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TOP 100 ZX SPECTRUM

Date added: 22. 10. 2000

At this place you'll find TOP 100 games that were in my opinion best on Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the games that caused me many dreamless nights and that were somehow part of my life and lifestyle. At the end you'll see also TOP 10 of gaming companies and TOP best years for this machine (I have counted it from number of entries in my TOP 100). I've made similar chart also for Amiga, but I never did something like this on PC. Why? Because PC still lives and the chart may be updated, while Amiga's and Spectrum's chart is now final. But more important reason is, that PC games didn't reach my heart. I didn't love them so much as I loved Spectrum and Amiga games, although I cannot say they were bad. Simply, my heart didn't tell me I should make chart like this on PC :).

At the end of this chart are two small TOP 10s of best companies and years of ZX Spectrum. These charts have been counted from number of entries in my TOP 100.

Mirsoft's ALL TIME TOP 100 Spectrum games:

1.  TETRIS 2                                    (c) 1990 FUXOFT
2.  MANIC MINER                                 (c) 1983 SOFTWARE PROJECTS
3.  NODES OF YESOD                              (c) 1986 ODIN
4.  THUNDERBIRDS                                (c) 1985 FIREBIRD
5.  DYNAMITE DAN 2                              (c) 1987 MIRRORSOFT
6.  HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER                           (c) 1984 VORTEX
7.  HEAD OVER HEELS                             (c) 1986 OCEAN
8.  STARQUAKE                                   (c) 1986 MASTERTRONIC
9.  XOR                                         (c) 1987 ASTRAL SOFTWARE
10. ARKANOID                                    (c) 1987 IMAGINE
11. SABOTEUR 2                                  (c) 1986 DURELL
12. HYPERBOWL                                   (c) 1986 MASTERTRONIC
13. CHUCKIE EGG                                 (c) 1984 A&F
14. TERRAMEX                                    (c) 1986 TEQUE / GREMLIN
15. TAPPER                                      (c) 1984 US GOLD / SEGA
16. ELITE                                       (c) 1986 FIREBIRD
17. TERRA CRESTA                                (c) 1988 IMAGINE
18. ROADS OF PLEXAR                             (c) 1988 MASTERTRONIC
19. ROCKFORD                                    (c) 1986 MASTERTRONIC
20. JETSET WILLY                                (c) 1984 SOFTWARE PROJECTS
21. BC'S QUEST FOR TIRES                        (c) 1984 SIERRA ON-LINE
22. STARFOX                                     (c) 1986 CYBEXLAB
23. RAMPARTS                                    (c) 1989 ACTIVISION
24. SIR FRED                                    (c) 1985 MIKRO-GEN
25. THREE WEEKS IN PARADISE                     (c) 1986 MIKRO-GEN
26. ROCKMAN                                     (c) 1984 MASTERTRONIC
27. BOOTY                                       (c) 1984 FIREBIRD
28. DYNAMITE DAN                                (c) 1985 MIRRORSOFT
29. RICK DANGEROUS                              (c) 1989 CORE DESIGN
30. TERMINUS THE PRISON PLANET                  (c) 1987 MASTERTRONIC
31. LAZY JONES                                  (c) 1984 TERMINAL SOFTWARE
32. ACTION REFLEX                               (c) 1986 MIRRORSOFT
33. GAMES DESIGNER                              (c) 1983 J. HOLLIS
34. BLOOD BROTHERS                              (c) 1990 GREMLIN
35. PEPSI COLA                                  (c) 1988 MIAMISOFT
36. MOON CRESTA                                 (c) 1983 INCENTIVE
37. 1942                                        (c) 1984 ELITE
38. DALEY THOMPSON'S DECATHLON                  (c) 1984 OCEAN
39. BATTY                                       (c) 1985 ELITE / HIT-PAK
40. GALACTIC GUNNERS                            (c) 1985 CYBEXLAB
41. PYJAMARAMA                                  (c) 1985 MIKRO-GEN
42. MAD MIX                                     (c) 1988 TOPOSOFT
43. TECHNICIAN TED                              (c) 1984 S. MARSDEN & D. COOKE
44. FIREFLY                                     (c) 1988 OCEAN / SPECIAL FX
45. LAST NINJA 2                                (c) 1986 SYSTEM 3
46. COMMANDO                                    (c) 1984 ELITE
47. YIE AR KUNG FU                              (c) 1984 IMAGINE / KONAMI
48. SUPER ROBIN HOOD                            (c) 198? CODEMASTERS
49. BATTLESHIPS                                 (c) 1987 ELITE / HIT-PAK
50. BLACK VELVET                                (c) 198? DINAMIC?
51. TARGET RENEGADE                             (c) 1986 IMAGINE
52. LASER SQUAD                                 (c) 1989 TARGET GAMES
53. BOMBJACK                                    (c) 1984 FIREBIRD
54. NAVY MOVES                                  (c) 1987 DINAMIC
55. MOON ALERT                                  (c) 1983 OCEAN
56. KARNOV                                      (c) 1988 ELECTRIC DREAMS
57. KIKSTART 2                                  (c) 1986 MASTERTRONIC
58. MILK RACE                                   (c) 1987 MASTERTRONIC
59. RAID OVER MOSCOW                            (c) 1985 US GOLD
60. SPINDIZZY                                   (c) 1986 THE EDGE
61. JET BIKE SIMULATOR                          (c) 1987 CODEMASTERS
62. CYBERNOID                                   (c) 1987 HEWSON
63. FUKSOFT                                     (c) 1987 SYBILASOFT
64. ADVANCED PINBALL SIMULATOR                  (c) 1988 CODEMASTERS
65. MIKIE                                       (c) 1985 IMAGINE
66. H.A.T.E.                                    (c) 1987 VORTEX
67. DRAGON'S LAIR 2                             (c) 1988 READYSOFT
68. ISLAND OF DR. DESTRUCTO                     (c) 1984 MASTERTRONIC
69. JETPAC                                      (c) 1982 ULTIMATE
70. OUT RUN                                     (c) 1986 US GOLD / SEGA
71. SKLADACKA                                   (c) 1989 DELTASOFT
72. MYTH                                        (c) 1989 SYSTEM 3
73. MINED OUT                                   (c) 1983 QUICKSILVA
74. SCEPTRE OF BAGDAD                           (c) 1985 FIREBIRD
75. PASSING SHOT                                (c) 1988 TEQUE / SEGA
76. UNDERWURLDE                                 (c) 1984 ULTIMATE
77. SHINOBI                                     (c) 1989 MASTERTRONIC
78. ATV SIMULATOR                               (c) 1984 CODEMASTERS
79. PENETRATOR                                  (c) 1983 MELBOURNE HOUSE
80. GILLIGAN'S GOLD                             (c) 1984 OCEAN
81. CHUCKIE EGG 2                               (c) 1987 A&F
82. TAI PAN                                     (c) 1989 OCEAN
83. ARMAGEDDON                                  (c) 1983 OCEAN
84. RUN THE GAUNTLET                            (c) 19?? OCEAN
85. LIVINGSTONE                                 (c) 1987 OPERASOFT
86. XECUTOR                                     (c) 1987 SOFTEK
87. STORMLORD                                   (c) 198? HEWSON
88. H.E.R.O.                                    (c) 1984 ACTIVISION
89. TRAZ                                        (c) 1988 GAMEBUSTERS
90. MATCH DAY 2                                 (c) 1985 OCEAN
91. JASON'S GEM                                 (c) 1985 MASTERTRONIC
92. JETSET WILLY 4 - WILLY'S NEW HAT            (c) 198? SOFTWARE PROJECTS
93. PANAMA JOE                                  (c) 1984 ???
94. PHOENIX                                     (c) 1986 ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE
95. AUTOMANIA                                   (c) 1984 MIKRO-GEN
96. ZYTHUM                                      (c) 1986 MIRRORSOFT
97. R-TYPE                                      (c) 1987 ELECTRIC DREAMS
98. WONDERBOY IN MONSTERLAND                    (c) 1989 ACTIVISION / SEGA
99. IMPACT                                      (c) 1988 AUDIOGENIC SOFTWARE
100.JET-STORY                                   (c) 1988 CYBEXLAB


TOP 10 ZX Spectrum companies (sum of entries in my TOP100)

1. MASTERTRONIC                 11 games
2. OCEAN                        9 games
3. FIREBIRD                     5 games
   IMAGINE                      5 games
5. MIRRORSOFT                   4 games
   CODEMASTERS                  4 games
   MIKRO-GEN                    4 games
   ELITE                        4 games
   SEGA                         4 games

TOP ZX Spectrum years (sum of entries in my TOP100)

1. 1984				21 games
2. 1986				18 games
3. 1987				15 games
4. 1988				12 games
5. 1985				11 gemes
6. 1989				8 games
7. 1983				7 games
8. 1990				2 games
9. 1982				1 games