Let's not forget Toni Baker as well.
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- Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3122
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: The insane engineering of the Game Boy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 600
Re: The insane engineering of the Game Boy
Caught ths a couple of days ago in my feed, a great video with a lot of interesting insights and some fantastic graphics (not the Gameboy ones!) - got me to subscribe to the channel anyway.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess what Xeno, Double Take, Nightmare Rally, Basket Master, Renegade and Trap have in common
- Replies: 13
- Views: 435
Re: Guess what Xeno, Double Take, Nightmare Rally, Basket Master, Renegade and Trap have in common
Dunno what I'm missing here, but from the video I can see Little Computer People and Maniac Mansion..?
Joke's gone right over my head.
Joke's gone right over my head.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:35 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Happy New Year!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 977
Re: Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! I'm not making any resolutions, other than to do absolutely everything better next year. I think @Ralf's artwork from 2019 deserves another mention. https://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/RalfHNYSCRLoading.gif Haven't been there in a while, but last thing I k...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:27 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: WOOT 2023 released!
- Replies: 90
- Views: 6013
Re: WOOT 2023 released!
I'd just like to say how much I enjoyed this year's WOOT, highly amusing - thanks all for your efforts!
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:10 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Christian Urquhart): vote
- Replies: 13
- Views: 678
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Christian Urquhart): vote
Daley Thompsons is just so much more iconic than anything else on the list. Hunchback was an early spectrum title that fascinated at the time, but hasn't aged well.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: NEXT FAQ’s
- Replies: 65
- Views: 3577
Re: NEXT FAQ’s
I too would appreciate a brief summary and any links to what can be done with ZX Next wi-fi , if anyone could help please?
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: UK units dispatched!!!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1468
Re: UK units dispatched!!!
For those who received their NETX's today did you get an email with Tracking details? I've not received anything yet and nothing in my spam folder either. Saying that, the Kickstarter post said that ALL UK backers should get an email by tomorrow evening so maybe I'm just further down the list or he...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: UK units dispatched!!!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1468
Re: UK units dispatched!!!
Mine's just got here in time for the upcoming Xmas day 40th anniversary of my first Speccy, which is nice. MUCH nicer packaging than V1..
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Which year did you get your first Spectrum?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1193
Re: Which year did you get your first Spectrum?
Xmas day 1983, so coming up on 40 years next month. I have reason to believe all these years later that it might have been one of the ones that went 'missing' that year. My dad was in flooring sales at the time and happened to mention at the time one of his customers had one 'under the counter' that...
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:52 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Spectrum namedrops...
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8455
Re: Spectrum namedrops...
Think I mentioned it in a another thread a while back, but my boss at Arrow electronics (component distributor) 20 years ago was part of the team at TI in the early 80's that brokered the 'binned parts' RAM deal on the original machine that ultimately helped keep its price down. RAM that was suppose...
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:43 am
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Castle Escape
- Replies: 11
- Views: 760
Re: Castle Escape
Agree with Nitrowing . The Next should have been limited to the same colour palette as the original machines, but with attribute limitations removed so that everything could be coloured on a pixel by pixel basis. A lot of the Next titles look generically like A500/Atari ST titles, and it's not great...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:03 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: What does your alias mean?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2461
Re: What does your alias mean?
If it's not already obvious to a lot of people, mines a reference to the UK comedy show "The I.T. Crowd". I fell in love with it when Moss was laughing at a PCB, and Jen asked what he was laughing about. His response was something along the lines of "Some joker has only routed the dat...
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:51 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: What is the average age on here??
- Replies: 94
- Views: 2602
Re: What is the average age on here??
48 in just over a month. Where did it go?
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:41 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: NEW THEME! for the Spectrum Computing Forums
- Replies: 153
- Views: 5330
Re: NEW THEME! for the Spectrum Computing Forums
Initially a bit taken aback, but love it, modern and clean. I'll be sticking with this.
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:11 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by MirrorSoft: vote
- Replies: 26
- Views: 640
Re: The best Speccy game by MirrorSoft: vote
1. DD2
2. DD1
3. Robert Maxwell's Yacht Simulator (but that game sunk without a trace)
Sorry about the edit, couldn't help myself
2. DD1
3. Robert Maxwell's Yacht Simulator (but that game sunk without a trace)
Sorry about the edit, couldn't help myself
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Rod Bowkett and Steve Crow
- Replies: 11
- Views: 830
Re: Rod Bowkett and Steve Crow
Just to chip in quickly with the little I know - Rod Bowkett did the two Dynamite Dan games as an aside to his work as a (math teacher|| musician) - I don't recall which exactly, then left gaming - a waste in my opinion, clear talent from the off - but as long as he is happy.. Last thing I knew Stev...
- Sat Dec 25, 2021 6:20 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Happpyyyy chrissshmaaaassshhh
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1181
Re: Happpyyyy chrissshmaaaassshhh
I don't post much anymore, but still come here most days to see what you reprobates are up to..
Merry Xmas and a happy new year to all!
Merry Xmas and a happy new year to all!
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Say something negative about a game universally regarded as excellent
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2067
Re: Say something negative about a game universally regarded as excellent
This was intentional to throw off the YouTube DMCA algo.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:54 pm
Rainbow Islands
That rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow is slightly off key.
- Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Worst music
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2319
Re: Worst music
This thread is leading me to the dawning realisation that my ability to just filter out any and all annoying background noise is due primarily to growing up playing games on the Speccy.
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:00 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The game you loved that everyone else hated?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2419
Re: The game you loved that everyone else hated?
Erm.....
...... I actually quite enjoyed Kosmic Kanga.
...... I actually quite enjoyed Kosmic Kanga.
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:57 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: RIP Sir Clive
- Replies: 102
- Views: 5229
Re: RIP Sir Clive
RIP Uncle Clive. ...But it's one hell of a legacy you've left us all. I was thinking after the last year or so, if anyone wanted to do a Speccy 40 celebration it'd be more than welcome for me. :) (Even if it just meant a few people going to the Baron of Beef in Cambridge, raising a glass or two and...
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:50 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: RIP Sir Clive
- Replies: 102
- Views: 5229
Re: RIP Sir Clive
As with everyone else here, we wouldn't be on this forum if not for Sir Clive. He set many of us on our paths in tech careers and I think was a bit of a visionary, even though his commercial success was a bit lacking sometimes. I remember as a 10 year old in '84 with my Speccy, my Grandad banging on...
- Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:29 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Do you remember the first time?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2159
Re: Do you remember the first time?
My Xmas 1983 ZX Spectrum didn't get played until I got home from our Xmas trip to Bournemouth (yeah we were posh, it went downhill from there I think) that year, and was via a trip to High Barnet WH Smith. I chose Paul Owens KONG by Ocean Software as my first title, and with time it's aged poorly of...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Different Games that are almost the same
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1275
Re: Different Games that are almost the same
Alien 8 is essentially a re-skinned Knight Lore if that counts (same developer though).