Okay, here we go - Blerk's official "Top Ten Best Spectrum Games of 2012".



All of these are brand new and released last year. A full list is available here, but these are (in my opinion) the cream of the crop. All of them run on an unmodified Spectrum so you don't need any fancy Russian clone or anything to get them going, and most will be playable in World of Spectrum's Java emulator direct from your browser should the mood take you.



So, in no particular order (apart from alphabetical, if you want to be pedantic):



Antiquity Jones

A lovely, colourful platformer. Not too hard, fun to play. Not at all inspired by Indiana Jones. No, sir.



Bouncing Bomb: Redux

Bouncy platformer. Brutal. You will hate this. You will love it too. But you will hate it.



Earthraid

Not much to look at, but a super-addictive quick-fire strategy title. Save the world (or at least as much of it as you can).



LumASCII

An entirely ASCII-art-based side-scrolling shooter? Indeed, and amazingly realised at that. The only game here that's not free, but there is a decent demo.



Majikazo

An excellent single-screen arcade-'em-up with gorgeous graphics.



Maritrini, Freelance Monster Slayer

Gauntlet-style with Buffy undertones. Big levels, colourful graphics, great tunes.



More Tea, Vicar?

A classic side-scrolling shoot-'em-up with eye-meltingly difficult bosses. 128k music will blow your mind.



Speccy Bros

A home-produced Spectrum conversion of Snow Bros? Don't mind if I do! Great use of the beeper for the title tune.



Shuttlebug

Classic early 80s arcade-style game that's sort of like a shrunk-down Rally X. With guns.



Yumiko in the Haunted Mansion

Excellent use of colour for this maze-based light-'em-up, made all the more amazing by the fact that it's written in compiled BASIC.