ZX Spectrum

[freester]

Very late to the party here. I got a 48k Spectrum by my parents when I passed my 11+ (my school region was one of the few remaining Grammar / Secondary Modern setups, the year after me it became Comprehensive).

Jet Set Willy was a classic wasted a lot of time on that game do I remember some weird copy protection a grid of 4 colours you had to enter to start the game? I remember my mate copied it diligently by hand whilst recording my cassette!!!

I also enjoyed Jet Pac and Elite.

I was playing a fan port of the Amiga Elite (called Alite) on my Android Tablet recently.

I had a PS2 wasted waaaaaay too much time playing Gran Turismo and the Grand Theft Auto games. Haven't dipped my toe into consoles since but I have a 9 year old son it's only a matter of time before he asks for a console...

 

[Linalmeemow]

I remember some weird copy protection a grid of 4 colours you had to enter to start the game? I remember my mate copied it diligently by hand whilst recording my cassette!!!

I forget which game it was, but there was a copy protection system called "Lenslok" where the game cam with a little plastic widget with a weird plastic lens in it. When the game loaded it would show a scrambled password on screen that could only be read through the lens which then had to be input to unlock the game!

 

[freester]

I forget which game it was, but there was a copy protection system called "Lenslok" where the game cam with a little plastic widget with a weird plastic lens in it. When the game loaded it would show a scrambled password on screen that could only be read through the lens which then had to be input to unlock the game!

Pretty sure that one came with Elite!

 

[Linalmeemow]

Pretty sure that one came with Elite!

Yes, that's right! Never worked properly if I remember correctly.

 

[Nidger]

Binatone games console.
MSX computer.
Commodore 64.
Commodore Amiga.
Sega master system.
Sega mega drive.
PlayStation 1.2.3 and 4
Xbox, Xbox 360.
A forray into building pc's and pc gaming 1990's/early 2000.

Probably forgot a couple, plus Nintendo entertainment system and one or two hand held gadgies.

There may be some still in loft.

 

[freester]

Yes, that's right! Never worked properly if I remember correctly.

Yeh it was tricky IIRC.

Oooh it was Jet Set Willy that had the colour coded grid...

Just to add to the list of consoles I had a Mattel Intellivision - anyone remember those.

 

[Linalmeemow]

Yeh it was tricky IIRC.

Oooh it was Jet Set Willy that had the colour coded grid...

Just to add to the list of consoles I had a Mattel Intellivision - anyone remember those.

I remember the Jet Set Willy grid. I think it was the first game I got when I got the 32k ram pack to upgrade my 16k Spectrum!

 

[jof]

My brother wrecked the keyboard on my spectrum by playing Daley Thompsons Decathlon

 

[Linalmeemow]

My brother wrecked the keyboard on my spectrum by playing Daley Thompsons Decathlon

It was Daley's Decathlon followed by Hypersports that did for mine.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I remember the Jet Set Willy grid. I think it was the first game I got when I got the 32k ram pack to upgrade my 16k Spectrum!

RAM pack that brings back memories.
My spectrum is at my parents house the more i read the thread more i am thinking of bringing it home.

 

[Furry Shark Brewery]

RAM pack that brings back memories.
My spectrum is at my parents house the more i read the thread more i am thinking of bringing it home.


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Do it!!!!!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Do it!!!!!

I don't want to fire it up and find my fond memories are shattered. (gets coin and flips it)

To be honest i am not sure what is there (cables etc) i seem to remember i bought a separate floppy drive how would i set it up on a modern LCD screen.

 

[Furry Shark Brewery]

It’s worth having a ganders at some point and I think there is an old telly available just here: Old TV caused village broadband outages

 

[Covrich]

It was Daley's Decathlon followed by Hypersports that did for mine.

The weight lifting on hyper sports always seemed stupidly hard

 

[Linalmeemow]

RAM pack that brings back memories.
My spectrum is at my parents house the more i read the thread more i am thinking of bringing it home.



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The first picture is the one I had. Fortunately didn't suffer from the dreaded "ram pack wobble" that some models did.

 

[Linalmeemow]

The weight lifting on hyper sports always seemed stupidly hard

Yep, I could never get more than around 2/3 of the way to the maximum weight. Loved the skeet shooting though.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

This guy is determined to get it working.