In 2024, the history of Spanish software will be neither more nor less than 45 years old. A journey that many of us, due to our age, were able to experience from the beginning and which took its first step in 1979 with the creation – and not the commercialization – of the first recreational board, The parachutist. From then until today, thousands of games have borne the seal of having been developed in Europe, but only one has been proclaimed the best of all: Commandos behind enemy lines.
U-tad (University Center for Technology and Digital Art), organized the initiative play at home which is nothing more than a tribute to the Spanish software that wanted to recognize the work of the best studios that appeared in our country. You know, Paco Suárez with The chip
A vote to proclaim the best Spanish video game
In addition to this part of homage to studies, the initiative play at home has enabled thousands of players of all ages choose the one they consider to be the best Spanish video game in history, from a list of 50 candidates selected by a specialized jury of 44 members. Among them, professionals who have worked in the video game and general press sector since the beginnings of the industry in the 1980s.
The result of this vote proclaimed Commandos behind enemy lines like him best Spanish video game in history, one of the reference titles of all time, not only for our software, but also for the entire international scene. We must not forget that after its launch in 1998, it was number one in sales in more than 30 countries such as the United States, France, Australia, of course Europe, and also the United Kingdom, where he remained in this first position for 20 weeks. in a row. .
In second place we find a game from 2019, Blasphemous, which was one of the great revelations of a studio now fully established on the international scene. This marvel, which transposes Sevillian Holy Week into a format metroidvania Yes Pixel art This is one of the jewels of our software.
Third, we find what is considered by many to be one of the masterpieces of our software. The Abbey of Crime It was Paco Menéndez’s last match (Fred, Mr. Fred, etc.), which he developed with Juan Delcán. In 2016 he had a redo which you can download completely free on Steam.
The top 10 best Spanish software games
After more than 21,000 votes cast in favor of the initiative play at homethis is what the top looks like with the 10 best games in the history of Spanish software:
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- Commandos behind enemy lines by Pyro Studios
- Blasphemousfrom The Game Kitchen
- The Abbey of Crime by Paco Menéndez and Juan Delcán
- Soccer on PC by Dynamic
- Commandos 2 Men of Courage by Pyro Studios
- Gray by Nomada Studio
- Blasphemous 2 from The Game Kitchen
- Castlevania Lords of Shadow by Mercury Steam
- Metroid Terror by Mercury Steam
- Edge of Darkness Blade by Rebel Act Studios
What do you think of this ranking? What would you consider to be the best Spanish game in history? Leave us your selection in the comments.
