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Auntie remembers the Speccy

RNDRND
edited April 2007 in Chit chat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6580000/newsid_6582200?redirect=6582255.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1

Bit of a short fairly boring piece about the spectrum.
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  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited April 2007
    :lol: there's no way that tv is connected to the speccy - as soon as he picked up the speccy it would've reset :-P

    How the Spectrum began a revolution article on the BBC. Not read it yet, don't know how shite it is :-D
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • Malc74Malc74
    edited April 2007
    Both of those were surprisingly good, actually. Nice to see both Martijn and Nick H quoted. Good stuff.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2007
    Front page of the BBC websites good, seems to generate a ton of traffic, hopefully be some more new users joining the forums etc.
  • chop983chop983
    edited April 2007
    Is that a copy of the Cascade 50 he's got on that vid
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2007
    Yeah i thought that, out of all the famous games they could have had loading in the tape player they had one of the worst ever !
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited April 2007
    From the Beeb article I posted:
    More models with improved processor speeds, more memory and built-in disk drives were released but the machines were facing intense competition from cheaper PC clones, Japanese manufacturers, and the arrival of dedicated games consoles.

    So the brown turd was no match for the speccy at all? :-P

    Great to see a Speccy article with no mention of the bread bin at all. In fact, it appears as an "In pictures" link seperate to the story :lol:
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • robert@fmrobert@fm
    edited April 2007
    From a related Beeb story:
    Most importantly, from the point of view of video game history, the ZX81 was the computer which hosted the world's first ever 3D game on a home computer -- JK Greye's 3D Monster Maze. [...]. A quick play of this game on an emulator is recommended to all fans of Doom, Quake, Unreal, Half Life and all the other FPSs which are now so popular, as it really is the literal grandaddy of them all.

    :)
    I never make misteaks mistrakes misyales errurs — oh, sod it.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited April 2007
    Ah yes, that's what m$ based one of their screensavers on :lol:
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • John ElliottJohn Elliott
    edited April 2007
    VincentAC wrote: »
    :lol: there's no way that tv is connected to the speccy - as soon as he picked up the speccy it would've reset :-P

    I'm inclined to agree. Firstly the aerial lead didn't seem to be plugged in, secondly the picture quality was far too good, and thirdly the 'TV' looked to me like a VGA monitor.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited April 2007
    :lol: I never noticed the aerial lead was missing.

    I did notice that the tv was a monitor though, just never thought about it.

    Oh yeah, is that a copy of Decathlon sitting on the shelf? The game responsible for killing thousands of membranes and joysticks :-P
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • IN31IN31
    edited April 2007
    It's thanks to the front page mention of the Spectrum that I am posting here.

    I have been to WoS a few times before when finding emulators but did not realise it had a forum until I revisited from the BBC link.
  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    It's thanks to the front page mention of the Spectrum that I am posting here.

    I have been to WoS a few times before when finding emulators but did not realise it had a forum until I revisited from the BBC link.

    Excellent! Welcome IN31 :)
  • NickHNickH
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    It's thanks to the front page mention of the Spectrum that I am posting here.

    I have been to WoS a few times before when finding emulators but did not realise it had a forum until I revisited from the BBC link.

    I suspect you're at the start of a very long road of fun and rediscovery - welcome :)
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    It's thanks to the front page mention of the Spectrum that I am posting here.

    I have been to WoS a few times before when finding emulators but did not realise it had a forum until I revisited from the BBC link.

    Welcome to the forum and also enjoy re-visiting so many classics in the archive.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited April 2007
    Welcome to the forums, but don't be put off by the so-utterly-non-politically-correct way we do/say things here :-D

    *waits for mel to turn up*
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • IN31IN31
    edited April 2007
    VincentAC wrote: »
    Welcome to the forums, but don't be put off by the so-utterly-non-politically-correct way we do/say things here :-D

    *waits for mel to turn up*
    Politically incorrect is my middle name!

    Crap joke alert:
    What is the difference between a Spectrum keyboard and a Commodore 64 user?

    You only have to punch the instructions into the Spectrum once.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    Politically incorrect is my middle name!

    Crap joke alert:
    What is the difference between a Spectrum keyboard and a Commodore 64 user?

    You only have to punch the instructions into the Spectrum once.

    Someone ban him.
  • DarenDaren
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    Politically incorrect is my middle name!

    Crap joke alert:
    What is the difference between a Spectrum keyboard and a Commodore 64 user?

    You only have to punch the instructions into the Spectrum once.

    You should read this thread :-)
  • CKayCKay
    edited April 2007
    IN31 wrote: »
    Politically incorrect is my middle name!

    Crap joke alert:
    What is the difference between a Spectrum keyboard and a Commodore 64 user?

    You only have to punch the instructions into the Spectrum once.

    LMAO :D an ashameldy late happy birthday to the spectrum and a ;ate welcome IN31 :D been constantly drunk fpr a few weeeks, but thanks to all you`s whom are keeeping the excitement going ;0 sincere;y ( or is thsnk drunlkelly, :D ) sorry, my fingers are gone, jhehe
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