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Posted March 25, 2014
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timppu: Is there some reason to want ZX Spectrum games, if one has no fond memories of the system?

I had one friend who had ZX Spectrum, but to me its games merely seemed like inferior versions of the same games that appeared on e.g. Commodore 64, similar case as with Amstrad CPC. Were there some Spectrum exclusives that everyone should play? "Horace Goes Skiing" doesn't count.

It is a similar reason I'm not that interested to see pre-1989 PC games on GOG.com, as I know there quite often were vastly superior Amiga versions out there. After 1990 or so, PC started to hold its own, thanks to VGA and sound card support.

But I guess, even getting the inferior version is better than no version at all (as GOG doesn't carry Amiga games either)...
When it comes to C64 - ZX It is quite debatable which games where the inferior version, it was a matter of taste. C64 had better colour and sound, but ZX had more precision in drawing sprites and tended to have more fluid animations without slowdowns. So it depends on a game to game basis. It tended to boil down to a debate on colour clash vs. fluidity....

(but off course the breadbin was a superior machine)
Posted March 25, 2014
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darkelf2: Actually MSX2 is great too - would enjoy to play Maze of Gallious, Firebird or USAS
Or Metal Gear 2? :B
Posted March 25, 2014
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darkelf2: Actually MSX2 is great too - would enjoy to play Maze of Gallious, Firebird or USAS
SPACE MANBOW.

I fiddled with a Spectrum emulator a while back but I confess I couldn't make heads or tails of the keyboard layout. I guess I could have figured it out with time, but I lost interest.
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