20 More Games I'm Adding To The Spectrum

[@JohnnyBoySoul]

Moon Cresta, Pogo and Space Harrier were 3 Speccy classics for me (in addition to many of the ones you have mentioned). Nice list - thanks for compiling it.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Awesome choices there

[@nicholasskippins5877]

Really enjoying your videos of The Spectrum. 👍🏻 These are the games that I will be adding to The Spectrum. After Burner Altered Beast ATV Simulator Battle Ships (Encore) Batty BMX Simulator Blasteroids Boulder Dash Buggy Boy Chequered Flag Chips Challenge Crack Down Dynamite Dux Final Fight Formula One Simulator Gemini Wing Grand Prix Simulator Grand Prix Simulator 2 Golden Axe Hard Drivin’ Invaders Klax Lemmings Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Out Run Paperboy Pac-Man (Atarisoft) Pac-Mania Pipe Mania Postman Pat Pud Pud RoadBlasters Scalextric Snoopy Sooty & Sweep Space Harrier Space Invaders StarGlider Star Wars Street Fighter Street Fighter 2 Stunt Car Racer Super Hang-On Super Monaco GP Super Trux SWIV Tetris (Mirror Soft) Terrahawks Thunderbirds (Grand Slam) Thunderbirds (Firebird) Toyota Celica GT Rally WEC Le Mans Wizzball Uridium And various board game, TV game shows & Quiz games. Blockbusters (Macsen Software) Blockbusters Gold Run (Macsen Software) Blockbusters (TV Games) Bob’s Full House Bullseye Computer Scrabble Connect 4 (various versions) Countdown (Macsen Software) Every Second Counts Knightmare Mike Read’s Pop Quiz Monopoly Question of Sport The Krypton Factor Treasure Hunt Trivial Pursuit

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@nicholasskippins5877 wow that's an awesome list, so many classics there! Thanks for sharing and thanks for your kind words. Hopefully the next video will be up by the weekend

[@sergeilavrov4215]

Great list. Been looking at the games I remember playing, Mikie, R-Type, Bombjack, Enduro Racer, Rastan, Zynaps. Keep putting up your lists maybe you can come up with a top 100 that appeals to everyone before launch day.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

thank you so much! I realise it's hard to please everyone, which is why the next video where I choose from the comments is necessary quite honestly! 🤣

[@briankearney1619]

This is very well put together. Thank you for your efforts.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

that's very kind of you thanks so much. Fortunately, even though they are time consuming I love doing them

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Nice list of games! If you want a total wild-card, take a look at Cruising on Broadway. The simplest graphics and game-play you'll ever see on a Spectrum, but my goodness was it fun!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@NotMarkKnopfler thank you, and thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely check it out!

[@antonywinter9385]

The wild bunch is my all time favourite,great lists of some brilliant games🙂

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you! Yeah The Wild Bunch is great. So much love for this game in the comments too, which is awesome

[@fightersweep]

Nice selection. Rockstar Ate My Hamster. Loved that game, but always failed miserably. Harry Human always made me chuckle being a bit of a Numan fan back then. Chuckie Egg is a great and addictive game. Get's pretty tough in the later stages (well, impossible really). One I dug out a few weeks ago: Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Remember it baffling me at the time and I didn't play it too much. After getting a few pointers on KZbin and trying it out again, its actually quite an impressive game.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thanks! Yeah I failed too mate, but had a lot of fun along the way! It's a crazy little game! I sucked at Chuckie Egg, but then I'm not great generally at platform games truth be told! I had FGTH and was also baffled! I'll have to give it another try!

[@paulpatrick885]

Some good picks there. Another game that I would add is Tornado Low Level/T.L.L.) from Vortex software which had awesome smooth multidirectional scrolling which was unusual for a Spectrum game. It had a great sense of speed and was very challenging. Yie Ar Kung Fu from Imagine is another important game which was an excellent conversion of the Konami coin-up. It was one of the first 128k enhanced game and the 128k version had enhanced graphics, extra stage and music over the 48k version. It was a trail blazing game and had an impressive amount of moves with the toggle between punches and kick moves which was implemented. The Wally Week series of games from Mikro-Gen are interesting as well - Automania, Pyjamarama, Everyone's A Wally, Herbert's Dummy Run, Three Weeks in Paradise. Anyone who experienced these games when they came out couldn't have failed to have been impressed with them.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@paulpatrick885 oooo yeah some good games there! I used to love Yie Ar Kung Fu in particular. Spent many hours playing it with my brother. Played a few of the Wally Week games. They were a lot of fun

[@VampireJack10]

Loved all the Wally games back in the day.

[@AriochMT]

If you’re going to put a modified version of Elite on the Speccy then I recommend “Elite Legend” - it’s the original game plus all the ships/stations/missions from the other 8-bit versions of the game, and lots of extra too like passenger missions, new equipment, more commodities, more ships (and the ability to buy new ships), several station types in a system, and lots more different encounter scenarios. It’s all designed to run on original 128k hardware too.

[@PoppetTV]

So what is the version in the video? I hadn’t realised people were modding it!

[@AriochMT]

It looks like a version that came out in 2019 though I haven’t played that particular modded version. I’ve tried “Elite 3” and a few variants but Elite Legend beats them all imo - you can easily imagine it being the 128k version we never got in ‘87. I’m not keen on the mods that change the scanner and stuff.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

thanks for the tip. I'm pretty new to Elite to be honest. This was a 2019 version I think. Purely on there for gameplay footage really, not by choice nesessarily

[@trafficone2008]

Never liked it on the BBC too damn slow so put me off all other versions.

[@michaelhill6453]

If you look at the contends of the Elite box I'm sure you'd agree it wasn't over priced. Also, it's nothing like No Man's Sky and everything like Elite Dangerous. Great video.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I think it's definitely not over priced. Seems like a game you get hours and hours of fun from, and they are priceless. The No Man's Sky Thing was just a vague reference. I would imagine their dev team were heavily influenced by Elite, but of course I could be wrong! Thanks for your kind words

[@mark-andrews]

Did use to get Crash, from later 1986; I am very surprised to learn that Chuckie Egg was only rated circa 80%, back in the day, in the magazines. A really playable addictive game, imo. Renegade for ZX Spectrum, It really does play great, it's hard and fast but that's how it should be played. One final comment Atic Atac, Cobra are brilliant games. And at least the next 3'games you have listed, too. I hope all others will continue to enjoy the video to complete the 20; 19 & 20, yes total bangers, both brilliant, imo!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

it is a bit of a shock isn't it! Chuckie Egg was always regarded as a classic in my mind, but apparently not so much by the so called 'experts'. Thank you for your comment and for watching

[@idoproductions4655]

Most of these are great. The Wild Bunch was a favourite of mine amongst others. Viking Raiders was/still a great game. If you haven't played this then give it a try.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@idoproductions4655 thank you. The Wild Bunch is such a classic and still fun to play. I have heard of Viking Raiders for sure but haven't played it as far as I can remember. Thanks for the recommendation

[@redknight4805]

I know you mentioned some of these games in your video, but anyway, here is my Top 20 list: 1. Atic Atac 2. Down to Earth 3. Goonies 4. Manic Miner 5. Jet Set Willy 6. Bruce Lee 7. Kokotoni Wilf 8. Egghead 2 the Rescue 9. Robocop 10. Frank N Stein 11. West Bank 12. Sword of Ianna (newer game, but a masterpiece) 13. Commando 14. Booty (get the remake if you can) 15. Summer Santa Remake (orig. sucks, but i love the remake. Only wish it was longer) 16. Lode Runner 17. Death Wish 3 18. Sir Lancelot 19. Gregory's Clock 20. Exolon There are more I could add, like Scuba Dive, Dynamite Dan, Popeye,, Antics, etc. but lets leave it at this.)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

So many great games for the Speccy right? Great list there thanks for sharing!

[@JamesD8888]

Great video 👍🏻 I enjoyed the Wild Bunch too, although it always seemed ridiculously hard haha. I've never played or seen Nosferatu but it looks excellent.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yeah it was hard for sure, but so much fun! Nosferatu is fun too, definitely worth an add

[@HobGothlin]

Great video - thanks! This has certainly helped me with curating my own list for the upcoming new Speccy, also ... subscribed !

[@YouveBeenGamed]

thank you so much, I'm happy to help!

[@dangerclosemofo6306]

One man and his droid, specventure, platoon and elite.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@dangerclosemofo6306 nice choices

[@KOAP33]

Some really cool picks I never played Nosferatu and Wild Bunch gonna check that out I also LOVE Laser Squad so if you didn't play Rebel Star 1&2 you should check that out that is even before Laser Squad from the very same guys also Lord of Chaos and I personally liked Space Crusade on Speccy that plays very similar like Laser Squad....ahh yeah try Cyclone that is my dark horse and one of my favorites games for Speccy but a lot of people never heard of it....Keep up the good work!!!!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@KOAP33 thank you! Yeah I did some reading up on Julian Gollop's games after. He has quite the back catalogue of well respected games. I'm definitely checking them out. You won't regret Nosferatu and The Wild Bunch. Both are very fun

[@bensmith1689]

Some good picks in both videos. I would add Turbo Espirit, Chaos, Overlander, Dustin and Sim City.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you. Yeah some nice choices there

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Good selection, I have many of those roms ready and waiting. I'm also adding the first Codename Mat game and Darkstar. Both are 3D space flight shooters similar to Atari's Star Raiders. It goes without saying that Jet Set Willy I & II must also be added! A few of my favourites are already included; manic miner, highway encounter and fairlight.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yeah i had made a list of games I wanted to add before they announced the 48 included and they hit on quite a few of them. Some cool choices you named there too

[@SebsPlaceYT]

I had big FOMO so have a video coming out next week with just 10 games to put on the new thingy and one of them is Laser Squad! I thought nobody else would include it and you did already! Just making sure you know im not cooying you. 😁 Great picks mate, top stuff!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thanks mate! Ha great minds eh! It's a great game so I'm not surprised we both thought of it! Good luck with your video!

[@Jacky_man542]

Great video pal,keep em coming.Will add a list soon 👍🏻👍🏻

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@Jacky_man542 thank you for your kind words! I look forward to seeing your list

[@marcd303]

3D Star Strike for me. A budget Mastertronic gem.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

ooo yeah good one

[@RETROWARRIOR-uv6gf]

The wild bunch was my favourite spectrum game, actually beat it. Needs re-looked at totally underrated at the time. But a classic.😀

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@RETROWARRIOR-uv6gf it's been really great seeing The Wild Bunch get so much love!

[@RETROWARRIOR-uv6gf]

@@YouveBeenGamed Did you ever get to the end, there was so much tension in the final gunfight😊

[@systemchris]

Just picked up a spectrum +2 good list to try out!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

That's so cool. Enjoy my friend!

[@Rich_H_1972]

Why am I lookig forward to this in November than when I got my Next!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

you can never have too many Speccys!

[@michelleinnocent867]

"Rex" a fun little platform shooter that the Spectrum had the best of all the 8 bit versions.

[@paulward2076]

Thats definitely one of the best games on the spectrum that i remember 🙂

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I don't think I've played that. Might have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@paulward2076 It may get on the next 20 list if it gets enough votes!

[@paulward2076]

@@YouveBeenGamed its worth a play to see. It was the last really good game i played on the spectrum, if i remember right

[@paulward2076]

Thanks for adding Lazer Squad 😉. I also bought the entire XCOM series on steam. One thing i liked about the original, amongst a lot of things i liked about it, was how open ended it was. You could play it forever and build a base wherever you liked, unlike the modern remakes (which i still enjoy, mind you).

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Ha no problem! I really enjoyed playing it, it's a great game. Yeah the original XCOM is an absolute classic. Still play it often. It's hard to pick my favourite XCOM game to be honest!

[@paulward2076]

@@YouveBeenGamed ive played Terror from the Deep on the PS1 and thats really good. Have you played Xenonauts? Ive heard its inspired by those classic XCOM games. Ive bought it on steam but not got round to playing it yet.

[@tonyp3824]

Love the video. Subscribed. Thanks, mate.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you so much. Welcome to the channel!

[@tonyp3824]

Thanks, mate.

[@tonyp3824]

I’ve got an RG35XX that plays Spectrum games so I’m busy adding games I loved and games I’ve not played.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@tonyp3824 sounds like a lot of fun to me!

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

This is an excellent list. Since it can also handle 128k games I'll be playing Castlevania on it. Some other games will be cybernoid, R Type, Bionic Commando, Turrican and Turrican II, Zynaps. I actually liked a lot of Ocean Games. Run around punch, kick or shoot stuff appealed to 11-year-old me.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you! I was also a great fan of their games. Probably the most memorable games makers from my Speccy days for sure. Nice list my friend

[@jazzyjono2207]

Omg yeh i remember the wild bunch,kept me busy for hours that game,i remember it was one of the first cheap games that came out at the time that was really good

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@jazzyjono2207 yeah that's right, it played like a full price game for sure

[@BigBadFootski]

The wild bunch is a classic 👌

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@BigBadFootski nice to see there are fans out there other than me!

[@barkingboyuk]

Games I remember enjoying : Spy Hunter, Lotus Esprit, Buggy Boy, Skool Daze, Operation Wolf.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Some great choices there my friend

[@mattvjmeasures]

Hello. One ig my friend's had "Rebel Star Raiders " and thd group of us (4 or 5) spent a happy few evenings so nearly beating this,🙂 (P.S. I i was a BBC micro owner myself, loved it !)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

hi! I've not played that I must admit, but I looked it up and it looks very interesting. Thank you for sharing! I loved the BBC Micro. I only got to play it a bit as it was the school computer for me and I never owned my own

[@Rich_H_1972]

The Elite game looks different to the one I had on the HUD. Where did you get that version? Also, there's Elite: Dangerous on the PC as a direct, modern, comparison in case you didn't know.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

i think it's the 2019 version. Like a dumbo I didn't realise when I was putting the video together. Showing my Elite ignorance lol

[@Rich_H_1972]

@@YouveBeenGamed Will have to take a look!

[@jacksonmiked]

Bomb Jack on the Spectrum was a great game. Also Tir Na Nog, Match Point and Speedball.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@jacksonmiked got Match Point on my first video and to be honest Bomb Jack has just missed the cut twice! Great game though

[@TheCryptoRat]

Great vid, well done dude

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TheCryptoRat you're very kind thank you!

[@keithellis5163]

The Wild Bunch was one of my all time favourites. G*d knows how many hours I spent playing it (unsuccessfully) & as you say, a bargain @ £2.50!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@keithellis5163 hard to believe it was so cheap, although it would have still taken me a while to save my pocket money for it back then!

[@KingPepper41]

I realise you have lists of the retro Spectrum games, but you forget the great new Spectrum games which should be on your list, 100% - The Allan Turvey games, his Pac-man RX, Asteroids RX, Roust RX (Joust) and is now working on a version of Scramble RX, all are spot on to the arcade games, incredible if these had come out, back in the day, every one of these would have got a Crash Smash.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'm going for retro only simply because I haven't played many of the newer titles. I might check a bunch out and then do a seperate video for those at a later date. Sounds like I really need to do that! Thanks for your comment

[@PlattLineker2Pen]

Daley Thompson Super Test, Treasure island Dizzy. Both should be on the next list

[@YouveBeenGamed]

We'll see what happens... but good choices either way!

[@simonbarnes8303]

Football Manager by Kevin Toms was the first game I got addicted to. Not sure if you have mentioned that yet.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@simonbarnes8303 a classic for sure

[@lima01]

I have watched your 2 videos of games to be added to your spectrum. We have a few games in common to upload, but im still missing a few that were my favorites like, R-type, terra cresta, bomber jack, pool(or pool 3d,cant remember),rambo,fist II, VIKING RAIDERS and a few more. How do we upload the games? And what are the best sites to search for games? Thx, and keep up with the good videos.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'll be making a video showing how to add the games as soon as The Spectrum is in my hands. I'm hoping to get it released on the day it comes out. Thank you for your kind words. Some good games there, I'm sure a few of those will make it on to future lists!

[@vespasian606]

Definitely not the best but probably some of the first games I played were the Artic Adventures. For context there wasn't much about for the first few months and quality was a bit all over the place. These were solid experiences and welcome respites from typing in all those magazine listings.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I actually remember those too. Wow that brings back some memories! Can't believe I'd forgotten

[@sergeilavrov4215]

Completely forgot about Harrier Attack now that was superb.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@sergeilavrov4215 yeah I agree it's a good one

[@nesyut]

Why did I not realise the spectrum was being released. Good choice of games, I've got some random ones that for some reason just stuck with me. Splitting Images, Xadom, Beaky and the Egg Snatchers, Moonlight Madness, Starquake, Hypersports... and of course I'll just have to add cassette 50 for the pure basic memeage. Anyway, pre-ordered the device 🙂

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I couldn't answer your question but at least you know now! Congrats on the pre-order! Some cool games there too

[@paulward2076]

I think a couple of games ive not seen mentioned so far are Rick Dangerous and APB. We played so many but its hard to remember all the names nowadays 🙈

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Very true, and so many were good too! I think Rick Dangerous has had one or two mentions but not so APB

[@paulward2076]

@@YouveBeenGamed imagine compiling a list of all the games on the system? I bet someone has done one!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@paulward2076 I'm sure they must have. Some job that!

[@davidjames5043]

Elite is truly great, so far ahead of its time.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I can't believe I didn't play it much at the time. I missed out there

[@firsteerr]

i struggled with daly Thompson what chance have i got with more then three buttons to choose from !!!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

there's always the power of prayer 🤣

[@paulcousans4254]

sank many, many hrs into ping pong in the cpc 464. phenomenal game.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

great fun isn't it! Never played on the cpc but I imagine that would be fun, no pun intended 🤣

[@PsychologyAcademia]

As an original owner can you tell me where to get the extra games from? Theres five games i played more than ever. Dun Durach Valkyrie 17 Head Coach Tomohawk Fighter Pilot. I had them all but these stood out(with the hobbit). I had to buy the spectrum on installments as it was so expensive. Cheers great upload 😊

[@YouveBeenGamed]

thank you so much! Great games btw! I will be making a full instructional video on how to add games when it arrives so people can follow along. Hopefully that will help

[@themadmoderator8465]

great see laser squad on there

[@YouveBeenGamed]

It's awesome isn't it

[@markshaw-sh6by]

Stormbringer, Kane, Agent X,Green Beret, Elite,Captain Blood, Game Over,Cobra, Sacred Armour of Antiriad, Gunsmoke,Sabre Wulf,Atic Atac,Alien 8,Knight Tyme,Enduro Racer,ChaseHQ,Yie ar Kung Fu,Paperboy,Bombjack,Critical Mass,Combat School,Thrust,Bounder,180 and R Type

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@markshaw-sh6by awesome games there, I've included a few in my videos already, they're that good

[@stu73ke]

Minder, Rollercoaster, West Bank, Uridium.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

cool games! Loved Minder

[@PlattLineker2Pen]

Where will you source the games from and how will we be able to upload them on the new speccy

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I will be doing an instructional video as soon as I get my hands on The Spectrum. I hope to have that up on launch day. Stay tuned!

[@PlattLineker2Pen]

​@@YouveBeenGamedThat'd be great 👍

[@trafficone2008]

Zx spectrum 48k owner from 1982 till now but only gamed on it from 1982 till back end of 1987 from date got an Atari ST for a year before getting an Amiga 500 then 1200. So some of the games you mentioned were just Amiga or ST ports of those games. I dropped playing on the spectrum because the games started to become slow sluggish and in some cases impossible to play. I found that most games from 1982 to 1987 to be fine last game being thing on a spring.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

It's true isn't it, when we upgrade the tech it's often hard to go back, at the time at least. Now we look back on it all through the eyes of nostalgia and it's a different story. If I play a game like say Bruce Lee on the c64, as I did back then, there's no way I'm gonna buy it again on the spectrum. But now I get to experience it and that's bloody exciting!

[@Nockalates]

Has anyone noticed that they are not taking orders for the gamepad yet? I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Am I missing something?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Sold out most places i think

[@geoffneil5073]

I love the Wild Bunch it is a great game and I sometimes find bits of paper with the ways to identify the members of the gang in old boxes of games.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Ha yeah I used to do that! It's a real vivid memory for me playing that game. Holds a special place in my heart

[@firsteerr]

just an aside , my mate had to have his finger cut out of missile command at the local pool he got it trapped in the giant ball

[@YouveBeenGamed]

holy crap that sounds awful!!

[@fatbelly2438]

journeys end..a great adventure game and zombie zombie a great horror /game

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Oh yeah great games, thank you

[@SpurryMcSpinfish]

How dare you drop a 40 minute video in the middle of a work day. I find it hard enough to focus as it is 😉

[@YouveBeenGamed]

ha many apologies for that! Hope you didn't get fired!

[@SpurryMcSpinfish]

@@YouveBeenGamed I survived! My games I'm looking forward to adding are Joe Blade, Ghosthunters, Monty Mole. All purely for nostalgia reasons!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@SpurryMcSpinfish I'm glad to hear that! Ah nice, some cool games there. Wow the speccy had so many classics didn't it? This is going to be awesome

[@Mantakev]

Do all isometric games please.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Ha there's a good chance I might, I do love them!

[@robnealon1809]

Batman The Movie, I agree completely. It's still great.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'd definitely agree with that!

[@jafwilding]

Why are there so many prams in Cobra?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@jafwilding 🤣 I really don't know! I haven't seen the movie in forever so I'm not sure if it's a reference but it's bloody weird!

[@dweston76]

Subbed!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Much appreciated thank you!

[@dweston76]

@YouveBeenGamed your welcome,!!

[@Jazzygirl104]

The games I would like you to add to the spectrum are oh mummy and punchy.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Cool choices, thanks for sharing!

[@tomas73cz]

I miss "Xeno" in the list - best "sport" game on ZX...

[@YouveBeenGamed]

yeah good game that

[@MitWef]

No one mentioned Chaos?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@MitWef people did but I have had hundreds of games suggested and this is just 10 of them. There will be other videos

[@ianbayliss4896]

3d stock car racing

[@YouveBeenGamed]

noted!