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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?
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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] ?
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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
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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)!
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Speaking of Sinclair gadgets...

https://youtu.be/sXfE0aFrHPY
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And the QL ad I told above...

https://youtu.be/AO5BUIKykMM
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Even the Timex had its own advert... why not the Spectrum? :?

https://youtu.be/GzYZgdDTpdw
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Two new games, this time from Ktel:

https://youtu.be/mNu0CGoCZaY
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Videos posted in other thread (to be included in ZXDB, if possible):

R-Type (#4256)
https://youtu.be/pL0Db13nK5s

Artic Computing (#1318) including:

- Espionage Island (#5919)
- Spectraprobe (#4711)
- Raider (#29225, ZX81)
- Namtir Raiders (#29129, ZX81)
https://youtu.be/PKdioLyushE

Now Games (#11310)
https://youtu.be/Cc-jdJGvAWM

Now Games 4 (#11313)
https://youtu.be/Xh4aYJWotCc
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