The First 20 Games I'm Adding To The Spectrum

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[@bobsmytheable]

The biggest memory of first speccy was the smell when it was unboxed. It was lovely and smelled of technology. Also the “electric arc” printer had a weird smell. Happy days.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@bobsmytheable you can't beat that new technology unboxing smell! Always an exciting moment for sure

[@stevemahoney5209]

And unwrapping a new cassette game. Great smells 😍😍

[@TheVanillatech]

And smelling your own farts.

[@bobsmytheable]

There’s always one! 😝

[@QuantumYouth]

My new favourite thing is huffing the Steam Deck's cooling port when the fan is full blast. Mmmmm.

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Already being the owner of an upgraded Atari 400 in the early 80s, I was slightly skeptical of the Spectrum's abilities and all the fuss being made about it at school by my peers. One day, I went round my mate's who wanted to show me his new Spectrum in action. The first game he demonstrated was Atic Atac. My mind was instantly blown and I was immediately converted.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 that's a cool story! Rather similar to mine too as my friend also had a Speccy before me. We used to all pile round his house after school to play Daley Thompson's Decathlon. Those were the days

[@Redster930]

Also, Elite, Starglider, Driller, Turbo Espit, Wizball, Commando, Harrier Attack and Airwolf!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Nice some good games there for sure!

[@therealyogibear2k225]

There were so many good games on the speccy it's quite amazing for even the 16k.

[@evelghostrider]

I love tornado low level and a game no one talks of... smuggler

[@evelghostrider]

I love hearing all about players memories of all the games, brings me back to a kid and playing with friends. Storing up on sweets and juice for an evening of games we choose during school... Now we'll into 50's it's great to look back.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@evelghostrider me too. I have so many based around gaming too. I'm always talking about them on this channel. I love a good reminisce!

[@nunopenaspt]

I love Cobra, great graphics, fast paced action

[@YouveBeenGamed]

and headbutting, don't forget that 🤣

[@sergeilavrov4215]

I got thousands of roms games waiting to go on it. Ghosts n goblins, jet pac, sit fred, Bruce Lee, way of the exploding fist, lotus esprit, Star Wars, just some of what I want to play.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

very cool list that! Roll on November! I cannot bloody wait!!

[@vespasian606]

If anyone is interested the original release of Frank N Stein on the Spectrum had some programming tools left behind by the coders. I seem to recall it was a compiler. I have no idea if the version that's out there still has it but it might be worth checking out. Not a bad game either.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thats sounds really cool, thanks for sharing!

[@JonoHalle]

MERGE "" and play the tape. Stop it when it says OK 0:1, add these two lines of basic, 10 CLEAR 24749 and 35 STOP (The line 10 CLEAR 24749 is to delete the border paper and ink changing all to black so when you run the compiler you can read it) then type RUN and play the tape until the game loads (the game will not run and return to basic). Delete all the lines of the basic loader (Do not use the NEW command to do this, or reset the spectrum!) and type in a basic program. After you have typed in a basic program, type in RANDOMIZE USR 60000 and the compiler will run.

[@johnd6487]

Have to say, Jet Pac is a shoe in for mine.. i was very much a computer luddite in the early 80's, until we visited my mothers friend, who's son had been given a Spectrum pretty much the day it came out (and is now a systems engineer). I was hooked, and when my own appeared under the Christmas tree (as it did for so many that year), Jet Pac was in my stocking.. along with the Pacman clone Gulpman, which i may well have to look out as well 😊

[@YouveBeenGamed]

yeah it's an absolute classic alright! That's a cool story, I love hearing how people got into gaming. There was nothing like getting a cheeky game in the Christmas stocking! My dad got me into gaming. The first system I got was an Intellivision. Then a c64 a few years later. But they were at my Dad's, so I only got to play them twice a month! My mum bought my brother and I a Speccy in 1985 and it was the best Christmas ever!

[@asleeds]

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but Miner Willy is in the crowd in Daley Thompson’s Decathlon. Great early Easter egg.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'd honestly never heard of that before. Thanks for sharing!

[@gavinrothery2771]

Cool video. I'll be adding Driller, Glider Rider, Amaurote, Rasterscan, Panzadrome, Raid, Cyclone, good lord, what a machine

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you! Yes it has got quite the array of stone cold classics! That's a cool list btw

[@TransCanadaPhil]

Thanks for your lists! I'm pretty new to the Spectrum but I just got one of those Spectrum Next computers earlier this year. Here in Canada the Spectrum wasn't really available growing up so all these games are new to me!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TransCanadaPhil You're welcome my friend! In some ways I'm jealous of you as it must be a blast experiencing those for the first time!

[@TransCanadaPhil]

@@YouveBeenGamed Yes I've been playing that Chuckie Egg game the last few days that you recommended. That a one's good! My trick is I use a MegaDrive/Genesis controller on my next and always remap the "Up to jump" action to an actual button. It makes the games much easier for me and more like a SNES/MegaDrive style game that way. I try to do some throughways and other videos like that too over on my other KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aarLm3akZ8qorpIsi=geN4V9cRsincj41U

[@fightersweep]

Glad to see Dan Dare in the list. Loved that game, and indeed still do. Completed it back in the day, but still haven't managed it again nearly 40 years later. It's an unforgiving game to play. Rock Star Ate My Hamster still get's played by me along with Chuckie Egg and Manic Miner. Haunted House was fun too. My guilty pleasure though is Viking Raiders by the budget brand Firebird. I never seem to tire of playing it.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I love Rock Star Ate My Hamster, although I mostly played it on the Amiga. I'll have to give Viking Raiders a go. I'm intrigued. Dan Dare is a tough game alright! I'm hoping it might be a little more forgiving with the saves!

[@flashg643]

sweet dude, im Canadian and didnt grow up with the Spectrum so for me its good to have some vids like this to reference when deciding what to try outside of the 48 included games. Great job thank you!!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

That is very nice to hear, thank you for your kind words. I shall be releasing a few more of these over the next few months as we build up to release day. It's a shame they take so long to record!

[@TheVanillatech]

CHAOS! By Julian Gallop, of XCOM fame. I remember it came free on the covertape of a Speccy magazine, and my friend ran it on his ZX81 and we played it for hours, days, weeks, months in between games of Heroquest and Space Hulk. Epic wizard battles. So simple but true deathmatch battles back in the day! As far as I know, it was a Spectrum exclusive. Illusioned Golden Dragons everywhere...

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TheVanillatech I do remember playing that myself. I love XCOM! I think I have a Julian Gallop game coming up on my next video

[@TheVanillatech]

@@YouveBeenGamed Yeah the man hit nothing but net for years. Chaos was a great concept, and up to 8 players on a single speccy game! Of course you all had to turn your backs while each player took their turn.... And Lazer Squad and UFO : Enemy Unknown. I think the first XCOM game was pretty much the *most* game anyone could squeeze out of three floppy disks. Infinite replayability, tech tree research, micro base management and a huge tactical combat game. The guy was a genius.

[@banglondon987]

Anyone remember who dares wins?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

oh yeah I remember that!

[@evelghostrider]

I've talked of this recently and been told I made that game up haha I'd confused it with another game... Did I or was it real lol ??

[@banglondon987]

@@evelghostrider who dares wins was 100% real. I never actually had it but my friend did and we played it every time we went over. It was like an early third person shooter where you had to bust into enemy bases and bust them up . Deeeecent

[@jafwilding]

What was that like? Was it cross platform?

[@banglondon987]

@@jafwilding unsure on cross platform but it was so good for the time

[@VampireJack10]

Good to see a shout out to the Gremlins adventure game - I loved that as a kid and completed it on many occasions. Surprised not to see Atic Atac or Chuckie Egg on the list though? They're definitely going on my The Spectrum (hell, pretty much ALL the Ultimate games will be added). Oh, and Soho Sex Quest! 🤣

[@TimelordUK]

Atic Attack a classic. (Sabre Wolf a similar game) Chucky Egg a classic.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you! Yup Gremlins is a complete classic. I have already played it on my channel, back in the days when I had very few people watching my videos! I'll give you a spoiler alert... list 2 has already been prepared and Atic Atac and Chuckie Egg are both on it, as well as another Ultimate game! And you're the second comment today to mention Soho Sex Quest! I need to check it out

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TimelordUK agreed!

[@Chriscuit]

Some great choices - Match Point was definitely a true classic, and glad to see Trapdoor making the cut. For me I would have included Dynamite Dan instead of Dan Dare. Cliffhanger was also a little known favourite of mine. The 48 included are a great cross-section though.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@Chriscuit thank you. I didn't play Dynamite Dan as much personally. Yeah there are some belters included for sure

[@paulpatrick885]

Split Personalities from Domark is an awesome arcade sliding block puzzle game that is well worth adding to the built in games. I could never complete it back in the 80s but can now. The Oracles' Cave from Doric is a fab early RPG game. I've got great memories playing it and beating it back in the day. Cookie from Ultimate was an awesome little game and was very impressive for such an early Spectrum game. Pogo is a good early clone/unofficial conversion of Q-Bert for the Spectrum and is pretty good. Hunchback 2 Quasimodo's Revenge was a great little platformer and very playable Jonah Barrington's Squash was a great game and if you liked Match Point then you'd definitely like Jonah Barrington's Squash. It's a bit of a forgotten classic in my opinion. The original Renegade is worth adding as well. That was one of the first games that I can remember that took good advantage of the 128k Spectrum by adding the shoulder throw move that wasn't in the 48k version along with the ingame music.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Some great choices there for sure. I remember Split Personalities but never played it. Cookie and Hunchback 2 were great as was JB Squash. Renegade is awesome and is on my second 20 to add

[@dans9038]

I was playing Lunar Jetman, with the portable TV on the kitchen table and thrashed the top score listed in Crash magazine . I didn't have a camera to take a photo of proof, so my mate rushed off to his house to get his. By the time he got back to ours, my mum had made me unplug everything because our tea was ready 😅

[@sergeilavrov4215]

I’m going to need a quick shot joystick for all those waggle games like Daley Thomson’s Olympic Decathlon. How many remember holding it by the base, flipping it upside down and waggling it left and right?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

ah the memories! Yes I did that too. Those poor joysticks endured so much abuse back in the day!

[@stevemahoney5209]

I’m looking forward to watching this 😁😁 Great memories are Tornado Low Level, Beach Head, Raid Over Moscow, Skool Daze & obviously Manic Miner and Knight Lore 😍😍 I’ve probably forgotten a couple 🙃💓

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thanks so much I appreciate that. Some awesome games there. I played a few of them only on the c64, but most on the good old Speccy!

[@evelghostrider]

Wow you stole all my game ideas dude. I'd add smuggler lol

[@stevemahoney5209]

@@evelghostrider Ah… Don’t know that one ☝️

[@barneeyebay]

Bugsy, also known as The King of Chicago for the adventure game of choice & Ghost and Goblins for me :)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

love Ghosts and Goblins, although that bugger is HARD!

[@djtardis]

Ah, great memories. You got my attention immediately with Match Point, always one of my faves! I got my Speccy in 82/83 and mainly played the earlier games so some on your list were new to me. Others i would add off top of my head are Chuckie Egg, Maziacs and definitely Dark Star. I still have all of my original tapes (and the original Dixons tape player lol) so i plugged it into my gaming PC recently and tried loading a few games into Spectaculator via the old school method, not really expecting much. The familiar old feeling of will it or won't it load came flooding straight back 😂 Amazingly most of them actually did work - awesome nostalgia trip and great fun revisiting the old classics!

[@djtardis]

Oh and nice vid btw - liked and subscribed 😊

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@djtardis cool choices there. Match Point is certainly a classic. I played it on Speccy and C64 back in the day and always had a blast. That's very cool. I've still got a bunch of mine too though some have been sold now regrettably

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@djtardis thank you very much! And cool story. There's nothing like a whack of Speccy nostalgia l! Thanks for sharing

[@jexthegamer]

I'm shocked Jetpac wasn't included with The Spectrum. That was THE killer app that got me interested in the ZX Spectrum in the first place.

[@Mellow_Wood_Hill]

I played Attic Attac, JetPac, Way of the Exploding Fist and FA Cup to death on the ZX. When I upgraded to the +3 it was Turtles and Spy Hunter.

[@nunopenaspt]

Dan Dare was possibly the best graphics ever on the Spectrum

[@johnbarber7131]

Myth is brilliant on the Amiga.. im amazed it was on the speccy 😮❤

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@johnbarber7131 yeah I was surprised too mate!

[@therealyogibear2k225]

I use an emulator on my pc for my speccy enjoyment called Spectaculator. Its a really good emulator and very reasonable, and I can boost the clock speeds, which for some games it definitely needs.. The main reason i love it is thst it emulates the tape music when you load in tape games. Honestly, with dome gsmes, the tape music is the best part. I would of added Agent X 1 and 2. Easily the best ever music you can get for the speccy. Loving the video. Going to wstch the Amiga one after this. I loved my Amiga even more than my speccy.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I use the same emulator my friend. Bought it a few years ago. It's an awesome emulator. I used it to record the gameplay footage for this video actually! I loved Agent X. Can't remember if I played number 2. Ah cool thanks for watching my videos, yeah I loved my Amiga too. Did you buy the A500 Mini? It's an awesome bit of kit

[@xeviphract5894]

We're spoiled for choice on the Spectrum. My classic favourites include Captain Blood, Carrier Command and Cyclone. Modern releases I've loved are Redshift and Hakkenkast. Truly superb titles.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yup there are so many to choose from for sure! Nice list

[@lancashirered]

Good list, I'd have to include, Carrier Command, Batman the Movie, Xenon, Rastan and the first Renegade.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you. My original video was 30 games to add, and Renegade was on that. But I had to trim it down for time purposes! Spolier alert... it may make the next list!

[@davidboydarnott417]

Some games allowed you to select alternative buttons for up,down,left, right and fire. Handy for when A,S,D,or Z stopped working.👍😂😂 I f'in loved Daley Thomson's Decathlon and we would talk about our achievements next day at school.😂😂 And I remember playing Jetpac for hours and my mum shouting "switch that off and get to yer bed".😂😂 I am 4 years older than you.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I have to agree redefining keys was a godsend! Daley's is a classic. Like I said in the video it was the closest thing we had to Track And Field at home and I was obsessed with that in the arcades!! Yep we did the school bragging too, and my mum also many, many times told us to get to bed during a Speccy session!!! Ah the good old days

[@nunopenaspt]

Lazy Jones was a must

[@robertoeagle7764]

Great vid & list of additions! I hadn’t seen a lot of them before. Definitely agree with Dan Dare, Jet Pack & Jet Set Willy. I can suggest a few others: 1. Spy vs Spy 2. Most of the “Dizzy” games 3. Booty 4. Chuckie Egg 5. Pop star ate my hamster

[@robertoeagle7764]

Oh and “Kick Start”! 👍🏻

[@YouveBeenGamed]

That's so cool I'm glad you enjoyed it. I can tell you that there's a chance that all of those will appear on a future list! Two of them nearly made it on this one!!

[@TimelordUK]

Definitely Chucky Egg!!! A classic!!! Horace and the Spiders is my favourite Horace game

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TimelordUK i like that one too!

[@deviousdescent9010]

I've got mine on pre order, can't wait to get it. This was the computer I had when I was at school so brings back a lot of memories. Where can I get extra games from to load onto it?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yeah the same. This was my computer through the very best years of my life, and I can't wait to re-live those days

[@nunopenaspt]

Gauntlet, playing with 4 friends on a shared keyboard

[@YouveBeenGamed]

sounds like a very good time!

[@Stygosi]

Great video! Rock Star Ate My Hamster! Probably kept quiet to avoid the likeliness legal stress. But that management game I'd have loved to have played again. And Chronos (not sure spelt) but that space shooter one.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@Stygosi loved Rock Star! Played it mostly on the Amiga but I did play the Speccy version too

[@ianbayliss4896]

You’ve got to add 3d stock car racing

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@ianbayliss4896 thanks for the tip

[@ryan1mcq]

Some classics i remember: The Plot, Super stuntman, Treasure island Dizzy, Operation Wolf, Rick Dangerous, Chase HQ, Fruit machine simulator 😁

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Chase HQ and Rick Dangerous will no doubt appear in videos to come. Great games. I've actually shockingly never played a Dizzy game! I know, I know it's a sin

[@stevemahoney5209]

Operation Wolf was awesome on the Speccy. Very clever as well, as the Speccy wasn’t very good at side scrolling !!

[@nunopenaspt]

Jetpac is one of my first games, played it not on the 48k but on the 16k. I had a Sinclair 1000 that was 1k memory, then the Spectrum 16k and finally the 48k. Moved after to the Commodore Amiga 500 and later to the Amiga 3000.

[@Jego1364]

It’s a long time ago but 2 games I do remember enjoying were “Everyones A Wally” and Starion - though I’ve just looked up the inlay blurb for Starion “The year is 2010 and your name is Starion. Fresh out of Space Academy” oh how we thought the future would be back then!

[@blatherskite3009]

The 80s were pretty wild - computers in the home, attainable synthesizers, ATMs on the high streets, and all that space-age stuff. We thought the tech revolution would keep moving at the same pace and within a few decades we'd be living in a sci-fi future. iirc, it was some time in the 1990s when we realised .... nah, it's not happening :)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yes I remember them both too. There are so many classics on the speccy, probably loads I've forgotten. I fear I've offended many people! 😂 wow it's creepy when the year that was way in the future back then is now way in the past for us! I feel so old!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@blatherskite3009 the 80s were bloody awesome, although you're right they did give us a real false impression of where we'd be in the 2000s and beyond 🤣

[@LyddonGareth]

the song for “Everyones A Wally” kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXdnGmnYrtoqdU

[@michaelchomiczewski7937]

I have saved this video in my newly minted Spectrum playlist 🤣 Will definitely go over your suggestions once The Spectrum is here in a couple of months and will also take a look at a couple of these titles on The C64. Now I need to also dig up The C64 version of this video 🙃 Thank you ! That was very informative. I did not use to play most of this so quite interested to see what they might be like.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you I hope it helps! I'll be releasing a few more of these before release date too, so look out for those. I have been asked to do some C64 ones also, so I might be able to help there too!

[@michaelchomiczewski7937]

@@YouveBeenGamed I was poking through your video feed and noticed that while you have A500 mini suggestions (that will come handy again when the Maxi comes out) -- nothing on The C64. YES PLEASE do The C64 "64 games I'm adding" video. OK, 64 might make for a LONG video and a lot of effort to produce 🙃. But yes, I'd take any number of The C64 suggestions you might have 🙂.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@michaelchomiczewski7937 I am definitely going to think about doing this series. In fact i'm pretty excited to give it a shot. Thanks for the suggestion

[@barbarianzg8826]

I would add 'ehe Galactic patrol,Glug glug,Highway encounter,Il mecanicco,Super pipeline 2 and Firefly

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@barbarianzg8826 ah cool games there thanks for sharing!

[@1000sofusernames]

I'm just going to transfer my curated lightbox collection.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

cool idea!

[@jonboy2950]

Ohh man death chase, I loved that game

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@jonboy2950 me too! Hours of fun spent

[@delusion666]

A list of mine must include Rex (a hidden treasure), Renegade and Laser Squad. These games I still play nowadays and are not included: Batman the Movie Bruce Lee Carrier Command Castle Master Chase HQ Chuckie Egg Dizzy games (Fantasy World Dizzy) Laser Squad Frank-n-Stein R-Type Rainbow Islands Renegade Rex Rick Dangerous Rock Star Ate My Hamster

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@delusion666 oh my god you're not going to believe my next video! Let's just say you might be pleasantly surprised!

[@qwaH]

I'd guess the bigger Rare games, under the old Ultimate Plat the Game name, are tied up in Rare Replay possibly

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yeah I think so. They are owned by Microsoft, so I guess there's no way they would be able to get the licence for them

[@stevenray8737]

A great selection you've picked. One game above all others will be Nightbreed, but I'm really getting one to try out some assembly programs I've whipped up. I owned two Spectrums back in the day and they were the 48K+ and the 128K +2 models, but sadly they both packed up all too soon. It'll be nice to have a new one, and also have the 128K mode as well. One thing I will say is that just about everyone I knew that had a spectrum also had a copy of Robocop. Dizzy was the other really popular game at the time.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you! I'm going to say something pretty controversial here... I've never played a Dizzy game! Pretty shocking I know. Maybe I need to play one as I'm sure many people that watch my videos will be looking to add those games I'm sure!

[@stevenray8737]

@@YouveBeenGamed Not played a Dizzy game? Goodness gracious! The Sinclair Illuminati will hear of this! LOL, but seriously I recommend either Dizzy(the first one!) or Fantasy World Dizzy( the third one ). There's also Treasure Island Dizzy but you only got one life, if I remember correctly... Happy gaming! 😎

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@stevenray8737 i know it's a real Speccy Sin that one! I promise to rectify this as soon as my Spectrum turns up! Thanks for the tip

[@LordNuttington]

The sprite animations on RoboCop are so good!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

yeah they really are!

[@paulvcooke]

Great video, great choices. Some memories here.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you that's very kind of you to say

[@trefmassey2595]

Cool games u might want to add collection 1. Beach head.2raid over Moscow. 3.hunchback notredam 4.frankie goes to Hollywood or AIrwolf 👍

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@trefmassey2595 thank you! That's a very cool selection of games. I mostly played them on the C64, well Beach Head and Raid Over Moscow anyway

[@crammus]

Bruce Lee will be one of the first games I'll be adding. Still plays great today.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Gotta admit I've never tried the speccy version. But I was OBSESSED with the c64 version!

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

First game I ever played on a zx spectrum (my older sister had a machine & she was 15 years older than me & had moved out) Was "The Wild Bunch" I completed the game on that very 1st attempt, found the guy who I was supposed to be chasing and beat him in the quick draw. Much to my sister's disgust as she hadn't managed to complete the game despite many attempts. (Must admit that I've never managed to complete it again, but that doesn't matter 😁)

[@StuWhisson]

Great video and very excited about the Speccy and would spend a fortune on games in the 80's for various incarnations of Spectrum that came out. I'm new to ROMS etc, will there be (or is there already) a tutorial on where and how to get these, marketplaces etc and how to install them? Decathlon made me save up for a Kempston joystick, which was the only one that would survive the abuse! I'm sure that Trap Door, was one of the first games that used the ability for the 128K spectrum + to limit colour bleed when pixels of different colours clash. I could be wrong, but looking at it, it does appear to be doing it far less, than the other games. I remember buying that game, because it was the first one that used the technology. C64 owners would laugh at the time of course!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you very much. I can't wait either! I will be making tutorial videos on installing ROMS etc once I got my hands on the machine. I loved making them for the A500 Mini, and so I plan to do them for this too. Even if only a handful of people are interested. I just like to help as many people as possible! A god bless the Kempston! I'm hoping that is one of the peripherals they are planning on releasing in 2025. It would be a definite purchase for me! You might be right about The Trap Door. It would explain why it's such a beautiful game to look at

[@RobinHogg-j4d]

Great selection. Fond memories. I'll list some titles that havent been mentioned already (i think) which i loved. Skyranger 3D Tank Duel Hypersports TransAm Night Gunner Codename MAT Green Beret

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@RobinHogg-j4d thank you! Yeah this is going to be a real trip down memory lane for sure! Nice list!

[@aerosmurf7912]

At the moment I'm adding. Midnight resistance, batman the movie, robocop, ghost busters, slap fight, cabal, dizzy games, operation wolf, rex, untouchables, rockstare ate my hamster, switchblade, chase hq. Probably think of loads more I had 😂. But can't wait for the spectrum to come out 👍

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Damn some real classics on that list! I can safely say a whole bunch of them will be making future video lists from myself, no doubt!

[@JoeChip]

“…Modern games like virtual tennis.” That made me laugh because it’s the sort of thing I’d say to my kid, only for him to take the Mickey of me for being old.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Yeah even that is in the damn past now! Man I'm so old!

[@rambledogs2012]

Well I may as well add Geoff Crammonds Stunt Car Racer. Was my favourite game on the Speccy back in the day. well, that and Juggernaut.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@rambledogs2012 I love that game, especially the Amiga version

[@JesterEric]

The winners of the JSW competition programmed the bug free MSX versions of the Miner Willy games for Software Projects. Hudsonsoft did the poorer Japanese version of JSW that had to be reduced in size to fit on a credit card sized rom cart

[@YouveBeenGamed]

wow they really helped out Software Projects didn't they? Like that competition was fate or something! Thanks for sharing

[@TBMartin]

Thanks for this. Gives me a better idea too. I mever owned one back in the day so thanks for the video

[@YouveBeenGamed]

my pleasure, I'm so glad you found it useful. I'll be doing a few more too in the run up to release

[@TBMartin]

@@YouveBeenGamed I'm not looking forward to typing in adventures on that keyboard though lol

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TBMartin lol you might be able to plug in a usb keyboard, should you want to

[@TBMartin]

@@YouveBeenGamed I'm going to go hardcore and use the built in keyboard to get that 80's feel lol Imagination is a game I never managed to complete so that's probably the first type in adventure I'm going to play.

[@retrogamerdiaries]

Spot on!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@retrogamerdiaries thank you!

[@madyak6669]

Starglider, Elite, star wars arcade, chase hq, chaos, rebelstar raiders, Hero quest.

[@speedbird737]

I've sped up the game with my Spectrum Next - cranked up the processor speed lol @ 02:56 - plays how it should have originally now!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

ah that's cool, I didn't know you could do that on the Next

[@Exacerbate42]

I will insert the bulging memory card of my "ZX Spectrum Vega" into "The Spectrum". My favorites are: Thanatos, Maziacs, Starglider, Who Dares Wins, Amaurote, Zynaps, Antiriad...

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Ha sounds like a good idea to me! Some cool games there for sure

[@StevesRetroFunzzz]

the scott adam adventure games were a fave of mine on the speccy

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'm not entirely sure I know of them. I'll have to do some research!

[@robertpatterson1037]

Commando and Rambo got many hours put into them as a kid. And most ‘Ulimate’ games. Guess it must be a licencing issue with those because games like Knight Lore and Sabre Wulf are sorely missed.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I liked both of those too. As somebody pointed out, Microsoft own the Ultimate games now so it's almost certainly a licensing thing

[@robertpatterson1037]

@@YouveBeenGamed that makes sense as they came out on an Xbox compilation a few years ago along with the later Rare titles.

[@daven2928]

Great video, although I never liked the sports games myself. No one ever seems to remember the games I enjoyed 😂 anyone remember Pyramids or Viking Raiders? Also one with racing worms that was great.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I think my love of sports comes obviously from my love of actual sport but also my brother and I used to like playing them together. I must confess I don't know either of those games! But that's the best part about sharing them on here, I like being educated!

[@VampireJack10]

Viking Raiders - I loved that game back in the day. Simple graphics, but so addictive.

[@r1pperuk]

Jet Set Willy Needs a remake. Classic!

[@LordNuttington]

Jetpac not being on the Spectrum is madness, everyone is going to want to play that and could make the difference between people buying it or not (who don't know how to add games)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I totally forgot, and somebody subsequently pointed out that Microsoft own The Ultimate games now, which would probably explain why they don't appear. At least we can add them I guess

[@Jneedstostopobssessing]

That would be my guess as Jetpac is on game pass

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Commando, Lightforce, Elite, chasehq, bombjack. Actually too many to list. Easy Save states and rewind might make some games actually beatable for me.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TRONMAGNUM2099 yeah the Speccy had so many classics! I'm thinking the same about the saves and rewind. Some people are not happy with the rewind feature but it's not like you're obligated to use it

[@Jonc25]

Chequered flag.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

a classic!

[@SirBoycie]

Raid Over Moscow, Horace Goes Skiing

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@SirBoycie good games!

[@ChrisHull]

Swevos world, Monty on the run, Ruins of Zendos, Space Raiders, Shear Panic, Soho Sex Quest, wanted Monty mole, Thanatos.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Bit of Monty Mole fan eh? They were great games actually. I'm sure I'll be adding those too

[@stevemahoney5209]

Love the Jet Set Willy story 🥰🥰🕹️🕹️

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thanks. I found it pretty fascinating

[@TheToppest]

Add Supertank. Not watched the full video yet. You might have it. It's great. Supertank!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I haven't added it. I'll have to check that one out, thanks!

[@alessandrotommasi9941]

Good list. I'm missing Bruce Lee, Kokotoni Wilf, Turmoil, and Fred.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thank you. There are so many great games to choose from! I loved Bruce Lee, but played it solely on the c64. I'll have to give the speccy version a try

[@jonridley]

Turbo esprit, dynamite Dan 2 , bmx simulator, ski s8mulator, jet set Willy, wizball, Bruce Lee, uridium. Ghost busters. Sentinel. Eagles nest, light speed. Commando . Cyclone . Dan dare. Robin of the wood. Wheelie, cookie, sabre wolf, underworld. And more I can’t remember now!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

There are a lot of classics eh! Good list there, I've actually played most of them, and liked them all. Good news for you too... Robin of the wood and Wheelie are included with The Spectrum

[@ritchwaghorn6541]

A lot of these games were better on the C64.. but I am still going buy one of these. Interested in Speccy games that were never released on the C64 , Deathchase , Batman and Feud for instance :)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

No denying that for sure, although the speccy versions are still really good. For example I HATED the c64 version of Robocop! I'm surprised Batman never got a C64 release

[@SwainyAtRetroAsylum]

@@YouveBeenGamedIt’s the isometric version of Batman that wasn’t released on the C64. It wasn’t very good at 3D or isometric stuff unlike the Speccy.

[@gedgicat2063]

Wow, didn't know this was coming out. I've not see the specs yet. I tale it will be 128k is 48k shell. Games: R-type Dizzy games Chuckie egg Comando Space Harrier Tomahawk Xevious Rainbow Islands Spy Hunter Arkanoid

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Nice games! I've already prepped a Part 2 to this video and spoilers... a few of your list will be appearing!

[@snx70]

Jetpac and other Ultimate games (they later became Rare) are owned by Microsoft now.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

YES of course they are! I totally forgot about that. Certainly explains their absence

[@bigbangerz5856]

I think Head Over Heels was the best speccy game I but Wizball was good for its gameplay and a little known game called Amaurote frequently gets overlooked

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Love Head Over Heels! Not sure I ever played Wizball, but of course I've heard of it. Amaurote is a great game

[@jjcollins]

Thank you for the video! I've been aware of the zx spectrum for decades, but here in the USA, it just wasn't a thing, If it was sold here, I never saw one. However, it is something that has always intrigued me. Hopefully the new release system will be available in the USA via amazon etc. If it is I think I will grab one and experience it for myself. One of the things you said at the end really grabbed me and got my interest....there was a V game? I have to look into that! : )

[@johnd6487]

It was called something like the Timex Sinclair in the US (the contract to make the UK ones was handed to Timex as well, in their Scottish factory) The US version had some differences though, which in turn made the vast British software catalogue completely incompatible with the machine, and naturally it bombed.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

You're very welcome and thanks so much for watching! I love to hear that this could entice a whole new audience into the joys of Speccy gaming! Retro Games Ltd have ssaid in recent comments on Facebook that their advice to people in regions where The Spectrum is not listed for sale is to buy from the UK to avoid missing out. I've seen a lot of interested parties in the US, so it would really suck if they don't release it their at some point, but so far it's not looking great :( If you are interested in ordering from the UK then here is a link to Amazon amzn.to/3APKOR2 I know it's a pain ordering it from overseas, but if it means not missing out it might be the only option for the forseeable future. Good luck anyway!

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@johnd6487 I had heard of that yeah! Crazy that they made it incompatible with the British software. What an awful decision! Thanks for sharing the story

[@paulward2076]

Off thep top of my head i would have Double Dragon, Rex, Lazer Squad, Gary Linekars Superstar Soccer, How to be a Complete B@stard, Tir Na Nog, Rick Dangerous...its hard to remember all of them. Its been that long since i last played on the ZX Spectrum but those, along with many of the ones you mentioned and that will already be on The Spectrum are the main ones that i remember. Was Space Harrier on the spectrum? I remembee playing that and Afterburner a lot too 🙂

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Nice list! I think a few of them will be coming soon on future videos from me! I used to love Superstar Soccer! I am sure there was a speccy version of Space Harrier. It rings a bell

[@paulward2076]

@@YouveBeenGamed i know i definitely played Afterburner on the zx spectrum because i completed it...which was a surprise cos it was at breakneck speed and was reacting like crazy then it suddenly ended! 🤣 I might have played Space Harrier on the master system but there had to be a spectrum conversion, im sure.

[@SWR112]

Can you get Cyclone a helicopter rescue game?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'm sure you can yeah

[@Stewbo1]

Outrun ' nuff said .

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@Stewbo1 good game

[@michaelevervall9889]

It's great that they keep on releasing tiny versions of classic computers. I got The C64 mini and maxi and The A500. Gonna pass on this one because I never grew up with the Spectrum and personally I have never figured out what's so appealing about it since most games looked and played better on the C64. 🤔

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@michaelevervall9889 I guess with the spectrum if you know you know, but of course I can see your point. I had both growing up. My C64 was at my Dad's and I had a Speccy at my mum's. I was lucky I guess. I agree though, we are lucky to be getting these awesome machines. Long may it continue

[@michaelevervall9889]

@@YouveBeenGamed Thats true. Theres has to be a nostalgic nerve to it all. Someone who grew up with the Spectrum is surely gonna enjoy playing those games again. I guess someone also could say that Atari 2600 games "looks like crap", but as someone who grew up with it I do enjoy playing my old cartridges on the Atari 2600+ from time to time. 🙂

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@michaelevervall9889 absolutely! I have never had an Atari, so I skipped The400, but I know there must have been great value there for Atari fans, and I know there are a bunch of them! The botto line is the more of these awesome consoles they sell the bigger the chance that they'll make more and more and more

[@SebsPlaceYT]

Nice video of a good collection of games ❤

[@YouveBeenGamed]

thank you so much for watching

[@BrendanPoole]

Carrier Command, Elite, Great Escape, Head Over Heals, Shinobi

[@rcurtisfl02hsv]

I might have missed it but for me it's got to be Elite.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

That may or may not be appearing in my next video 😉

[@TheZeofobic73Channel]

Great Video btw

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@TheZeofobic73Channel thank you!

[@jafwilding]

Maybe you could do one of these for the C64?

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I'd love to. Thanks for the idea

[@PlattLineker2Pen]

Where will we be able to download additional games from? I need Hyper Sports, Dizzy, and ATV Simulator

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@PlattLineker2Pen Google is your friend on that one. I don't like giving out direct links just in case, but trust me they're not hard to find. Good luck!

[@andysutcliffe3915]

All of the Gallup games would go on for me

[@YouveBeenGamed]

ah yes, great games

[@porkyparry1]

eureka, sabre wolf,tau ceti,way of the exploding fist

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Good games! Way of the exploding Fist is on The Spectrum thankfully

[@lindenh2014]

Do you think this console will emulate the on-screen colour clash of the original, or eliminate the effect? I don't know the technical term.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@lindenh2014 I'm really not too sure about that. It's an interesting question

[@stevemahoney5209]

Thanks for all the mini console links 😍😍 but you forgot the Atari 400 mini 😯😯 On 12th July‘24 it went down to £58.49 but now back up to around £112 😮 Sorry to be a stickler, it’s the ocd kicking in 😅😅 What’s your name btw, newly found your channel and you’re very easy listening - you have a very calming voice, so now subbed my friend 🤩🤩🤩

[@YouveBeenGamed]

Thanks for the kind words and the sub, it's greatly appreciated. I have now corrected my list. Not sure how I missed that one! I also have a touch of OCD and that bothered me! 🤣 My name is Lee btw

[@stevemahoney5209]

@@YouveBeenGamedCheers Lee 👍🏻👍🏻 I feel much better now 😂😂

[@johnwiesen4440]

I will put Elite, Starglider, Uridium,Highway Encounter, Tau Ceti,Dracula,Combat Lynx and Jack The Ripper.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

nice selection of games there! Good stuff

[@darak2]

There are a ton of gems in its catalogue, but I'd argue the best ZX-Spectrum games have been released in the latest years, with modern tools and vast internal knowledge about the machine. A lot of must have titles like Ringo, Old Tower, Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2017, Seraphima, Sword of Ianna, and many others.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

That's a very good point. I must admit to not having played too many of the recent releases. Something that I plan to fix once The Spectrum comes out

[@evelghostrider]

Help ? Is there a modern spectrum being made for sale or am i wrong ?? I dont really do internet and have zero social media.

[@YouveBeenGamed]

@@evelghostrider there certainly is! Releasing November 22nd this year. Link for Amazon is here if you want to pre-order: amzn.to/3APKOR2

[@speedbird737]

wheres meteor storm from 1982 - first speccy game with speech synthesis :-)

[@YouveBeenGamed]

clearly not on this list 🤣 but seriously like I said there will be loads of games I may have forgotten or even never played. I live to learn!

[@jamesjennings-yd2bc]

Booty was my favourite

[@YouveBeenGamed]

I like that game too