Jacko Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anyone else remember the Spectrum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm Not that I had one, I had a Commodore Vic 20!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anyone else remember the Spectrum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm Not that I had one, I had a Commodore Vic 20!! Yes i had one with the separate tape machine and the massive 16k plug in memory module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anyone else remember the Spectrum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm Not that I had one, I had a Commodore Vic 20!! Yes i had one with the separate tape machine and the massive 16k plug in memory module. Ha ha excellent, and the lovely hissing and whitenoise when it was loading, along with trippy colours on screen! Those were the days ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anyone else remember the Spectrum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm Not that I had one, I had a Commodore Vic 20!! Yes i had one with the separate tape machine and the massive 16k plug in memory module. Ha ha excellent, and the lovely hissing and whitenoise when it was loading, along with trippy colours on screen! Those were the days ! Still got it in the loft, must get it out for Ryan and show him how lucky he his. Today he plays with 2 gig of ram a dual core processor and a graphics card with 512mb of ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anyone else remember the Spectrum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm Not that I had one, I had a Commodore Vic 20!! me to then a C64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 me to then a C64 My earliest memory of computers I used to spend hours playing a motorbike game where you jump over buses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 can go back further. My first was a ZX81 which you coould buy in kit form and build yourself. It was the only way my parents could afford one. It used to take hours to program a little game in and even longer if you did it in machine code. It only had 1k of memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Alway loved that jetset willy game and manic miner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 can go back further. My first was a ZX81 which you coould buy in kit form and build yourself. It was the only way my parents could afford one. It used to take hours to program a little game in and even longer if you did it in machine code. It only had 1k of memory Yep, I remember the first game I played...... remember "Race" Mike, where there was a bike (well it looked like a number 4 or something) in the middle and basically the screen moved up so you were travelling down..... you had to make him avoid the trees and cars, by moving the whole screen left and right! Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morg Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Started life with a Texas Instruments Ti 994a, best xmas prezzie ever not that well supported for the games but kept me entertained. Moved over to the Spectrum couple of years later, lovely dead flesh keyboard You can still play the games on your PC through emulators: http://spectrummagic.emuunlim.com/Spect ... 0Games.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 can go back further. My first was a ZX81 which you coould buy in kit form and build yourself. It was the only way my parents could afford one. It used to take hours to program a little game in and even longer if you did it in machine code. It only had 1k of memory Yep, I remember the first game I played...... remember "Race" Mike, where there was a bike (well it looked like a number 4 or something) in the middle and basically the screen moved up so you were travelling down..... you had to make him avoid the trees and cars, by moving the whole screen left and right! Class first game I typed in on the ZX81 was snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmmackfc Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 C64 You can get a games pack you plug in to your TV with some of the classic games. Saw it in Woolworths for a fiver! ...didn't buy it though as my memories of these games will no doubt be better than the reality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Alway loved that jetset willy game and manic miner Great games, and what about Chucky Egg?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I had an Amstrad 464 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I had an Amstrad 464 Same here. I even managed to sell it when I got an Amiga. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I had an Amstrad 464 Same here. I even managed to sell it when I got an Amiga. Guy Ive still got my Amiga in the attic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 lol Sold my Amiga when I got my first PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 lol Sold my Amiga when I got my first PC. I used to love my Amiga, now that was class for its time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I bought an Amiga just for Championship Manager. I also bought a PC for purely the same reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Ahhh the Spectrums I remember em well. I never had the rubber key one although my mates did cos Mum & Dad couldn't justify the price of it. My first spectrum was the 48k which I then upgraded to the 128k which iirc had the tape deck built in. 10 minutes for games to load, a lot of the time they'd crash while loading and you'd have to start again. On sports games (track & field etc) you had to bash 7 shades of sh**e alternatively out of 2 keys to move the player or if you had a joystick waggle it side to side like mad - they generally broke within about 5 minutes. Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Eddie Kidd, Daley Thompsons Decathlon the hours of my life I've lost playing on the Spectrum are frightening. BUT it never came above getting outside with your mates for a game of footie or whatever, happy happy days indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I was only 1 when these came out My earliest memory was an Atari ST500, played super bomber man.. then had a Neo Geo console, and back then a game cost £60 I gave it too my mate when I was 14 as he didnt have much, I had 25 console games, and now they sell on ebay and I could of gto £600 for it Must admit it was way ahead for its time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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