The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on December 02, 2014, 08:54:52 PM
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I remember first having the rubber keyed 48k version then getting the Spectrum Plus when I was a kid cloud9:
Looks like Apey was in charge of the budget for keys on this new one though... rubschin:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F12%2F02%2F23AAA10800000578-0-image-39_1417539991558.jpg&hash=44b4b18ebad6c442f541d0de01e454d68d20e9e7)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2857811/The-Spectrum-makes-comeback-Retro-gaming-computer-given-21st-century-makeover-plays-old-games.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2857811/The-Spectrum-makes-comeback-Retro-gaming-computer-given-21st-century-makeover-plays-old-games.html)
There is a retro shop in Truro that sells the originals, I was gutted when I found out that a game I had about 5 copies of for some reason now goes for £800 a shot. Banghead
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Or for a lot less bother and embarrassment there is the [url-http://www.zxspectrum4.net/emulator.php]ZX Emulator[/url]
That's probably shit as well but at least you don't put money in Clive Sinclair's pockets
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I had a ZX80.... cloud9:
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I remember spending a rainy afternoon programming beep codes into my speccy because the manual had the instructions to get it to play hall of the mountain king and I was curious what it would sound like. cloud9:
Manic Miner cloud9:
Elite - with the lenslock anti piracy system that was a complete pain in the arse. cloud9:
Chuckie Egg cloud9:
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I remember first having the rubber keyed 48k version then getting the Spectrum Plus when I was a kid cloud9:
Looks like Apey was in charge of the budget for keys on this new one though... rubschin:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F12%2F02%2F23AAA10800000578-0-image-39_1417539991558.jpg&hash=44b4b18ebad6c442f541d0de01e454d68d20e9e7)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2857811/The-Spectrum-makes-comeback-Retro-gaming-computer-given-21st-century-makeover-plays-old-games.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2857811/The-Spectrum-makes-comeback-Retro-gaming-computer-given-21st-century-makeover-plays-old-games.html)
There is a retro shop in Truro that sells the originals, I was gutted when I found out that a game I had about 5 copies of for some reason now goes for £800 a shot. Banghead
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