Spectrum Computing

Read the "preview" on Amazon and looks interesting so I ordered a copy.

How did it work if there were no choices? There are numerous endings for example. For me, most of the interest came from it being interactive. I wasn't 100% aware of the choices thing till after I'd seen it and read a few reviews etc of it. It just paused briefly and then continued..I know many sce...

Downloaded and watched this a couple of days ago, obviously being the downloaded "movie" it didn't give me any choices. How did it work if there were no choices? There are numerous endings for example. For me, most of the interest came from it being interactive. I wasn't 100% aware of the...

Downloaded and watched this a couple of days ago, obviously being the downloaded "movie" it didn't give me any choices.

Besides the speccy references I found it pretty dull to be honest.

druellan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:04 pm Also! On the original Atic Atac, you always land over a carpet. That works also as an indicator that you can access that room via a trapdoor.

Never noticed that...you learn something new everyday etc.

The original method used in atic atac would work fine I think...fix it up a bit with maybe your guy in the middle in a "from above" perspective.

I'm sure you've seen the PC/Spectrum Next remake and the effect it uses for the trapdoor...here it is if you haven't

https://youtu.be/0yqmBWMs7Go

Very nice!

Bizzley wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:25 pmFrom your experience and what you say I'm beginning to think the vastly understated original delivery date had more to do with amateurs telling the backers what they wanted to hear rather than it being a realistic professional estimation.

Yep...or simply their naivety regarding the whole process.

As such I didn't expect delivery of the finished unit anytime soon and that's why I got a board too...boards are easy to make and deliver etc. Have you (or anyone else reading this) had any experience with plastic cases and keyboards, it would be interesting to know whether the estimated 18 months ...

It sounds a lot like you're looking for a reason to be miffed. But it is OK to hold and voice a different opinion towards some some aspects of the campaign, isn't it, or have I missed something else? Nope that's fine...but it might come across as an "I told you so" attitude rather than be...

Just what exactly am I meant to play them on? Well, there are about 400 boards out there after all. Perhaps not much use to you, but useful for the people that has a board. Yep, 400 and change. The numbers were not fully reflected on the campaign. It only reflected those who specifically bought the...

So latest update said Q2 of 2019 by the latest but they'd try and ship sooner.

Apparently Jonathan Cauldwell has said he's sick of the whole Speccy scene and is packing it in. I was wondering why he disappeared from Twitter. Too bad he took it to heart. I (kind of) understand his frustration, but why such a drastic “I’m done with the whole Speccy scene” move? Is there a scene...

Huh?

Under a killing moon - The Spectrum Next edition...

Vega+ updated people with the likes of "In production!" "Shipping in 2 weeks!" "units are being shipped!" horsepoop multiple times. :lol: The Spectrum Next has had similar "horsepoop" announcements about shipping - "We’ll have our Nexts this Summer!"...

A lack of timely updates isn't a concern to me...sure I'd like them but it doesn't cause me any concern or worry...maybe they are holding back the next update as a "Christmas gift"..re: a shipping announcement...updates don't guarantee anything anyway...Vega+ updated people with the likes ...

I like the idea of a 3D ant attack! the ants need to look like ants though and not spiders.

Can I ask why you'd want to do that? seems like overkill (and aren't the voltages wrong anyway).

Voted for thrust then saw tapper...doh, tapper would be my vote (as it's one of my favorite speccy games).

As to the Vega+, no I didn't back that, it was obvious to me right from the start that there was something fundamentally wrong with the whole thing. Same, though the fundamental thing I couldn't get my head around was the point of a mobile speccy device when there are already so many choices around...

You right of course, but as you can see, history is repeated. The very same people, who bitterly defended the Vega+ project until his failure, now do the same thing with Next here, with the same "arguments". Not even close to being the same...that's laughable. I have had my next for a yea...

but then there was months of issues where board only users couldn't get it to work properly, it didn't work with their Spectrum case, it didn't work with their television. Eh? It worked fine for me...and in my speccy case as the photo above shows...and TV problems were more down to the TVs I think ...

YanKleber wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:49 pm
@Beanz, I don't know if they are PRETTY common... those things are becoming very rare nowadays.

They are always on Ebay USA..there are 4 of them on there now. I even picked one up locally off Craigslist for $50.