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
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
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.
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! 👍🍻
@@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 was lucky, my mum worked in the factory they were made, and erm, got them "cheap". Whenever I would ask about the manual for it, I would often get the reply, "what manual?" :D
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.
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.
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 👍🏻
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 😀
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.
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.
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.
I know I'm commenting on a 3 year old video, but I just wanted to thank you for this mini blast from the past. My personal favourite games on the Spectrum were the ones I could play for hours without having to dig out another tape! My top four were definitely Ghostbusters, Empire, Chaos and "They Stole a Million". Oh, if only they did a remake of TSaM!
@@ClassicReplay I've only just found your channel, so I'll have a look through your other vids. You have a new sub :) .. Empire was actually a freebie on front of one of the magazines - I think perhaps Your Sinclair. I've had a check around, and it was called "Empire!" by Firebird - a wonderful precursor to overhead space sims, where you took over starbases to expand your.. empire. Heh!
For all the kids out there. Just remember all these games were created using 48KB of memory!!!!! Let that sink in....48 KILO BYTES!! 48 KB now is probably worth a roll of toilet paper!
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’ll be honest, I never managed to complete either. But definitely great games. There’s quite a few vids on UA-cam including a walkthrough that show how much content the game offered. It would definitely make my top fifty.
I enjoyed this video and the comments so much, bought back so many good memories. Thanks to you all! Subbed. Rana Rama was a wonderful game, so glad it's on your list. My Top 10 (based on what I remember enjoying most as a kid) would be Dark Scepter, Wizball, Skool Daze, Rana Rama, Matchday 2, Elite, Bards Tale, Football Director, Bubble Bobble in any order. But my number 1 favourite game was most definitely Head Over Heels. Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond were geniuses.
Head over Heels. I played it recently and only just made it off the first level. I need more practice, great game, great times and thanks for the sub and sharing your list 👌
@@ClassicReplay iirc there's a level in HoH where you end up falling down 6 levels if you miss a jump and the only way to get out of it was by putting a mat between Heels and Head, jumping with Heels and then switching to Head to jump again to knock over some other mats on top of a pillar so that you could get both out (you could get Head out on his own but without Heels you'd get stuck a few levels later). Memory is a bit vague but remember being so proud that I figured it out.
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.
Lazy jones , panzadrome , wheelie , fighter pilot , combat lynx , Tll , that's the spirit , lords of midnight , critical mass ,speccy games pre 1985 really defined the spectrum
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.
It was, I don’t disagree. But I personally believe Head Over Heels took all the best bits and improved on the formula. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 👍
i have agree, never saw KnightLore until i'd moved on from the spectrum and was pretty much amazed by whati saw in my zx spectrum days is was all about 2D with games like manic miner, jetset willy, lunar jetman and jetpac being top 10
I don’t get how it’s a top ten list when in between each ranking there’s other titles introduced. So, between 8 and 9, five games are given a nod; surely that means one of those five should be at 9. Unless those five are at 8.2, 8.4, 8.6 etc . . . not seen that system used before though. It’s no big deal but it just made the list of ten totally moot for me. It’s more like a random pick of ten games out of the top 40ish. 🤔
As I explained in the vid, it’s just my random thought process. There was no planning. It was how I selected in my head which games got the slot. It appears to have gone down quite well and I noticed nobody else has tried it this way. It was just me, sitting on my favourite armchair thinking about the best games I could think of for each countdown. Crazy I know, but that’s me 😊
Target renegade.. renegade 3.. RoboCop..last ninja.. rouge trooper.cobra..treasure island dizzy..head over heels..chase hq .narc..my top ten speccy games but idolise all hit squad games .. cracking vid thank you 🎉🎉🎉
Surprised you missed Bruce Lee, airwolf and commando out on that list. 😀 My childhood , apart from star wars and rock music was the zx spectrum. I loved it All my mates had one. Awesome times. I’ll subscribe if you do a walk through of saboteur 2 😀👍🏻🏴
For me personally, not a fan of doing these top ten lists, but people seem to like them. Too stressful. Those mentioned apart from Airwolf would definitely make my top 20. Thx for stopping by and leaving a comment ;-)
You’re right, top ten-50 lists are too stressful. 🙃 I did a top 50 in the comment section of another gamer and still having reply’s a year later. 😂 Loved the spectrum especially having fond memories of when Sinclair user type magazine was giving away a game every month. I was able to get titles that were around a year old for a couple of quid where as they were 7.99-9.99 new. Too expensive for a 14 yr old. But ideal when you can get them for just a couple of quid. The most frustrating game was army moves. I’ve never seen anyone complete that. Loved commando, flying shark, dizzy, spell bound, saboteur.... far too many to mention. Keep up the gaming. 😄👍🏻🏴
@@ollyf5088 oh mate. Plenty of hand grenades and full auto that was the key. Shame the levels after 9 I think we’re on a loop only harder and quicker. I think I got the levels up into the 20s 😎 Played it for hours fond memories my friend 😀👍🏻
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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.
Great list and some good memories there. I was hoping switchblade might get a mention as i really enjoyed that game and remember getting a layout map in your Sinclair that helped me finish it.
Thro' The Wall and Booty were my first Speccy games. What a machine. Seeing these brings back the memories. I was heavily into my racing games back then, so Chase HQ, Outrun and Stunt Car Racer (I put hundreds of hours into that, but I think it was the Amiga version), brings it all back. Whenever I think of the Speccy though, it will always be the buggy, but brilliant Jet Set Willy for me. Robocop was ace as well.
There’s a lot of nostalgia flowing back and forth in your reply. Chase HQ was immense in the Spectrum, as close as we could have wished for limitations aside, Outrun tried to look like the original but the car could only do 0 to 3fps at full pelt. Stunt Car Racer still plays a blinder I kid you not. Anyways, thanks for watching. Be sure to check out my other ZX Spectrum vids and have a Merry Christmas 🎅
Interesting list. I liked the honourable mentions of jet pac and cobra. I'll be honest I was surprised there was no mention of attic attack, beach head, daily Thompsons decathlon, journeys end, Horace goes skiing. Hero was awesome too. Such great memories
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 :)
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
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 :)
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.
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!
Good list. I recall Aliens as particularly confusing and scary gramdpappy FPS & one where you played as a werewolf, tramsforming at night to eat people. 😊
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.
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
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 👍
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 🎈🙌
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?
I forgotten about so many of those games, amazin like you say that the spectrum had so many great games, for what it could do Your video reminded me for 1st time since i was a kid in 1980s the games we used to play on the spectrum Makes me wanna but one of those mini machines to replay many of those games. I had forgotten about alot of the games in this video, but thanks for reminding me what games we used to play. Games there i have not seen since we were kids in 1980s
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.
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!
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.
@@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 UA-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 👍
Random recommendation but damn, pleased it came up 👍 Brought back so many great memories. The 48k was my very first computer, it was the plastic keyboard version. I believe I was around 10yo, and I thought I was Elon Musk :) I remember buying the monthly magazine which had lotsa great programs in them. I used to waste away hours typing them in to see if they worked :) And also developed a serious gaming addiction due to Manic Minor, Robocop, Wotef etc etc, I can go on and on. I then had the 128k. Then moved on to the Cpc464. But for me, no one can take away the magic of the 48k, I loved it. I play Gta online every now and then, but the feeling of playing these older games again is magic, and can’t be compared. Great channel. Liked and subbed 👍
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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.
My Fingers still hurt from Decathlon and I'm 50 now!
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 list. You missed Skool Daze. Absolute classic.
Used to love that game, and Little Computer People
_Skool Daze_ and its sequel _Back to Skool_ are awesome early examples of sandbox games.
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.
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 was lucky, my mum worked in the factory they were made, and erm, got them "cheap". Whenever I would ask about the manual for it, I would often get the reply, "what manual?" :D
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
100% Attic Attack was easily one of the best
So good to see Manic Miner top the list. A fabulous game for the ages and still so playable
Manic Miner was the main reason to purchase the speccy! Great list
Mathew Smith ahead of his time. Thanks for watching 👍
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 🤯
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 👍🏻
Oi oi. Da title screens had me buggin... Love da all so rans... Top vid. Onelove
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 😀
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
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 ;-)
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
WOW flash back boss list :-)
@@davestationuk7374yep - only beaten by the arcade version in my eyes. What a game.
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 😀
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.
Ace Video, enjoyed, and lots of fun, Rock-on!!
Rock on! Glad you enjoyed it!
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 😊
I know I'm commenting on a 3 year old video, but I just wanted to thank you for this mini blast from the past. My personal favourite games on the Spectrum were the ones I could play for hours without having to dig out another tape! My top four were definitely Ghostbusters, Empire, Chaos and "They Stole a Million". Oh, if only they did a remake of TSaM!
Thanks for the kind words. Have you seen my other ZX Spectrum vids, I believe you’ll be pleasantly surprised. What’s Empire about, missed that one 🧐
@@ClassicReplay I've only just found your channel, so I'll have a look through your other vids. You have a new sub :) .. Empire was actually a freebie on front of one of the magazines - I think perhaps Your Sinclair. I've had a check around, and it was called "Empire!" by Firebird - a wonderful precursor to overhead space sims, where you took over starbases to expand your.. empire. Heh!
Cheers my friend. So it’s a bit like Star Control then, I’ll definitely look into this. Thanks
For all the kids out there. Just remember all these games were created using 48KB of memory!!!!! Let that sink in....48 KILO BYTES!! 48 KB now is probably worth a roll of toilet paper!
That wouldn’t last five mins in our house 🤣🤣🤣🤣
48kb was huge. I had a vic20 with 5k at the time.
I remember my cousin had a Commodore 16, I thought that was phenomenal at the time 🤣
Fantastic collection and differentiated thoughts. Thank you!
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 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
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 UA-cam including a walkthrough that show how much content the game offered. It would definitely make my top fifty.
I enjoyed this video and the comments so much, bought back so many good memories. Thanks to you all! Subbed.
Rana Rama was a wonderful game, so glad it's on your list. My Top 10 (based on what I remember enjoying most as a kid) would be Dark Scepter, Wizball, Skool Daze, Rana Rama, Matchday 2, Elite, Bards Tale, Football Director, Bubble Bobble in any order. But my number 1 favourite game was most definitely Head Over Heels. Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond were geniuses.
Head over Heels. I played it recently and only just made it off the first level. I need more practice, great game, great times and thanks for the sub and sharing your list 👌
@@ClassicReplay iirc there's a level in HoH where you end up falling down 6 levels if you miss a jump and the only way to get out of it was by putting a mat between Heels and Head, jumping with Heels and then switching to Head to jump again to knock over some other mats on top of a pillar so that you could get both out (you could get Head out on his own but without Heels you'd get stuck a few levels later). Memory is a bit vague but remember being so proud that I figured it out.
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
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.
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
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 👍🏻
Lazy jones , panzadrome , wheelie , fighter pilot , combat lynx , Tll , that's the spirit , lords of midnight , critical mass ,speccy games pre 1985 really defined the spectrum
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'm surprised you didn't mention KnightLore by Ultimate. To me, that was the most impressive game ever for the Spectrum.
It was, I don’t disagree. But I personally believe Head Over Heels took all the best bits and improved on the formula. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 👍
i have agree, never saw KnightLore until i'd moved on from the spectrum
and was pretty much amazed by whati saw
in my zx spectrum days is was all about 2D with games like manic miner, jetset willy, lunar jetman and jetpac being top 10
Wow what a trip down memory lane! I played and loved so many of those games! Impossible to create a top 10!
Exactly 👍
I don’t get how it’s a top ten list when in between each ranking there’s other titles introduced. So, between 8 and 9, five games are given a nod; surely that means one of those five should be at 9. Unless those five are at 8.2, 8.4, 8.6 etc . . . not seen that system used before though. It’s no big deal but it just made the list of ten totally moot for me. It’s more like a random pick of ten games out of the top 40ish. 🤔
As I explained in the vid, it’s just my random thought process. There was no planning. It was how I selected in my head which games got the slot. It appears to have gone down quite well and I noticed nobody else has tried it this way. It was just me, sitting on my favourite armchair thinking about the best games I could think of for each countdown. Crazy I know, but that’s me 😊
I think you may be over-thinking… SMH
Target renegade.. renegade 3.. RoboCop..last ninja.. rouge trooper.cobra..treasure island dizzy..head over heels..chase hq .narc..my top ten speccy games but idolise all hit squad games .. cracking vid thank you 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks dude! I’ve never heard anyone say they liked Renegade 3 before, it’s normally considered the worst version. But each to their own as they say.
Surprised you missed Bruce Lee, airwolf and commando out on that list. 😀
My childhood , apart from star wars and rock music was the zx spectrum. I loved it
All my mates had one. Awesome times. I’ll subscribe if you do a walk through of saboteur 2 😀👍🏻🏴
For me personally, not a fan of doing these top ten lists, but people seem to like them. Too stressful. Those mentioned apart from Airwolf would definitely make my top 20. Thx for stopping by and leaving a comment ;-)
You’re right, top ten-50 lists are too stressful. 🙃
I did a top 50 in the comment section of another gamer and still having reply’s a year later. 😂
Loved the spectrum especially having fond memories of when Sinclair user type magazine was giving away a game every month.
I was able to get titles that were around a year old for a couple of quid where as they were 7.99-9.99 new.
Too expensive for a 14 yr old. But ideal when you can get them for just a couple of quid.
The most frustrating game was army moves. I’ve never seen anyone complete that.
Loved commando, flying shark, dizzy, spell bound, saboteur.... far too many to mention.
Keep up the gaming. 😄👍🏻🏴
Commando. That bit at the end of level one when the doors opened and the whole army seemed to stream out. Still sets my nerves on edge :E
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes, brilliant for the time
@@ollyf5088 oh mate. Plenty of hand grenades and full auto that was the key.
Shame the levels after 9 I think we’re on a loop only harder and quicker.
I think I got the levels up into the 20s 😎
Played it for hours fond memories my friend 😀👍🏻
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.
Utterly superb list. So many games in your list would be in my list too
Thanks mate 👍
awesome video, so much analysis about the games!! Greetings from Greece.
Glad you like them!
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 👍
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 :-)
Man, so many awesome games on Zx Spectrum in just 48k memory.
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!
Great to see Deathchase on your list - such an early but brilliant game!!!
Thanks my friend 👍 great times!
We were just too spoilt with the zx spectrum and so many classics, cheers for this👍🏻
No problem 👍
Great video, what a blast from the past, I loved Target renegade, robocop, harrier attack and saboteur, amazing fun, no need for 4k there
Yes, all great games. Brilliant memories. All the games you mention are highly playable, Target Renegade 2 player for the win. Thanks
Great list and some good memories there. I was hoping switchblade might get a mention as i really enjoyed that game and remember getting a layout map in your Sinclair that helped me finish it.
I forget about Switchblade, I think Amiga 500 or Gx4000 when anyone mentions it. Amazing they were able to do it with 48k
Thro' The Wall and Booty were my first Speccy games. What a machine. Seeing these brings back the memories. I was heavily into my racing games back then, so Chase HQ, Outrun and Stunt Car Racer (I put hundreds of hours into that, but I think it was the Amiga version), brings it all back. Whenever I think of the Speccy though, it will always be the buggy, but brilliant Jet Set Willy for me. Robocop was ace as well.
There’s a lot of nostalgia flowing back and forth in your reply. Chase HQ was immense in the Spectrum, as close as we could have wished for limitations aside, Outrun tried to look like the original but the car could only do 0 to 3fps at full pelt. Stunt Car Racer still plays a blinder I kid you not. Anyways, thanks for watching. Be sure to check out my other ZX Spectrum vids and have a Merry Christmas 🎅
Interesting list. I liked the honourable mentions of jet pac and cobra.
I'll be honest I was surprised there was no mention of attic attack, beach head, daily Thompsons decathlon, journeys end, Horace goes skiing. Hero was awesome too. Such great memories
I know, but there’s so many great games, difficult
Good idea to add the 'almost made its' before getting to the actual #10, etc. :) Good reviews. ♥
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 😀
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
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 🤷🏻♂️
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 👍🏻
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…
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
Cheers, just got a load of ideas for downloading to the new The Spectrum 👍
Don’t forget to check out all my other ZX Spectrum vids 👍
My friend, so many awesome titles you brought back to my mind, Head Over Heels, Myth, Saboteur, and Rex, OMG
Glad you enjoyed!
Yes! Target Renegade was classic. Loved playing that game when I could get it to load 😄
Same here!
Thank you for bringing back to memory stunt car racer and buggy boy. I loved them. Skool daze, acrojet, all classics. Great video
Cheers my friend. The Speccy is getting some much deserved love of late
Good games mentioned, auf wiedersehen Monty, knightlore and commando would have been in mine
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 :)
I will try Jet Pac 18:31 good content keep going up 🎃💯
Good times 🥳
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
ua-cam.com/video/7EH3K7TCNus/v-deo.html
Good list. I recall Aliens as particularly confusing and scary gramdpappy FPS & one where you played as a werewolf, tramsforming at night to eat people. 😊
Aliens scared the crap out of me back in the day. The other might be Knightlore
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 👍
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 👍
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
Totally agree with Ivan Stewart off road racer, pure playability. I have to mention a shout out to another pure classic Target Renegade.
Couldn't agree more! Classic
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
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
You got them all man! Excellent choices and Great video!
Cheers mate
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
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 🎈🙌
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.
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 😊
Great choices
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
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.
I forgotten about so many of those games, amazin like you say that the spectrum had so many great games, for what it could do
Your video reminded me for 1st time since i was a kid in 1980s the games we used to play on the spectrum
Makes me wanna but one of those mini machines to replay many of those games.
I had forgotten about alot of the games in this video, but thanks for reminding me what games we used to play. Games there i have not seen since we were kids in 1980s
Thank you for watching and happy you enjoyed. Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄
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 ua-cam.com/video/9TTAtrp-kpM/v-deo.html
A great upload, pal.
It's refreshing to see someone stick their neck out and choose a few games 'off the beaten track'.
Brought back some memories:)
That’s what we like 👍
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.
Nostalgia overload😂 may have to give in and just buy one😂
The new Spectrum is really good 👍
Manic Miner! my favorite spectrum game of all time too. Great pick!
Great minds 🥰
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 👍🏻
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
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 UA-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 👍
The "Ant attack" was another level! It was the favorite of my father, mine was the Bruce Lee
Amazing times
Random recommendation but damn, pleased it came up 👍 Brought back so many great memories. The 48k was my very first computer, it was the plastic keyboard version. I believe I was around 10yo, and I thought I was Elon Musk :) I remember buying the monthly magazine which had lotsa great programs in them. I used to waste away hours typing them in to see if they worked :) And also developed a serious gaming addiction due to Manic Minor, Robocop, Wotef etc etc, I can go on and on. I then had the 128k. Then moved on to the Cpc464. But for me, no one can take away the magic of the 48k, I loved it. I play Gta online every now and then, but the feeling of playing these older games again is magic, and can’t be compared. Great channel. Liked and subbed 👍
Cheers my friend, you’ve fired the old nostalgia up in me after reading your comment. Merry Christmas and have a happy new year 🥳
I love the way you talk with passion.
Lovely thanks ☺️
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.
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. :)
That was a brilliant video, well done.
Cheers my friend