C64 or Speccy (or Amstrad)

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  • gds1972gds1972 Posts: 6,613
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    Any Dizzy fans might be interested in this fan site.

    http://www.yolkfolk.com/site/
  • rustybucketrustybucket Posts: 201
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    gillyallan wrote: »
    Speccy but only cause the c64 was too expensive for me. To be honest I had an oric before speccy and it was a better machine. Just not as well supported.

    I loved my oric 1. My first and still favourite computer
  • Fiery PhoenixFiery Phoenix Posts: 303
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    Adding teachers and mates names to Skooldaze was ace back in the day.

    Anyone remember the magazines? Zzap, Crash, Amtix, C&VG?
  • AsmoAsmo Posts: 15,327
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    Not just the gaming mags, some of the 'serious' computer mags were required reading at the time. Your Computer was a hefty monthly essential - and they often had machine code games to type in, none of your Basic 2fps clones of Invaders there.

    I still have pretty much every issue of C&VG up to around 1988. It's amazing how rough & ready everything looks now!
  • Fiery PhoenixFiery Phoenix Posts: 303
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    I was in C&VG and Zzap. Also had letters printed in The One and Amiga Power.
  • BrooklynBoyBrooklynBoy Posts: 10,595
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    Weren't the ST and Amiga 16 bit and not 32 bit?
  • AsmoAsmo Posts: 15,327
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    I was in C&VG and Zzap. Also had letters printed in The One and Amiga Power.

    I had quite a few features in C&VG! Still have my payslips!
  • trayhop123trayhop123 Posts: 886
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    There was a successful campaign which recently ended via Kickstarter for a bluetooth spectrum keyboard for IOS.

    The SID chip on the C64 was amazing - I loved the loading music on games by Ocean. Thing on a Spring and Monty on the Run also had amazing tunes.

    Anyone visit any of the retro gaming sites like WOS or Lemon 64?

    the ocean loaders were simply epic pieces of music ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, monty on the run indeed ,,,,, and my favourite of them all ''wastelands'' from the last ninja


    the humble speccy had some great games , but couldn't hope to compete in the graphics and sound department ,,,,,,,,,, 90%of arcade conversions were far superior on the c64 ,,,,,, ,,,,, now and again the speccy got a belter though , chase hq was better on the speccy

    but overall the c64 ruled
  • AsmoAsmo Posts: 15,327
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    Weren't the ST and Amiga 16 bit and not 32 bit?

    This is true, theirs was the 16 bit era. They did produce 32bit variants eventually. Sinclair's machine was really the '32' bit offering, just not for games or graphics! Or storage, or..
  • trayhop123trayhop123 Posts: 886
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    plus ,,,,,,, lemon 64 is a fantastic reference site


    or type kwed into google if you just want the tunes with remixes
  • trayhop123trayhop123 Posts: 886
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    i had letters printed in commodore user asking for pokes (cheats lol) for loads of games on the 64

    plus embarrassingly a picture of me in meanmachines dressed up as sub zero lol
  • Pink KnightPink Knight Posts: 24,773
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    I had a Commodore 64.
    Overall better than the Amstrad and Spectrum. Although some games were better on these two. Ultimate were specialist Spectrum programmers with their monochrome isometric games such as Knightlore.
    I seem to remember Ikari Warriors looked better on the Amstrad as well ?
  • AsmoAsmo Posts: 15,327
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    trayhop123 wrote: »
    i had letters printed in commodore user asking for pokes (cheats lol) for loads of games on the 64

    It was the google of the day. Write query, send to magazine, wait 4-6 weeks for answer.
    You were almost lucky to still have any interest in the game by the time the reply was printed.

    Sometimes they replied 'in person' - C&VG writers would sometimes get stationery to send replies directly - I was asked to do it once, for Jet Set Willy!
  • mred2000mred2000 Posts: 10,050
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    Asmo wrote: »
    I had quite a few features in C&VG! Still have my payslips!
    I was in C&VG and Zzap. Also had letters printed in The One and Amiga Power.

    We're not worthy!
  • trayhop123trayhop123 Posts: 886
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    lets see how many of you remember some of these names from the scene ,,?? ,,,,,,, and bonus points for job descriptions or interesting titbits ???

    jullian 'jazza' rignal ,,, garry harrod ,,,, richard ledbetter ,,, oz ,,,, radion automatic .

    dave collier , andrew braybrook , the darlings , jeff minter , ben dagleish
  • mred2000mred2000 Posts: 10,050
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    Rignal and Leadbetter write for EG now. I follow Minter on Twitter. I sent a game idea to the Darlings but never heard back, lol

    Didn't Collier have something to do with the Daley Thompson game? Think he's now in Japan.
  • AsmoAsmo Posts: 15,327
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    Julian Rignall must wince at all his old pics. He sported a Pat Sharpe-esque mullet throughout the golden age of gaming.
  • trayhop123trayhop123 Posts: 886
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    there was nothing ,, and i mean nothing ,,,,,, to compare with getting a 5ver off ya dad pocket money and spending it thus.

    bus into town 45p
    chip cob 55p
    can of coke 25p
    50p spent in dodgy arcade on classics like gauntlet , r-type , gyruss , double dragon and hypersports

    the latest mastertronic/codemasters/firebird classic 1.99
    bus fayre home and enough left for a few sweets
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 799
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    i had a spectrum
    i used to spend hours playing match day and soccer boss and football dirctor.

    plus dizzy rambo renegade to name a few
  • VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    I had a speccy. I was so loyal to it but I knew the c64 was a better computer. Oh and Crash magazine for the game reviews.
  • Fiery PhoenixFiery Phoenix Posts: 303
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    trayhop123 wrote: »
    lets see how many of you remember some of these names from the scene ,,?? ,,,,,,, and bonus points for job descriptions or interesting titbits ???

    jullian 'jazza' rignal ,,, garry harrod ,,,, richard ledbetter ,,, oz ,,,, radion automatic .

    dave collier , andrew braybrook , the darlings , jeff minter , ben dagleish

    I went on holiday with Julian Rignall. I won a trip to Florida with C&VG and Gremlin Graphics with game Mickey Mouse.
  • MsLurkerMsLurker Posts: 1,843
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    I had a Amstrad with a colour screen.I loved playing Yie Ar Kung fu when I could get on it because my mum use to send hours playing Fruit Machine.
  • Rich_LRich_L Posts: 6,110
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    Used to have the speccy with the metal heat shield on it? Anyway, after two of them over-heated (all that power!!) we had had enough so swapped for the C64 and never, ever looked back.

    Although some of the speccy arcade conversions were amazeballs - R-Type was brilliant for its time.
  • SaddlerSteveSaddlerSteve Posts: 4,325
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    It's sad to think that Amstrad, Commodore and Sinclair are no longer about.

    You'd think as technology got better they would have flourished but I suppose bad business decisions allowed the likes of Nintendo and Sega to take over the market.
  • mred2000mred2000 Posts: 10,050
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    It's sad to think that Amstrad, Commodore and Sinclair are no longer about.

    You'd think as technology got better they would have flourished but I suppose bad business decisions allowed the likes of Nintendo and Sega to take over the market.

    That plus PCs becoming more prevalent. When my ST was nearing the end of it's days in 1993 I went and got an Amiga 1200 (and I already had a SNES and Mega Drive). My friends, on the other hand, stepped up to PCs.
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