StewartyMac Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 15 hours ago, ParsJake said: There was Horizon Evolution of Foxes and Rabbits is my main menory from that. That got about 30 seconds of my attention when I first got my Speccy before Trashman was hastily loaded and a new addiction was born. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 1. Elite. A whole universe in a wee plastic box. Simply mindblowing, even if just as a tech demo. 2. Manic Miner. Not, repeat, not, Jet Set Willy, where Matthew Smith obviously believed his own hype. 3. Rebelstar. Update of Rebelstar Raiders which removed the need for a human opponent. Handy for anti-social wee fuckers like the teenage WRK. * 4. Match Point. Given the hardware, an amazing sports game. 5. Any Artic or Brian Howarth (Mysterious Adventures) adventure game. Solve the puzzle two words at a time. The Spectrum was my first games platform, and the creativity shown in many games was absolutely amazing, especially in the days of the bedroom coders. Once the industry settled down, though, I'll admit I played many more titles on my C64, especially once I had the 5 1/4 disk drive for same - £199 in 1986, not that I paid that much - working at Lasky's, I got a returned item for a tenner (!) and my mate fixed it up for me. *ETA: just checked the release date - make that the early-mid twenties WRK. In fairness, I can only claim to have had a ZX-81 as a teenager... Edited July 6, 2021 by WhiteRoseKillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsJake Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, StewartyMac said: Evolution of Foxes and Rabbits is my main menory from that. That got about 30 seconds of my attention when I first got my Speccy before Trashman was hastily loaded and a new addiction was born. I don't think I loaded up Horizon once. A choice between learning about nature or scuttling around a maze searching for the treasure and picking up swords to kill Maziacs along the way. No contest whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 I don't think I ever played Maziacs, this is something that will have to be rectified soon, albeit only via emulation these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 6 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: 1. Elite. A whole universe in a wee plastic box. Simply mindblowing, even if just as a tech demo. Elite was fantastic. In my early teens i would close the curtains and switch the light off while playing Elite. I'd pretend that my bedroom was the Millennium Falcon. I can't think of any other Spectrum game that was so immersive. While Manic Miner, Commando or Paperboy were fun, you couldn't get away from the fact that you were playing a game. Elite felt more like you were living out an intergalactic fantasy. It would probably be shite if I tried playing it now though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Paul Kersey said: . In my early teens i would close the curtains and switch the light off .. I did the same thing with Sam Fox strip poker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweasel Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just seen auld Sinclair had died and thought of this thread.1. Any of the Dizzy games (played these for hours)2. Renegade (the original one, not target renegade)3. Footballer of the year (great shout, was this the one where you could spend some of your footballers wages gambling??)4. 180 darts (the opponent were great)5. Olli and Lisa (still not sure what this was about but enjoyed it all the same)Ps did anyone else get Sinclair User magazine? I must have been a right geek… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Just seen auld Sinclair had died and thought of this thread.1. Any of the Dizzy games (played these for hours)2. Renegade (the original one, not target renegade)3. Footballer of the year (great shout, was this the one where you could spend some of your footballers wages gambling??)4. 180 darts (the opponent were great)5. Olli and Lisa (still not sure what this was about but enjoyed it all the same)Ps did anyone else get Sinclair User magazine? I must have been a right geek…I was more a Your Sinclair man tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) Crash, Your Sinclair, and Sinclair User, every month. I was a right spoiled brat. The Your Sinclair collection for download at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-magazine Crash: https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine Sinclair User: https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine Edit: Crash had the best cover tapes, IIRC. Edited September 17, 2021 by BFTD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) My goodness, I had forgotten all about Your Sinclair. Memories... 1. Football Manager 2. Jet Set Willy 2 (loads of extra rooms) 3. Uridium 4. WEC Le Mans 5. Bomb Jack Edited January 25, 2022 by VictorOnopko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Speaking of magazines, I was apoplectic with rage when clearing out my okd boys loft (woof woof) there was no evidence of the 3 folders worth of these: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 25 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Speaking of magazines, I was apoplectic with rage when clearing out my okd boys loft (woof woof) there was no evidence of the 3 folders worth of these: I wonder how much he got for them on eBay? This might bring back memories: https://archive.org/details/inputmagazine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, BFTD said: I wonder how much he got for them on eBay? This might bring back memories: https://archive.org/details/inputmagazine I suspect he chucked out the magazines but kept the folders for his vintage Razzles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just now, Melanius Mullarkay said: I suspect he chucked out the magazines but kept the folders for his vintage Razzles. I wonder how much you'll get for them on eBay? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 34 minutes ago, BFTD said: I wonder how much you'll get for them on eBay? Depends how much you bid I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Depends how much you bid I suppose. You're alright, I don't need any duplicates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, BFTD said: You're alright, I don't need any duplicates. Not even the Olive From On The Buses special from April 1973 (signed, slightly soiled)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Not even the Olive From On The Buses special from April 1973 (signed, slightly soiled)? Before my time, auld yin. Spoiler Post the link when the listing goes up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 14 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Not even the Olive From On The Buses special from April 1973 (signed, slightly soiled)? You ken the rules... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 10 hours ago, Paul Kersey said: You ken the rules... NSFW Spoiler You’ve been warned. Spoiler Not too late to turn back. Spoiler The W doesn’t stand for Work btw. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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