Favourite ZX Spectrum games

Chuckie Egg 2, Footballer of the Year, Nightshift.

Carrier Command came late in the day, great on the spectrum.
 
Literally too many to pick as a favourite.

My Spectrum +2 was by the far, the best Christmas present I have ever received.

For anyone interested in the Spectrum/8-Bit boom or 80s in general, this is worth a watch:

(Do not interpret it to be fact, just enjoy the ride, it is good fun).

 
First Speccy game that got me hooked was Starquake

Sunk hours into it

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Andrew_McP said:
Halls of the Things. Genius... at the time.
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Halls of the Things was my first game, but it wasn't anywhere as good as many others for the Spectrum. It was far too difficult to complete without a infinite lives cheat, and the graphics were relatively basic.

An under-celebrated game was Highway Encounter, which was so neatly designed and it had a good satisfying ending that many Spectrum games lacked. It also remains the only game I have ever played that had a good reason behind having extra lives. It was quite short compared to some other good games though.

Pyjamarama was a great puzzle/adventure game which I completed without any help or cheats. Bad one for the Spectrum colour bleed issue though. Oh look I made a YouTube comment on it 4 years ago.

Also, Fairlight, which I also completed unaided.
It squeezed the last drops of potential out of the Spectrum 48K.
 
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Loved the the speccy.

Turbo Esprit (above) was top drawer!

Also, I fondly remember (and still haven't found a rom for) Blood N Guts:


And Stunt Car Racer:


And this new fad thing at the time that started with DRILLER:

 
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Stunt Car Racer was fantastic! There were so many great Spectrum games and it was great being able to get them at pretty much any newsagents for a couple of quid.Nevermind being able to copy games with a twin cassette deck!

Loved pretty much all of the codemasters titles, especially the Dizzy series and rockstar ate my hamster.

Harrier Attack, Trashman, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, IK+, Ghosts n Goblins, Batman the movie, Barbaian, California Games, Rolling Thunder, Renegade, Rick Dangerous, god I loved my Spectrum!
 
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