Spectrum classic games

Double Dare. Emlyn Hughes International Soccer. Enduro Racer [a][K]. Falklands Final Assault. Friday the 13th. Gnome Ranger.

Grumpy Gumphrey Supersleuth. Guerrilla War. Ikari Warriors. Italy Kikstart 2. Random selection of games and software. Frantic Freddy. The Lost City of Atlantis deutch. Empire - Wargame of the Century. The fighting mechanics are reasonable considering the limitations of having a single fire button.

There are a number of moves available including the ability to grab enemies and knee them in the groin — Most satisfying! This is one of those games which I could easily complete back when I originally owned it, but have real trouble now! Click here to play Target Renegade online at archive. Dan Dare is one of the first ever games I played ever.

My friend owned a 48k Spectrum and we would regularly play this and Jet Set Willy. Click here to play Dan Dare online at archive.

One many arcade ports for the ZX Spectrum, Pang is certainly one of the best. It is a direct port of the arcade game and whilst the in game graphics are monochrome, it looks fantastic. The game sees you simply having to burst all of the bubbles on each level. Once you pop a bubble, it then divides into two more smaller bubbles, making the game get quite frantic if you get a bit trigger happy. All of the power ups such as the machine gun, force field and pause clock are included too.

Pang also includes a 2 player mode which brings a whole new angle of co-op to the gameplay. An absolute must have! Click here to play Pang online at archive. The aim of the game is to escape the island whilst collecting all of the golden coins along the way. The graphics are fun and the in game music suits the game well.

Other Dizzy games have a number of lives or an energy bar. Click here to play Treasure Island Dizzy online at archive. One of many movie titles from Ocean, Robocop was a huge success on the system.

This is reflected by the fact it remained in the top 5 selling Spectrum games for almost two years! The game has a number of side scrolling shooting levels, separated with some fun mini games. As with many Ocean games of the time, Robocop has excellent graphics, great music, digitised speech and top gameplay making this one of the most timeless as well as one of the best selling Spectrum games. Click here to play Robocop online at archive. This game is something that almost has no business appearing on the Spectrum in such a way that it did.

The game has a good selection of tracks as well as a league mode for you to really get your teeth into. Click here to play Stunt Car Racer online at archive. Another classic arcade conversion. The New Zealand story is a cutesy platform game where you control Tiki the Kiwi around each level to rescue his friends who have been kidnapped by a large seal!

Whilst this version suffers from slightly janky scrolling, the game still manages to retain a lot of the feel of the arcade original and was highly regarded upon its original release back in This was also a time when many Spectrum games had decent k versions, which usually meant the inclusion of some excellent music, the New Zealand Story is certainly no exception here with some fantastic in game music, making this a contender for one of the best Spectrum platformer games.

Considered a real classic on the ZX Spectrum, Glider Rider is a simple isometric view game where you ride a motorbike which has the capability to transform into a hang glider, hence the name — Glider Rider! The simple aim of the game is to ride and glide around the island destroying reactors which power the enemy base by dropping grenades from above.

The game is also noted for its amazing soundtrack by well known game music composer David Whittaker. Click here to play Glider Rider online at archive.

More classic arcade action for the Spectrum. Rainbow Islands is actually the sequel to Bubble Bobble, although is not immediately obvious title screen aside. It is officially our favourite way of killing time at work. Just don't tell the boss. Shout in the comments if we've missed any of your favourites. Elite — Firebird Games. R-Type — Electric Dreams Software. Chuckie Egg - A'n'F Software. Back to Skool - Microsphere. Football Manager - Addictive Games Ltd. Horace Goes Skiing — Beam Software.

Boulder Dash — Front Runner. Sim City - Infogrames. Underwurlde - Ultimate Play The Game. Rainbow Islands - Ocean Software Ltd.