ZX Spectrum and the Beano?

R-Tape · May 2015

Or Dandy or Beezer of Whizzer & Chips for that matter.

Does anyone know if the Speccy, or any game characters made appearances in 1980's comics?

Maroc's Other Projection · May 2015

I can't think of any specifically speccy appearances but Computer Warrior was a strip in Eagle from the mid-80s and included lots of games that were released on the speccy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Warrior

R-Tape · May 2015

Neat. I used to read the new Eagle but I don't remember that strip.

It's a cool idea, but the true threat for the computer warrior's failure should be to get eternally trapped in the Cassette 50.

Dunny · May 2015

I was subscribed to Eagle about just before that strip started, and I remember it being a bit crap tbh. I preferred Dan Dare :)

D.

R-Tape · May 2015

Aye I had it reserved in the newsagents, and thought Dan Dare was great. One issue ended on a cliffhanger when he was cast into a vat of alien maggoty things, and I remember being genuinely worried that he was killed and there wouldn't be any more issues...

saddestmoon · May 2015

Jack The Nipper? I thought he originated from either Beano, or Whizzer and Chips...

R-Tape · May 2015

They looked into an official license as a Sweeny Toddler game but decided against it. So it was more inspired by it.

Interesting retrogamer article with the author here:

http://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/the-making-of-jack-the-nipper/

saddestmoon · May 2015

^^^ Thanks for that.
Good article.

GReW · May 2015

saddestmoon said:
Jack The Nipper? I thought he originated from either Beano, or Whizzer and Chips...

Not quite. The games were his first appearance, although several of the magazine reviews referred to the graphics style as 'Beano-inspired'; and YS ran a Jack The Nipper comic strip based on the game.

saddestmoon · May 2015

Thanks GReW - I'll have to sift through my pile of YSs and see if I can find the comic :)

ZX Spectrum and the Beano?

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