Spectrum Computing

8BitAG wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:27 am They could've very easily been limited to just a single region of the country, given how ITV worked back then. Or perhaps these are adverts that appeared on promotional VHS tapes.

I was going to make that point, but the voice-overs were 'BBC English', so that threw me off a bit. Also, promo VHS ads seems the likely answer.

Watching them again, the Ocean ones might actually be TV adverts as they do say “available from good computer game shops” (or similar), so maybe those adverts were shown in the North West of England, seeing as Ocean were based in Manchester. But the Rasputin one Id say was from a WH Smith in-store type of promo video.

I remember an advert for Ocean's Rambo being shown before the film on a rental video.

mickfarrow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:56 am I remember an advert for Ocean's Rambo being shown before the film on a rental video.

Yes of course I'd forgotten about that. Also Ocean managed to squeeze a promo for the Robocop game onto the films VHS release I think.

DouglasReynholm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:35 pm

mickfarrow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:56 am I remember an advert for Ocean's Rambo being shown before the film on a rental video.

Yes of course I'd forgotten about that. Also Ocean managed to squeeze a promo for the Robocop game onto the films VHS release I think.

That's one of the many things I loved about the 80's. Only back then could you advertise a computer game played predominantly by kids on the VHS tape of one of the greatest and most violent 18 rated films of all time . You'd not get that these days with all these half baked snowflakes who are petrified of their own shadows

Just came across this cool Ocean compilation advert on Twitter. Unfortunately I can't find it on YouTube.

https://twitter.com/CommodoreBlog/statu ... 99745?s=19

It'd be great if someone provides the YT link.

Italian ZX Spectrum advert with Horace Goes Skiing, first months of 1984 if memory serves me well.

[media]https://youtu.be/VNNwqZuBQQU[/media]

More adverts from this twitter account which posts many interesting adverts from Imagine & Ocean:

https://twitter.com/CommodoreBlog/statu ... 00992?s=19

https://twitter.com/CommodoreBlog/statu ... 69411?s=19

Clearly saved from a VHS tape, but I couldn't find them on YT

Another interesting ad from this guy. I'd like to know where does he get these marvellous stuff...

https://twitter.com/CommodoreBlog/statu ... 61857?s=09

Nothing found on YouTube

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:24 pm Another interesting ad from this guy. I'd like to know where does he get these marvellous stuff...

https://twitter.com/CommodoreBlog/statu ... 61857?s=09

Nothing found on YouTube

Now available on Spectrum and Atari ST - that well known port "Dream Team".

Alessandro wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:39 pm Italian ZX Spectrum advert with Horace Goes Skiing, first months of 1984 if memory serves me well.

[media]https://youtu.be/VNNwqZuBQQU[/media]

Cool...

...Though whoever's playing is pretty crap at it...

Morkin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:22 pm ...Though whoever's playing is pretty crap at it...

I played this myself for the first time in about 30 years just the other day. Bloody hell it's difficult (for me). I think crossing the road is more luck than judgement.

Hardware rather than software, but this is an advert for the +2. Interesting that it doesn't feature any in-game action.

https://youtu.be/3EEvrTeWSTk

And, the Spectrum+

https://youtu.be/mh0g73JvFbo

And, one more for the +2 Action Pack

https://youtu.be/EsbUwZ9rOk0

PeterJ wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:31 pm And, the Spectrum+

https://youtu.be/mh0g73JvFbo

Yeah, this is the Spectrum ad I've seen most. Cool.

Besides Plus and Plus 2... was there a TV ad for the 16k/48k models when they came out in 1982 or 1983? I've been searching for a long time but I couldn't find any. Brochures, magazine ads, ... but no TV ads. Even the QL had one. But the original Spectrum didn't. It makes no sense.

Do you remember a TV campaign in the UK when the Spectrum came out?

By the way, all these ads might be included in their own entry in the database like the games, don't you think, [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] ?

A bit off topic, sorry.. but I hadn't seen the advert for the watch before.

https://youtu.be/y4php6LLDS8

Anyone got £500 to spare???

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2785068437

[mention]Juan F. Ramirez[/mention]

To be honest I don't recall any Spectrum TV adverts when I was growing up, although that maybe because my parents preferred the BBC (National broadcaster without adverts)!

Speaking of Sinclair gadgets...

https://youtu.be/sXfE0aFrHPY

And the QL ad I told above...

https://youtu.be/AO5BUIKykMM

Even the Timex had its own advert... why not the Spectrum?

https://youtu.be/GzYZgdDTpdw

Two spanish ads:

https://youtu.be/6w5HwefA4Jo

https://youtu.be/vzaVuiagi5s

Two new games, this time from Ktel:

https://youtu.be/mNu0CGoCZaY