ZX Spectrum

juanfr, Spanish
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#micromania magazine cover, may 1989

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

juanfr, Spanish
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Airwolf fans answer to a game review

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craiggrannell,
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@juanfr I hated the C64 version. I never did understand why it got so much praise.

retrovulcano, Spanish
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¿Te gustan los juegos de espada y brujería? ¿Te atreves a explorar el Castillo sin nombre y enfrentarte a sus peligros? Entonces no te pierdas Nonamed, el clásico de Dinamic Software que te hará vivir una aventura épica. ¡Consíguelo para o 👍🏻🕹️😃

Uraael,
retrovulcano, Spanish
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Forest Escape - A Knight's Quest En una tierra envuelta en leyendas y misterio, un caballero llamado Wee es conocido por su determinación y su espíritu inquebrantable; hoy se enfrenta a un desafío sin precedentes. Descárgalo para desde https://iratahack.itch.io/forest-escape-a-knights-quest

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puttycad,
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Something to brighten your day! Here's the loading screen for Gherbert Groundhog 2: Gherbert in the Garden #GherbertInTheGarden #GherbertGroundhog2 #loadingscreen #zxspectrum #8bit #pixelart #puttycad #psychicparrot #retro #newretro by myself and @psychicparrot42

puttycad,
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@psychicparrot42 cheers matey! ;)

juanfr, Spanish
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Don't complain about lack of microchips, the same thing happened in 1984

reidrac,
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Looking at the issue of the loading screen rip-off, I just noticed my first ever 8-bit game was released in October 2014 (for the 48k), so this October it will be 10 years since I started this... hobby.

It wasn't a great game, barely functional because there were so many things I didn't know, both at hardware level and the most essential stuff 😂, but eventually... I got better at it!

retrovulcano, Spanish
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Furillo Productions nos trae este «Área 51: Incidente Roswell» para Una aventura conversacional de lo más interesante y de lo más entretenida para tu micro ordenador.
El juego está disponible en https://furilloproductions.itch.io/area51-the-roswell-incident 👍 😋 🕹️

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stephensmith,
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I've started developing a remake of Codename Mat.

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governa,
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torspedia,
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@governa that reminds me, I really need to look for a ZX Spectrum emulator!

governa,
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cesco, Italian
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Ieri sera, una slovena ha trasmesso in diretta un gioco per vecchio di quarant'anni. In modo che chiunque fosse all'ascolto lo potesse registrare su cassetta e rigiocarlo con calma.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/1984s-kontrabant-2-for-zx-spectrum-is-broadcast-on-fm-radio-in-slovenia-today/

juanfr, Spanish
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There was a time when gamers wrote to magazines to show off their game scores

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juanfr, Spanish
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#sinclairuser magazine cover, may 1984

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

Craktok,
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@craiggrannell @juanfr good point, but I’m amazed they’re not digital only.

craiggrannell,
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@Craktok @juanfr I’m not, on the basis that a lot of retrogaming folks are wedded to physical media – to the degree that crowdfunders tend to end up overloaded with extras that in the long term cause them all sorts of problems.

Honestly, I get that anyway. I much prefer physical over digital for magazines.

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juanfr, Spanish
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damieng,
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@juanfr Wondered if it was still there and found this video. Surprised how small it was - the picture made it look quite grand.

https://youtu.be/cEDWqQ7sURg?feature=shared&t=36

retrovulcano, Spanish
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Wanderers: Chained in the Dark un juego de rol y hechiceros para el con trolls, demonios y criaturas fantásticas disponible desde https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/30168/ZX-Spectrum/Wanderers-Chained_in_the_Dark Añade ubicaciones variadas y un gran mapa de juego personajes con los que interactuar

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juanfr, Spanish
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A very original piece of hardware

#zxspectrum #sinclairuser #retrogaming

fuxoft,
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@sysop408 @juanfr @timixretroplays SOME Spectrum games had redefinable keys. There were several joystick standards (around 3-4) and one of them ("cursor joystick") corresponded to keys 5-8. The biggest mystery to me is: How did the fire button work? This gizmo only seems to have access to keys 5-8 and fire button was mapped to "0". This specific joystick does not even seem to have the fire button...?!

juanfr,
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@fuxoft @sysop408 @timixretroplays

That's the thing, it fits perfectly over the cursor keys in any PC keyboard.

Playing with it in the 90s was cool! 😎

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popey,
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Today I learned about game musician, Allister Brimble. He has an album of Spectrum Game music, that he re-mastered with more ... advanced synths :D

😍 Glider Rider.

https://allisterbrimble.com/the-spectrum-works/

#ZXSpectrum

klord,
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@popey you'd probably recognise his 16bit stuff. He did some amazing games BITD

popey,
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@klord I was too poor for a 16-bit system. I clung onto ZX81 -> Spectrum (many) -> CPC464 then direct to PC. I think I only played a few Amiga games on a friend's model back then. I missed out.

BinaryUnit,
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Does anyone have one original ZX Spectrum 128k +2 tv cable and can provide me a picture of it?

All the pictures that i find online are not what i remember so i just want to know if my nostalgic brain is tricking me or not.

retrovulcano, Spanish
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@Hicks nos trajo The Goblin para un juego en el que nos metemos en el papel de Merl el goblin, un carcelero en su primer día de trabajo.
Ahora está disponible para desde https://hicksretro.itch.io/the-goblin-msx 👍🕹️

juanfr, Spanish
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New game: Innsmouth, a stunning interactive adventure by Bitfans.

Buy it (3 €) here:
https://bitfans.itch.io/innsmouth

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

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juanfr, Spanish
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Map of Cauldron 2 from #micromania magazine.

One of the coolest maps ever made for the Spectrum.

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

edinburgh_man,
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@craiggrannell @juanfr I think I have PTSD from just trying to go up the stairs in that game...

craiggrannell,
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@edinburgh_man @juanfr The thing that got me about it was that once you had some magic, it was seemingly impossible (at least on the C64) to not bounce without firing – which depleted your life force. So just by moving around, you were penalised.

I can imagine the game working quite well on a two-button system. But one the standard C64, it was horrible. (I don’t recall if the Speccy/CPC versions had the same horrible drawback.)

stefan,
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The ZX Spectrum was released 42 years ago.

"The importance of the ZX Spectrum and its role in the early history of personal computing and video gaming has left many to regard it as the most important and influential computer of the 1980s."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

#ZXSpectrum #computers
#RetroComputing #tech #history #OnThisDay

TheDutchChief,
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@stefan mine is still working😊

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Skeewiff,
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popey,
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@Skeewiff I never made any music with mine, but just listened to the built-in patterns :D. Such a waste of money for me.

Skeewiff,
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@popey I do remember the preset patterns to be excellent.. and a great introduction to rhythm sequencing in general.. It was definitely the era... We would go into Dixon's after school to play with the sampling casios and drum pad syntns...🤣

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