Classic ZX Spectrum Games

[Sark79]

I forgot about Paperboy.  I loved that game 

[I, Zimbra]

I still have ALL my ZX Spectrums (went through about four of them )

So much fun to wander through 'Target Renegade' after school.

[I, Zimbra]

 

Anyone else realise that the Spectrum celebrated its 25th Birthday yesterday?

No, me neither... which makes me feel bad. SO, belatedly -

 

We will never see the like again; gameplay over graphics, substance over style... and games so tough they made you want to cry. Even when you had seven lives to get it done.


In honor of that, here is a video clip of someone actually COMPLETING Jet Set Willy.....

http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/videos/jsw.php

You rubber-keyed beauty, you stand alone.

[thetank]

Charmaine misses one 

  to the machine.

[Indestructable]

Jet Set Willy has to be the best.
 

[fearisthekey]

that one where you were an explorer dude in 3D going through the dungeons then every ten minutes you would uer uer uer change into a wolf, meet wizards etc. what's the name??? argh. amazing game. more fun than the modern supervisual effects.

[Ironside]

and games so tough they made you want to cry. Even when you had seven lives to get it done.

the reason games are so easy to beat nowadays is to get people spening more money on the sequal


long live the speccy (can i say that without being accused of bullting)

i personally think it ruled the fact its so fondly remembered by everyone that used it shows its class
the c64 owners all seem ashamed to say they didn own the beast

[matt674]

that one where you were an explorer dude in 3D going through the dungeons then every ten minutes you would uer uer uer change into a wolf, meet wizards etc. what's the name??? argh. amazing game. more fun than the modern supervisual effects.

Knight Lore?


One of many "ultimate - play the game" games that used to waste away many an hour in the monkeyboy treehouse!!

[Acidmouse]

more of a vic 20 man myself but i did like the variety of spectrum games. Loved manic miner mostest.

[RED-DOG]

that one where you were an explorer dude in 3D going through the dungeons then every ten minutes you would uer uer uer change into a wolf, meet wizards etc. what's the name??? argh. amazing game. more fun than the modern supervisual effects.

The Hobbit?

[matt674]

that one where you were an explorer dude in 3D going through the dungeons then every ten minutes you would uer uer uer change into a wolf, meet wizards etc. what's the name??? argh. amazing game. more fun than the modern supervisual effects.

The Hobbit?

The hobbit used to be an adventure game on the spectrum where you had to actually type in your instructions - getting locked up to get the key off the goblin used to take forever and i was forever being watched by the "big bulbous eyes"!

[RED-DOG]

that one where you were an explorer dude in 3D going through the dungeons then every ten minutes you would uer uer uer change into a wolf, meet wizards etc. what's the name??? argh. amazing game. more fun than the modern supervisual effects.

The Hobbit?

The hobbit used to be an adventure game on the spectrum where you had to actually type in your instructions - getting locked up to get the key off the goblin used to take forever and i was forever being watched by the "big bulbous eyes"!

Yeah! The "Bulbous Eyes" drove us mad, then my mam would put the kettle on and it would crash.

[JungleCat03]

Haha my c64 pwned you all!

Although i have to say Head over Heels was a classic speccy game that was ported across unadorned and was very good.

Click to see full-size image.

[fearisthekey]

Yeah, that's the one cheers, KNIGHTLORE. Weird how graphics that are basic (pardon the pun) by today's standards still allowed for great gaming, this title really grabbed me. I couldn't find a download emulator that worked, but this nondownload JAVA version is good

http://www.sonic.net/~surdules/projects/jzx/

Controls are z a q  1 to pickup special objects

Addictive!

1986? Where the **** did 20 years just go???

[matt674]

Yeah, that's the one cheers, KNIGHTLORE. Weird how graphics that are basic (pardon the pun) by today's standards still allowed for great gaming, this title really grabbed me. I couldn't find a download emulator that worked, but this nondownload JAVA version is good

http://www.sonic.net/~surdules/projects/jzx/

Controls are z a q  1 to pickup special objects

Addictive!

1986? Where the **** did 20 years just go???

They did a similar game not long after which was also just as good called Alien8 - it wasn't long after though that the games took a turn for the worse. I wasnt particularly keen on a game Underwurld that came out at the same time as Knight Lore but then a few of the titles like Gunfright and Pentagram that were based on similar concepts weren't that good.