One of the best budget games ever written; “Booty” by Firebird).
When I was young I took on my older sisters paper round as she didn’t want to do it any more. I think I was maybe a little too young to be doing a paper round (I was 11 I guess, maybe even a little younger) and obviously it didn’t pay all that well - hence, a lot of the games I bought back then were “budget” games, like Booty.
They were a perfect price for paper round money!
I didn’t appreciate Rampage when I first bought it for my ZX Spectrum with my paper round money. I can tell you exactly why, it just isn’t especially fun when played with only one player.
It wasn’t until I bought an arcade machine that I thought I’d give it another go, and what I found surprised me. It’s incredible how much of the arcade game they managed to fit into a 48k ZX Spectrum. It’s a bright and colourful game and works great as a multiplayer.
An all-time classic; “Wheelie” by Microsphere.
I picked this game up with my ZX Spectrum 48K - it was a firm favourite even though I wasn’t very good at it (to be fair, I was only 8 or 9 years old).
However, there was something undeniably mesmerizing about this game. Its challenging gameplay and intriguing physics had me hooked. And ever since then, “Wheelie” has remained on my coveted list of GILTD (Game-I’d-Like-To-Disassemble) for a very long time.