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
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!
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
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..
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 ?
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!
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.
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.
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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I loved my oric 1. My first and still favourite computer
Anyone remember the magazines? Zzap, Crash, Amtix, C&VG?
I still have pretty much every issue of C&VG up to around 1988. It's amazing how rough & ready everything looks now!
I had quite a few features in C&VG! Still have my payslips!
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
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..
or type kwed into google if you just want the tunes with remixes
plus embarrassingly a picture of me in meanmachines dressed up as sub zero lol
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 ?
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!
We're not worthy!
jullian 'jazza' rignal ,,, garry harrod ,,,, richard ledbetter ,,, oz ,,,, radion automatic .
dave collier , andrew braybrook , the darlings , jeff minter , ben dagleish
Didn't Collier have something to do with the Daley Thompson game? Think he's now in Japan.
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
i used to spend hours playing match day and soccer boss and football dirctor.
plus dizzy rambo renegade to name a few
I went on holiday with Julian Rignall. I won a trip to Florida with C&VG and Gremlin Graphics with game Mickey Mouse.
Although some of the speccy arcade conversions were amazeballs - R-Type was brilliant for its time.
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.