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| ===== Recommended ===== | ===== Recommended ===== | ||
| + | ***//Alien 8//** (also on: BBC; CPC; MSX) | ||
| + | *Bennett: In my view [[company:Rare]]'s only true classic. A much cleaner design than //Knightlore//. | ||
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| ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000176|Amaurote]]//** | ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000176|Amaurote]]//** | ||
| *vision: the purest, loneliest terror on four legs. | *vision: the purest, loneliest terror on four legs. | ||
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| ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009332|Dizzy]]//** (series) | ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009332|Dizzy]]//** (series) | ||
| *Lick Meth: earlier titles by the Oliver Twins preferably | *Lick Meth: earlier titles by the Oliver Twins preferably | ||
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| + | ***//Fairlight II//** | ||
| + | *Bennett: Pretty amazing for 1986, even though it's sort of broken. //Ultima VII// seven years in advance, on a 48k Spectrum. | ||
| ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001845|Formula One]]//** | ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001845|Formula One]]//** | ||
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| ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009407|Rock Star Ate My Hamster]]//** | ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009407|Rock Star Ate My Hamster]]//** | ||
| *Lick Meth: videos on Youtube have audio removed by WMG, holy shit | *Lick Meth: videos on Youtube have audio removed by WMG, holy shit | ||
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| + | ***//Saboteur//** | ||
| + | *Bennett: But only if you're patient. Play the ZX spectrum version. One of the very few Spectrum games I would still consider playable. | ||
| ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004400|The Sentinel]]//** | ***//[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004400|The Sentinel]]//** | ||
| *Bennett: Movement is only possible by exchanging yourself with another object. | *Bennett: Movement is only possible by exchanging yourself with another object. | ||
| - | *Takashi: Without being too facetious, the original Sentinel was for the ZX Spectrum and it's also the one with the faster scene rendering of all the 8-bit versions. | + | *Takashi: Without being too facetious, the original //Sentinel// was for the ZX Spectrum and it's also the one with the faster scene rendering of all the 8-bit versions. |
| ===== External Links ===== | ===== External Links ===== | ||
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| * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?p=100230|Spectrum!? Damn near killed him!]] - A small forum thread of recommendations | * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?p=100230|Spectrum!? Damn near killed him!]] - A small forum thread of recommendations | ||
| * [[http://www.zxmodules.de/|ZX Modules]] | * [[http://www.zxmodules.de/|ZX Modules]] | ||
| - | *RT-55J: Not a game (nor even for the Speccy), but [[http://www.zxmodules.de/zxpaintbrush/zxpaintbrush.html|ZX Paintbrush]] is a great program for producing Speccy-style artwork. [[http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3894/mockup1p.png|Seriously guys.]] | + | *[[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=30627|ZX Spectrum Paintbrush Thread]] |