Out of context Spectrum games

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XTM wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:35 pm And € 1,69 per kilo? That's expensive for Spain, or is it some kind of organic stuff? I spent a few weeks in Madrid back in 2007, and one of the shops I went to offered the kilo for 0,49 € ...
Well, not sure about the average price of melons but they're a summer fruit so hence the price these days, maybe.

Anyway, nowadays inflation is a thing...
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equinox wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:01 pm Try this one:

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Come on, Spanish people should get this. (It's not really "out of context Spectrum games", more like "terrible puns". Blame the cracker jokes from WOOT, rotting my brain.)
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equinox wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:55 pm
equinox wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:01 pm Try this one:

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Come on, Spanish people should get this. (It's not really "out of context Spectrum games", more like "terrible puns". Blame the cracker jokes from WOOT, rotting my brain.)
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With a bit of imagination, it could be Atic Atac

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Well, we've got a Spectrum and a Lunar Man without his Jet!

As found in the local charity shop

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MatGubbins wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:49 pm
Well, we've got a Spectrum and a Lunar Man without his Jet!

And a 'Dessert Rats' too! :D
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I was convinced 'Enforcer' was a Speccy game too, but it looks like I was wrong...
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
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Morkin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:48 am I was convinced 'Enforcer' was a Speccy game too, but it looks like I was wrong...
I reckon this entire album/compilation would make a nicely tricky “Spectrum Game or EDM Track” quiz at the Baron of Beef trivia night. They almost all sound plausible.
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It seems Twitter links don't work anymore, hence the screen capture.
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:lol:

Honestly if there was a rug like that which was the actual JSW code sheet I'd be very tempted.
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MatGubbins wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:06 pm
equinox wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:55 pm
Come on, Spanish people should get this. (It's not really "out of context Spectrum games", more like "terrible puns". Blame the cracker jokes from WOOT, rotting my brain.)
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I never posted the answer and I actually can't remember it now. Must have been a pun. Red something... red surf? red board? ...?

Oh yeah, of course it was "Surf, Red" -- Sir Fred.
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Psst.
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This is where you can get some shots.
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This time not a game, but an out-of-context emulator:

https://www.zxspin.com/
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