An almost-definite list of what the author considers to be Blatant (and subpar) Spectrum Ports to the CPC. A Youtube playlist of footage of most of these (apart from ones marked with an Asterisk) is available here.
Note that not all games that use limited-colour palettes appear here. Some games make wonderful use of Mode 1 despite the lack of colours and are thus excluded (for example, Laser Squad). And although Rick Dangerous, for example, uses the same codebase between the Amstrad and Spectrum versions (to the extent that the same bugs appear in both), the luscious redrawn Mode 0 graphics in the former also exclude it from this list.
Airwolf 2 |
Amo del Mundo |
Andy Capp |
Antares |
Astonishing Avendures of Mr Weems and the She-Vampires |
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
ATV Simulator |
Back to the Future 2 |
Badlands |
Biff |
Big Trouble in Little China |
Billy the Kid |
Bionic Commando |
Black Tiger |
BMX Freestyle Simulator |
Bomb Fusion |
Bombscare |
Bosconian '87 |
Brainache |
Brian Bloodaxe* |
Bronx Street Cop |
Bubbler |
Casanova |
Chain Reaction |
Chronos |
City Slicker |
Con-Quest |
Core* |
Cosmic Shock Absorber |
Critical Mass |
Crossfire |
Dandy |
Dangermouse in Double Trouble |
Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee |
Deactivators |
Deadly Evil |
Defcom 1 |
Dempsey and Makepeace |
Dizzy Down the Rapids |
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone |
Dr Jackle and Mr Wide |
Dragon Breed |
Drakkar |
Duck Out! |
Duel 2000 |
Duet |
Dynamite Dan 2 |
Eagle |
El Cid |
Elven Warrior |
Enchanted |
Enduro Racer |
European Soccer Challenge |
Final Matrix |
Firetrap |
Freddy Hardest in South Manhatten |
Frontiers |
Garfield 2: Winter's Tail |
Gauntlet 3: The Final Quest |
GI Hero |
Gilbert Escape from Drill |
Glider Rider |
GP Formula 1 Simulator |
Greyfell* |
Hammerfist |
Havoc |
Hawk Storm |
Hopping Mad |
Hotshot |
How to be a Complete Bastard |
I, Ball |
I, Ball 2 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
International Ninja Rabbits |
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Offroad Racing |
Joe Blade 1 |
Joe Blade 3 |
Kenny Daglish Soccer Match |
Kick Off |
Kinetic |
Knight Ghost |
Las Tres Luces de Glaurung |
Last Ninja 2 |
Little Puff in Dragonland |
Mamno |
Martainoids |
Metropolis |
Microprose Soccer |
Molecule Man |
Motocross Simulator |
Motor Massacre* |
Mountain Bike Simulator |
Mutant Fortress |
Nether Earth |
Ninja Hamster |
Nodes of Yesod |
Number One |
Oberon 69 |
Outlaw |
Overlander |
Pac-Mania |
Paris-Dakar |
Passing Shot |
Peter Pack Rat |
Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona |
Phantomas 2 |
Pit Fighter |
Prison Riot |
Pro Skateboard Simulator |
Prodigy |
Quartet |
Quest for the Mindstone |
Ranamama |
Rath-Tha |
Red Heat |
Robin Hood Legend Quest |
Rocco |
Rocky Horror Show |
R-Type |
Run for Gold |
Saboteur |
Sabrina |
Salamander |
Scamble Spirits |
Scooby Doo |
SDI |
Seymour at the Movies |
Seymour Take One |
Sharkey's Moll |
Short's Fuse |
Skate or Die |
Slaine* |
Slightly Magic |
Smaily |
Snoopy and Peanuts |
Sootland |
Sooty and Sweep |
Spike in Transylvania |
Spiky Harold |
Spirits |
Stainless Steel |
Star Bowls |
Steel Eagle |
Steg |
Stifflip & Co |
Streaker |
Street Gang Football |
Street Sports Basketball |
Strike Force Cobra |
Stuntman Seymour |
Subway Vigilante |
Super Hang On |
Super Trolley |
Super Wonderboy in Monsterland |
SWIV |
Sword Slayer |
The Fantastic Voyage |
The Great Escape |
The Official Father Christmas Game |
The Prodigy |
The Race against Time for Sport Aid |
Thing! |
Thingy and the Doodahs |
Throne of Fire |
Thunderbirds |
Tiddy Drinks |
Time Machine |
Time Out |
Toi Acid Game |
Toobin |
Tour De Force |
Transmuter |
Trashman |
Turbo Kart Racer |
Tusker |
Typhoon |
Vendetta |
Wibstars |
Wild West Seymour |
World Championship Soccer |
World Cup Challenge |
Xmas Ludo |
Xybots |
Yabba Dabba Doo! |