[The Sinclair Spectrum]

Philip Kendall - Best cover games

In the latter days of the Spectrum, the "cover tape wars" were in full effect, with magazines attempting to outdo each other by the games on their respective covertapes. Some of the games given away were really quite good, but some (most?) of them were pretty poor. But what were the best and worst covertape games of all time?

The Best

1. Rebelstar 2 (8.74)
2. Quazatron (8.71)
3. Batty (8.69)
4. Highway Encounter (8.68)
5. Flying Shark (8.66)
6. Cyclone (8.63)
7. Chaos (8.63)
8. Scuba Dive (8.59)
9. Movie (8.58)
10. Dynamite Dan II (8.58)
11. Dragontorc (8.57)
12. Ant Attack (8.57)
13. Split Personalities (8.53)
14. Lords of Midnight, The (8.52)
15. T.L.L. (8.52)
16. Roller Coaster (8.51)
17. Deja Vu: The Remix (8.50)
18. Doomdark's Revenge (8.49)
19. Tau Ceti (8.49)
20. Heavy on the Magick (8.48)

The Worst

1. Pathetic Pablo Bros, The (2.39)
2. Space Worm (2.67)
3. Omega Zone, The (2.73)
4. Stars, Stripes and Mr. Bush (3.00)
5. Destrux (3.09)
6. Dream Warrior (3.11)
7. Vatman (3.11)
8. 1985 - The Day After (3.12)
9. Monster Munch (3.14)
10. Liberator (3.14)
11. Spirit of Ninja, The (3.17)
12. Syntax (3.25)
13. Zarjas (3.25)
14. Alpine Games (3.29)
15. Out for the Count (3.33)
16. Termination (3.50)
17. Mango Jones (3.57)
18. Chiller (3.73)
19. Qarx (3.75)
20. Explorer (3.80)