A good selection there haha! Love the pixelisation on the Flash ads, and I really don't remember that Speccy ad being so cheesy and awful. The prime moment for me though that should have actually been the last ad instead of 3 from the end was the Foster and Allen ad haha. Those ads used to annoy the piss out of me, every frigging year they'd have one out for every bloody holiday, and some random ones in between sometimes. I wonder if anybody ever actually bought them?
It's the little things I notice now in the adverts. Like that Martini advert near the start of the video. When it was on in the 80s, I remember thinking the music sounded soo exotic. Now I can clearly tell it was a cheap synth.
The voiceovers are a lot better now than they were then too - including the Speccy ad.
The voiceovers are a lot better now than they were then too - including the Speccy ad.
They were a bit "Radio 4" back then, weren't they?! Especially the TV announcers.
Mind you, people in the Thames/LWT area had things worse - the changeovers had a 10 minute gap in them, during which you saw pages from Oracle AND the test card, all at around 5.20pm - unthinkable these days.
Mind you, people in the Thames/LWT area had things worse - the changeovers had a 10 minute gap in them, during which you saw pages from Oracle AND the test card, all at around 5.20pm
But still a better alternative to The Weakest Link...
Robot Attack, I absolutely loved that game. And Rookie. These are two reasons I want to set up my +2A Action Pack and give it a blast - light gun emulation not available on emulators (as far as I know, anyway).
Robot Attack, I absolutely loved that game. And Rookie. These are two reasons I want to set up my +2A Action Pack and give it a blast - light gun emulation not available on emulators (as far as I know, anyway).
They were a bit "Radio 4" back then, weren't they?! Especially the TV announcers.
Mind you, people in the Thames/LWT area had things worse - the changeovers had a 10 minute gap in them, during which you saw pages from Oracle AND the test card, all at around 5.20pm - unthinkable these days.
If Christmas day was on the Monday (as the video states), then that fell on 1989. It does make me wonder that they still did that 10 minute changeover that late in the decade.
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The voiceovers are a lot better now than they were then too - including the Speccy ad.
They were a bit "Radio 4" back then, weren't they?! Especially the TV announcers.
Mind you, people in the Thames/LWT area had things worse - the changeovers had a 10 minute gap in them, during which you saw pages from Oracle AND the test card, all at around 5.20pm - unthinkable these days.
But still a better alternative to The Weakest Link...
This is the first I've heard of these 10 min breaks in the changeover, I thought I was on TV Forum for a moment there too ;)
I'm pretty sure Spin does lightgun emulation.
If Christmas day was on the Monday (as the video states), then that fell on 1989. It does make me wonder that they still did that 10 minute changeover that late in the decade.