as nails that game. My dad played it for hours while I was a kid asleep loll
Great reviews, & I must agree with Manic Miner & Ant Attack. I would also have to add Cyclone & Atic Atac though, can't believe they weren't mentioned.
Out Run, Commando, Treasure Island Dizzy, Crazy Caverns, and The Wild Bunch should have all been given a mention in my opinion. Nevertheless, a great video. Thanks!
Awesome choices. :) I played some of those myself on the ZX Spectrum 48k. My favorites where the Saboteur, Rex, Renegade, Target Renegade, Cobra, Green Beret, Ikari Warriors. :) Cheers. :)
Just discovered this channel, gotta say I loved your top 10! Kudos for the great video! Gotta say tho, was kind of hoping to see either 3D StarStrike or Last Ninja 2 show up somewhere on your list, as those (along with Saboteur 2) were probably the ones that captured most of my time and imagination back when I was a kid. But at the same time, I don't think I disagree with a lot of your choices, as I have very fond memories of pretty much every game you featured :) Looking forward to new content from you, keep up the good work!
Being from Australia, I’ve never seen a Spectrum in person. It just wasn’t a big seller here. But your enthusiasm for this platform is rubbing off on me. Some of these games look like great fun! Definitely a lot less colourful than I’m used to with the C64, but higher resolution and seemingly full of personality.
Thanks for watching. What the ZX Spectrum lacks in colour, it more than makes up for in graphical detail and speed! Try my ‘the six most important ZX spectrum Games’ next th-cam.com/video/9TTAtrp-kpM/w-d-xo.html and if you’ve never heard of the Amstrad, here’s a brilliant guide if I do say so myself ☺️ th-cam.com/video/ccOQELp1JBQ/w-d-xo.html
@@ClassicReplay Thanks - I'll make sure to check out those two videos. I have read a fair bit about the Amstrad CPC464. Even saw one in the flesh in the 80s (not switched on though sadly). Would you believe Australia currently has Alan Sugar as the boss in our version of The Apprentice? Even though I personally owned both a TI994/A and an Atari XEGS, for the average Joe over here it was either C64, Apple II or later Mac/PC/Amiga.
No Skool Daze / Back to Skool, Gauntlet, Klax, Colony? There were some brilliant games for the humble speccy. Long may we remember it and it's temperamental loading! Great list thanks for the memories,!
@@ClassicReplay I had an Amstrad and my friend next door had a Spectrum. I always played lots of games on the Spectrum at his house. The Spectrum was basic but competed well with the Amstrad. There so many varied games in those days I can hardly remember what it was like to play them. Games like thrust were totally brilliant. Both suffered from taking over 20 mins to load games, waiting for 20 mins to see if they loaded properly and buying brilluant looking games that were actually terrible to play. The Spectrum was out far earlier than than the Amstrad and it was a good computer actually. I have one of each now actually but I haven't set them up in ages because its so difficult and I don't know if they work or if the games are playable at all. I like Feud, Spindizzy, isometric games and the very basic top down adventure games that are hard to find on TH-cam, Dan Dare was good, Roland on the Ropes, Outrun and The Last V8. Maybe if I set up the Amstrad I'll find some good games I've forgotten about. Thanks!
There’s lots of online options for playing Amstrad games in a browser. Same for the ZX Spectrum. You had the best of both worlds from the sounds of it 👍
Great list, played most of those. But what about Automania or Supertest or even Dechatlon, and Summer Games, The Great Escape, Where Time Stood Still....Oh my god the memories. Thank you for that, Cheers.
I’ll be getting “The Spectrum” this weekend. It’s going to be strange not using a tape player to load up the games😀 I remember playing Outrun on the 128k. I really hope that’s available on the new machine. Was Uridium on the Speccy, or am I remembering my old mates Commadore?
I always had Commodore's (and an Oric!) but spent so much time on the Speccy round mates houses. Great computer and era, seriously tempted to pick one up on eBay.
Cyclone Attack, Dizzy, Chuckie Egg 2, Tir-Na-Nog, Horace, Shadows of Mordor, Cauldron, Fighter Pilot were all good games I recall. That was almost 40 years ago!
You speak on my thoughts, dude! Every game you show on this video is a hell of time that I was spend on my speccy on my early years! Thanks for this vid, bro! You're trigger my memories and my taste of this wonderful games also! Thanks a lot for this, dude! Take care!
Great list and choices plus a couple I've not played. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it.
Chaos was an amazingly addictive game. I loved it.
1983 £125 spent in WH Smiths. A speccy and Jetpac. Fell in love with the rubber keyed wonder.
Probably the best purchase in the world ☺️
@@ClassicReplay It was. Later I realised that the C64 had better sound etc. But as I love 3d games. 3D starstrike was my favourite, C64 was never as good.
I have over recent years fallen in love with the speccy. It's truly amazing by what could be squeezed out of that humble machine to produce truly amazing games.
They still make games for it
Great top 10 thanks. Manic Miner would definitely be in my top 3 with Jet Set Willy. One game I can't believe isn't mentioned though is Atic Atak which is probably the best Spectrum game ever! Also what about the Daley Thompson super test and decathlon? They were incredible.
I can’t recall now, but I’m sure I mentioned most of those 🧐
Loved Atic Atac; also Sabre Wulf and Nodes of Yesod
Robocop was amazing, I remember running to my mates with this as he didn't beleive me it had speech at the start lol
@brettriverboat9920 nearly every codemasters game had speech at the begging, especially Dizzy games and Grand Prix Simulator
So good to see Manic Miner top the list. A fabulous game for the ages and still so playable
Wonderful list. Loved seeing any attack in there. I played that a lot! Daley Thompson’s decathlon on rubber keys was something to behold. So many great memories. Thank you
Thank you for watching! I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Under Wurlde, Sabre Wulfe, Knightlore, Attic Attack, Jetpac, Pyjamarama, Wheelie
Sounds good to me. I love Jetpac
Wheelie was something else. Also shout out to Mastertronics ATV simulator!
AND BATMAN!
No Dizzy / Bubble Bobble / Commando / A.T.V. / Astemex / R-Type / A.M.C. / some 3D things ?
Some modern strategies like Last Battle / Sim City ?
Silly list. I like Tetris 😂
I mentioned only one modern game in that list - Last Battle FYI, but that’s related to genre, not platform…
Robocop - as well is superb implementation… almost forgot
@Levor85 your list, your opinion 🤷🏻♂️ my list, my opinion. Some good games there though, not sure the point you were making though.
Wow what a trip down memory lane! I played and loved so many of those games! Impossible to create a top 10!
Exactly 👍
Almost impossible to rank.. here are some of my favourites I don't think were mentioned - Sabre Wulf, Atic Atac, TLL, Harrier Attack, Wheelie, Monty Mole, Bruce Lee, Where Time Stood Still, Skool Daze, Werewolves of London and Airborne Ranger.
Lounge lizard Larry,elite, daily Thompson decathlon , outrun, knight lore, good old adventure, Sokol daze, paperboy, horace goes skiing my fave 1942, and montezumas revenge
Paperboy and 1942 were good. 👍
I remember finishing Bruce Lee 10 times in a row. Good Times
@darrenbillups1322 I think I did something similar just for the hi-score
Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this top 10 video being an absolute huge speccy fan myself. I felt your pain trying to choose 10 game from that Stellar spectrum library is almost mission impossible. So glad you showed lots of close calls and honourable mentions. Yep brilliant vid, my fav top 10 video ever...... subbed my friend! 👍🍻
Just discovered your channel fantastic content the sights and sounds of my childhood come to life.
What a memory rush! I loved seeing each and everyone of these again. There are so many more you didn't feature either, the spectrum was an incredible gaming computer.
Oh god yeah. Only scratched the surface. There’s all the new stuff as well 🤯
Manic Miner !
Yes I'd agree..deserves number 1 place.
I played a lot of these Zx Spectrum games back in the 80s
Your video has helped me remember some great games i'd forgotten about..
'Flying Shark'!
'Renegade'
'Match day 2'
'Thrust'
'Operation Wolf'
'Spellbound'
'Super Hangon'
Among others..
My list would include
'Scramble'
Terra Cresta'
'Chronos'
'Dizzy'
And maybe 'R-Type'?
...But there were a lot of good games for the Spectrum....so its really hard to do a list.
Doing any sort of list like this for the popular 8bits is so difficult. I’m amazed I came out the other side.
It is a nearly impossible task to compile a top 10 list for the ZX Spectrum, well done for attempting it 👍
Quite a few of those would feature in most peoples lists though.
Nice one!
There’s no science to it, no real thought process. It was simply, which games do I play and come back to the most. So brain dumped every game I played on screen and then figured out which are the games I come back to or play the most. This is the end result. The game that eventually wins, actually wins by a country mile, as I definitely play that more than any other game on the Speccy. In fact infinitely more 😀
just found this. did the top 10 format so well with many games mentioned. top marks!
Thanks my friend. Hopefully I'll gain a sub from you ;-)
I love how you grouped all your contenders you were choosing amongst for each slot!
Thank you ☺️ I get quite a bit of stick in the comments for doing that, but I enjoyed it.
@@ClassicReplay
I don’t understand how it works.
Why is one of the contenders for number 5 not be the winner for number 6, and so on?
@aloonatronrex3472 you’ve skipped my explanation
Thanks for all ten (give or take one or two) suggestions! Great to see an enthusiast talk about something they clearly are passionate about. :)
Cheers my friend. Please subscribe. Plenty more where that came from 😀
Nice list and like the way you kept adding in honourable mentions, made it extra interesting. So many brilliant games it'd be real tough for me to compile a top 10, leave alone a number 1.
Thanks for taking the time out to leave a comment, I really appreciate it. Also thanks for the feedback, I never know what’s working or not. If you could do me a favour and share I’d really appreciate it. I’m planning a new Speccy vid I think you might like, so keep an eye out 👍🏻
So glad you mentioned Rex. Honestly, i might go and play that right now. I loved how much the shield added to the gameplay.
Thanks for watching. Check out my other ZX Spectrum vids 👍🏻
Fantastic collection and differentiated thoughts. Thank you!
Thanks for watching 👀
This was brilliant. Proper trip down memory lane. A few in there I'd completely forgotten.
Cheers my friend, check out my other ZX Spectrum vids.
Great list. You missed Skool Daze. Absolute classic.
Used to love that game, and Little Computer People
Thanks for the list! I've been trying to compile a selection of good games across as many systems as I can find, and this will be a good starting point for picking out solid ZX Spectrum titles.
Man, so many awesome games on Zx Spectrum in just 48k memory.
I've just found the spectrum emulator for the Android today...Many of your games are on my top 10 list too!
This brings me so many memories that I only can share with my older brother who introduced me to the spectrum computer and later I got the amiga 500 and the later versions and ive never stopped having these systems... thank you for sharing this video and long live these games. I'm def gonna buy this spectrum computer to my daughter when she turns 5 :)
My three and six year old daughters now have their own 8bit computers in their room 😀
awesome video, so much analysis about the games!! Greetings from Greece.
Glad you like them!
Good idea to add the 'almost made its' before getting to the actual #10, etc. :) Good reviews. ♥
Journey's End was a great d&d type game, start of exploring a dungeon, then you're travelling across a map with a group of adventurers, and then finally, you explore a castle. Loved this game.
I’ve never played that one, but from your description I will definitely give it a go…
lol. well done - a top tens list using floating point numbers! great recommendations for THE SPECTRUM.
All about the recommendations and hopefully discovering a few games you might have missed back in the day 👍
I always watch these style videos looking for my favourites. I'm a massive fan of 'Halls of the Things'.
I’m always looking for that game I missed. Thanks 😊
Manic Miner was the main reason to purchase the speccy! Great list
Mathew Smith ahead of his time. Thanks for watching 👍
Great list and brings back tonnes of memories , amazed ghostbusters didn’t make it . Remember queuing up at the gameshop to buy that
I only played Ghostbusters on the C64 and Amstrad, never on the Speccy 🤷🏻♂️
I would have put head over heels #1, but wasvery interesting to see that half of this amazing games I've even never heard of! Thank youfor sharing!
Glad you enjoyed!
Utterly superb list. So many games in your list would be in my list too
Thanks mate 👍
Soooo many games, one I always come back to is "Chaos", totally addictive!
I seem to receive a lot of requests for Chaos, ahead of its time in terms of interaction. A good choice 👍
You got them all man! Excellent choices and Great video!
Cheers mate
We were just too spoilt with the zx spectrum and so many classics, cheers for this👍🏻
No problem 👍
Awesome List !!!! For the commercial games back in the years... now I leave you an idea for the same video but newer ZX Spectrum Games released like year > 1999 until now. And congratulations on your video, it was a blast from the past.
Thanks for the idea! Watch this space.
Thrusta was my favorite for the longest time and at young age of 7 probably my first favorite game altogether. Then as I grew bit older Elite and JSW/MM took its spot. Thank you for invoking lots of fond memories from that time :)
Elite, JSW and MM all classics. Played the tape out of them. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Couldn't argue with this list. Although I was a Amstrad owner, I spent a lot of time at my friends place playing on his Spectrum. Even made a make shift 'roach stopper' for his microdrive😁.
I find the two computers very similar, although the Amstrad keyboard is easier to code on. But all coding done in Winape32 these days. Check out my Amstrad vids if you haven't already, I think you might be pleasantly surprised. Plus I have a new Amstrad CPC video almost ready ;-) Thanks for leaving a comment :-)
I think it's fair to put Manic Miner at no.1. It was so groundbreaking. I have to say Lightforce was an amazing game. The colours of the sprites and speed. I always had a thing for The Pyramid with ziggy. So iconic the shape of ziggy.
Groundbreaking? It looks like Miner 49'er on the Atari 400/800/5200 .
@@bjbell52 Well fair point. Really though the music and graphics were quite groundbreaking - if you ask me
I agree, Manic Miner was incredible
Great selection.. it's hard to make a definite top ten but three faves for me are Target Renegade, Jetpac and Enduro Racer
The 128k Speccy deserved a lot more games specifically for the 128 .. the 48 should have been the afterthought but we still got some nice extras
Ace Video, enjoyed, and lots of fun, Rock-on!!
Rock on! Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing i played a lot of them and im looking forward to have a spectrum again!
I'm still waiting for my new Spectrum to arrive from Argos :-)
Great list! It is fun to see the splash screens and the developers names!
We used to play Cookie, Kane and Spy Hunter on repeat.
Does anyone remember Cookie?
Brilliant game! There were loads though. Tranz AM, Ninja, Hate, the list is endless. Thanks for watching and leaving a few memories
A great upload, pal.
It's refreshing to see someone stick their neck out and choose a few games 'off the beaten track'.
Really enjoyed the video - perhaps should have done a top 40 mate? Honourable (yes, that’s how we spell it) mentions to Back To Skool, Attic Attack and Football Manager plus an outside shout for Daley Thompson’s Decathlon. Cheers for the upload!
Cheers my friend. I’ve done a few vids on the ZX Spectrum now, try this ☺️ ZX Spectrum | Top 20 Games
th-cam.com/video/7EH3K7TCNus/w-d-xo.html
My friend, so many awesome titles you brought back to my mind, Head Over Heels, Myth, Saboteur, and Rex, OMG
Glad you enjoyed!
Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner, classic games on the ZX Spectrum but my number 1 would always be Chuckie Egg. I couldn’t beat it for its playability. Thanks for the video brings back good memories. Take care John
Good choice! Classic game! Thanks for leaving a comment
Fantastic video and some really tremendous games mentioned! We need a longer list! You earn't yourself a subscriber.
Cheers 🍻 check out my other vid th-cam.com/video/9TTAtrp-kpM/w-d-xo.html
Here is my incomplete list of favorite zx-spectrum games:
Target Renegade, Renegade, Flying Shark, Terra Cresta, War, Slap Fight, Operation Wolf, Dragon Spirit, Green Beret, Ikari Warriors, Rex, Rick Dangerous 1 & 2, Dan Dare 1 & 3, Nebulus, Dynamite Dan 2, R-Type, Arkanoid, Arkanoid Revenge of Doh, Pacmania, Exolon, Athena, Chase HQ, Colony, Out Run, Enduro Racer, Chevy Chase, Light Force, Scooby Doo, Batty, Bombjack, Fist - The Legend Continues, Ironman Super Off Road, Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Cybernoid 1 & 2, Into Eagles Nest, Freddy Hardest, Bounder, Firefly, Robin of The Wood, Dark Fusion, International Karate +, Myth - History in The Making, Batman, Batman - The Caped Crusader, Batman The Movie, Head Over Heels, Hyper Sports, Stallone Cobra, Anarchy, Jack The Nipper 1 & 2, Dizzy series, Fairlight, Moon Cresta, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Ghosts'n Goblins, Rainbow Islands, Pang, Ms. Pac-Man, Yogi Bear, Yogi's Great Escape, Stop The Express, Last Ninja 2, Bruce Lee, Maze Mania, Rockman, The Way of Exploding Fist, Movie, Desperado, Rogue Trooper, Thunderbirds, Konami Golf, Konami Tennis, Konami Ping-Pong, The Way of Tiger, Commando, Chessmaster 2000, Cabal, Pro Mountain Bike Simulator, Sai Combat, Nether Earth, Great Gurianos, Wec Le Mans, Astro Marine Corps, Rolling Thunder, The Great Escape, Top Cat, Avenger, Barbarian, Stormlord, Hong Kong Phooey, Gryzor, Match Day 2, Operation Wolf, The Addams Family, Shadow of The Beast, Rambo 3, Rodland, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Savage, Action Force 1 & 2, Army Moves, Navy Moves, Shao Lin's Road, Combat School, Who Dares Wins 2, Plotting, Heartland, Mickey Mouse, Thundercats, Crystal Castles, Rock'n Roller, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Untouchables, Saboteur 1 & 2, Nosferatu, Hydrofool, Scuba Dive, Postman Pat 2, Ninja Hamster, Spy vs Spy, Turbo the Tortoise, Potsworth & Co., Atom Ant, Cauldron 1 & 2, Hysteria, Tornado Low Level, Cyclone, HATE.
Best list ever!
Ikari warriors was class
Hypersports
I was not aware Sabotuer was on the iPad! awesome
Man you just gave me flashbacks. Batman the movie was a fave of mine. Loved rastan , and loved and hated Ollie and lisa at the same time. Great list
Thanks for watching and the kind words 😊
Awsome video and nostalgia unlock... Deathchase was the first game I ever played. Games I can't where not mentioned though... Commando, ikari warriors, gryzor, atv, bomber jack, and rasputin
I think Deathchase was the same for me as well. I agree about those games mentioned as well, ATV underrated and Ikari and Commando brilliant
Good to see Laser Squad there! I had it n the Amstrad. I loved also Rebelstar!
One of the best on the Amiga as well. But yes the Amstrad version was brilliant
Great choices
Great games, great choices, thanks for the video!
Cheers my friend. You should check out my other ZX Spectrum vids 😉 thanks for watching
@@ClassicReplay will do :)
Good to hear love for buggy boy. I spent hours on my spectrum
I loved the big sprites they used in the game, plus I thought it was decent arcade conversion.
Some classics from the Speccy here, love it thanks
Thanks for watching. Please share and spread the Speccy love ❤️😉👍🏻
I'm a sucker for racing games so seeing Stunt Car Racer and Super Hang-On made my day. Great list, some I've not played so added to the massive list to play that I have 🎈🙌
Melbourne House Penetrator was an epic “scramble”copy. Thrust - so many hours. Spy v Spy what a classic. Manic Miner IS the ZX Spectrum, but for me so is JetPac/Lunar Jetman, Arcadia, and so many more.
All greats! Loved Thrust
Nice! Takes me back a bit , and you saved my faves to last - Chucky egg, manic miner, jet set willy ….
Hell yeah! 👍
Chucky egg no.1
After all those years ago, now watching the levels of manic miner i could still remember how to complete them, just shows how many hours were spent on it.
Like riding a bike 👍
That was a brilliant video, well done.
Cheers my friend
Thank you for the video, it brought back memories. There's two great games that don't seem to get a mention. Avalon & Dragontorc.
I’ll be honest, I never managed to complete either. But definitely great games. There’s quite a few vids on TH-cam including a walkthrough that show how much content the game offered. It would definitely make my top fifty.
Great video mate. I'm a commodore man but my mate had a 128 back in the day and when I stayed over loved playing robocop and many more games that have so much more playability than the 64. Just subscribed and looking forward to watching your videos 👍
Thanks for sharing
Yes! Target Renegade was classic. Loved playing that game when I could get it to load 😄
Same here!
Thoroughly enjoyed that trip down memory lane, loved robo cop back in the day but my favourites were wanted monty mole and Bruce lee lol. Great vid mate
Thanks mate! Much appreciated 👍
Stunt Car racer exceptional on all formats
100% I think the Amiga wins out, but all the others capture the spirit nicely
Great list. Very nostalgic, I enjoyed watching the mentions that didn’t make it. The one I personally thought should have deserved a mention was “The Last Ninja 2” which I played to death!
Thanks for the feedback. I can’t personally take The Last Ninja series seriously on any other system after playing it on the C64. But you’re correct, it’s still a good game on the old Speccy.
Great to see a list (40 or so?) without any Dizzy game.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the way you talk with passion.
Lovely thanks ☺️
Some excellent choices here, reminds me of being a kid.. especially bubble bobble. Great game.
lol just saw number 1.. manic miner. I could get as far as eugene's toilet. Hard as nails that game. My dad played it for hours while I was a kid asleep loll
My job is done 😊
Yes, it was a similar story in our house
Absolutely incredible list!!!
Great reviews, & I must agree with Manic Miner & Ant Attack. I would also have to add Cyclone & Atic Atac though, can't believe they weren't mentioned.
Out Run, Commando, Treasure Island Dizzy, Crazy Caverns, and The Wild Bunch should have all been given a mention in my opinion. Nevertheless, a great video. Thanks!
of course there is so many more brilliant Speccy games to add to your list, but somehow I agree with your selection.
Cheers mate! Thanks for leaving a comment 👍 try this as well and let me know your thoughts th-cam.com/video/9TTAtrp-kpM/w-d-xo.html
Manic Miner! my favorite spectrum game of all time too. Great pick!
Great minds 🥰
Awesome choices. :) I played some of those myself on the ZX Spectrum 48k. My favorites where the Saboteur, Rex, Renegade, Target Renegade, Cobra, Green Beret, Ikari Warriors. :)
Cheers. :)
Brought back some memories:)
That’s what we like 👍
Just discovered this channel, gotta say I loved your top 10! Kudos for the great video! Gotta say tho, was kind of hoping to see either 3D StarStrike or Last Ninja 2 show up somewhere on your list, as those (along with Saboteur 2) were probably the ones that captured most of my time and imagination back when I was a kid. But at the same time, I don't think I disagree with a lot of your choices, as I have very fond memories of pretty much every game you featured :)
Looking forward to new content from you, keep up the good work!
Skool Daze is one of my favourites. A bit weird, but fun, and funny.
Yes, brilliant game, I would love to play it today in a Minecraft or Lego style game. I bet someone has already done it
Laser Squad, Laser Squad, Laser Squad! Brilliant. Quazatron and Elite would be on my list too :)
Laser Squad, I here you 🤣 there’s also the laser Squad expansion pack 👍 please share if you liked this vid mate
Being from Australia, I’ve never seen a Spectrum in person. It just wasn’t a big seller here. But your enthusiasm for this platform is rubbing off on me. Some of these games look like great fun! Definitely a lot less colourful than I’m used to with the C64, but higher resolution and seemingly full of personality.
Thanks for watching. What the ZX Spectrum lacks in colour, it more than makes up for in graphical detail and speed! Try my ‘the six most important ZX spectrum Games’ next th-cam.com/video/9TTAtrp-kpM/w-d-xo.html and if you’ve never heard of the Amstrad, here’s a brilliant guide if I do say so myself ☺️ th-cam.com/video/ccOQELp1JBQ/w-d-xo.html
@@ClassicReplay Thanks - I'll make sure to check out those two videos. I have read a fair bit about the Amstrad CPC464. Even saw one in the flesh in the 80s (not switched on though sadly). Would you believe Australia currently has Alan Sugar as the boss in our version of The Apprentice? Even though I personally owned both a TI994/A and an Atari XEGS, for the average Joe over here it was either C64, Apple II or later Mac/PC/Amiga.
Well that took me back. Great review.
Thanks you my friend, please spread the word ;0)
A great collection of speccy games.
Does anyone else think that SWIV (at 2:30) looks quite similar to Ikari Warriors?
I guess there’s similarities in all types of vertical shooters, but maybe they shared sprites or other code
No Skool Daze / Back to Skool, Gauntlet, Klax, Colony? There were some brilliant games for the humble speccy. Long may we remember it and it's temperamental loading! Great list thanks for the memories,!
I remember Colony, definitely ahead of its time. All the games you mentioned were great!
I loved Buggy Boy...Exolon or Midnight Resistance would be my Number 1...great list, thanks for sharing :)
I’m a big Buggy Boy fan as well on the Speccy. Midnight Resistance is pure class. Thanks for watching.
The "Ant attack" was another level! It was the favorite of my father, mine was the Bruce Lee
Amazing times
I will try Jet Pac 18:31 good content keep going up 🎃💯
Good times 🥳
Cracking collection… exelon, spellbound, cybernoid, Rex, target renegade … I loved Spy Hunter where you could switch from car to boat 🥳
The memories are still there just buried a bit deeper these days. Rex was brilliant.
This is a very funny video
Good to see Thrust again
Well played!
Cheers chap! Love me some Thrust 🙂
@@ClassicReplay I had an Amstrad and my friend next door had a Spectrum. I always played lots of games on the Spectrum at his house. The Spectrum was basic but competed well with the Amstrad. There so many varied games in those days I can hardly remember what it was like to play them. Games like thrust were totally brilliant. Both suffered from taking over 20 mins to load games, waiting for 20 mins to see if they loaded properly and buying brilluant looking games that were actually terrible to play. The Spectrum was out far earlier than than the Amstrad and it was a good computer actually. I have one of each now actually but I haven't set them up in ages because its so difficult and I don't know if they work or if the games are playable at all. I like Feud, Spindizzy, isometric games and the very basic top down adventure games that are hard to find on TH-cam, Dan Dare was good, Roland on the Ropes, Outrun and The Last V8. Maybe if I set up the Amstrad I'll find some good games I've forgotten about.
Thanks!
There’s lots of online options for playing Amstrad games in a browser. Same for the ZX Spectrum. You had the best of both worlds from the sounds of it 👍
Great list, played most of those. But what about Automania or Supertest or even Dechatlon, and Summer Games, The Great Escape, Where Time Stood Still....Oh my god the memories. Thank you for that, Cheers.
Love all of those, probably spent more time playing those titles than I do newer games.
I’ll be getting “The Spectrum” this weekend. It’s going to be strange not using a tape player to load up the games😀 I remember playing Outrun on the 128k. I really hope that’s available on the new machine. Was Uridium on the Speccy, or am I remembering my old mates Commadore?
Outrun you will need to find 😉 Uridium is also on the Speccy, but not included. But both work a treat 👍
Good games mentioned, auf wiedersehen Monty, knightlore and commando would have been in mine
I always had Commodore's (and an Oric!) but spent so much time on the Speccy round mates houses. Great computer and era, seriously tempted to pick one up on eBay.
Make sure to go for a 128k version so you can enjoy all the extra bells and whistles 👍
Cyclone Attack, Dizzy, Chuckie Egg 2, Tir-Na-Nog, Horace, Shadows of Mordor, Cauldron, Fighter Pilot were all good games I recall. That was almost 40 years ago!
Dizzy still plays well, can’t vouch for the others
You speak on my thoughts, dude!
Every game you show on this video is a hell of time that I was spend on my speccy on my early years!
Thanks for this vid, bro! You're trigger my memories and my taste of this wonderful games also!
Thanks a lot for this, dude!
Take care!
Sounds like you too, had a great childhood 👍🏻
Great to see Deathchase on your list - such an early but brilliant game!!!
Thanks my friend 👍 great times!