ZX Spectrum 48k+ Games

[slightlymaddad]

I had a ZX Spectrum 48k+ (non-rubber key board) hooked up to a black and white TV.

Mint games were:

Great Escape
Dan Dare II
Infiltrator
Outrun
Paperboy
Head over Heels
A submarine one that i can't remember the name of, but was just lines showing outlines of the shapes - if anyone can name this I would be grateful.

[flukesy]

Would it be periscope up?

[ZX7R]

This is me on the Spectrum 48k!

Amazing days they were.

[slightlymaddad]

Would it be periscope up?

it isn't but when I googled images for Periscope Up I saw it, so thanks

Wow, I found it!!!

It was called Gato Submarine. Bizare,like going back in time!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gato_(video_game)

[Soulassassin]

Too many to name, if you have android anything get 'Marvin' spectrum emulator. Brings back memories.
Fairtlight, knightlore, manic miner, jet set willy, sabrewulf, jet pac, dynamite Dan, chuckie egg, attic attack, automania, pyjama arma...

[Ashley]

Soul assassin was jet pac when you collect keys?

[Rhinoz]

Soul assassin was jet pac when you collect keys?

Jet Pac & Trans Am were the only games that would work on my Spectrum 16k that were any good, I wasted hours of my life typing in code only to find I had run out of memory.

Apparently once I had turned on my 16k it only had 8k of usable memory!

[JonEp]

I was addicted to Head over Heals. That and some driving game.

John North and his pokes.

Imagine and Ocean software. Ah the memories ..

[mitchb]

Loved my speccy.

Lost weeks on footballer of the year

[Zippeyrude]

jetpac and jet set willy were huge at the time... the old days of tape to tape ....

[Soulassassin]

Soul assassin was jet pac when you collect keys?

Jet pac was where you collected parts of your rocket while avoiding aliens, you then had to collect fuel and once full you took off and onto the next level with more/different aliens.

[Jakaru]

Has to be Chaos (and pretty much everything Gollop ever did!), then Smuggler an Ant Attack as my top 3.

(I still play chaos on my phone...)

[greaseweasel]

Too many to name, if you have android anything get 'Marvin' spectrum emulator.

You just made my evening, been reliving my early teens playing chuckie egg, atic attak and sabre wulf

[Over Carl]

Jet Pac & Trans Am were the only games that would work on my Spectrum 16k that were any good, I wasted hours of my life typing in code only to find I had run out of memory.

Apparently once I had turned on my 16k it only had 8k of usable memory!

You've just reminded me of all the times I would spend days entering code from a book/magazine only to find out I had made too many mistakes to bother fixing it.

[si-amigo]

The Spectrum days were tremendous but a lot of you will find if you revisit it now, your memories will be ruined.

I had a 128k+2 a year or so ago and it was depressing when all I had were great memories. It soiled them all.

[maltloaf]

i still play manic miner regularly. A great game is a great game irrespective of its era/gfx

oh and quazatron. Amazing game.

For what i play on the bbc micro, see the avatar I've had for years ;-)

[coin-op]

Wheelie. I really loved this one, but I'm sure now it would be one that gets relegated to the disappointing memories drawer.

[I Black Belt]

Do you remember how good the airbrushed artwork on the cassette box was on these games?
I'd save and save for the games I wanted that I saw in the magazines and be wowed by the box...
Only to find it was all pixelated bollocks. Still didn't stop me though.
I can remember playing the ported version of Dragons Lair on the speccy.
Fuck me that was some painful shite.

Best game ever though:
Way of the exploding fist

[TJB]

Rebel Star Raiders, Match Day 2, Thunderbirds, Back to Skool, Football manager 2, Underwurlde, The Great Escape and C90's filled with games. Christ, I could go on for ever.


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[TAR]

Loved it. I loved all the above and also 'bobby bearing' & 'saboteur' to name two more. there were loads of others, but cant remember em at the mo..