R.I.P Sir Clive Sinclair.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 3 minutes ago
Anyone remember any of these:

Raid over Moscow
Sensible soccer
Kickoff
Double dragon
Golden axe
Mortal combat

I lost hours to these games on various formats !

I remember buying a game a week on the Commodore 64….99p back in the day!

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Only Mortal Combat from that lot!
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Now I feel old!

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - A Beekers Dozen (U2958)
posted 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
Nothing beats "Daley Thompson's Decathlon" on the Commodore 64.
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Absolutely this.

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
Did anyone in the world ever finish Lords of Midnight?
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I got an emulated/app version of it on my phone a while back. I'm not even sure I managed to start it, let alone finish it

comment by Jalisco Red - ¡Viva Ronaldo! (U4195)
posted 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
The Spectrum was my first computer as well.

Early on for me it was educational games like Number Fun and Survival, and games like Chequered Flag, The Hobbit and Bugaboo.

Later it was stuff like Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Technician Ted. I dread to think of how many hours I've spent on Jet Set Willy II, without ever coming close to completing it

I think the basic graphics of games like these made you use your imagination more than modern games, which do all the work for you. Or maybe we were just more easily pleased back then – I used to try to find games that had synthesised speech in them because the idea of a computer talking was so thrilling

I don't know if anyone's seen Micro Men, the BBC drama about Sir Clive and his relationship with Chris Curry of Acorn Computers, but it's on YouTube if you're interested:

https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM

Rest in peace, Sir Clive Sinclair
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My dad, the man who got me supporting Spurs, worked for Acorn and was one their senior printed circuit board designers. He was actually in the pub in Cambridge when Clive and Chris had the famous punch up (which is portrayed in micro men)

My dad sadly passed away very suddenly in 2019. When we were sorting through his things we found the actual test printed circuit boards from all the early BBC basic, master and subsequent Acorn computers. We’ve had them all framed and are on the wall at my mums.

comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Jalisco Red - ¡Viva Ronaldo! (U4195)
posted 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
The Spectrum was my first computer as well.

Early on for me it was educational games like Number Fun and Survival, and games like Chequered Flag, The Hobbit and Bugaboo.

Later it was stuff like Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Technician Ted. I dread to think of how many hours I've spent on Jet Set Willy II, without ever coming close to completing it

I think the basic graphics of games like these made you use your imagination more than modern games, which do all the work for you. Or maybe we were just more easily pleased back then – I used to try to find games that had synthesised speech in them because the idea of a computer talking was so thrilling

I don't know if anyone's seen Micro Men, the BBC drama about Sir Clive and his relationship with Chris Curry of Acorn Computers, but it's on YouTube if you're interested:

https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM

Rest in peace, Sir Clive Sinclair
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My dad, the man who got me supporting Spurs, worked for Acorn and was one their senior printed circuit board designers. He was actually in the pub in Cambridge when Clive and Chris had the famous punch up (which is portrayed in micro men)

My dad sadly passed away very suddenly in 2019. When we were sorting through his things we found the actual test printed circuit boards from all the early BBC basic, master and subsequent Acorn computers. We’ve had them all framed and are on the wall at my mums.
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comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 3 hours, 12 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 3 minutes ago
Anyone remember any of these:

Raid over Moscow
Sensible soccer
Kickoff
Double dragon
Golden axe
Mortal combat

I lost hours to these games on various formats !

I remember buying a game a week on the Commodore 64….99p back in the day!

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Only Mortal Combat from that lot!
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Now I feel old!
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Remember them all except Raid Over Moscow?

Kick-Off 2 is the greatest football game ever made.

Match Day from Ocean on the Spectrum was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen, it looks like walking football now, but then it was incredible.

Used to play Kevin Toms' Football Manager all night as well

Used to own a ZX Spectrum. Well me and my brothers. Great game playing days playing the likes of Dizzy.

Spurt’s

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 20 hours, 11 minutes ago
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Jalisco Red - ¡Viva Ronaldo! (U4195)
posted 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
The Spectrum was my first computer as well.

Early on for me it was educational games like Number Fun and Survival, and games like Chequered Flag, The Hobbit and Bugaboo.

Later it was stuff like Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Technician Ted. I dread to think of how many hours I've spent on Jet Set Willy II, without ever coming close to completing it

I think the basic graphics of games like these made you use your imagination more than modern games, which do all the work for you. Or maybe we were just more easily pleased back then – I used to try to find games that had synthesised speech in them because the idea of a computer talking was so thrilling

I don't know if anyone's seen Micro Men, the BBC drama about Sir Clive and his relationship with Chris Curry of Acorn Computers, but it's on YouTube if you're interested:

https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM

Rest in peace, Sir Clive Sinclair
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My dad, the man who got me supporting Spurs, worked for Acorn and was one their senior printed circuit board designers. He was actually in the pub in Cambridge when Clive and Chris had the famous punch up (which is portrayed in micro men)

My dad sadly passed away very suddenly in 2019. When we were sorting through his things we found the actual test printed circuit boards from all the early BBC basic, master and subsequent Acorn computers. We’ve had them all framed and are on the wall at my mums.
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I bet they look great framed and mounted. It must have been amazing to work on something that would influence generations of children (apart from the late nights and looming deadlines, of course). Imagine school in 80s/early 90s Britain without the BBC Micro!

I've had a pint in the Baron of Beef in Cambridge. Sadly it wasn't a very nice pint, which is my main memory of the place.