Spectrum Computing

Just had one of those 30-odd year old beliefs shattered. Horace's "appendage" isn't an arm. This was posted on Facebook...

Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!

Well bugger me with a fish fork... I always thought it was an arm...

Well butter my baps!!! I too thought it was an arm. Now I feel sad as the poor blue bugger has no arms!!! How does he pick up cakes or pies?!?!?!?

Mind. Blown.

I honestly thought everybody knew this already!

I won't ever see that poor deformed guy just like before!

I thought it was something like this:

Or like a night cap:



Or a mask with a sort of backhead tail.

Ora like a thief with a pantyhose on the head.

redballoon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:22 pm I honestly thought everybody knew this already!

Really?! You always thought Horace had a swampy style rat-tail?!

I'm really struggling with this—IT'S A BLOODY ARM! Just look at the loading screen:



However, I guess I can't argue with the people that actually made it.

WIWC wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:13 pm I thought it was something like this:

Black lamp, or the master maybe

Or like a night cap:

Or a mask with a sort of backhead tail.

Ora like a thief with a pantyhose on the head.

Incredible imagination, and I prefer all of these!

I've been trying to visualise the rat-tail in AGD, and came up with this (I've cocked up the animation a tad).



Horace and the Scissors...community project anyone?

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:46 pmHowever, I guess I can't argue with the people that actually made it.

If the guy who invented the GIF image file format says it's pronounced "jiff" then you can certainly argue with any creator about anything.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:46 pm Really?! You always thought Horace had a swampy style rat-tail?!

Oh hell no! What I should say that up until quite a few years ago I also thought it was his arm. But then I read about it somewhere, I can’t remember where, possibly a Retro Gamer article or something where William Tang told that it was his hair. Word of mouth spread, pretty much what’s happening with it now came and went and that was that. It was accepted what it was (is) especially in the Spectrum circles.
And time passed. Then yesterday, I woke up to 2 things that seemed to be getting people in a tizz:
1) the internet meme of the guy with the beard smiling and nodding is Robert Redford (from the film “Jeremiah Johnson). I mean, WTF? Course it is! How sheltered a life must you have led. I thought everybody knew that and knew who Robert Redford is?!
2) that Horace’s hair was his arm!

I was wondering if I had woke up a few years in the past!

You’ll be telling me next that Tony Hart has just died. Again.

He always looked a blemmy to me!
After this revelation, I thought of beards and found this Sinclair beard. Look at the tatoos and retro basketball shoes

THIS IS ENOUGH!!!

FOR GOD'S SAKE, CLOSE THIS THREAD, I'M TRAUMATIZED!!!

hikoki wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:59 am

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As someone tweeted, he must have arms, as he is carrying skiis. Plus, it doesn't look much of a rattail from behind.

https://twitter.com/longandy/status/1149935090878832642

redballoon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:16 am Oh hell no! What I should say that up until quite a few years ago I also thought it was his arm. But then I read about it somewhere, I can’t remember where, possibly a Retro Gamer article or something where William Tang told that it was his hair. Word of mouth spread, pretty much what’s happening with it now came and went and that was that. It was accepted what it was (is) especially in the Spectrum circles.

I don't think I knew, but none of us are getting any younger

You’ll be telling me next that Tony Hart has just died. Again.

Heh. I do keep having moments where I'm not sure. There was something I had to remember about Rolf as well...

Horace and the Scissors might appear at some point...



...though the 1980's arcade game rule of adding a bob or ponytail for a female protagonist to the old sprite would normally make this 'Mrs' or 'Ms' Horace.

I just don't know what's real anymore...

Just found this on Twitter...

https://twitter.com/rEtRo_sPexX/status/ ... 01376?s=19

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:22 pm
Horace and the Scissors might appear at some point...

That's just too funny/good!

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:02 pm

Lol! It was me that discovered this traumatic revelation and this might be the most hilarious response I’ve seen yet! Bravo sir!

S*d it all, they are Horace's arms to me, and forever will be.

You think that's bad, had this bit of drama in my life today:

https://assets.capitalfm.com/2017/02/mo ... stom-0.png

Edit: totally SFW, if unsettling. My life has been a lie!

DouglasReynholm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:59 pm You think that's bad, had this bit of drama in my life today:

https://assets.capitalfm.com/2017/02/mo ... stom-0.png

Edit: totally SFW, if unsettling. My life has been a lie!

Nope, not listening. It's a monster's foot.

Also—if you drop one, they never land that way up. QED. FOOT!