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The Unofficial Official 25th Anniversary celebrations and Website announcement thread

NickHNickH
edited April 2007 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
As Martijn's going to be away during the festivities, can people report what they're doing here please, as and when they have something to announce.

Ta.
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  • NickHNickH
    edited April 2007
    I'll start the ball rolling:

    The 1988 chapter of the documentary will be out next week, and could be the best chapter of the lot (that crown currently belongs to the 1986 chapter, IMHO).
  • ArjunArjun
    edited April 2007
    Type-Ins update will be issued next week. I may have to pre-pone that though considering Martijn is going away. :)
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2007
    When is the actual day next week when the anniversary is ?
  • NickHNickH
    edited April 2007
    It's the 23rd: Monday.
  • NickHNickH
    edited April 2007
    ZXF 11 pre-hype thread:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15628
  • WinstonWinston
    edited April 2007
    I'm making my first piece of Spectrum add-on hardware for the anniversary :-) (Actually, the hardware is done, I just need to finish off the ROM code).
  • Chris_YChris_Y
    edited April 2007
    Fireworks on YSAC, if I can be arsed.

    Otherwise I'll be putting my feet up with a nice mug of Van Houten Hot Chocolate and playing with my Willy (f'nar!)

    Chris
  • RNDRND
    edited April 2007
    I think playing with your Willy is allowed in this case :p
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  • ZX BeccyZX Beccy
    edited April 2007
    I'm taking my 48k rubbery out for a romantic candle lit meal :p
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited April 2007
    I'm not telling either ... you'll just have to experience it at the 50th bash! (or next week whichever takes place first in my reality ... temporal uncertainty is a bitch to live with.)

    Skarpo
    ;-)
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited April 2007
    I was going to release a heavily modded Jet Set Willy game in the mini-quest style beforehand the 11th of this month to be precise. But with the trip to florida I overshot my deadline slightly, so maybe I'll release it on the Speccys' B'day instead.

    Other than that I'll be cracking a beer open, for each model of the Speccy, for greediness I will also be including pirate models and sinclair compatible machines (that should take me up to about 15+ beers maybe).

    I'm also thinking of buying a cheap pair of jeans and some fabric paint the paint the Speccy rainbow stripe up one of the legs, and printing Miner Willy onto a T-Shirt to wear on the day.

    Sadly since I'm not in England I won't be playing any games on a real Speccy :(
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  • Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
    edited April 2007
    A lot of fathers stick 25 cigarettes into their children's mouths and order them to smoke them to get them so sick that they kick the habit. This could be the year that dm_boozefreak goes sober, and all thanks to the humble Speccy.

    Is there anything this wonder machine can't do? We owe so much...
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited April 2007
    Alcoholics Anonymous wrote: »
    A lot of fathers stick 25 cigarettes into their children's mouths and order them to smoke them to get them so sick that they kick the habit. This could be the year that dm_boozefreak goes sober, and all thanks to the humble Speccy.

    Is there anything this wonder machine can't do? We owe so much...

    I dunno if I start early I can get through 25 beers in one day, especially this weak American pish that I'm drinking. I'll get through about 30 of those no probs, of course by then I may have forgotten altogether which Speccy I'm toasting. Then I'll have to start again :lol:

    So I'll be posting from an internet phone in my local hospital on the 24th, with an intravenus drip on a pole standing next to me.
    You can't expect me to have lunch with a man who's favourite part of the chicken is the right wing!
  • MarceloMarcelo
    edited April 2007
    aowen wrote: »
    You're going to need medical attention if you do them all. Here's a list of 25 (one for each year):

    Official Speccies:
    1 Spectrum 16K
    2 Spectrum 48K
    3 Spectrum +
    4 Spectrum 128K Mk I (Spanish)
    5 Spectrum 128K Mk II (British)
    6 Spectrum +2
    7 Spectrum +3
    8 Spectrum +2A

    Semi-Official Speccies:
    9 Timex TS2068
    10 Timex TC2068
    11 Timex TC2048
    12 Investronica Spectrum+

    Home Brew Speccies:
    13 Spectrum SE
    14 Spectrum +3e
    15 SpeccyBob
    16 Chrome

    Speccy Compatibles:
    17 Sam Coupe
    18 Sprinter

    Pirate Speccies (there are about 100 but these are all I could remember):
    19 Microdigital TK90
    20 Microdigital TK95
    21 Pentagon
    22 Scorpion
    23 Hobetta
    24 Didaktik
    25 Didaktik M

    Hmmm... Speaking brew... Aren't you forgetting the ZX BadaLoc and ZX-Poly in Home Brew? :roll:

    And the argentinean pirate:
    CZ 2000

    And the argentinean licenced (AFAIK):
    CZ Spectrum
    CZ Spectrum+

    Wow... They add up 30 cans. That's some alcohol poisoning... :lol:

    Marcelo.
  • WinstonWinston
    edited April 2007
    Don't forget possibly the best named Russian Speccy clone, the Fanny...
  • icabodicabod
    edited April 2007
    Seems I was partially correct with my beers comment.
    I would consider organising a gathering if it weren't for the fact that I've already organised one ZX party this year. I may be interested if anyone's organising a pubmeet tho'.
  • DarenDaren
    edited April 2007
    There'll be a a few of us meeting up in #speccy and #spin next Monday night, no doubt. I'll be in there, toasting the speccy with a beer or two.

    Please feel free to join us.
  • MattLambMattLamb
    edited April 2007
    It's St. George's Day, so I'll be having a pint of Bombardier anyway, but I'll be raising one to the Speccy too.
  • Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
    edited April 2007
    We could organize a worldwide simul-pint. At xx : xx o'clock GMT everyone raises a toast to the speccy. Then every minute thereafter (setting suitable beeping timer) one ounce, remembering the good times. And you're not allowed to get up from your chair for any reason, including a wee. If you do your teammate will pull out a pocketknife and threaten to cut it off. Strategically placing yourself next to the kitchen sink and using empty cracker bags as wii-container can help out in this regard. Ok, that's maybe not entirely appropriate but a simul-pint, I think that's a fitting event.
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  • ArdaArda
    edited April 2007
    Alcoholics Anonymous wrote: »
    We could organize a worldwide simul-pint. At xx : xx o'clock GMT everyone raises a toast to the speccy.

    Yes, we can do that :)

    And everyone would take a photo when toasting at that time exacly. Then submit them to here
  • KenzKenz
    edited April 2007
    I'll be releasing my 5th retro podcast show on Monday April 23rd and it's an anniversary special devoted to music from the 48K ZX Spectrum. More details about the show can be found HERE:

    http://www.binaryzone.org/podcast/

    :D
  • BloodBazBloodBaz
    edited April 2007
    Does anyone know what TIME on the 23rd the Spectrum was released?

    I hope to get my game Manic Panic into a playable form (I started it in 1990 and picked it up again recently).

    I will be having a beer. Up for a game of JSW Online if anyone is interested.

    I like the idea of "a photo of us doing our s**t" (not literally :smile:) on our speccys on that day.
  • GeoffGeoff
    edited April 2007
    BloodBaz wrote: »
    Does anyone know what TIME on the 23rd the Spectrum was released?
    I'm afraid not. Just last week I came across a newspaper archive that gave the first paragraph free and $3 for the full article. There was quite a bit on the ZX Spectrum including a report in the Financial Times 24th April about the launch the previous day. As if to confirm the date, the patents were filed on 22-APR-1984 - any later and they would have been invalid. I can no longer find the search site and forgot how I found it.
    Announcements were normally at a press conference in an hotel.
  • pottyboypottyboy
    edited April 2007
    I've pretty much finished the demo of The Curse Of the Red Dragon, and should have it available to download from my site on the big day itself :) I just need to record the audio soundtrack that the player has to listen to at certain points in the game.

    I'm also in the process of doing a small series of videoclips that can be loaded into a real speccy!
  • hackersanonhackersanon
    edited April 2007
    Hello, all..

    My contribution is already up and running - the barcode lists.

    Toodle-pip!
    Gerard
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  • mjwilsonmjwilson
    edited April 2007
    Just added a few transcriptions from the final CRASH Software Catalogue, including a quick overview of games available for Christmas 1983. http://www.crashonline.org.uk/

    (This was the last CRASH catalogue released before its relaunch as a "proper" magazine.)
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited April 2007
    I will be at work during the day but in the evening I will definitely playing playing loads of games. I may have a beer or two as well but not too many as I don't want to be hungover at work the next day. :)

    I assume there's going to be a massive chatroom meet-up happening. I will definitely drop in for that. :)

    Necros.
  • DarenDaren
    edited April 2007
    Necros wrote: »
    I assume there's going to be a massive chatroom meet-up happening. I will definitely drop in for that. :)

    There'll be some in #speccy for sure. We've been discussing it for a few days now. And probably #spin too. These channels are much busier than the WoS ones.
  • PilsenerPilsener
    edited April 2007
    Is this chat on IRC ?
  • DarenDaren
    edited April 2007
    Pilsener wrote: »
    Is this chat on IRC ?

    Yes, they're on the astrolink network. Connect to one of the following servers:

    atlantis.astrolink.org
    damocles.astrolink.org
    services.astrolink.org
    hades.astrolink.org
    daedalus.astrolink.org

    Then to join a channel:
    /join #speccy 16384
    /join #spin
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