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  • Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…

    ... used to play in the '80s.
    And the latest generation ...
    Arm73 Arm73 March 2006 Games
  • Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…

    ... used to play in the '80s.
    And the latest generation ...
    mile mile March 2006 Games
  • Big camp Steve VaiJust finished watching G3 Live in Denver on DVD and I just realised how camp Steve Vai is. He's super camp! My gaydar was going off the scale just w…

    ... you listen to some early 80s Killing Joke (especially live stuff ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree March 2006 Chit chat
  • did the 8bit music make you listen to electronic music?as a kid I listened gladly to BadBoysBlue and other strange bands from my father?s LP collection - and just didn?t know why. only after years found t…

    Yep. I used to listen to a lot of weird stuff in the late '80s (acid house and techno) when all my friends were into U2 and INXS, and I think it's a direct result of listening to screens loading. Similar BPM...
    lee_prince lee_prince March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best 80's Horror FilmOkay - idea totally inspired from another thread that got me thinking - What were the BEST 80's horror films? the ones that are forgotten today but w…

    ... />
    aye thats that early 80s......i think nasty alien fucker ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2006 Chit chat
  • Broadcast programsDoes anyone remember a Spectrum program (i.e. LOADable data) that was broadcast on the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme? Also any other program that …

    ... and radio programmes from the 80s mags. I haven't read ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Master of the keyboards?Following on from the Steve Vai thread about guitarists, I'm wondering, who's the all-time greatest keyboards player?? Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, L…

    ... />
    the majority of mid 80s / mid 90s musicians used atari ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2006 Chit chat
  • MGT Plus DHi to all and thanks for reading this. After years I've taken my Spectrum and wanted to use the MGT Plus D interface (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…

    In the late 80s, I tried this with 3M ...
    MikeW MikeW March 2006 Hardware
  • Games you wish you'd finished but never did.Has anyone got a speccy game they really wish they'd finished, but never did/could, or just never got round to it. Here's a few of mine: Airborne R…

    ... October back in the mid-80s it did, the 50p went ...
    DanHadfield1975 DanHadfield1975 March 2006 Games
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... a spectrum in the early 80s, and I had a C64 ...
    misguided_fool misguided_fool April 2006 Chit chat
  • Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…

    ... in Newcastle back in the 80s was a fantastic place for ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2006 Games
  • Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…

    ... selling games in the late 80s and started selling models and ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree April 2006 Games
  • KetchipWas there such a thing as a chip that came with ketchup inside, ive looked on the net, and all it said was that scientist were working on one. And th…

    ... they were about in the 80s/90s???[/QUOTE]

    i ...
    Lee_dC Lee_dC April 2006 Chit chat
  • Torchwood fearFrom the way is was described by Queen Victoria tonight, it sounds suspiciously like an X-Files knock-off.

    ... games, but back in the 80s it was almost unheard of ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2006 Chit chat
  • John PrescottQuite funny seeing all the news about him at the moment, instead of two jags its now 'two shags' as hes admitted an affair. Out of all the MP's who …

    ... , given its popularity in the 80s, there wasn't a wrestling ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2006 Chit chat
  • Long, Long, LongI've just dug up my Spacemen 3 CD collection and played them for the first time in years. They're still as brilliant as ever. :) One of their albums…

    ... beyond the end of the 80s so I missed out on ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Chit chat
  • Speccy MTBFHi, Looking at the old (issue 1-2) PCBs, they do look like someone knocked them up in an etching bath/with a soldering iron in their shed but has th…

    ... 'd consider (certainly in the 80s) the MTBF of any spectrum ...
    MikeW MikeW May 2006 Hardware
  • Forum Rules[B]*RULES OF THIS FORUM*[/B] You must agree with all the following Rules to participate on these Forums. If you don't agree with them, please d…

    ... on a forum about an 80s computer! If we're now ...
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2006 Chit chat
  • Forum Rules[B]*RULES OF THIS FORUM*[/B] You must agree with all the following Rules to participate on these Forums. If you don't agree with them, please d…

    ... ? Would you expect a 70s/80s pop/rock etc. group to ...
    Marko Marko May 2006 Chit chat
  • The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…

    ... from Ral Partha and early 80s Citadel days (trolls, ogres, orcs ...
    Amfoot Amfoot May 2006 Games
  • The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…

    ... from Ral Partha and early 80s Citadel days (trolls, ogres, orcs ... armour (the pointy noses.) late 80s figures, a but tyranid army ...
    mile mile May 2006 Games
  • name the songcan anybody help? the only lyrics i know of this song are "no theyll never take me alive" any ideas? it was in the early 80s

    A quick search on Yahoo found a song called [B]The Alien[/B] by former Guns N' Roses member Slash. It was released in 2000 and not the early 80s though.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Chit chat
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... the arcades in the late 80s meant that the Spectrum was ...
    Spector Spector May 2006 Games
  • Vote Lordi tonight!Remember to vote Lordi tonight! Anyway, Finland has never won Eurovision songcontest, so it would be time now. And the song is pretty good 8). Timppa

    ... represented UK in the early 80s --- I'm shit with dates ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Chit chat
  • Vote Lordi tonight!Remember to vote Lordi tonight! Anyway, Finland has never won Eurovision songcontest, so it would be time now. And the song is pretty good 8). Timppa

    ... . He won twice in the 80s and (I'm fairly certain ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Chit chat
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... Spectrum game back in the 80s but he doesn't say ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Games
  • What was the last Specci Game released commercially?Well what was it? Street Fighter 2? I'm not including Sam Coupe or anyother clone, just a bog standard 128k

    [url]www.cronosoft.co.uk[/url] anyone? Well, they might not be fully commercial, but they're in the same spirit as the commercial releases of the early 80s and real media too.

    Regards,

    Shaun.
    Shaun.Bebbington Shaun.Bebbington May 2006 Games
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... in the mid-to-late 80s. Before that time, the Spectrum ...
    Matt_B Matt_B May 2006 Games
  • What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…

    ... of mine during the early 80s.

    I can't ...
    xenomorph xenomorph May 2006 Games
  • 10 Years Since The Death Of Brad NowellIt's been ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA based ska-punk band Sub…

    Then there was Betty Boo - but the less said about her the better. :)

    A question: Apart from being 80s acts, Betty Boo, Fine Young Cannibals, Bomb The Bass and Captain Sensible have one other thing in common. What is it?

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton May 2006 Chit chat
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