Top 50 ZX Spectrum games of 1989 - in under 10 minutes

Hello and welcome to another episode of TOP 50 games in under 10 minutes.
Covering the year of 1989 we are now in the final years of the ZX Spectrum (original) gaming era. And although the majority of the Speccy fans agree that the golden years for Spectrum games were back in 1985 or 1986, there were still fantastic games to be found in 1989.
Who can forget Fantasy World Dizzy (in our opinion, the best Dizzy game), Stormlord, Cabal, Ghouls ’n’ Ghosts and the classic that is Rick Dangerous?
This was also the year that gave us fantastic Pinball simulators (like Time Scanner and Pinball Power or 3d pinball as it was also known) and some good Movie inspired games (like Batman: The Movie and Licence to kill).
Games are, as always, presented in no particular order.
Have fun and let us know in the comments if you agree with our choices (and if we missed a title that should be on the list), and see you in the next one!

[@TheTenthArt]

Myth!!! I love Myth! For me, the best game of all the library, with Rex being close of this title too :)

[@retrononame]

Myth is a great example of what is possible to achieve on ZX Spectrum. Fantastic graphics and animations.

[@hyperboreal]

Chase H.Q, must the most accomplished car race game ever done on Speccy. I couldn't believe the playability and overall quality back when they released it. Ocean also did a great great job this year with the adaptation of "The New Zealand Story". My favorite from this selection though is MYTH, fantastic game.

[@314159265mangler]

Never mind 85/86 golden years, ‘89 was pretty bloody fantastic. So many good games from that year, some pushing the speccy to the peak of its capabilities.

[@retrononame]

Agreed! Some of my favourite Speccy games were released in 89.

[@MusicalPenguin127]

People may take the piss out of the Speccy's signature colour clash but some of the games here show that in the right hands it was capable of some great graphics.

[@danmcdaid]

"The" Cycles, indeed. Such vanity.

[@mishanv931]

Отличная подборка, играл в детстве почти во все эти игры.

[@retrononame]

Thank you!

[@dariogemello9958]

Siempre lo he deseado, pero nunca tuve un ZX Spectrum.

[@Teltharion]

although an owner of c64/128, every time i watch this videos i love more and more the bright colors and all the art put in this games due the limitations of the speccy, even the sounds and music (sometimes)

[@josemariapena4226]

Limitations the blocky Commodore Lol!! Respecto the Zx Spectrum the Best 8 bits Machine of the 80s!!!

[@davidfernandezsabio3844]

After The War from Dinamic Software is not included here and was a terrific game released in 1989.

[@retrononame]

Actually, try watching the movie again (and try not to skip parts of it) ;)

[@merlinulg]

That's all good, but show please versions of games with AY-music if it possible. Awesome music in the game Batman 3 for example, but there is silence. A.M.C. also have a music.

[@raithrover1976]

Contrary to popular opinion, I actually thought the Speccy port of Hard Driving was pretty good. It was blown out of the water by Stunt Car Racer though.

[@davidhealy4534]

That was awful on speccy,I had it.

[@johnny5805]

Apart from lack of a SID chip, the Speccy games were always superior to the C64 versions, with their squat, ugly, dull colours running 300% slower on their crappy 1MhZ CPU !