ZX Spectrum

[Chippy_Tea]

All we need now is for recumbent owner @MyQul to tell us he has a Sinclair C5 tucked away somewhere!

Imagine riding (or is it driving) one of those in London traffic.

You would need this version -

 

[terrym]

Imagine riding (or is it driving) one of those in London traffic.

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You would need this version -

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The big version wouldnt get very far on its PP9 battery

 

[Clint]

I recon he has one and it runs on his spent grain....flying down the old Kent road in plumes of steam,cape flapping in the wind,goggles on! Silver topped cane at the ready ..

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

These are all too modern. I started with a very basic tv “pong” game then moved to high-tech: ZX81, Commodore 64, Atari 800XL.

 

[Bobtheblob]

I had a Commodore 64 back in the day, and just recently bought the new TheC64. Ah the memories all come back.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I had a Commodore 64 back in the day, and just recently bought the new TheC64.

I do hope they don’t bring back the ZX81, that 16Kb RAM Pack drove me mad

 

[Chippy_Tea]

These are all too modern. I started with a very basic tv “pong” game then moved to high-tech: ZX81, Commodore 64, Atari 800XL.

That was our first console jeez i feel old.

 

[marshbrewer]

Yes. ZX80 was white as I recall. ZX81, which I still have (plus a RAM pack) was black. The 80 and 81 refer to the release year, I think.

Indeed. The ZX80 could only do integer maths in basic!

My dad used to sometimes bring home a CBM Pet from work, but a spectrum was the first computer we had a home. We ordered our directly from Sinclair and paid for the 48k version. My dad even got a microdrive and interface II for it when they came out (remember them!). Also, he had an aftermarket case and proper keyboard later in. Eventually, he purchased one of the early 086 IBM PC's and I inherited the spectrum. I spent hour and hours programming the thing in basic and machine code. Got a spectrum plus a bit later, but by then I was more into other stuff so it only for used for playing games.

 

[MmmBeer]

I remember one day in the early 80's, my older brother came home with a new ZX81 and I was amazed by what it could do. Next year I got a 16k spectrum for christmas and used it so much, the keyboard wore out. Favourite game was Manic miner. After that I didn't have a computer or console until the late 90's, When I got my first desktop PC.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

That was our first console jeez i feel old.

That’s the kind of thing, it might even have been B&W!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Favourite game was Manic miner.

Yep another classic.

 

[Gerryjo]

I see no mention of the original PlayStation.
Currently in the home
PlayStation 1(original)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
2 * Xbox one S
Nintendo 2DS XL
Nintendo wii

2 boys Xbox one S, 2DS XL
1 girl Xbox 360
1 girl Wii
The rest are mine locked away in the roofspace.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I see no mention of the original PlayStation.

Added.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Were is the mega drive

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We have now hit the forum limit if anyone can add a console that is more popular than any that have no votes i will switch them.

 

[prog99]

Were is the mega drive

Its there as the genesis(us name)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Its there as the genesis(us name)

Bugger i never noticed that, i will remove it.

 

[MyQul]

All we need now is for recumbent owner @MyQul to tell us he has a Sinclair C5 tucked away somewhere!

Gawd I remember them. They looked like you were pedaling 3 wheel training shoe

 

[dad_of_jon]

I had a Dragon32 in the early eighties.

So did I - I was in a young enterprise company in the 80's called no-bug software and wrote 4/5 games we sold 80+ copies of my d32 games in the swansea leisure centre micro show in January (the year we had snow in swansea). I also co-designed a lunar lander game for the bbc model b with a school chum!

although the dragon32 was sh*te compared to the bbc because the D32 was built in Swansea (old mettoy factory) it outsold all the other computer games - we had zx spectrum games as well - but we looked down on spectrum owners just as bbc owners looked down on us. My next computer was a C64 and that sid chip got me into synthesizers. I even bought a D-Drum cartridge to turn my c64 into a drum computer.

did you ever play phantom slayer on the D32? - that scared the crap out of me, although cavelon, uridium & paradroid on the c64 were my faves.

 

[chrissyr63]

Started with a zx81 with the dodgy ram pack then spectrum. Typing in games from magazines - who would do that nower days!
Think the Amiga was the best but not a consoles so still needed to load all the software - do remember getting a big brick of a hard drive for it - probably a few hundred mb.
Never really got into the consoles though my 4 yr old grandson is never off them.