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Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:17 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:18 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:20 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:01 pm
by llewelyn
Huh? I don't understand.
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:04 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Spectrum games that appear in another context.
For example, Mag Max is not only a Specrum game, also a motorbike model or a pills brand.
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:10 pm
by llewelyn
Thanks Juan, that one really puzzled me but then I'm not at all familiar with game titles.
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 4:59 pm
by PeteProdge
Too easy!
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 5:03 pm
by R-Tape
(It's in Hebden Bridge if anyone's interested)
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 5:25 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Love both the game and the song:
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:24 pm
by Ralf
Some easy ones:
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:12 pm
by p13z
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:18 pm
by lister_of_smeg
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:45 am
by PeteProdge
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am
by AndyC
Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:44 pm
by PeteProdge
A PR/marketing agency in London...
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:15 pm
by PeteProdge
p13z wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:12 pm
That road is where I do some of my run training! Very weird to see something I recognise from one of my core interests, in a forum on another of my core interests.
Anyway, here's another one for ya...
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:20 pm
by Fahnn
PeteProdge wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:15 pmAnyway, here's another one for ya...
Ha, excellent! I think I've got that book somewhere. If I remember, it was pretty good. Might have to try to find it now.
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:44 pm
by Fahnn
AndyC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am
Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
This definitely wasn't:
Or this:
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:40 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Fahnn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:44 pm
This definitely wasn't:
Wow! Great find!
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:56 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:35 pm
by PeteProdge
Fahnn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:44 pm
AndyC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:29 am
Some of those have to have been intentional references, right?
This definitely wasn't:
Or this:
Ah, I thought 'Frank N Stein' was the pun-based title used for a couple of clumsy 'Frankenstein's monster' comic strips in British comics from decades before the ZX Spectrum existed. Turns out
it was Frankie Stein.
Anyway, enough of my waffling. Here's a new one I've found...
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:20 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
(An app that help reduce the food waste, far different from the game topic!
)
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:49 am
by zxbruno
There's a "Paradise Cafe" in Santa Barbara, California. And a "North and South" restaurant in the state of Wisconsin.
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:31 am
by PeteProdge
Re: Out of context Spectrum games
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:24 am
by lister_of_smeg
I wonder if they do omelettes?