Who remembers the old spectrum games console

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🍺Mr Fitz🍺 Apr 28, 2013

How gaming has changed I've had the Atari /spectrum what's the oldest console you can remember.
Fluffy Buggo Apr 28, 2013

Ahh yes. I remember when video games first came out as pac man and space invaders and the like.
Charlie Seiga Apr 28, 2013

I had an Amstrad CPC464 with a full colour monitor, not the normal green/black one!

Good old Sir Alan and his Spectrum/ C64 beater.....
Ricky Spencini Apr 28, 2013

48k rubber keys! Daley Thompsons decathlon and jetset willy!
🍺Mr Fitz🍺 Apr 28, 2013

The sega master system to lol loved playing Alex the kid haha
💙ⒶⒹⒹ🅢🅦🅐🅖🅖🅔🅡💙 Apr 28, 2013

Dizzy!!!!! (Now available on the istore)

I still have a spectrum +2b, with light gun, those were the days. 8 colours (with two brightness settings), limited two 2 in any character square.

Games that took longer to load than complete.

My first games machine and one of my favourites😃
💩💩ᎡᏌᎠᏀᏓᏣᏌᎦ💩💩 Apr 28, 2013

I had the zx128K with built in cassette! The fact it took 10-15 minutes to load a game now a days is insane.....favourite game was teenage mutant ninja turtles and the Simpsons.
Went from that to a sega game gear and thought the graphics were unbelievable lol
T.V.R. Apr 28, 2013

ℝiçķӳ Sp∈ℕ⊂iℕi wrote:
48k rubber keys! Daley Thompsons decathlon and jetset willy!

Transam, manic miner, football manager (G O A L !!)
༜ΣX༜ Apr 28, 2013

💗sͣwͩaͩgger💗 wrote:
Dizzy!!!!! (Now available on the istore)

I still have a spectrum +2b, with light gun, those were the days. 8 colours (with two brightness settings), limited two 2 in any character square.

Games that took longer to load than complete.

My first games machine and one of my favourites😃

No way luved that game
shaggly razors Apr 28, 2013

I had one can't remember who made it . Had 8 games . Football tennis squash single / two player and two shooting games . I worked out when it was my turn I turned the brightness way up on the tv and it didn't matter where u aimed the light gun it counted as a hit . Mates were amazed as I rolled on the floor shooting never missed haha guess that's the first ever game cheat .
Wyster Apr 28, 2013

Have you all forgotten the
Greatest arcade game ever?! One word, P-O-N-G, although breakout was pretty good too.
ᏕᎻᎬᎡᏞᎾᏣᏦ 🔎 Apr 29, 2013

I had a 48k (spectrum, not mob!) and then a128k.
Other notable games:
Manic miner
Attic attack
The hobbit
Tir-na-nog
Way of the exploding fist
Shaolin
Jet set willy
Valhalla
Skool daze
Oh the nostalgia! 😊
🏃💨fartex💩 Apr 29, 2013

Ahh THE good ol days of THE spectrum...

I owned one back then...
And to sum up all THE computers i had:
Zx spectrum
C64, c128
Atari falcon
Amiga 500, 1200, 4000 (👈 fully decked with à 6682 fpu and an amazing 4!!!mb ram lol)
I turned to THE archrival of pc when THE Commodore company busted its own ass by releasing THE 500+ and THE amiga 600)