#Sinclair zx spectrum games series

Having made it rich through mining, class traitor Willy buys a mansion and spends his weekend tidying up after a huge party. Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy spring to mind. 'I owned two models: one 48k Spectrum and one 128k Spectrum. And while everyone seemed to fondly remember the expansive, more epic sequel Jet Set Willy, I'll always have a place in my heart for the episodic original which started it all.'

' Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, The Hobbit and Dan Dare. Just thinking about it now is enough to get Grieg's 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' embedded as an earworm.' In those pre-'save' days, every game was a one-take deal, every run through spent learning the tricks that would help you dodge one of those iconic man-eating toilets. It's got all the elements a good platformer needs: a simple premise, easy-to-understand goals, and incentives to keep you from hanging around (limited lives and an ever-decreasing air supply). 'The pixels were nearly as big as Miner Willy's head, yet Manic Miner remains one of my all-time best platform games. Instead I'll plump for a slice of 'pure' Spectrum gaming: the early platform game Manic Miner, home-made, ground-breaking, genre-delineating, technically remarkable, entirely lovable.' 'Back in the day I might have said a slick arcade conversion like R-Type or Rainbow Islands was my favourite, but the world's moved on (and then some) and the idea that these might be considered in any way polished now seems laughable. Matt Bielby (editor of Comic Heroes, erstwhile editor of Your Sinclair, erstwhile editor of SFX ) Many, many people wanted to give a shout out to this classic platform game.

#Sinclair zx spectrum games series

The first of the Miner Willy series - its sequel is number 10 in our list - saw you hopping your way through 20 insane levels.