+Steve Hyde Yeah, amateur radio just exploded in those early years of the ZX Spectrum. Two deck tape recorders were really expensive back then, but there was always a neighbour that "kindly" broadcast games for us to copy!! :) Those were the days! He he! Thanks for your comment, Steve! I really appreciate it!
+It's a Pixel THING Wait, I never heard of that - broadcast piracy in the ZX days? We did have radio programs in Brazil experiment transmitting applications in the 80s, but nothing like this. Where in the world was that?
+MetalJesusRocks Hi, Metal Jesus! Many thanks for your comments! I really appreciate it! ;) Your videos are such an inspiration! Glad you enjoyed it! ;) Cheers!
So what would the proper pronunciation be? Is it Zee-ecks spectrum or Zed-ecks spectrum? Coming from the US, I say the final letter of the English alphabet as Zee and not Zed.
+Eric Barlow it's british so zed is probably more correct. but as someone from a country that says zed splitting hairs over something like this is kinda dumb.
Wow, awesome Speccy retrospective! I’m *loving* your channel, Kia Ora from New Zealand. Thanks, so many new games I hadn’t heard of - you’re clearly about four years younger than me, my ZX Spectrum 48K fully-transfixed years were c.1982-1987! So therefore, off the top of my head, without checking my tape archives, my Favourite Games are (in no particular order): Knight Lore (1984), 3D Ant Attack (1983), Spy Hunter (1984), Match Day (1984), Way of the Exploding Fist (1985), Saboteur (1985), Bruse Lee (1984).
+AkAkAkNeil Yeah, Bruce Lee and The Way of the Exploding Fist are so memorable! Those almost made it to my list ;) And Spy Hunter and Match Day were also extremely good and played a lot back then! Thanks for watching my videos, Neil! I really appreciate it ;) Cheers!
This is amazing, you just took me back to my youth... kids nowadays have no idea what they missed . I'm so happy like you, we got to live through all these games and titles :)
Hi! Thanks for stopping by! :) I'm a big fan of your work! :) Feel free to check my other content! I have a bunch of other Spectrum and Amiga related videos! Have a great weekend! Cheers!
It's a year old comment I know, but it's just a snap of the fingers in the over thirty years Spectrum history. There is indeed a 128K music hack for Commando, and it's great. Here's some random video of it ua-cam.com/video/0XfLLgThYl8/v-deo.html
I lived with my spectrum rather than go to school! So many hours burnt sitting with it and enjoying the games. I think despite being lost to the spectrum from age 11 to 14 I played probably 3 of the games in your list. Just amazing how many good games there were. However, I blame Elite which I think cost me a year of my life and during which time I played very little else! :)
It's always nice to find fellow portuguese people that share an interest for retro gaming, there aren't many of us since there wasn't really a big gaming scene in Portugal until the late 90s, but the Spectrum was definitely where it started, even though I was born almost 10 years after it stopped being relevant. Nevertheless I do enjoy playing these outdated systems and I'm currently repairing a spectrum which I bought at a second hand store. I definitely enjoyed your channel and have subscribed!
Thank you so much for your inspiring comment! :) Really appreciate your gesture! :) Feel free to check my other videos and have fun ;) Have a great day!! Abraço!
I can't believe I've never seen your channel before. Just found this today, and shared with all my friends. Man, I wish I had grown up with the Spectrum and other consoles of that generation!!! (I'm more NES/SNES generation myself) I would love to play the games on this list! Can't wait to check out more videos!
When I saw this spanish games, I always remember those times when we in Czechoslovakia as kids learn what is "Arriba, Abajo, Teclado, Jugador" and many other spanish words :) Spanish games was so great.
Indeed! The Spanish industry was huge back in those days! I'm Portuguese, so all their games would be also available in my country :) I have a bunch other videos related to the Spanish golden era of videogames! Check it out! Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories! Cheers!
Really good video. As always of course. I learn a lot about the european gaming scene. I'm mexican and I had little to no experience with some of these computers. I had the oportunity to play some games for the C64, and the Spectrum long time ago, and like 2 years ago or so, I started to check music for those which is FANTASTIC (included the Amstrad and the 16 bit computers as well). Jonathan Dunn Rocks! I love how europeans and asians had a very distinct touch when it comes to game and music making, at least at that time. Sorry for extending the comment that much haha, but I appreciate that kind of things and you are one of my main sources to know much more about the gaming culture from the other side of the pond n_n Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
+DANMAKUMAN VGM I thank you for watching my content, DANMAKUMAN VGM! I really appreciate it! :) I believe that, back then, it would be so damn difficult to create 8 bit music for video games and Jonathan Dunn, Ben Daglish, Mathew Cannon, Keith Tinman, David Whittaker, Dave Rogers, and others are simply my heroes! :) In the 16 bit scene, the king of them all is Chris Hülsbeck! He made some awesome and memorable music for, for instance, Turrican 2! :) Cheers!
Yup, I know all of them, well, their work hehe. And yes, it was pretty difficult, but they managed to create such awesome compositions. Don't forget The Follin Bros. and Jochen Hippel. They are awesome too. :D
Nice video and nice computer / games :) Thanks! We had this for long, first had ZX-81 but then our dad bought the ZX Spectrum 48k and wow! Life wasn't the same anymore heh. Cheers...
Thank you ;) Have you asked why do I shout?.. I thought I saw that in your comment.... well, you know, I think its the enthusiasm that I have for this area ;) Thank you so much for your much appreciated feedback! ;) Cheers!
Hi there :) Ah about that shouting comment, I actually felt like you did that at the start, seems when I deleted that comment (as being not that important, as I understood your enthusiasm :) it was still sent to you. I do not take my words back, but when I watched the whole video more, I wanted not to post it. You're welcome of course and thanks again for this video. Spectrum ment a lot to me years back and, well still does, even though I don't have that computer (well it was my dad's) anymore. Take care and keep up with the good work! Cheers...
You too! You can only improve of course, but so far what you have done, is great. I hope you keep on making more videos, I will follow them that's for sure. Ah you know, I might get some Spectrum emulator to try and play some of the favs. games again. Cheers...
Really good video mate, so many classics for the Zx Spectrum. I've just started doing some game reviews myself and its great to play those old games all over again...👍🏻
Excellent video as always, honestly I don't [didn't :P] know much about the Spectrum and its "relatives", it's not from my time :P Keep on the great work, awesome to see you're getting a lot of fans/viewers and recognition over your videos, you deserve it.
Another excellent video. Another which remind me how old i am:) Can't belive that i was playing with my Timex more than thirty years ago...Unbeliveable.
It's a Pixel THING Yeah! Amazing memories. We are lucky that we witnessed that all "Video Game" thing almost since its beginnings. My son is 5, he's deep in love with video games (just like father) so i can't wait to see his passion growing (or not, everything is possible) for them and the time when he will be ready to take my whole collection for himself. Not only games, systems but also magazines and other stuff from 80s/90s. If then he will appreciate it, my "video game" life will be complete :)
+Michał Marek My little one is almost five and he likes Sonic (megadrive) and Pang (through mame) a lot! :) I guess I have created a future gamer ;) Cheers!
Great vid! Before I even started watching, I guessed that some of the reasons it was so popular had to dowith the price, the happy, snappy, vivid color palette and the fact that the machine (as well as its software) is just so charming. I could only guess because as a yank, I didn’t have any exposure to this great little system. I am definitely getting my hands on a Harlequin or Uno now. Better late than never when it comes to the Speccy!
Very nice video the ZxSpectrum was the first home computer i ever saw and played and was so popular,mainly because it was very cool very small and compact and at the time very affortable and also had some of the best software and games made for any home computer for years !
Indeed! You just said it all! :) Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video on one of my favorite systems ever! Have a great week! Cheers!
Cheers from Canada. Great video. :-) Reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to go visit my Grand-parents in England. But I didn't want to visit Grandma. I used to play School Daze with my cousin on his Spectrum. Awsome game and so funny. :-)
It's a Pixel THING - We went a few times to England on DC10 and VC10. I was about 8, 9, 10, 11 years old. Taking off in the plane seemed like Thunderbirds Are Go. :-)
Mine too! But here in Portugal, and during that time period (1982-1985), we didn't know what an original game looked like! :) Thanks for watching and for your feednack!
Extremely informative and well-produced video. I know you've talked about piracy and amateur software in a couple of your videos, but have you thought about making one exclusively about the homebrew/amateur/pirate scene in the early home computer market? You know a lot about it and it would make a great video.
+PhillipOliverWholes Yeah, I have to do something like you've described. It will certainly be a nice theme to discuss ;) Thanks for your comments and for watching my videos, Phillip! Cheers! :)
Myth was absolutely fantastic - probably my favourite Spectrum game. Sabre Wulf and Chuckie Egg 2 were also favourites of mine. I seem to remember that Chuckie Egg 2 was one of the first games that allowed you to save your progress rather than having to start from scratch every time you loaded it.
Those were the days, when games released on several platforms and all graphically different, nobody complained as long as your machine performed the best it could.
+Alex Ramos (SirAleXbox) Yeah! :) Where I live was like that, also! And, at school, that was also a common practice ;) Obrigado pelos comentários! Abraço!
I loved 'Halls of the Things', 'Manic Miner', 'Elite' and 'Rebelstar Raiders', with time for 'Arcadia' and 'Jetpac' too. 'Chuckie Egg' for speed, and 'Winged Warlords', for a longer game 'Lords of Midnight', and 'Ant Attack' as 3D on an 8 bit computer. Also a big fan of later releases, but often R-Type, Lemmings, Lords of Chaos, had better versions on 16 bit computers.
Boas Pedro.... muito bom video,grandes informações e grande edição como sempre, e tou sempre a aprender com os teus videos de uma epoca que não vivi,como as frequencias da radio a certas alturas com programas e jogos,para difundir,muito bom,não conhecia o Paulo Dimas hehe,wainting for loading,voltou outra vez no tempo com a ps4/one,todas as vezes que se liga a consola,temos sempre updates... do que ouço,porque não tenho nenhuma dessas consolas, grande top,so jogos de grande filmes classicos,Robocop,comando,total recall,tb gosto muito,essa edição de colecionador do Last Ninja 2 muito fixe,cheia de goodies,muito Ocean software nesse top hehe,a mostrar a qualidade da companhia nessa epoca,tenho um jogo na minha colecção o Break Point da ps1.. muito obrigado por nos trazeres estes videos cheios de informação historica pra quem nao viveu essa epoca... Grande Abraço Amigo!
+spap putop É um prazer partilhar convosco esta informação! Foram realmente anos memoráveis que é sempre bom lembrar! :) Em relação às rádio pirata, havia inclusive casos em que o pessoal não tinham gravadores de duplo deck (bué de caros) para fazerem cópias diretas e, assim, havia sempre um vizinho com jeito para esse hobby dos rádios amadores que colocava o jogo no "ar" para os restantes vizinhos copiarem ;) E assim se propagou este "vírus" que foi o Spectrum! :) Graças à pirataria que se fazia, não só, nas feiras e próprias lojas, mas também pelo ar via frequências de rádio (AM, se não estou em erro)! Abraço, Simão! E obrigado pelos comentários!
I surprised at some omissions (Elite, Lord of Midnight, Atic Atac, Alien 8, Pyjamarama, Sabre Wulf, Ant Attack, Chuckie Egg, Boulder Dash, and a few others), but I get that this is a personal list so I can respect the choices. Thanks for the enjoyable look back :)
+Falconhoof And I thank you so much for watching and for sharing some of your favorites! Really appreciate it! Feel free to check my other related ZX Spectrum videos! ;) Cheers!
Não sabia das rádios que transmitiam jogos... é bom descobrir estas pequenas informações. :) Gostei do teu canal e das saudades que trouxe. Obrigada. :)
I had completely forgotten about the use of the RoboCop game music being used in that Ariston advert. At the time, I thought it sounded familiar, but of course there was no Google back then to help me.
One of my earliest gaming experiences were on the ZX Spectrum. Back in the day, it wasn't so easy getting games for it, and me being just 6 y.o. didn't help :) Anyway, games that stuck to my memory are Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Jet Set Willy, Saboteur, Trapdoor...
Excellent as always! I like Narcopolice, not because it was programmed by my fellow countrymen (and friends) ☺ but for the fact that it was a breakthrough in videogames and an amazing game, un juegazo che! Viva rodelu!
I find your take on the Speccy really interesting, I had no idea that its market penetration was so widespread, well not then in 1982 when I first got mine and it blew me away with the potential. I'm a pretty lame Basic programmer to be honest but I'm 69 and it still holds my imagination like no other machine ever did, not even the mighty Amiga. I can't wait to get my hands on the Spectrum Next I just hope it gets built. I also owned the Timex 2068 which no one has a good word for, it seems but I thought it was better even than the 48 Speccy, heresy though that is. Keep up the interesting vids, I'll subscribe.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, Mike! Appreciate it! :) Yeah, those Timex machines were never very welcomed... the TC-2048 sold well here in Portugal, though! :) Thanks again for watching and for subscribing! Cheers!
It's a Pixel THING ok had a little think and came up with 20... Jet Set Willy Super Cars Emlyn Hughes International Soccer Sabre Wulf Sergeant Seymour Robot Cop Krakout Skool Daze Rockstar Ate My Hamster Hypersports Turbo The Tortoise Stack Up Konami Ping Pong Rainbow Islands Rod Land Thrust II Star Paws Gunfighter Kane Daley Thompson's Supertest Steve Davis Snooker probably some Im forgetting... don't get me wrong, there's some great games on your list too. there were just so many games published for the speccy, with so much variety.
Indeed! Another gem of the Spectrum :) A huge accomplishment for a 48k machine ;) You can watch my full review of The Great Escape by watching my episode number 25 ;)
Ocean Soft was, back then, one of my developers/publishers ;) Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your feedback, Martin! Appreciate it! Cheers!
Nice list. Maybe I miss "Abu Simbel Profanation", "The Way of the Exploding Fist", "Saboteur", ... buf, man, I think I could make ten different lists :-)
It's a Pixel THING same to you mate have a good weekend. Watched your Amiga video as well and appreciate you making them. Great memories of growing up in the golden age of gaming. Gutted I sold my Spectrum 128k +2 and Amiga as a kid.
Eu e os meus amigos faziamos grandes campeonatos do jogo "Emlyn Hughes International Soccer". Que jogão na altura. E também campeonatos do jogo "Match Day". Jogão também!
Some classics, some I have never seen before which look pretty amazing, but plenty of games missing but that's because there are so many top games on the Zx. Some of my favourites Kwik Snax (has the best intro screen ever made on the spectrum) Dizzy, Bubble Bobble, Gothik, Gauntlet, GhostBusters, Dan Dare, the list is just endless.
+MephProduction Yeah, ZX Spectrum's library is huge!! All those you've mentioned are extremely good games, and, some of them, almost made it to my personal Top... I'll certainly get to those in the future! ;)
Nice video. I still have my ZX Spectrum and still works perfectly. I remember hacking the portuguese version of Srip Poker in a way that you didn't had to play cards anymore... the lady just asked what you wanted her to do (undress that is). Gotta find that copy... Total Recall done in only 2 weeks? I didn't knew that. That explains why there's not much variety of levels and why the ending is only a congratulatory text. Do you have an opinion about Action Fighter? I love that game.
+Daniel T. Yeah, Total Recall was made in just "two weeks" ;) It's a fact and it's mentioned in various magazines and in worldofspectrum(dot)org ;) I think I only played Strip Poker one and only time.. never knew about that cheat code, or sort of. I'll surely make an episode dedicated to the video games industry in Portugal.. Just have to gather all my info and be sure that I'm not making any mistakes ;) I always liked Firebird games and I've spent many hours playing Action Fighter, with such a nice scrolling effect. It only missed a tune during play.. just hearing those sound effects wasn't enough for me.. I would place a music cassette on my hifi whilst playing the game ;) Thanks!
It's a Pixel THING Believe it or not I never actually come across any such info about Total Recall back in the day. About the Strip Poker it was not a cheat code but you programmed the code yourself in basic. Remember that back in the day one could learn a lot just from reading programming books. Oh those happy days! :) If you do such an episode about the videogames industry in our country don't forget about the ZX Spectrum clones manufactured in Costa da Caparica at the time: The Timex Computers 2048 and 2068. I have both... timex.comboios.info/ Thank you and keep up the good work! ;)
+Daniel T. Yeah, talked a bit about those Timex machines manufactured in Portugal, but have to explore that a bit more ;) Grande abraço, Daniel! Thanks!
The Amstrad version of Paris Dakar looks exactly the same. I remember to be completely lost with it!! Perhaps it is time to give it another opportunity!
I was always a C64 and Amiga guy when growing up but have full respect for the ZX Spectrum, thanks to that computer, it really forced down the price of the rest and if I recall, the Spectrum was £99 on release whereas at the time I think the C64 was something like £600, can't remember exactly but I remember it being a lot more expensive but that soon change as the C64 and other computers at the time soon got big price drops and mostly thanks to the ZX Spectrum, not bad for a computer that wasn't really that far behind the C64 and was better in some ways like the cpu. Anyway, was supprised no Dizzy games ware on your list, I remember many of them being really good even on the ZX Spectrum.
Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us, Paul! Truly appreciate it! Played pratically every Dizzy game there is. Fantasy World Dizzy is probably my favorite and is certainly on my Top 50 Speccy games ;) Cheers! Thanks, once again!
No problem and I'm sure a lot of us have good memories from that time, as for Dizzy, I think I played them all but can't remember as there was quite a few of them, the one I remember the most was Treasure Island Dizzy on the Amiga, it was one of the early games I got for the Amiga, such good times :)
Being American, I didn't get into Spectrum games, until very recently and through emulation. Because it takes quite an investment to get the "real deal" up and running over here.
+Andrew Vrba Yeah, you would probably have to look for Timex/Sinclair machines instead. There were a couple of those that were sold in the US, but I believe that they are quite rare and difficult to come across.. By the way, even using emulation, have you enjoyed Spectrum games?
+Andrew Vrba You could invest in the new Spectrum Vega, plugs into you're tv, 1000 built in, more can be downloaded and added, but it lacks a keyboard, has a D-pad control system instead.
+meetoo594 Yeah, three pretty awesome titles, but not good enough for my personal top 26 ;) Definitely on my top 50! :) Thanks for watching and for leaving your feedback! Appreciate it!
Excelent episode! Some games I knew, a bunch of others I never heard about and they seem awesome! heh, even the ZX Spectrum version of Enduro Racer is better than the Sega Master System version... And I was asking myself... where the hell is R-Type??? Until "ah, there it is!!". Keep up the great work!
+Ivo Leitao Glad you liked it! And Enduro Racer was/is a really great game on the ZX Spectrum! Didn't quite understand why they didn't make an Amiga version of the game.. There was an Atari ST version, though! Thanks for your comments, Ivo! Grande abraço!
+ it's a Pixel THING It's Great, I love It! Simple plug & play, instant gaming, no loading times. With the 1,000 built in games there is plenty of choice, albeit that there are plenty of poor games included. Apparently they couldn't get the licence for some of the more popular games. However, not a major problem as all you need to do is go to ZX Spectrum World and download games to a micro SD card which you simply slot into the Zega. The only other thing is that with some of the downloaded games you have to program the keys using the virtual keyboard which isn't difficult. It is possibly a little overpriced but personally think it is worth it for the nostalgia.
Sempre com videos muito bem feitos e informativos :) Gostei de saber das transmissoes das radios, muito interessante e curioso...mais uma razao para dizer, foram belos tempos!! :D E claro, do Top, ves me recordar de alguns jogos que ja nao me lembrava que os tinha jogado, como o Robocop e o R-Type. O Commando nao tenho bem a certeza se joguei ou se foi o Rambo!?.... Maior parte dos jogos que tinha para Spectrum fiquei sem eles. E ja foi há muito tempo,por isso os que joguei ja nao me recordo bem, so vendo assim videos é que volto a relembrar de alguns. Kudos for this video ;)
+Joao Carlos (JonnYuri o.O) Pois, infelizmente também grande parte da minha coleção Spectrum desapareceu quando a casa dos meus pais esteve em obras, há uns 15 anos.. :( No Rambo 3 o scrolling do ecrã era feito tanto na vertical como na horizontal. Não tenho em mente outros jogos baseados na franquia Rambo.. Muito obrigado pelos comentários, João! Foram anos incríveis e é sempre bom recordá-los ;) Abraço!
Muito boa compilação. Hoje em dia não tenho muito tempo para jogar como antes.tenho jogado no Raspberry Pi com os meus irmãos. No outro dia foi louco relembrar ,ghouls and ghosts,bombjack,mortal Kombat . Obrigado pelos teus vídeos e o ótimo trabalho de investigação 👍
It's called "colour clash" and it was probably the major flaw of the good old Speccy. It's something that programmers are now starting to overcome ;) New games for the Spectrum are being released every week! :)
thank you so much. maybe they do more games for change the keys(for me, the keys was worst thing to control. and not all games let me change them). today i don't have the ZX Spectrum. and it takes some money... it's old and for collection. that keyboard that you show us(don't use the tape... i think.) i don't know how works or if the games are in memory of in card memory, but seems cool too. thank you so much for all. great video. i love it. thanks
+Moleplay Yeah, and I believe that Chase H.Q. was another example! Extremely playable on the Spectrum and not so good on the 64 ;) Thanks for sharing your opinion! Appreciate it! ;)
Mais um excelente video que servirá certamente de inspiração para o video que ando a preparar dos 20 anos playstation =D. Olha por acaso nunca fui muito virado para o Spectrum. Tinha um em casa (que era do meu irmão) que tava todo "quitado".. o meu irmao chegou até a inventar um sistema de surround com uma colunas para com mais qualidade jogar. Mas nem me lembro bem que jogos ele jogava. Relativamente ao The Great Escape não sei se sabes mas existe também uma versão do filme para PS2. Gostaste mais dos Batmans do Tim Burton que estes últimos do Christopher Nolan? =O
+Game Chest Ora bem, vamos por partes ;) Quando utilizava o meu Spectrum, fiz um "mod de som", mas na televisão onde normalmente jogava! Liguei uma brutal coluna de graves para amplificar aqueles sons mais profundos das explosões e das próprias músicas! He he! Em relação ao The Great Escape, tenho a versão de 2003, mas na xbox original. Até é engraçado. Quando fiz a review individual ao jogo do Spectrum mencionei também essa nova versão que saiu quase 20 anos após a do Spectrum. Por fim, em relação aos filmes do Batman, o meu favorito de sempre é o primeiro realizado por Tim Burton, em 1989, em que o jogo mencionado no vídeo se baseia. Quanto aos mais recentes, a visão de Nolan é boa e o personagem de Joker, interpretado pelo falecido Heath Ledger, é do melhor que vi até hoje, superior à de Jack Nicholson no filme de Burton. No entanto, acho a interpretação de Christian Bale (um dos meus atores favoritos) bastante forçada, com aquele tom de voz que, sinceramente, faz o filme ir numa direção que não me agrada. Em relação aos filmes de Joel Shumacher, em que tivemos 2 atores diferentes no papel de Batman (Val Kilmer e George Clooney) mais valia não terem existido! He he! Abraço!
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Excellent video on the ZX Spectrum and some of its best games!
+Lazy Game Reviews Thank you so much, Clint! Glad you liked it ;)
didnt know about people sending them on radio!
+Steve Hyde Yeah, amateur radio just exploded in those early years of the ZX Spectrum. Two deck tape recorders were really expensive back then, but there was always a neighbour that "kindly" broadcast games for us to copy!! :) Those were the days! He he!
Thanks for your comment, Steve! I really appreciate it!
+Lazy Game Reviews Appreciate your endorsment man
+It's a Pixel THING Wait, I never heard of that - broadcast piracy in the ZX days? We did have radio programs in Brazil experiment transmitting applications in the 80s, but nothing like this. Where in the world was that?
That is one of the coolest looking consoles! And I can't believe how SMALL it is! One day I'd like to add it to my collection. Great vid!
+MetalJesusRocks Hi, Metal Jesus! Many thanks for your comments! I really appreciate it! ;) Your videos are such an inspiration!
Glad you enjoyed it! ;) Cheers!
Not a console though, it's a proper computer!
+Martin Gustafsson He he! For them everything that plays games is a console :)
So what would the proper pronunciation be? Is it Zee-ecks spectrum or Zed-ecks spectrum? Coming from the US, I say the final letter of the English alphabet as Zee and not Zed.
+Eric Barlow it's british so zed is probably more correct. but as someone from a country that says zed splitting hairs over something like this is kinda dumb.
Mannnnn.... Nostalgy strike!! This was a trip to the past.... thank you so much for this video!!!
+The Rad Weasel Thanks, Rad Weasel! Appreciate it ;) Good old days! :)
Indeed. Countless hours of sheer fun :)
Super video ! Bought my first Spectrum in 1984. I'd forgotten about the radio broadcast of programmes. Great memories !
Thank you so much for your feedback, Peter! Truly appreciate it!
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
Wow, awesome Speccy retrospective!
I’m *loving* your channel, Kia Ora from New Zealand.
Thanks, so many new games I hadn’t heard of - you’re clearly about four years younger than me, my ZX Spectrum 48K fully-transfixed years were c.1982-1987!
So therefore, off the top of my head, without checking my tape archives, my Favourite Games are (in no particular order):
Knight Lore (1984),
3D Ant Attack (1983),
Spy Hunter (1984),
Match Day (1984),
Way of the Exploding Fist (1985),
Saboteur (1985),
Bruse Lee (1984).
+AkAkAkNeil Yeah, Bruce Lee and The Way of the Exploding Fist are so memorable! Those almost made it to my list ;)
And Spy Hunter and Match Day were also extremely good and played a lot back then!
Thanks for watching my videos, Neil! I really appreciate it ;)
Cheers!
This is amazing, you just took me back to my youth... kids nowadays have no idea what they missed . I'm so happy like you, we got to live through all these games and titles :)
Indeed! We're truly blessed! :)
Thank you so much for watching and for your awesome comment! Appreciate it! ;)
That was fun! Commando was also one of my favourites on the system even without the music.
Hi! Thanks for stopping by! :) I'm a big fan of your work! :)
Feel free to check my other content! I have a bunch of other Spectrum and Amiga related videos!
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
It's a Pixel THING well now I'm subbed and doing just that thanks!
+RetroManCave I thank You! :) Appreciate it!
It's a year old comment I know, but it's just a snap of the fingers in the over thirty years Spectrum history. There is indeed a 128K music hack for Commando, and it's great. Here's some random video of it ua-cam.com/video/0XfLLgThYl8/v-deo.html
love your video (y) thx for posting it!
4:49 ...and oh, the waiting, welcome to my childhood :-D
So many awesome memories! :)Thank you so much for your feedback! Appreciate it!
Please feel free to check my other Spectrum related videos!
Cheers!
I lived with my spectrum rather than go to school! So many hours burnt sitting with it and enjoying the games. I think despite being lost to the spectrum from age 11 to 14 I played probably 3 of the games in your list. Just amazing how many good games there were. However, I blame Elite which I think cost me a year of my life and during which time I played very little else! :)
My first home computer, and the reason I subscribed to this channel long ago. Keep it up Pixel 😉
Truly appreciate your support, Armando ;)
Cheers!
Hey, you're doing a great job man, honestly. Your channel is high quality. You definitely deserve more subscribers ! 😉
Thank you so much! Can't thank you enough for those words! :)
It's always nice to find fellow portuguese people that share an interest for retro gaming, there aren't many of us since there wasn't really a big gaming scene in Portugal until the late 90s, but the Spectrum was definitely where it started, even though I was born almost 10 years after it stopped being relevant. Nevertheless I do enjoy playing these outdated systems and I'm currently repairing a spectrum which I bought at a second hand store. I definitely enjoyed your channel and have subscribed!
Thank you so much for your inspiring comment! :) Really appreciate your gesture! :)
Feel free to check my other videos and have fun ;)
Have a great day!!
Abraço!
Excellent video! Extremely informative and well-produced, it was lots of fun to watch. Thank you from Scotland. ♥
My pleasure! Thanks for your feedback! Cheers!
I can't believe I've never seen your channel before. Just found this today, and shared with all my friends. Man, I wish I had grown up with the Spectrum and other consoles of that generation!!! (I'm more NES/SNES generation myself) I would love to play the games on this list! Can't wait to check out more videos!
Hi, Rene! Please, feel free to check all my content! There's plenty of different stuff :)
Thank you so much for your support! Appreciate it!
Cheers!
When I saw this spanish games, I always remember those times when we in Czechoslovakia as kids learn what is "Arriba, Abajo, Teclado, Jugador" and many other spanish words :) Spanish games was so great.
Indeed! The Spanish industry was huge back in those days! I'm Portuguese, so all their games would be also available in my country :) I have a bunch other videos related to the Spanish golden era of videogames! Check it out!
Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories!
Cheers!
amazing video i learn so much thank you man, please make more like these one!
+Kavanayu Jimenez I thank you for watching, Kavanayu Jimenez! And thanks a lot for your comments! ;)
Oh those were the days. The Spectrum was my first computer and I still love it today.
Dynamite Dan, Avalon & Dragontorc were my favourites.
Have to check Dragontorc. I don't recall that title.... Hummm....
Thank you for watching and for your much appreciated comment!
Cheers!
@@itsaPIXELthing It's basically Avalon 2.
Really good video. As always of course. I learn a lot about the european gaming scene. I'm mexican and I had little to no experience with some of these computers. I had the oportunity to play some games for the C64, and the Spectrum long time ago, and like 2 years ago or so, I started to check music for those which is FANTASTIC (included the Amstrad and the 16 bit computers as well). Jonathan Dunn Rocks!
I love how europeans and asians had a very distinct touch when it comes to game and music making, at least at that time.
Sorry for extending the comment that much haha, but I appreciate that kind of things and you are one of my main sources to know much more about the gaming culture from the other side of the pond n_n Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
+DANMAKUMAN VGM I thank you for watching my content, DANMAKUMAN VGM! I really appreciate it! :) I believe that, back then, it would be so damn difficult to create 8 bit music for video games and Jonathan Dunn, Ben Daglish, Mathew Cannon, Keith Tinman, David Whittaker, Dave Rogers, and others are simply my heroes! :) In the 16 bit scene, the king of them all is Chris Hülsbeck! He made some awesome and memorable music for, for instance, Turrican 2! :)
Cheers!
Yup, I know all of them, well, their work hehe. And yes, it was pretty difficult, but they managed to create such awesome compositions. Don't forget The Follin Bros. and Jochen Hippel. They are awesome too. :D
+DANMAKUMAN VGM Yeahh!! I forgot completely about those :)
Thanks! ;)
Awesome vid Pixel :) manny stuff I didn't know!
Thanks, Édi! Appreciate it :)
Great video Pedro !!! Amazing memories
Thank you, kind Sir! :)
Abraço!
Nice video and nice computer / games :) Thanks! We had this for long, first had ZX-81 but then our dad bought the ZX Spectrum 48k and wow! Life wasn't the same anymore heh.
Cheers...
Thank you ;)
Have you asked why do I shout?.. I thought I saw that in your comment.... well, you know, I think its the enthusiasm that I have for this area ;)
Thank you so much for your much appreciated feedback! ;)
Cheers!
Hi there :) Ah about that shouting comment, I actually felt like you did that at the start, seems when I deleted that comment (as being not that important, as I understood your enthusiasm :) it was still sent to you. I do not take my words back, but when I watched the whole video more, I wanted not to post it.
You're welcome of course and thanks again for this video. Spectrum ment a lot to me years back and, well still does, even though I don't have that computer (well it was my dad's) anymore.
Take care and keep up with the good work!
Cheers...
I truly appreciate your feedback! And I'm always searching for new and fresher ways of improving the show ;)
Thanks again! Have a great weekend!
You too! You can only improve of course, but so far what you have done, is great. I hope you keep on making more videos, I will follow them that's for sure.
Ah you know, I might get some Spectrum emulator to try and play some of the favs. games again.
Cheers...
You should ;)
Cheers!
Another smashing bit of nostalgia; many thanks!
I thank YOU!! ;)
Feel free to watch my other videos! :)
Cheers!
Really good video mate, so many classics for the Zx Spectrum. I've just started doing some game reviews myself and its great to play those old games all over again...👍🏻
Appreciate your feedback, Stew! All the best!
Excellent game-picks and well edited video. Pleasure to watch.
+lactobacillusprime Many thanks, lactobacillusprime! :)
Cheers!
Superb list and interesting mix of facts and retro ads. Deathchase was one of my favorites. ^^
Thank you so much for your much appreciated feedback, Spelarkivet! :) Feel free to check my other content!
Cheers!
Excellent video as always, honestly I don't [didn't :P] know much about the Spectrum and its "relatives", it's not from my time :P
Keep on the great work, awesome to see you're getting a lot of fans/viewers and recognition over your videos, you deserve it.
+André Lopes Many thanks, André! I really appreciate it! :)
Thanks for all the support! I have the best fans ;)
Abraço!
Another excellent video. Another which remind me how old i am:) Can't belive that i was playing with my Timex more than thirty years ago...Unbeliveable.
+Michał Marek Time flies! But it's so awesome to recall these memories ;)
Thanks for your comments! I really appreciate it!
It's a Pixel THING Yeah! Amazing memories. We are lucky that we witnessed that all "Video Game" thing almost since its beginnings. My son is 5, he's deep in love with video games (just like father) so i can't wait to see his passion growing (or not, everything is possible) for them and the time when he will be ready to take my whole collection for himself. Not only games, systems but also magazines and other stuff from 80s/90s. If then he will appreciate it, my "video game" life will be complete :)
+Michał Marek My little one is almost five and he likes Sonic (megadrive) and Pang (through mame) a lot! :)
I guess I have created a future gamer ;)
Cheers!
Excellent video - awesome and interesting viewing!
Thank you so much for your visit! Appreciate it ;)
nice video, one of my favourite ZX Spectrum games was Zorro :)
+bartoman2 Humm.... I believe that I never played that one!! Have to urgently try it!!! :)
Thanks!!
Great vid! Before I even started watching, I guessed that some of the reasons it was so popular had to dowith the price, the happy, snappy, vivid color palette and the fact that the machine (as well as its software) is just so charming. I could only guess because as a yank, I didn’t have any exposure to this great little system. I am definitely getting my hands on a Harlequin or Uno now. Better late than never when it comes to the Speccy!
Very nice video the ZxSpectrum was the first home computer i ever saw and played and was so popular,mainly because it was very cool very small and compact and at the time very affortable and also had some of the best software and games made for any home computer for years !
Indeed! You just said it all! :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video on one of my favorite systems ever!
Have a great week!
Cheers!
Keep it up brother , love your channel
Thank you so much for the support, Jason! Truly appreciate it!
Have a great weekend! Cheers! All the best!
Subbed , I love your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much, Jason! Truly appreciate it! :)
Feel free to check my other content!
Enjoy! :)
hear hear!
Cheers from Canada. Great video. :-) Reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to go visit my Grand-parents in England. But I didn't want to visit Grandma. I used to play School Daze with my cousin on his Spectrum. Awsome game and so funny. :-)
Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your memories, Robin! All the best! Cheers!
It's a Pixel THING - We went a few times to England on DC10 and VC10. I was about 8, 9, 10, 11 years old. Taking off in the plane seemed like Thunderbirds Are Go. :-)
ZX Spectrum 48K was my first computer - I never had a pirate game until the Atari ST
Mine too! But here in Portugal, and during that time period (1982-1985), we didn't know what an original game looked like! :)
Thanks for watching and for your feednack!
Extremely informative and well-produced video.
I know you've talked about piracy and amateur software in a couple of your videos, but have you thought about making one exclusively about the homebrew/amateur/pirate scene in the early home computer market? You know a lot about it and it would make a great video.
+PhillipOliverWholes Yeah, I have to do something like you've described. It will certainly be a nice theme to discuss ;)
Thanks for your comments and for watching my videos, Phillip!
Cheers! :)
Myth was absolutely fantastic - probably my favourite Spectrum game. Sabre Wulf and Chuckie Egg 2 were also favourites of mine. I seem to remember that Chuckie Egg 2 was one of the first games that allowed you to save your progress rather than having to start from scratch every time you loaded it.
Hi, Glen! Thanks for sharing your memories! :)
And thank you so much for watching this video! Appreciate it!
these things had a special smell when warmed up for a while
Eh eh eh! Indeed!
Nothing ever beats the feeling I had when I turned on my new zx spectrum.
+t.t industry Such a magical moment, indeed ;)
Thank you so much for watching and for your feedback!
Have an awesome Xmas!
Those were the days, when games released on several platforms and all graphically different, nobody complained as long as your machine performed the best it could.
Now you've said it! Totally agree! :)
Thanks for your awesome comment and for watching, Marko! Appreciate it!
Cheers!
great video! good moments to remember
Thank you! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Have a great 2017!
Cheers!
Great times.
I use to get my tapes at Orvil CC Portela.
They would make a copy on the fly, no restrictions for piracy practices at the time.
+Alex Ramos (SirAleXbox) Yeah! :) Where I live was like that, also! And, at school, that was also a common practice ;)
Obrigado pelos comentários! Abraço!
Very good picks. Cheers!
+Wilton Abreu Thanks, Wilson! Appreciate it! ;)
Cheers!
Super video!! I am happy because 'Chaos' on your list! More games: Dustin, Gunfright, Elite, Kane, Zombie...
Best regards from Hungary!
Appreciate it! Thanks for sharing some of your personal favorites! Cheers!
I loved 'Halls of the Things', 'Manic Miner', 'Elite' and 'Rebelstar Raiders', with time for 'Arcadia' and 'Jetpac' too. 'Chuckie Egg' for speed, and 'Winged Warlords', for a longer game 'Lords of Midnight', and 'Ant Attack' as 3D on an 8 bit computer. Also a big fan of later releases, but often R-Type, Lemmings, Lords of Chaos, had better versions on 16 bit computers.
Yeah! So many awesome titles there! :) Thank you for your much appreciated comment, Robin!
Have a great week! :)
Dynamite Dan on the ZX Spectrum was one of my favourite games.
A great game! No doubt! :)
Thanks for sharing and for watching!
Have a great week! Cheers!
Subbed! Excellent review:)
+3MvvjUeDCBRi8Ao!BtXNDdWZD5tetz&Wf!IJQCVJYBb0z8K@ZoO$*go7H8R%cZ8l Thank you so much! ;)
Boas Pedro....
muito bom video,grandes informações e grande edição como sempre,
e tou sempre a aprender com os teus videos de uma epoca que não vivi,como as frequencias da radio a certas alturas com programas e jogos,para difundir,muito bom,não conhecia o Paulo Dimas hehe,wainting for loading,voltou outra vez no tempo com a ps4/one,todas as vezes que se liga a consola,temos sempre updates...
do que ouço,porque não tenho nenhuma dessas consolas,
grande top,so jogos de grande filmes classicos,Robocop,comando,total recall,tb gosto muito,essa edição de colecionador do Last Ninja 2 muito fixe,cheia de goodies,muito Ocean software nesse top hehe,a mostrar a qualidade da companhia nessa epoca,tenho um jogo na minha colecção o Break Point da ps1..
muito obrigado por nos trazeres estes videos cheios de informação historica pra quem nao viveu essa epoca...
Grande Abraço Amigo!
+spap putop É um prazer partilhar convosco esta informação! Foram realmente anos memoráveis que é sempre bom lembrar! :)
Em relação às rádio pirata, havia inclusive casos em que o pessoal não tinham gravadores de duplo deck (bué de caros) para fazerem cópias diretas e, assim, havia sempre um vizinho com jeito para esse hobby dos rádios amadores que colocava o jogo no "ar" para os restantes vizinhos copiarem ;) E assim se propagou este "vírus" que foi o Spectrum! :) Graças à pirataria que se fazia, não só, nas feiras e próprias lojas, mas também pelo ar via frequências de rádio (AM, se não estou em erro)!
Abraço, Simão! E obrigado pelos comentários!
Loved playing chaos.
It's amazing! Love it to this day! :)
Thanks for watching :)
Have a great week!
The spectrum was the first computer I owned. I got a divmmc SD card reader this month for it. No more load time.
I have, now, a DivIDE on my Plus 3 and I'm loving it ;)
I surprised at some omissions (Elite, Lord of Midnight, Atic Atac, Alien 8, Pyjamarama, Sabre Wulf, Ant Attack, Chuckie Egg, Boulder Dash, and a few others), but I get that this is a personal list so I can respect the choices. Thanks for the enjoyable look back :)
+Falconhoof And I thank you so much for watching and for sharing some of your favorites! Really appreciate it!
Feel free to check my other related ZX Spectrum videos! ;)
Cheers!
Elite, Sabrewulf , Jet Set Willy and Wheelie were my favourite games of all time. I really liked the chicken on Atic Attack.
5:33 i remember that game, it was one of my fav.
It was amazing to play Chaos with friends! So much fun! :)
A really excellent video, fair play to you
Thank you, Scott! Truly appreciate it! ;)
Cheers!
Great choices, great video - Subscribed 😀👍🏻
Appreciated, Bill! Have fun!
Eu tinha um clone do ZX spectrum no Brasil, o TK 95. Seu vídeo me trouxe boas lembranças dessa excelente época!
Fico feliz por saber, Inaiat! :) Tantos jogos espetaculares e memoráveis!
Muito obrigado por assistires! Abraço!
Awesome list.
+Gonçalo Tordo Thanks, Gonçalo! :)
Abraço!
Não sabia das rádios que transmitiam jogos... é bom descobrir estas pequenas informações. :) Gostei do teu canal e das saudades que trouxe. Obrigada. :)
+Ana Barrela Obrigado eu, Ana! :)
I had completely forgotten about the use of the RoboCop game music being used in that Ariston advert. At the time, I thought it sounded familiar, but of course there was no Google back then to help me.
Please check one of my latest videos exclusively dedicated to RoboCop! :) So many awesome little things! :)
Thanks for watching and for your feedback!
One of my earliest gaming experiences were on the ZX Spectrum. Back in the day, it wasn't so easy getting games for it, and me being just 6 y.o. didn't help :) Anyway, games that stuck to my memory are Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Jet Set Willy, Saboteur, Trapdoor...
+Nash Knight Thanks for sharing those memories, Nash! ;) You've also pointed out some of Speccy's greatest! :)
Excellent as always! I like Narcopolice, not because it was programmed by my fellow countrymen (and friends) ☺ but for the fact that it was a breakthrough in videogames and an amazing game, un juegazo che! Viva rodelu!
Yeah, played Narco Police on the Amiga! :) Never tried the Speccy version... have to do it, asap! :)
Muchas gracias, Pablo!
All the best!
My first computer too....moved on to c64 and amiga later on....miss those days.....:P
Yeah, those were the days! :)
Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your memories!
Cheers!
Great choice of games. THKS
+Big G from SA Thanks! Let me know your preferences! :)
Great video…lots of amazing memories….the untouchables was also an amazing game
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!
I find your take on the Speccy really interesting, I had no idea that its market penetration was so widespread, well not then in 1982 when I first got mine and it blew me away with the potential. I'm a pretty lame Basic programmer to be honest but I'm 69 and it still holds my imagination like no other machine ever did, not even the mighty Amiga. I can't wait to get my hands on the Spectrum Next I just hope it gets built. I also owned the Timex 2068 which no one has a good word for, it seems but I thought it was better even than the 48 Speccy, heresy though that is. Keep up the interesting vids, I'll subscribe.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, Mike! Appreciate it! :)
Yeah, those Timex machines were never very welcomed... the TC-2048 sold well here in Portugal, though! :)
Thanks again for watching and for subscribing!
Cheers!
nice vid. even though I don't think any of your top 26 would make my top 26! (except possibly rainbow islands)
+maniq minah Looking forward to your personal choices! Tell me! I want to know! There's probably a few that I've never heard of ;)
It's a Pixel THING ok had a little think and came up with 20...
Jet Set Willy
Super Cars
Emlyn Hughes International Soccer
Sabre Wulf
Sergeant Seymour Robot Cop
Krakout
Skool Daze
Rockstar Ate My Hamster
Hypersports
Turbo The Tortoise
Stack Up
Konami Ping Pong
Rainbow Islands
Rod Land
Thrust II
Star Paws
Gunfighter
Kane
Daley Thompson's Supertest
Steve Davis Snooker
probably some Im forgetting... don't get me wrong, there's some great games
on your list too. there were just so many games published for the speccy, with so
much variety.
+maniq minah Some pretty good games in that list also! And some that I've never played ;)
Thank you for this! I really appreciate it!
It's a Pixel THING no problem. will check some of your other vids out...
+maniq minah Please do! Thanks ;)
And have a great 2016 ;)
24:27 i played great escape a long time ago,it was fun.
Indeed! Another gem of the Spectrum :) A huge accomplishment for a 48k machine ;)
You can watch my full review of The Great Escape by watching my episode number 25 ;)
I think the music really made batman a great game.
+frank x The music was really something! ;)
Thank you so much for watching and for your comment! Appreciate it!
Batman and RoboCop were my favourites. I enjoyed the great escape too.
Ocean Soft was, back then, one of my developers/publishers ;)
Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your feedback, Martin! Appreciate it!
Cheers!
loved jetpac one of my favourite spectrum games. Although i have fond memories of playing turmoil and everyone's a wally as well
Thank you for sharing your memories, Richard! Also loved Turmoil! Awesome game!
Thanks for watching this video! :) Appreciate it!
Nice list. Maybe I miss "Abu Simbel Profanation", "The Way of the Exploding Fist", "Saboteur", ... buf, man, I think I could make ten different lists :-)
+celugaro Yeah! So many awesome games for the Spectrum! :) Thanks for your comments! Appreciate it! ;)
Obrigado por este maravilhoso vídeo, 1 abraço!
+MrVisa1000 Eu é que agradeço pelo comentário e por assistires!
Abraço!
football manager and chuckie egg and jetpac I still play on emulators. liked the speccy but loved the c64. great Vid as always
+tony bryan Thanks for your personal picks ;) And the C64 was/is also an awesome machine! ;)
Cheers!
merge "" then poke 35899,0 - I still remember that to this day.
Ahhhh... the memories!.... :)
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
Target Renegade was my favourite game on the Speccy. Awesome game.
One of my favorite beat 'em up games ever :)
Thanks for watching and for leaving your truly appreciated feedback, Michael!
Have a great weekend!
It's a Pixel THING same to you mate have a good weekend. Watched your Amiga video as well and appreciate you making them. Great memories of growing up in the golden age of gaming. Gutted I sold my Spectrum 128k +2 and Amiga as a kid.
Thanks for also sharing your memories. Feel free to watch my other Amiga and Speccy related videos.
Cheers!
Having ZX Spectrum from 1988 to 1993 my TOP 5 games for speccy are:
1) Myth
2) Midnight Resistance
3) R-Type
4) Batman the Movie
5) Untouchables
+TheTraumaZero So much love for those games ;) Thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Eu e os meus amigos faziamos grandes campeonatos do jogo "Emlyn Hughes International Soccer". Que jogão na altura.
E também campeonatos do jogo "Match Day". Jogão também!
+MrVisa1000 Joguei ambos! Foram também grandes vícios, juntamente com um outro publicado pela Ocean, o Adidas Championship Football ;)
Emlyn Hughes International Soccer era top
Some classics, some I have never seen before which look pretty amazing, but plenty of games missing but that's because there are so many top games on the Zx.
Some of my favourites Kwik Snax (has the best intro screen ever made on the spectrum) Dizzy, Bubble Bobble, Gothik, Gauntlet, GhostBusters, Dan Dare, the list is just endless.
+MephProduction Yeah, ZX Spectrum's library is huge!! All those you've mentioned are extremely good games, and, some of them, almost made it to my personal Top...
I'll certainly get to those in the future! ;)
There's certainly a lot of rubbish on the Spectrum too but when it was good it was so good.
You're completely right about that! ;)
Yes, version of Commando 128K exist. Same game with nice music, theme from commodore.
+Velibor Glisin WoW! Nice! Can you give me a clue of where to grab it?
Thanks! :)
Can be done if I know your email. z80 file is that, 61Kb.
www.top80sgames.com/site/systems/zx-spectrum-128k
Nice video.
I still have my ZX Spectrum and still works perfectly. I remember hacking the portuguese version of Srip Poker in a way that you didn't had to play cards anymore... the lady just asked what you wanted her to do (undress that is). Gotta find that copy...
Total Recall done in only 2 weeks? I didn't knew that. That explains why there's not much variety of levels and why the ending is only a congratulatory text.
Do you have an opinion about Action Fighter? I love that game.
+Daniel T. Yeah, Total Recall was made in just "two weeks" ;) It's a fact and it's mentioned in various magazines and in worldofspectrum(dot)org ;)
I think I only played Strip Poker one and only time.. never knew about that cheat code, or sort of. I'll surely make an episode dedicated to the video games industry in Portugal.. Just have to gather all my info and be sure that I'm not making any mistakes ;)
I always liked Firebird games and I've spent many hours playing Action Fighter, with such a nice scrolling effect. It only missed a tune during play.. just hearing those sound effects wasn't enough for me.. I would place a music cassette on my hifi whilst playing the game ;)
Thanks!
It's a Pixel THING
Believe it or not I never actually come across any such info about Total Recall back in the day.
About the Strip Poker it was not a cheat code but you programmed the code yourself in basic. Remember that back in the day one could learn a lot just from reading programming books. Oh those happy days! :)
If you do such an episode about the videogames industry in our country don't forget about the ZX Spectrum clones manufactured in Costa da Caparica at the time: The Timex Computers 2048 and 2068. I have both...
timex.comboios.info/
Thank you and keep up the good work! ;)
+Daniel T. Yeah, talked a bit about those Timex machines manufactured in Portugal, but have to explore that a bit more ;)
Grande abraço, Daniel! Thanks!
The Amstrad version of Paris Dakar looks exactly the same. I remember to be completely lost with it!! Perhaps it is time to give it another opportunity!
What a game!
Now we have an addition, the awesome ZX Spectrum Next
Indeed :)
Notice most of your pics are from 1989, but up there at No2 is the first game I ever played on a 16k Spectrum too Deathchase!
Yeah! Deathchase rulezz! Still play it nowadays! :)
Thanks for watching!
Pretty awesome video and very informative, though i didn't own a ZX Spectrum.
+Thomaniac Thank you very much, Thomaniac! I really appreciate it!
So many awesome memories from those Speccy glory days! :)
Cheers!
I was always a C64 and Amiga guy when growing up but have full respect for the ZX Spectrum, thanks to that computer, it really forced down the price of the rest and if I recall, the Spectrum was £99 on release whereas at the time I think the C64 was something like £600, can't remember exactly but I remember it being a lot more expensive but that soon change as the C64 and other computers at the time soon got big price drops and mostly thanks to the ZX Spectrum, not bad for a computer that wasn't really that far behind the C64 and was better in some ways like the cpu.
Anyway, was supprised no Dizzy games ware on your list, I remember many of them being really good even on the ZX Spectrum.
Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us, Paul! Truly appreciate it!
Played pratically every Dizzy game there is. Fantasy World Dizzy is probably my favorite and is certainly on my Top 50 Speccy games ;)
Cheers! Thanks, once again!
No problem and I'm sure a lot of us have good memories from that time, as for Dizzy, I think I played them all but can't remember as there was quite a few of them, the one I remember the most was Treasure Island Dizzy on the Amiga, it was one of the early games I got for the Amiga, such good times :)
Carnt believe you missed out toobin that was my best game back in the day
Yeah, Toobin is a cool game and is definitely in my Top 50 ;)
Thanks for watching, David! Appreciate it!
Being American, I didn't get into Spectrum games, until very recently and through emulation. Because it takes quite an investment to get the "real deal" up and running over here.
+Andrew Vrba Yeah, you would probably have to look for Timex/Sinclair machines instead. There were a couple of those that were sold in the US, but I believe that they are quite rare and difficult to come across..
By the way, even using emulation, have you enjoyed Spectrum games?
It's a Pixel THING Yeah, I have Speculator on my phone. Has some nice bells and whistles, like access to a Spectrum cheats website.
+Andrew Vrba You could invest in the new Spectrum Vega, plugs into you're tv, 1000 built in, more can be downloaded and added, but it lacks a keyboard, has a D-pad control system instead.
Phillip Ward Those play okay on NTSC sets? Or is that no longer an issue with HDTVs?
It can be set up to play in NTSC, but it uses video/audio inputs and powered by a USB.
Great selection, but you missed out skool daze, fairlight and underwurlde.
+meetoo594 Yeah, three pretty awesome titles, but not good enough for my personal top 26 ;) Definitely on my top 50! :)
Thanks for watching and for leaving your feedback! Appreciate it!
Great list! Surprised to see Total Recall on that list considering it's not well liked although from what I got to play I did enjoy it.
You have also the story of Total Recall here on the channel, with all its ups and downs ;) Check it out!
@@itsaPIXELthing Will do!
Excelent episode! Some games I knew, a bunch of others I never heard about and they seem awesome!
heh, even the ZX Spectrum version of Enduro Racer is better than the Sega Master System version... And I was asking myself... where the hell is R-Type??? Until "ah, there it is!!".
Keep up the great work!
+Ivo Leitao Glad you liked it! And Enduro Racer was/is a really great game on the ZX Spectrum! Didn't quite understand why they didn't make an Amiga version of the game.. There was an Atari ST version, though!
Thanks for your comments, Ivo!
Grande abraço!
Just got the ZX Spectrum Vega with 1000 inbuilt games.
+Andrew Cameron I'm curious about that one. What do you think of it?
+ it's a Pixel THING It's Great, I love It! Simple plug & play, instant gaming, no loading times. With the 1,000 built in games there is plenty of choice, albeit that there are plenty of poor games included. Apparently they couldn't get the licence for some of the more popular games. However, not a major problem as all you need to do is go to ZX Spectrum World and download games to a micro SD card which you simply slot into the Zega. The only other thing is that with some of the downloaded games you have to program the keys using the virtual keyboard which isn't difficult. It is possibly a little overpriced but personally think it is worth it for the nostalgia.
Sounds awesome! ;) Thank you!
Interesting thing with ZX Spcetrum games is that they all ran softly.
Indeed! :) Such an awesome piece of hardware! ;)
Thanks for watching!
It's a Pixel THING
Welcome :)
Sempre com videos muito bem feitos e informativos :)
Gostei de saber das transmissoes das radios, muito interessante e curioso...mais uma razao para dizer, foram belos tempos!! :D
E claro, do Top, ves me recordar de alguns jogos que ja nao me lembrava que os tinha jogado, como o Robocop e o R-Type. O Commando nao tenho bem a certeza se joguei ou se foi o Rambo!?....
Maior parte dos jogos que tinha para Spectrum fiquei sem eles. E ja foi há muito tempo,por isso os que joguei ja nao me recordo bem, so vendo assim videos é que volto a relembrar de alguns.
Kudos for this video ;)
+Joao Carlos (JonnYuri o.O) Pois, infelizmente também grande parte da minha coleção Spectrum desapareceu quando a casa dos meus pais esteve em obras, há uns 15 anos.. :(
No Rambo 3 o scrolling do ecrã era feito tanto na vertical como na horizontal. Não tenho em mente outros jogos baseados na franquia Rambo..
Muito obrigado pelos comentários, João! Foram anos incríveis e é sempre bom recordá-los ;)
Abraço!
Here in Argentina, came the CZ Spectrum.
Yep! Indeed ;)
@@itsaPIXELthing However, more people bought the Drean Commodore 64C.
Muito boa compilação.
Hoje em dia não tenho muito tempo para jogar como antes.tenho jogado no Raspberry Pi com os meus irmãos.
No outro dia foi louco relembrar ,ghouls and ghosts,bombjack,mortal Kombat .
Obrigado pelos teus vídeos e o ótimo trabalho de investigação 👍
Eu é que agradeço, José! Grande abraço!
correct me 1 thing: why some colors(inclued background\objects) , some times, are above the player?
the transparency is a big problem on ZX Spectrum?
It's called "colour clash" and it was probably the major flaw of the good old Speccy. It's something that programmers are now starting to overcome ;) New games for the Spectrum are being released every week! :)
thank you so much.
maybe they do more games for change the keys(for me, the keys was worst thing to control. and not all games let me change them).
today i don't have the ZX Spectrum. and it takes some money... it's old and for collection. that keyboard that you show us(don't use the tape... i think.) i don't know how works or if the games are in memory of in card memory, but seems cool too.
thank you so much for all.
great video. i love it. thanks
Saboteur II should be in that list :)
Amazing game, no doubt ;)
The C64 i still my favourite computer. But I have to admit that Ghouls`n`Ghosts on the Speccy looks better playable then the C64-version.
+Moleplay Yeah, and I believe that Chase H.Q. was another example! Extremely playable on the Spectrum and not so good on the 64 ;)
Thanks for sharing your opinion! Appreciate it! ;)
Mais um excelente video que servirá certamente de inspiração para o video que ando a preparar dos 20 anos playstation =D. Olha por acaso nunca fui muito virado para o Spectrum. Tinha um em casa (que era do meu irmão) que tava todo "quitado".. o meu irmao chegou até a inventar um sistema de surround com uma colunas para com mais qualidade jogar. Mas nem me lembro bem que jogos ele jogava.
Relativamente ao The Great Escape não sei se sabes mas existe também uma versão do filme para PS2. Gostaste mais dos Batmans do Tim Burton que estes últimos do Christopher Nolan? =O
+Game Chest Ora bem, vamos por partes ;) Quando utilizava o meu Spectrum, fiz um "mod de som", mas na televisão onde normalmente jogava! Liguei uma brutal coluna de graves para amplificar aqueles sons mais profundos das explosões e das próprias músicas! He he!
Em relação ao The Great Escape, tenho a versão de 2003, mas na xbox original. Até é engraçado. Quando fiz a review individual ao jogo do Spectrum mencionei também essa nova versão que saiu quase 20 anos após a do Spectrum.
Por fim, em relação aos filmes do Batman, o meu favorito de sempre é o primeiro realizado por Tim Burton, em 1989, em que o jogo mencionado no vídeo se baseia. Quanto aos mais recentes, a visão de Nolan é boa e o personagem de Joker, interpretado pelo falecido Heath Ledger, é do melhor que vi até hoje, superior à de Jack Nicholson no filme de Burton. No entanto, acho a interpretação de Christian Bale (um dos meus atores favoritos) bastante forçada, com aquele tom de voz que, sinceramente, faz o filme ir numa direção que não me agrada. Em relação aos filmes de Joel Shumacher, em que tivemos 2 atores diferentes no papel de Batman (Val Kilmer e George Clooney) mais valia não terem existido! He he!
Abraço!
Eu sou de 79 e ainda tenho o meu Spectrum 48k. :)
+MrVisa1000 E eu sou de 75 ;)
ZX Spectrum´s clones become extreme popular in Brazil because they was cheap.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Eduardo!
Abraço de Portugal!