grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 There was a bit of banter going on about the Speccy in the chatbox earlier on, even some mention that one of the sjs published a game on the thing? (do tell). Here are some of my favourite Speccy memories 10 Print Cam is gay 20 Goto 10 run or something like that. Poor Cam, he was bullied. Games: Hungry Horace Jet Pac Psssst Atik Atack Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Sam Fox strip poker....quality!! Although I was shite, she never got naked for me!! How to be a complete bastard Fearless Frank Horace Goes Skiing Pac Man Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted September 6, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 6, 2007 Quote: even some mention that one of the sjs published a game on the thing? (do tell). Yes that was me... I wrote a game on the 16K Spectrum when I was about 14 or 15 maybe, put an advert in one of the Sinclair magazines and sold it. I remember being really surprised when people actually ordered them and having to buy all the blank cassettes and make copies. I can't remember how many I sold, I think it was about 500 in the end. That sure brings back a lot of memories! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Oh dear. You lot are desperate. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I'm really impressed actually, selling 500 copies of your own game at that age, good going that. You must post some screenshots! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 was that a screen grab of airwolf up there?? Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Jet Set Willy was the best game on spectrum by miles! http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr04/yr04_60a.gif Dizzy was also good but I think that was for the 128k version. POKE command was good for infinite lives Link to post Share on other sites
excuse me 0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Was that Rtype on the Spectrum? Which version, not the 48k right? Link to post Share on other sites
whitehorse 0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 My older brother used to have one of them. That rubber keyboard was just so funny. The Spectrum was way out by the time I got into "computers". I think Sinclair was doing his c5 stuff round then Link to post Share on other sites
gifugill 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 From the man who brought us the Speccy, and this: perhaps his next machine will be a flying car Quote: Sir Clive, best known for the ill-fated electrical vehicle the C5, said personal flying machines would be “economically and technically possible”. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, he said: “I’m sure it will happen and I am sure it will change the world dramatically.” The celebrated inventor said any flying machine would have to be powered by electricity, because petrol engines were not reliable enough. “It would need to be automatically controlled because we can’t all learn to fly,” he said. “The vehicle would take off from your home and fly to wherever you want to go.” Sir Clive said he had no plans to develop flying car technology but said he would “love to be involved” with any effort. He said: “Long before the C5, and ever since, I have strongly believed in electric vehicles. I am glad to say it’s all happening at long last.” Link to post Share on other sites
gifugill 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm going to get my Speccy out next month and see if it still works. Marvellous. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 That pic of the C5 is class. I'd really like to try one. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 whats that ting caled? Sedgeway? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Wow this takes me back, I remember my first computer a ZX81 and then my next was a commodore 64k, at the time I thought they were so cool. I had pacmam, 3d dinosaur maze or something, and some other games like that. I still got both computers sitting in the loft at my parents house somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 My brother had a Vic 20. Anyone remember them? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I had a 48k with the rubber buttons, then I got a Commodore 64k and then a Commodore AMIGA, Sensible Soccer has got to be THE greatest football game ever made!! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Yeh I had a vic20 too. dont remember any games on it tho. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I remember sitting typing in basic commands for an hour to get a little bouncing ball on the TV screen on my SO wonderful Commodore64. A year or two down the track I think my brother was playing Wizard of Wor/War...something like that on it - I was over the C64 by that stage - too busy at Uni, but still typing my assignments up on an OLD OLD OLD manual typewriter and making corrections with tipex correction fluid! But I sure did enjoy the desktop pacman! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sally 0 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Sinclair C5. I actually know someone who has one of those - it still works. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Old computer fans! (Where's the Vic20?!) The Commodore 64, an icon of 1980s computing, is returning to take advantage of the appetite for retro technology. The original introduced a generation to the possibilities of home computing - including classic videogames such as Elite and International Karate. Now it is being relaunched with an up-to-date WIndows PC under its original 1980s shell. A new company, Commodore USA, is taking orders for the machine. Commodore International, responsible for the 8-bit original, went bankrupt in 1994. The modern version features a dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor at 1.8GHz and 2GB of RAM. It will ship with emulator software to run original Commodore 64 programmes, which had to make to with MOS 6502 processor at 1MHz and 64K of RAM. And while 1980s Commodore 64 programmes came on cassette tapes or floppy disks, its modern imitator has a USB ports, WiFi, a multiformat memory card reader and optional Blu-Ray drive. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Not sure I'd want to use that keyboard for more than a few minutes! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Not sure I 'get' that. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I found my old Speccy in the attic last summer. I might try and get it set up this summer when I go back, had a few games and a cassette player with it as well so could get some of them working. Can't remember if it was packed up working or not. Link to post Share on other sites
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