Top 50 PERSONAL FAVOURITE ZX Spectrum Games of all time ‎

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
  • This is a list of what I believe to be the best Sinclair ZX Spectrum games of all time, in fact I could have succeeded 50 and continued but had to stop somewhere! Let is know of your favourite ZX Spectrum games in the comments section.
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  • @JustJamie1983
    @JustJamie1983  2 месяца назад

    More retro countdowns Here:
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  • @Chobbito
    @Chobbito Год назад +12

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Год назад +4

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

    • @cocktailzombie
      @cocktailzombie Год назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Год назад +1

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

    • @cocktailzombie
      @cocktailzombie Год назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Год назад +1

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

  • @Zatracenec
    @Zatracenec 18 дней назад +3

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  18 дней назад +1

      Great memory my friend.

    • @spawn5310
      @spawn5310 12 дней назад +1

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

    • @Zatracenec
      @Zatracenec 12 дней назад +1

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

  • @argiebargie6478
    @argiebargie6478 25 дней назад +1

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

  • @trueh
    @trueh 5 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @digitizer3627
    @digitizer3627 Год назад +3

    Thanks.. brings back lots of memories

  • @super_morto
    @super_morto 17 дней назад +1

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

  • @MOSMASTERING
    @MOSMASTERING 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @StCreed
    @StCreed Год назад +3

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Год назад +1

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

  • @fmaylinch
    @fmaylinch 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @stewsretroreviews
    @stewsretroreviews 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for this! OMG!

  • @darkenergy9829
    @darkenergy9829 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @MrRjhyt
    @MrRjhyt 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  9 месяцев назад

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

  • @seraphinberktold7087
    @seraphinberktold7087 5 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @sbirchsbirch6232
    @sbirchsbirch6232 Месяц назад +1

    Nice selection.

  • @stewsretroreviews
    @stewsretroreviews 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  11 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly. Far too many greats.

  • @EnjoySynthSounds
    @EnjoySynthSounds 6 месяцев назад +1

    Game 31, had some serious Marioesque platforming going on.

  • @World-of-Virtual-pinball
    @World-of-Virtual-pinball 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @gavinfullen4282
    @gavinfullen4282 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @pollutedhalo
    @pollutedhalo 2 месяца назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks. I used Retrobat which I cover a lot of on my channel:
      ruclips.net/video/YHW4brRLjps/видео.html

    • @pollutedhalo
      @pollutedhalo 2 месяца назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  2 месяца назад +1

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

    • @pollutedhalo
      @pollutedhalo 2 месяца назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  2 месяца назад +1

      @pollutedhalo I know what you mean haha

  • @maxheadroom22and26
    @maxheadroom22and26 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  9 месяцев назад

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

  • @nichttuntun3364
    @nichttuntun3364 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @boloyeung3568
    @boloyeung3568 9 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 6 месяцев назад

      Check out the Spectrum Next.

  • @-ZloySanta-
    @-ZloySanta- 10 месяцев назад +3

    From Pacmania #46 what's music track name?

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  10 месяцев назад

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

    • @gofreelance40
      @gofreelance40 10 месяцев назад +3

      It’s Jarre

    • @johnchaos78
      @johnchaos78 7 месяцев назад

      That music is not in the game

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 6 месяцев назад

      @@gofreelance40Yes, Jean-Michel Jarre.

  • @reecehorner3736
    @reecehorner3736 5 месяцев назад

    Loved my 48k with soft key's 💕

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  5 месяцев назад

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

  • @davew1234
    @davew1234 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @leecollison8795
    @leecollison8795 9 месяцев назад

    Ps roller coaster another fav

  • @apppc.celulares6808
    @apppc.celulares6808 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mcjdubpower
    @mcjdubpower Год назад +1

    ❤Dizzy

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  Год назад +1

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

    • @mcjdubpower
      @mcjdubpower Год назад

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

  • @leecollison8795
    @leecollison8795 9 месяцев назад +1

    Y jetpac one ahhhhhh

  • @mcjdubpower
    @mcjdubpower Год назад +1

    Gud vid

  • @Nick-ov8sm
    @Nick-ov8sm 11 месяцев назад

    Booty was a great game not included!!

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  11 месяцев назад

      Yup. This was my top 50 though.

  • @Mince1971
    @Mince1971 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @robertwilson214
    @robertwilson214 7 месяцев назад

    Was hudson hawk game as bad as the film?😂

    • @blatherskite3009
      @blatherskite3009 4 месяца назад +1

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  4 месяца назад

      Nope. The film was medicore. Game was superb.

  • @robertwilson214
    @robertwilson214 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @geralt_di_rivia
    @geralt_di_rivia 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  9 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @darrenporter1850
      @darrenporter1850 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  8 месяцев назад

      @darrenporter1850 ?

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  8 месяцев назад

      In your opinion, sure. This is my video.

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  7 месяцев назад

      @Mucker-le6ld dude. Leave my channel.

  • @Mucker-le6ld
    @Mucker-le6ld 7 месяцев назад

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

    • @JustJamie1983
      @JustJamie1983  7 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @TravelWithMe38
      @TravelWithMe38 7 месяцев назад

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

    • @Mucker-le6ld
      @Mucker-le6ld 7 месяцев назад

      @@JustJamie1983 ? Irrelevant

    • @CastleKnight7
      @CastleKnight7 6 месяцев назад

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

    • @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309
      @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 Месяц назад

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