Top 50 PERSONAL FAVOURITE ZX Spectrum Games of all time ‎

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  • This is a list of what I believe to be the best Sinclair ZX Spectrum games of all time, in fact I could have succeeded 50 and continued but had to stop somewhere! Let is know of your favourite ZX Spectrum games in the comments section.
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  • @JustJamie1983
    @JustJamie1983  3 місяці тому

    More retro countdowns Here:
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  • @Chobbito
    @Chobbito Рік тому +11

    This was a great reminder that I had a wonderful childhood as I had about 85% of these. Thanks for a great video

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Рік тому +4

      No probs. Childhoods was much simpler back then compared with the complexities of today's.

    • @cocktailzombie
      @cocktailzombie Рік тому +1

      ​@@JustJamie1983thats for sure, i would love to go back and spend a few months in 1985. Who would have thought back then that the world in 2023 would be so crazy. And we still dont have flying cars or hoverboards.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Рік тому +1

      @cocktailzombie exactly. The world is an insane place today and that'd what makes nostaglia so needed for people who knew a better time.

    • @cocktailzombie
      @cocktailzombie Рік тому +1

      @@JustJamie1983 yeah playing all the dizzy games on the amiga in retrobat unlocks memories i forgot i had and instantly takes me back. Funny in a way how back in the 80s we all looked to the future as some marvelous technological dream and here we are. Smartphones and men who think they can get pregnant is not what i imagined.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Рік тому +1

      @cocktailzombie technology was a great idea. Problem is. We have used and abused it and forget that this was in fact an idea to reunite lost friends once and learn things during the infancy of UA-cam. The new generations didn't see that progression and take the Internet for granted and use it as a tool to do whatever they like.

  • @Zatracenec
    @Zatracenec Місяць тому +3

    When I saw that lift off in Jetpac for the first time I almost pissed myself. It was 1985 and I was 5 yo. Damn...good times.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Місяць тому +1

      Great memory my friend.

    • @spawn5310
      @spawn5310 Місяць тому +1

      Yes, I was 7 yo. Agree, good times, my favorite game was Exolon

    • @Zatracenec
      @Zatracenec Місяць тому +1

      @@spawn5310Exolon was awesome. I liked to launch the missile. :-)

  • @argiebargie6478
    @argiebargie6478 Місяць тому +1

    Number 49 Batty, it arrived free of charge on a Your Sinclair magazine as a cover tape. awesome game back in the day

  • @digitizer3627
    @digitizer3627 Рік тому +3

    Thanks.. brings back lots of memories

  • @MOSMASTERING
    @MOSMASTERING 7 місяців тому +2

    I only played Rainbow Islands on Atari ST, but the ZX was an incredible port for the hardware!

  • @trueh
    @trueh 6 місяців тому +1

    This is a really good list. Happy to see someone with similar tastes to me 🙂There are some games that usually do not show in other lists and I like such as Bugy Boy, Rex, Pac-mania, Rastan, The New Zealand Story, and Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge. Not in this list that I also liked are Ikari Warriors, Mad Mix Game, Nigel Mansel, La Abadía del Crimen, The Sentinel, and Spirits.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  6 місяців тому +1

      Better than seeing the generic jet set willy and manic miner thing isn't it.

  • @super_morto
    @super_morto Місяць тому +1

    thanks for the memories once I saw Chucky Egg that was it!!!! ❤

  • @StCreed
    @StCreed Рік тому +4

    Where is Jet Set Willy? And I really liked that WW2 bomber sim where you played a member of the crew.
    Oh, and if anyone knows the name of the game where you are in a dark mountain in semi-2D and it has 2 musical channels playing, I'd love to know it. It was apparently the first game with two music channels on the ZX Spectrum.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Рік тому +1

      To be honest. I'm not overly keen on JSW and I aim to be a little more creative with my reccomendations. Most videos will mention the obvious. Although I did manage to pop Manic Miner in their.

  • @fmaylinch
    @fmaylinch 4 місяці тому +1

    Awesome list! I would add Ikari Warriors, and another one less known, Spherical.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this! OMG!

  • @MrRjhyt
    @MrRjhyt 10 місяців тому

    I still played emulated versions of some of these. Sabre Wulf, but was also a big fan of 'Halls of the Things', and 'Android 2'. All incredible achievements when you think of the constraints of the time.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  10 місяців тому

      Emulation is quick and offers just as good job if not better than a real Speccy obviously depending on the emulators accuracy. Issue is with ZX Spectrum hardware is that it is very old now and tech dosent last forever.

  • @darkenergy9829
    @darkenergy9829 11 місяців тому +1

    You missed two of my favourite ones. Treasure island dizzy and Myth. Thanks for this vid it was nice to reminisce.

  • @stewsretroreviews
    @stewsretroreviews 6 місяців тому +1

    Some bangers in there, I can't complain here, speccy classics 👌

  • @sbirchsbirch6232
    @sbirchsbirch6232 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice selection.

  • @seraphinberktold7087
    @seraphinberktold7087 6 місяців тому

    All these best games lists will always have huge gaps. It's a personal perspective and thus much appreciated. 😊
    So here come my personal favourite games which are missing here:
    Ant Attack (3D with different camera angles), Dragontorc of Avalon (beats Skyrim in playability), Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge, Zynaps, Carrier Command (2D only on C64), Trap Door, Exolon, Quazatron (What is Paradroid anyway?😅), Jangler (very unknown ), Vectron (Tim Follin did an amazing 48 kB tune and the game is very demanding), Metal Man Remix, Valley of Rains, Angels, Roger the Pangolin, Penetrator (Scramble with level editor)
    Oh, there is so much more, like Rebelstar 1 and 2, Lode Runner, Stunt Car Racer, Laser Squad, Hero Quest and all those wonderful adventures like the Hobbit, ah, and Elite, of course!
    The C64 often did not get a (decent) version of many 3D games due to lack of CPU speed.
    Examples are Carrier Command (see above), Starion, Starglider 1 and 2, both Starstrike games, especially the second one with solid 3D graphics.
    There are more than 20.000 games to choose from on the ZX Spectrum, on the C64 no less, I presume.
    If we only really get to grips with the best 1 percent of that library, we are occupied for life.
    Retro gaming is so much fun!
    On any retoro platform!
    Greetings to all those Commie users, Atari XL fans, Amstrad CPC and MSX affictionados!❤

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  6 місяців тому +1

      Hey, nice list. Sadly many people don't believe in personal favourites lol

  • @gavinfullen4282
    @gavinfullen4282 5 місяців тому +1

    Ranarama was my favourite....must try it!

  • @EnjoySynthSounds
    @EnjoySynthSounds 7 місяців тому +1

    Game 31, had some serious Marioesque platforming going on.

  • @nichttuntun3364
    @nichttuntun3364 11 місяців тому

    Great list of awesome games. I'd add Frank 'N Stein. ❤

  • @stewsretroreviews
    @stewsretroreviews Рік тому

    Great games from my favourite 8-bit, I picked a top 10 on my channel, incredibly hard, as I could have chosen another 50 at least to be in it 😂
    Great content dude 👍

  • @maxheadroom22and26
    @maxheadroom22and26 10 місяців тому

    I'm biased, because i love C64 and have never played a Spectrum game yet. A bunch of games really look to be fun. Some have a great soundtrack (is that the standard Speccy soundchip?), but many have annoying sfx or music to rip your ears off. Buggy Boy is a legend on C64. This version here looks totally different with that huge buggy. Moon Strike is pretty slow, but nice music. Chase HQ looks like the C64 version (which looks nice for Spectrum, but really bad for the 64...). 11 games have a monochrome playfield which i don't mind if the game is fun. I'd prefer that to heavy colour clash.
    Nice video, as always!
    But there's one game i can't see why it should be on this list: Wonderboy. Monochrome playfield, a 5 second loop as soundtrack (not really, but almost) and not very smooth scrolling. The game itself is an okayish-nice classic, but this version isn't great, "even" for a Spectrum game. Are there people out there who like the Speccy port? Just curious...

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  10 місяців тому

      Me too. C64 fan all the way but I have admired Speccy for years now. You Should see some of the homebrew games coming out these days. No colour clash etc.

  • @reecehorner3736
    @reecehorner3736 6 місяців тому

    Loved my 48k with soft key's 💕

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  6 місяців тому

      Still has a thriving community today with many games still being developed.

  • @boloyeung3568
    @boloyeung3568 10 місяців тому +2

    Too bad that lots of game studios are focused on PC market nowadays. ZX Spectrum still has lots of fans.

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 7 місяців тому

      Check out the Spectrum Next.

  • @pollutedhalo
    @pollutedhalo 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video! How have you smoothed out the graphics? Looks so good!

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks. I used Retrobat which I cover a lot of on my channel:
      ua-cam.com/video/YHW4brRLjps/v-deo.html

    • @pollutedhalo
      @pollutedhalo 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JustJamie1983 Very cool! Almost looks like a clean CRT and how it looked back in the day, but cleaner. Will be cheking out your other videos and thank you! Getting so much nosalgia from this video as we speak. Great stuff!

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  3 місяці тому +1

      @pollutedhalo nostalgia is awesome. Let's face it. Most modern day games are terrible!

    • @pollutedhalo
      @pollutedhalo 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JustJamie1983 I love a lot of modern games. I love Fortnite and Elden Ring. PS: I played Saboteur (ZX Spectrum version) recently and still holds up! Great game! Firelord (Hewson) was another fave. I'll shut up here, before I write an essay! Lol.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  3 місяці тому +1

      @pollutedhalo I know what you mean haha

  • @World-of-Virtual-pinball
    @World-of-Virtual-pinball 4 місяці тому +1

    Are a lot of these from the new spectrum ? as the music was never this good as it only had the beep beep sound :-), my favorite game was jetpac but to be honest anything ultimate did was top notch.

  • @-ZloySanta-
    @-ZloySanta- 11 місяців тому +3

    From Pacmania #46 what's music track name?

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  11 місяців тому

      Hey there. I honestly have no idea. It's just game music.

    • @gofreelance40
      @gofreelance40 11 місяців тому +3

      It’s Jarre

    • @johnchaos78
      @johnchaos78 8 місяців тому

      That music is not in the game

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 7 місяців тому

      @@gofreelance40Yes, Jean-Michel Jarre.

  • @leecollison8795
    @leecollison8795 11 місяців тому

    Ps roller coaster another fav

  • @mcjdubpower
    @mcjdubpower Рік тому +1

    ❤Dizzy

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Рік тому +1

      Superb games. Did you know that an official Oliver Twins endorsed game came out a few years back?

    • @mcjdubpower
      @mcjdubpower Рік тому

      @@JustJamie1983 I did not know that, I have not played a Spectrum since the 80s. Unfortunately my spectrum and Amiga had been slung out many moons ago, I am on the edge of buying an Amiga though, thanks for the vids and nostalgia.

  • @mcjdubpower
    @mcjdubpower Рік тому +1

    Gud vid

  • @davew1234
    @davew1234 10 місяців тому +1

    Batty is much better than Arkanoid on the Speccy and I will die on this hill.

  • @apppc.celulares6808
    @apppc.celulares6808 9 місяців тому +1

    Bom dia meu amigo.
    Sou seguidor do seu canal.
    Meu nome é Roberto, sou do Brasil.
    Tenho um TK90X 48Kb.
    Você teria o jogo pra eu baixar "Ground Attack" ?

  • @Operator8009
    @Operator8009 16 днів тому +1

    I don’t think I enjoyed gaming as much as I did with my old speccy. You missed some superb games like way of the exploding fist, Dragon Ninja, yie ar kung fu and who dares wins 2.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  16 днів тому

      I played most of those on my C64 😀

    • @Operator8009
      @Operator8009 16 днів тому +1

      @ C64?! You traitor!😂

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  16 днів тому

      @Operator8009 if you knew how much C= content I'd covered you'd see why lol

    • @Operator8009
      @Operator8009 16 днів тому +1

      @@JustJamie1983 I never had c64 myself. I knew they were superior with graphics and sound but something about the speccy made me never bothered about going over to the dark side.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  16 днів тому

      @Operator8009 well you will be pleased to know I will be getting a new brand new Speccy DIY motherboard for Christmas with a new case etc..

  • @leecollison8795
    @leecollison8795 11 місяців тому +1

    Y jetpac one ahhhhhh

  • @Nick-ov8sm
    @Nick-ov8sm Рік тому

    Booty was a great game not included!!

  • @robertwilson214
    @robertwilson214 8 місяців тому

    Lets be honest..around 87 we ditched it when sega master came out.

  • @robertwilson214
    @robertwilson214 8 місяців тому

    Was hudson hawk game as bad as the film?😂

    • @blatherskite3009
      @blatherskite3009 5 місяців тому +1

      Not in my opinion... It was one of those rare occasions where the game-of-the-film was arguably better than the film it was based on. It was a decent little platformer - well, it was on the Amiga, anyway. Can't speak for the Speccy version.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  5 місяців тому

      Nope. The film was medicore. Game was superb.

  • @Mince1971
    @Mince1971 9 місяців тому +1

    Not sure what you were doing when everyone was playing decent spectrum games

  • @Mucker-le6ld
    @Mucker-le6ld 8 місяців тому

    Highway Encounter, Way of the Exploding Fist, Jet Set Willy, Trans AM, The Sabateor - Please make this list again and make it correctly this time!!

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  8 місяців тому +1

      Are you serious? This is MY LIST. How about realising that everybody isn't you. And to be honest how you treat me. You must be a real lovely person.

    • @TravelWithMe38
      @TravelWithMe38 8 місяців тому

      And what makes the games you picked correct? Just because you like them? This video is Jamie’s personal favourite countdown and so what if he likes different games to you!
      You are extremely rude to make a comment telling him to make it “correct” everyone is different and sure as hell don’t need to conform to your way of thinking. If you wanna see them games in a countdown go and watch the countless other videos that all include them or better still make your own video about it and you do it “correctly”

    • @Mucker-le6ld
      @Mucker-le6ld 8 місяців тому

      @@JustJamie1983 ? Irrelevant

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 7 місяців тому

      It’s his personal list. How about you make yours?

    • @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309
      @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 2 місяці тому

      Moron.
      The title says "personal favourite".
      The world is not all about you.

  • @geralt_di_rivia
    @geralt_di_rivia 10 місяців тому

    Have you ever played spectrum games, instead propose stupid portings, you forgot some like: ghostbusters, spy vs spy, decathlon, kane, barbarian, the goonies, the sentinel, anyway not the 80% of yours

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  10 місяців тому +3

      Naa. I didn't forget. I just don't like those games.

    • @darrenporter1850
      @darrenporter1850 9 місяців тому

      Ghostbusters was terrible on Spectrum. Goonies? Kane?????

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  9 місяців тому

      @darrenporter1850 ?

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  9 місяців тому

      In your opinion, sure. This is my video.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  8 місяців тому

      @Mucker-le6ld dude. Leave my channel.