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Old man give me back my spectrum.......

GeeKayGeeKay
edited March 2011 in Games
Did anyone's parents have a shared interest in their Speccy? My folks didn't and they still don't own a computer and the internet is alien to them! I do remember when I got Konami Golf on the Speccy though, my old man did actually play it a good number of times and that was a great feeling that that my dad wanted to play some games with me.

Now having family of my own, I most certainly will have an interest in the PS4, 5, 6 or equivalent when they get to that age.

Maybe it was a good thing they weren't all that interested, perhaps I would never have had a shot as often as I wanted if they wanted to beat Manic Miner :)
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited March 2011
    Nope closest thing to that was my ma used to nick my Gameboy to play Tetris while I was at school, drain the batteries and put it back before I got home.

    She now owns a laptop that she's scared to use :lol:
    Every night is curry night!
  • MaccMacc
    edited March 2011
    I never had a Spectrum as a kid, grew up with a 64 and my dad and his mate used to come round Tuesday nights and play Leaderboard for hours, and I mean HOURS! So theres me, all of 12, sitting downstairs watching the news and theres me dad upstairs in the bedroom playing computer games!
  • WhenIWasCruelWhenIWasCruel
    edited March 2011
    my father was interested only in programming or playing flight simulation.

    my uncle, who didn't even have a computer, sometimes came in expressely to play flight simulation.

    and we're talking about the psion one.
    1987 ZX reviews
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited March 2011
    My folks weren't really into the speccy although I did once have a game of Test Match against my dad. He won. I always thought that game was too random ;)

    I seem to remember mum and dad having a very quick game of Manic Miner, Horace Goes Skiing and Scuba Dive but they never really mastered the keys and gave up.
  • jammajupjammajup
    edited March 2011
    I remember me and my stepdad playing Pool (CDS),i do not recall my mother ever playing on the speccy.
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    my dad sent me his first email the other day, he's mid 70's and had no interest in computers.. but now he's retired he does a bit. although I got him a book and gave him my old laptop.. now it don't work (hardware issue) .. It's to do where it was left.. in a room that goes hot / cold a lot.

    mum used to play vegas jackpot on my atari 800xl

    speaking of leaderboard, 2 of my friends are like that played it for hours.. same with PGA on megadrive.. they got so good they could do hole in 1, 6-10 times

    used to play maddens and nhl on ps1 etc :) bomberman will / is my fav ever though.
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited March 2011
    yeah my dad taught himself to program BASIC on a ZX80, got a spectrum mail order in '82, and typed in games from magazines, the best ones he kept, and those were the games I played on Saturdays for the first year. :) We only had the horizon tape, spectral invaders, and one other proper tape, the rest were all out of the early magazine type ins for the first few months.

    I got to play it on a Saturday, by Sunday tea time, I had to give it back, cos he used some business software for stock control for our shop. :)

    he's always tried to keep up to date with technology, hes in is late 60s, and I sometimes have to phone him up to ask his advice on something techy
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited March 2011
    My dad sort-of taught me to program (by staying a few pages ahead of me in the excellent ZX81 manual and being able to answer most of my dumb questions). He was eventually relegated to the job of dictating magazine type-ins as I typed them in :)

    Many happy memories of going through the ZX81 manual with him though, and also of playing the Artic adventure games and Pimania together on our ZX81. Great days...
  • milemile
    edited March 2011
    my dad once tried to do one of those type in games out of a book, not sure if it worked for him, a si went to bed while he was still typing.

    i think it was his scottish blood, thinking he was getting a free game cos it was out of a book. :p
  • GrazGraz
    edited March 2011
    Absolutely! Dad bought an Atari 2600 first, and would choose the games. When he got the Speccy he also bought Valhalla, then later on, Ant Attack, Bugaboo, Skool Daze and KnightLore. My first addition to the collection (Apart from a few budget games) was the Avalon / Dragontorc boxset. Dad is the original gamer in the family. :)

    He still loves playing games, especially 1st person shooters, flight / train / Uboat sims, and games like Settlers.

    Mum just likes watching 'em and listening to the music (always has.)

    Sis never really got a look in as I'd hog the machines. :oops:
  • LCDLCD
    edited March 2011
    My dad used Spectrum 128 too, and was into assembly programming. He liked to crack copy protection, but also to play football management games. He lost his interest onSpectrum some years ago.
    My brother still like to play on Spectrum and currently uses a Emulator for chess tournaments.
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited March 2011
    GeeKay wrote: »
    Did anyone's parents have a shared interest in their Speccy? My folks didn't and they still don't own a computer and the internet is alien to them!

    Same here. They never showed interest for computer and see no need for them. My dad got his first mobile phone a few years ago, but hardly uses it.

    For comparison purposes, I feel bad when my kids say "why don't you play [the new games] with us? For some reason I don't feel like it. I'm not patient enough to figure out what to do in these modern games, and don't have the time nor the will to do it.

    I'm not surprised my parents didn't show any interest on my Spectrums. I'm acting the same way with my kids...

    The only thing I remember clearly is the voice of my mom and dad saying things like "Do you really have to listen to that screeching noise (read "loading noise") while you wait for the computer to do things?" :razz:
  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited March 2011
    My father always played Pinball. I added a loader
    1 LOAD "" CODE before the game so he didn't have to type the CODE command, only J and 2x symb.sh.P and enter
  • woznamewozname
    edited March 2011
    My dad was a dirty pirate! :-D

    He used to come home with loads of games on C60's, that he'd copied of from his workmates.

    In fact I think the first original game I got was one I bought myself!
  • zx1zx1
    edited March 2011
    When i bought Trivial Pursuit for the Spectrum my mum and dad would take over my spectrum for hours on end. Then my dad got addicted to Minder so much that i ended up hiding the tape for it. He gave up soon after that.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited March 2011
    My dad wasnt great at games. He loved racing ones though. Used to play WEC Le Mans, i purposely used to crash so he would win the odd game, eg he would play first, get to stage 3, i then have a go and purposely crash and lose. The funniest thing was seeing his foot 'tap' on the floor as he presses the brake key

    The other game he loved tons was Formula 1. I would always do the pitstops (he was crap at those) but he would tell me what tyres to put on, how much to gamble and who to buy etc. He really did enjoy that game
  • RetrobrothersRetrobrothers
    edited March 2011
    My mum had no interest at all. Still doesn't
    My Dad did a little - he would play some games with me but got fed being royally thrashed on Exploding Fist etc.

    But - along came Daley Thompsons and it was the only game he could beat me at!

    He would play it by himself to practice - I would be able to hear the battering on the 'n' and 'm' keys as he ran the sprint etc!

    He also liked a spot of Chequered Flag.
    Neither are into gaming these days but I still am.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited March 2011
    My dad's just recently bought himself a laptop. It's been a bit of a slog trying to teach him bits, but he's getting there... we can't tear him away from it now. All he really does is wander the streets of Spain where he grew up via Google Maps, and watches his Spanish talent show thingies (like X Factor, but without the big budget, and folk stuff instead of pop) on YouTube. Since getting into the whole laptop thing, he's started showing a bit more of an interest when me and my brother start banging on about video games. He's obsessed with western films (particularly spaghetti westerns), so I'll have to get him on Red Dead Redemption at some point, I reckon he'll love it. :smile:
  • na_th_anna_th_an
    edited March 2011
    GreenCard wrote: »
    Spanish talent show thingies (like X Factor, but without the big budget, and folk stuff instead of pop)

    LOL, I bet that you mean "se llama copla", which is a contest held up by the Andalusian regional TV to find folk talents :D
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited March 2011
    My mum was only interested in Blockbusters, then got bored of it when she realised the questions were repeating themselves quite often
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited March 2011
    na_th_an wrote: »
    LOL, I bet that you mean "se llama copla", which is a contest held up by the Andalusian regional TV to find folk talents :D

    Spot on. My folks watch that show religiously. :grin:
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2011
    'Se llama copla', that legendary TV Show... :lol:
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited March 2011
    JuanF. Ramirez wrote: »
    'Se llama copla', that legendary TV Show... :lol:

    Yep, I'm sure we have all the CDs and DVDs they've released too. I find it quite amusing when a singer holds a note for the time it takes me to walk up my stairs, use the bathroom, and come back downstairs...

    "Mi amoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooor... " :grin:
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited March 2011
    My mother would play Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pub Trivia, Monte Carlo Casino and Sultan's Maze on my CPC464 for a good while in my youth.
  • sacksack
    edited March 2011
    my dad looked at the speccy, said 'that looks a bit crap'....

    ..the got me a Commodore 16.

    years later I'm still not entirely sure what to make of that decision.

    He's just gone out and got himself a wii and helped himself to my gamecube stash though - which is a perfectly respectable choice
  • sacksack
    edited March 2011
    GreenCard wrote: »
    Yep, I'm sure we have all the CDs and DVDs they've released too. I find it quite amusing when a singer holds a note for the time it takes me to walk up my stairs, use the bathroom, and come back downstairs...

    "Mi amoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooooo-ooooooooooooooooor... " :grin:

    Are we talking longer than the note a Spanish football commentator holds when a goal is scored?
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited March 2011
    sack wrote: »
    Are we talking longer than the note a Spanish football commentator holds when a goal is scored?

    Yes, this is a completely different league of note-holding. :grin:
  • scunnyscunny
    edited March 2011
    My dad had absolutely no interest in the computer and indeed no interest whatsoever in me. Except one day he saw me playing Dungeon Master on the speccy (the old crappy text only dungeon crawler).

    He watched for a while then sat down and played it with me, he genuinely liked it. We spent a good few nights playing that until late at night. Some of my fondest Spectrum times. Then one day he suddenly lost interest in it - and me - once again.

    One of my fondest games for that reason, I bought a copy off ebay a while back and it sits in my flat where i look at it occasionally.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited March 2011
    scunny wrote: »
    My dad had absolutely no interest in the computer and indeed no interest whatsoever in me. Except one day he saw me playing Dungeon Master on the speccy (the old crappy text only dungeon crawler).

    Good shout ! Totally forgot about that one. My dad was a huge fan of that one as well. Start off attacking those lowly kobolds, getting all those potions etc. Remember doing a map years back. Funny looking back at that game as it was soooo basic but was brilliant back then
  • scottigescottige
    edited March 2011
    My old fella only ever used to play world class leaderboard on the speccy.
    Loved it because I was allowed to stay up late and play lol.

    Mum is a technophobe.
    She has a lappy and has been trained on IM and Ebay lol.
    Apart from that, nope lol.
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