ZX Spectrum - 30 Games That Stood the Test of Time... 

I wish Quazatron would get re-discovered - such a lot of depth of gameplay from such a simple couple of concepts.

Some great picks, as always. I don't think Outrun holds up, personally and didn't like it when it released. Chase HQ, however is an epic programming achievement and still impresses.

Lords of Midnight. Can still go back to it now and have hours of brilliant gameplay

Target Renegade is still sublime. That music is outstanding. Equally the CPC version is right up there. Robocop is a must, again THAT music.

I loved Rainbow Islands as a kid. I played all home versions recently and apart from the TGCD arcade perfect one, i genuinely think Spectrum was the best home port of the game. What a great game.

There are so many 8 bit wonders that are still playable now, to many to list, but be personal faves are Doomdarks Revenge, Neather Earth, Empire, and not forgetting Manic Miner. And also, a big shout out to all those text adventures, truly remarkable, even now tbh.

Perhaps it's just me, but I never see *Exolon* in these Speccy lists. Hands down my favourite speccy game and one of my favourite games of all time. Mayne I had the only copy 🤷‍♂

Back in the day, when i owned a ZX Spectrum 48k, my favourite games included: Jet Set Willy 3D Death Chase Hyper Sports Jetpac Spy Hunter Tapper Knight Lore Arcadia Skool Daze Scuba Dive Chuckie Egg Ghost Busters ..and then i picked up a Commodore 64 ^_^ (..which blew me away ;D )

My God...I swear I would throw up after one hour of these sounds....

I'm okay with most of the list, I'll even give you "Stunt car racer" based on its technical achievement (even if i didnt like it)... But i'm TOTALLY in disagreement with Outrun.. That game was awful! I think you're the first person i've ever heard say it was good! I've never played Turbo Outrun, but I suspect you're wrong there too 😉 *wink*

Jetpack was for sale? I thought it was the demo game. It came with my Spectrum 16k.

Wore the Jack the Nipper badge to school. Loved that game.

The games I loved on the Speccy (that I also completed): Spellbound, Knight Tyme, Stormbringer; Firefly; Lords of Time, Red Moon, The Price of Magik; Star Paws; Jetpac; Impossible Mission; Brainstorm And the ones I loved that I couldn't beat (or where it's not technically beatable): Spy Hunter; Ghostbusters; Zynaps; Hypersports; Exolon; Head over Heels; Zolyx

I always thought Jetpac was overrated. Fantastic software, but a bit dull. I prefer Lunar Jetman, a true classic. Trans-am is underrated.

I can't believe "Chuckie Egg" wasn't in this list, as the Speccy version was the best one.

Where is head over heels ?? It should be in every top x speccy gsmes chart :)

Enjoyed. For all its qualities, the crime I'd charge Abbey of Crime for is its visuals. I don't think I'll play it, ever

Great list beside merely the usual suspects. Appreciated. I can't explain what it is about the Specci. I still feel the magic when I play certain games. I have this with no other system. Only exception is playing Baldurs Gate 1 on a PC. Crazy, how addictive JETPAC still is. 🎉🎉🎉

Spy vs Spy? Great 2 player fun on multi platforms. Also we loved the game whose name eludes me - sci fi setting, turn based, top down maps, control a team of mercenaries, each with differing skills. One was a spherical floating bot called Maul. We often figured out how to turn 1 player games into 2 players by sharing the tiny keyboard 🤓

Alien Storm - I've never liked any version of this game. The weird awkward shooting mechanic where you sort of fire straight, but then fire down when near an enemy just always felt sloppy to me. Elite - I played this for hours on my C64. All the 8-bit ports were pretty good. Shame the Amiga and Atari st versions were inferior. Fast, pretty graphics, but it feels soulless. Stunt Car Racer - A rare example of a game where I don't think there was a single bad port. Rodland - Not that I'm good enough to do it, but apparently if you beat the arcade version, it then tells you how to access a second set of levels with all new graphics and enemies. This is missing from all the home ports. :(

2:11 OK! I am SHOCKED that OUT RUN made it on here - But I was a CPC Boy and although my sisters had a Spectrum, We never had Out Run for it... And what I can see of the footage in this video (I suspect that was the 128K version with the music) - DAMN! IT ROCKS! I know the Screenshots on the case were faked, But the Spectrum does at least have a proper CRASH when you hit another vehicle!

Hahahaah great singing intro

I’d add Way of the Exploding Fist, 3D Deathchase, ATF and Ping Pong to this.

I'm only here for the awesomely funny title song.... Brilliant....😂

Great list of games. ZX Spectrum still rocks!

I'm sad that neither of the Avalon games from Hewson Consultants made your list.

im sorry but comparing target renegade to any streets of rage is just wrong and you like outrun how its the worst racing arcade conversion as i played the arcade and then got the speccy port not of outrun but shinobi and god its bad then later i borrwed outrun and no just no it is shite as theyre my fav games as a kid and talk about dreams destroyed but to each their own all so no midnight reststance and your going by the mag score which is like bullshit as they were payed for ads

Great video. 👍👍👍 .......Your first video: Cybernoid (1) is an absolute belter - and it makes a change from playing various Jet Set Willy games/clones. And them pokes for Cybernoid (1) are brilliant. 😁😁😁

As a CPC owner I have mixed feelings about this video... 🤣seriously, what great games the speccy had, always a little faster and smoother than on Amstrad. Great video!

No Manic Miner? I'll see you down by the bike sheds after school mate 🤛😂

Not the main reason but I had to subscribe because your mic quality is better than the other speccy nostalgia channels. Also thanks for the excellent rendition in the intro ;)

Where is head over heels ?? It shouls be in every top x speccy gsmes chart :)

What an intro theme! ❤

Double Dragon 3 in better than the choppy arcade version.

Tai Ceti/Academy not in list?

The Littlest Hobo!

Definitely worth a 👍 for your brilliantly sung theme tune alone 😁👍👍👍.

What about:- the magic knight series, laser squad, saboteur 2, turbo esprit….:). Plus the sentinel. Would love a modern vr remake of it… :).

Skate crazy is not on the list ? wow.

Absolutely love your zx Spectrum videos

Why no Highway Encounter?

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" ?

Operation wolf is better in spectrum than amiga, apart i think wec le mans is far better than chase hq, stunt car racer looks like amiga that is insuperable,

Bubble Bobble, Commando

I look at every ZX top on YT, not a single one is even close to what my brother and I had. I actually haven't even seen some of the games and they are good and quality games: Jet Story, Twilight, F.I.R.E., Tetris 2, Quadrax, Towdie, Commando 2, Bionic Commando, Deliverance: Stormlord II, Thanatos, Laser Squad, Sim City, Ancient Fighters, HeroQuest, Ikari Warriors, Xecutor, Dragon Breed, Astro Marine Corps, Savage, Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper, Extreme, Dan Dare, Barbarian, Turrican, and probably more.

You always pick the songs that made my childhood! Littlest hobo, I'm the Storyteller, Convoy...

Every time I see one of these Spectrum "memory road" videos I can't help but smile... I am so glad I had a Commodore 64 😁 🤣🤣🤣

I rember complwting renegade for first time was amazing was at it a week lol

Despite the enthusiasm of the commentator's voice... These games are far from being the best ones on a list. Sorry, but I had to be honest.

Even with emulators I struggled with a lot of the games I loved back in the day and most of them just gathered dust until I got my hands on a Kempton joystick and dug them back out because of the awful rubber keyboard, I'd moved on to more powerful machines by the time the newer models with real keyboards start to drop so I never really got to give a games a chance, that said even now a game I still go back to, and even have it installed on my phone, is Lords of Midnight, if one game has stood the test of time to be more than just a nostalgia trip it's this one. Honourable mentions go to Kevin Toms Football Manger, TLL, Ant Attack, and of course Manic Miner. But ultimately Lords of Midnight is the one that stands out, how they managed to fit it onto the 48k speccy still never ceases to amaze me even forty years later. I left school in 83 and got a YTS place between that and doing odd jobs at an allotment I saved and bought a C64 and thought I'd moved on from the Spectrum then Lords of Midnight dropped so I dug it out just to play this game then again when it dropped on the C64 along with the sequels. People talk about Ultimate and Ocean for their games and rightly so but for me Beyond Software with Lords of Midnight is to the Spectrum what Elite was to the BBC micro. RIP Mike Singleton.

I really love what you're doing here, and the editing is top notch, but you need to lower the game's audio a lot. You have a nice voice. Don't drown it. We're here to hear *you*

It's nice how you mention the devs who created some of these, good to see credit given and these peeps still mentioned by name. As for test of time, well I've been playing a lot of Jetpac recently. Back in the day I didn't have a joystick for my Speccy, so these days via emu (Kempston setting) it's actually much more fun than I had back then and I can finally actually clear a few levels!

Where are Myth, Saboteur!, Robin of the Wood, Nether Earth, Sim City ?!!

Whats the game in the bottom left of the opening? Is there any other system where an all time top 50 would have such a high % of homebrew? Genuinely i would probably have about 40 homebrew at least.

Alien Storm was on the spectrum? Today I learned. Edit: I forgot 2 gems that I LOVED squash and winter games. I played those for hours.

Your sinclair also took bribes from publishers.

Imagine an up-to-date speccy that's the same only with say 128 bit graphics and the games are remastered

Elite held so good that it was re released as Elite Dangerous.

A like and subscribe purely for the Littlest Hobo mashup alone 😂😂

A really great selection of games. Some I have never thought of playing. Thankyou

Remember mercenary got 99% by Johnny Nash? I loved it! But deathchase is still super addictive!

Opening set piece Absolutely Fantastic mate. Littlest Hobo gone wrong 😂😂😂😂 God I need a pint 🍻 😂😂😂

I am trying hard to like the ZX Spectrum and give it a fair chance, but I can't see a single game here that wasn't much better looking and just as fast on my Amstrad. Except R-type, which was a botched Speccy port.

Great video, thanks for uploading.

Loved Robocop and Batman on my speccy

Nice video love all things spectrum “Subbed”

Mint titles for the good old speccy, some quality games in there mate, enjoyed!! 😊

Great list. Greater singing😂

Ooh, Cobra and Hysteria are uncannily similar (including the 'Time Zup!' tune)! I'd bet one is ripping the other off...

Great video. Go back and watch Cobra again. It's actually a great movie imho. It just wasn't what anyone expected at the time.

Just subbed I'm from facey!!!!

Dan Dare, Renegade, Nigel Mansell F1, Gary Lineker Football, Dundee Football, Andy Capp, Formula one.

Is that the real music from the spectrum version??? Sounds great! Better than the sound on the CPC version! Never had a speccy, but I'm amazed at the quality of this one and chase hq.

littlest hobo...canada spectrum....england..... this is commonwealth gaming right here

Yeah ELITE :)

You show the passion, now that's an engaging video!❤

Deflector is used in gta online as security passes.

Out Run doesn't belong on this list. It was unplayable trash when it was released and it's not gotten better with age.

Very good video of a lot of the best Speccy games from back in the day. Agree with your choice of games here. I loved playing 'The Island of Dr Destructo' for many hours when I was back at school. I'm going to have to download this to use on my Speccy Emulator 😀 You've just got another Subscriber, love your channel 👍

I'm loving the bezel! Where can I find it?

Some hidden gems there 😊

Loved "The littlest Hobo song remix"

Brilliant video!!

I swear that intro passed most people by 😊

Looking forward to watching this later!

"I had no idea computers could have periods until I played this" got me howling 😂 😂