Top 50 ZX Spectrum games of 1983 - in under 10 minutes

[@bsnp1x5l63]

That moment when a game you haven't seen nor heard in decades appears on the screen...and your mind is flooded with all those good memories. Beautiful. Thank you!

[@retrononame]

I'm glad that the video brought back nice memories. Thanks for watching!

[@bsnp1x5l63]

@@retrononame just discovered and have been watching your vids all Christmas. Wish you every success!

[@retrononame]

Thank you very much! Merry Christmas and happy new year!

[@Endru85x]

One of the best feelings in the world. Some games are hidden deep inside your memory , and suddenly you see them on yt video and there is a ton of memories connected to games, people and places.

[@Hologhoul]

Great era! I've been playing Jetpac this week, still such a fun and addictive game!

[@ba55bar]

the jump in quality between 1982 and 1983 on the Spectrum is astounding. You'll never see that again

[@retrononame]

It is, isn't it? I'm amazed on how quickly programmers got to grabs with the machine and started producing amazing games.

[@peteraynsley2031]

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[@davidwhaite3330]

Great video brings back great memories...i must get myself a ZX Touch now and re live it,

[@retrononame]

If you really want a ZX Spectrum experience, try to get your hands on ZX Spectrum Next. It's a great machine. It's what the Spectrum update should have been back at the end of 80s / early 90s - compatible with all old titles and also got new capabilities that put in "on par" with Amiga and early VGA PCs.

[@davidwhaite3330]

@@retrononame I prefer the idea of a great handheld with a good sized screen which is just what the ZX Touch is , It also plays everything very well check it out ,

[@HeistheTruthWayLife]

Atic Atac, Booty, and The Wild Bunch were my faves. Not sure of the years. Could never complete them 😢😂 Thanks for the upload!

[@da1otta]

I loved high noon. My neighbour and I used to play it non-stop!

[@retrononame]

High noon was a nice little multi player game. Used to play it with my cousin a lot.

[@RobMedvedev]

Great video ! Thanks

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Manic Miner the first game I ever completed. I think I did it in early 1984.

[@retrononame]

Huge respect. I think 5th room was as far as I got as a kid.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@retrononame To be fair. I've been a gamer for almost 40 years and I've never played platform games once the 8 bit era was over. Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Gilligans Gold, Gumshoe, Bombjack, Bounty Bob Strikes Back and some Impossible mission 1 and 2. And I was done. I have platform games tagged to "ignore" in Steam account now. I completed those classics and never wanted to play another platform game again/ I'm not precisely sure what a "Metroidvania" is - but as it seems to involve jumping and platforms. I know I don't want to play it. :)

[@retrononame]

@@PaulRoneClarke Me - after the 8bit era was over, I spent my "gaming time" mostly on RPGs (like Eye of the Beholder, Might and Magic, Wizardry ...). Planning to do a series about retro RPG games in the future as well. I do however, from time to time, play platformers - but mostly on playstation.

[@HiNRGboy]

@@PaulRoneClarke but why be done with platformers? you're missing out on like hundreds of fun ones just from the 8 bit era alone which is the best era for those :)

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@HiNRGboy I know I'm the odd one here. Platformers and "Story Rich" are my two ignore tags on Steam. I love a good book or a good long form TV show or movie but don't like stories in games much. Platformers are clearly popular and I can see some of them are brilliant for fans of the genre. The concept doesn't interest me any more. I remember getting Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands in an Amiga double pack and playing for about 20 minutes and thinking "Nope - done with this" Spelunky" was on the PSN for free a few years ago and I played that for about 30 minutes and thought the same. I tend to play turn based games and city builders now. Each to their own :)

[@TheTurnipKing]

9:54 Bomberman is more correctly referred to as "Eric & The Floaters"

[@danielvarela1353]

new fan , new suscriber, well done

[@retrononame]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the stuff I create here on this channel. Lots more to come.

[@ilmestdavisque5391]

Hello :) Yep, not a bad year for the Spectrum-games :D (... Ultimate Play the game... trully 'rare' treasurs ;) ) (hmm, sorry for my not speaking english...)

[@TheWeardale1]

it's mad to see how primitive they are even compared to later spectrum releases...

[@Daz5Daz]

1983 felt like the end of the 16K Speccy era for me. I don't think much good came out for it in 1984 onwards.

[@shanedean1330]

I always thought Chuckman was a Mastertronic release...And that Manic Miner was earlier in the Speccy's life (1982)... Mandela Effect I guess lol

[@retrononame]

Chuckman was also released by Mastertronic so you are correct there. But the first release was from "Custom cables" - at least that's what I found out when researching the game.

[@RobMedvedev]

How could i forget! fighter pilot !

[@penguinpebbler]

Stonkers always crashed after you'd spent about an hour building your troops up😢

[@anthonythacker1216]

ant attack first game i ever loaded on the spectrum 48k hahahahha good Old DayS..

[@jal051]

The flea was so good.

[@RobMedvedev]

Jet pack one of the best

[@RobMedvedev]

Wow and now harrier attack !!!!!

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Pogo does not look like a speccy game to me. It's using hardware sprites, which the spectrum doesn't have.

[@retrononame]

Loaded from tzx file into Fuse, it is 100% Spectrum game, just made cleverly (especially for 1983). Check closely and you'll see the colour clash occurring multiple times in those few seconds of footage ;) Thanks for watching!

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

@@retrononame Wow thanks I'll check it out again. Amazing! 👍