Without wishing to incite decades old rivalries, what did the Speccy have over the C64?
We had the commodore machine and whenever I see Spectrum versions of games I used to play on the C64, they all look notably worse, particularly the colours.
I presume there were some areas where the spectrum had the edge (?)
I think it was just a following they had, most ppl i knew had a speccy but few had a c64. Yeah it had better gfx and all that but there was just something about the spectrum. I cant recall if the games were cheaper, if there were more of em or what but all i know is i had a spectrum and didnt feel envious of anyone that had a c64 as it didnt seem like there was any draw to it. Back then i dont think anyone cared about if gfx were better etc just if they enjoyed what they had. Times were a bit harder back in them days. So you used to be happy with what you got off ur parents or played on what ur family had.
My fav games were from what i recall.
Dizzy games
Sabatour 2 (never really was good but thought it was cool cos of the bike bit)
great escape (never was good but liked the gameplay)
MOVIE (again was crap at it but was really cool at the time)
double dragon
mario
tmht
i liked this side scrolling atv (some sorta vehicle) game which was fun
a motorbike game where u hit a log and u went flying up in the air, was fun iirc
grand prix game i dunno what it was called tho but had the coolest sound effects i thought at the time
juganaut, some game bit like euro truck sim but 2d top down. Hard to play but was interesting.
Oh and on the spec +3 there was a game on the floppy that came with it that was like a naughty postman, that was kinda cool.
Star wars was pretty good with the speeder bikes and the falcon bits.
Loads of others i forgot but those are off top of my head for now.
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