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takapatakapa
edited July 2010 in Chit chat
Hi,

I just joined up to the WoS forums after a 12 year absense from the Speccy community (I was on comp.sys.sinclair two decades ago).

I'm 34 now and got my first Speccy (rubber key 48K) back in 1983 second-hand alongside Hunchback and Mr.Wimpy and a beaten-up cassette player. Quality games.

I don't know if anyone else feels like this but I feel an overwhelming sense of nostalgia toward my Speccy period. The nostalgia is centred around 1983-1985 mostly as my Speccy broke in 1986 and my father became unemployed so I couldn't afford to get it fixed nor even afford the magazines.

Anyway - just wanted to say hi-ho to others and to ask if there are any annual meet-ups in the Speccy-verse? I currently live in Tokyo but I come back to England from time to time.

Toodle-pip,

Chris
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  • thx1138thx1138
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    Hi,

    I just joined up to the WoS forums after a 12 year absense from the Speccy community (I was on comp.sys.sinclair two decades ago).

    Hi, I remember you! You never did answer my question. So what is it?
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited July 2010
    Welcome to the forums! Once you think you are out, we pull you back in! Well, come in, put your feet up, smoke if you got em.

    We all love the spectrum. We are currently in a period of mourning as Jonathan "Joffa" Smith, who was a regular poster here recently died. No point me repeating everything here, check the Chit Chat forum.

    Most of all enjoy the nostalga. We all do. Don't forget to check out the latest spectrum developments - twitter clients, mass storage (divIDE / divIDE+) and the new game releases.
  • MouseyMousey
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    I'm 34 now and got my first Speccy (rubber key 48K) back in 1983 second-hand alongside Hunchback and Mr.Wimpy and a beaten-up cassette player. Quality games.
    Mr. Wimpy was one of my first games too, and one of the few that my Dad also got into. We both found the first bit boring and couldn't wait to get to the burger making stages. Back then neither of us realised the main game was based on the arcade game BurgerTime!

    Oh, and welcome to the forums! :)
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited July 2010
    Mousey wrote: »
    Mr. Wimpy was one of my first games too, and one of the few that my Dad also got into. We both found the first bit boring and couldn't wait to get to the burger making stages. Back then neither of us realised the main game was based on the arcade game BurgerTime!

    But you can't takeaway from it.
  • fogfog
    edited July 2010
    I remember playing the arcade of burger time.. then mum buying me mr. wimpy from woolworths... wasn't as near as it could be...

    the mattel aquarrius had a really nice version of it.. but that n dungeons and dragons are the only things worth playing on it.hehe
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2010
    Welcome to the forum. Kinda jealous of you as it must be great re-discovering all the classics again, theres tons of magazine scans from Crash/Your Sinclair/Sinclair User in the archives, plus tons of games to play.

    Enjoy !
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    Hi,

    I just joined up to the WoS forums after a 12 year absense from the Speccy community (I was on comp.sys.sinclair two decades ago).

    I'm 34 now and got my first Speccy (rubber key 48K) back in 1983 second-hand alongside Hunchback and Mr.Wimpy and a beaten-up cassette player. Quality games.

    I don't know if anyone else feels like this but I feel an overwhelming sense of nostalgia toward my Speccy period. The nostalgia is centred around 1983-1985 mostly as my Speccy broke in 1986 and my father became unemployed so I couldn't afford to get it fixed nor even afford the magazines.

    Anyway - just wanted to say hi-ho to others and to ask if there are any annual meet-ups in the Speccy-verse? I currently live in Tokyo but I come back to England from time to time.

    Toodle-pip,

    Chris

    sure your not me?
    although ive never frequented comp.sys

    1983 - 1985 is speccy heaven for me too tho, getting my first xmass 1983, hunchback and mr whimpy both bring back good memories for me too
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  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    Mousey wrote: »
    Mr. Wimpy was one of my first games too, and one of the few that my Dad also got into. We both found the first bit boring and couldn't wait to get to the burger making stages. Back then neither of us realised the main game was based on the arcade game BurgerTime!

    I loved both sections actually although the second section was less frustrating for sure. Strangely I remember my mother enjoying the first section a lot. I guess that was before she decided that games were not for her.

    I think I preferred hunchback though even though it seems so simple gameplay wise today. I remember seeing hunchback in the arcades when I went to a holiday park in the summer holidays one year (I guess it must have been '82 or '83).
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    mel the bell wrote: »
    sure your not me?
    although ive never frequented comp.sys

    1983 - 1985 is speccy heaven for me too tho, getting my first xmass 1983, hunchback and mr whimpy both bring back good memories for me too

    I'm fairly sure I'm not you, although its hard to be 100% certain of anything after what happened to my trousers yesterday.
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    mel the bell wrote: »
    sure your not me?
    although ive never frequented comp.sys

    1983 - 1985 is speccy heaven for me too tho, getting my first xmass 1983, hunchback and mr whimpy both bring back good memories for me too

    Actually, I just saw your location tag, and you said near Whitby. I actually originally come from Stockton and travel to whitby every year on my annual return to England.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    Actually, I just saw your location tag, and you said near Whitby. I actually originally come from Stockton and travel to whitby every year on my annual return to England.

    *gets scared*

    im actually on the main middlesbrough to whitby coast road, closer to whitby than middlesbrough tho :P
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  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited July 2010
    Welcome to WOS, takapa! :)
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    deadpan666 wrote: »
    Welcome to WOS, takapa! :)

    I welcome your welcome and raise you a kafuffle.
  • itsallgooditsallgood
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    I'm fairly sure I'm not you, although its hard to be 100% certain of anything after what happened to my trousers yesterday.

    Ha ha!! That made me laugh :) Welcome to WoS matey :) Have fun. Stay a while. kick back and enjoy yourself.
  • grey keygrey key
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    I'm fairly sure I'm not you, although its hard to be 100% certain of anything after what happened to my trousers yesterday.

    Pray tell, what actually did happen to your trousers ?
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    mel the bell wrote: »
    *gets scared*

    im actually on the main middlesbrough to whitby coast road, closer to whitby than middlesbrough tho :P

    I envy your proximity to really good fish and chips. I miss fish and chips so much and you live right next to the heart of the fish and chip world.

    I remember buying a poo game called Dallas from Whitby once. It was poo.
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    grey key wrote: »
    Pray tell, what actually did happen to your trousers ?

    Some things are best left to the imagination
  • Lee_dCLee_dC
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    Some things are best left to the imagination

    erm, is this you? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicester/10465457.stm
  • SpectorSpector
    edited July 2010
    Yes, you certainly sound as if you were on comp.sys.sinclair many years ago!
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  • grey keygrey key
    edited July 2010
    takapa wrote: »
    Some things are best left to imagination

    Was it " Body talk " or " Just an Illusion " ?
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • takapatakapa
    edited July 2010
    Lee_dC wrote: »
    erm, is this you? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicester/10465457.stm

    :)
    When he stood to give a vote of thanks at Tuesday's event his trousers came loose and fell.

    Hadn't seen that before. The BBC is certainly maintaining its charter obligations with stories like this. The description sounds like a carry-on film.
  • grey keygrey key
    edited July 2010
    Lee_dC wrote: »
    erm, is this you? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicester/10465457.stm

    Dropping your trousers in front of children is not the way to go, he should be locked up, and what a lame excuse, " they just fell down officer, honestly " !
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
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