| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ 18:11 - Apr 2 with 466 views | numptydumpty |
Quite interested in recreating moments of my younger existence
And noted replica new version called The Spectrum selling for arounds £90 and possibly in time the old Atari football and tennis console which is a similar price
Anyone found these gems online and taken the plunge. Considering wasting a bit of dosh....
Beats watching QPR or maybe I am a hopeless case !!!! |  |
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| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ on 19:57 - Apr 2 with 388 views | GaryBannister86 |
Loved my spectrum so been really tempted but was sold out over Christmas so I don't have first hand experience yet. I have heard on the various groups that The Spectrum is the one to get - by a mile.
I have also heard, however, that we have over romanticised how good these games were and playing them again 40 years later is somewhat....underwhelming.
But it's just about the nostalgia, I think. MatchDay II, Football Manager, Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix....aaaahhhhh. |  | | |
| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ on 21:01 - Apr 2 with 310 views | numptydumpty |
| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ on 19:57 - Apr 2 by GaryBannister86 |
Loved my spectrum so been really tempted but was sold out over Christmas so I don't have first hand experience yet. I have heard on the various groups that The Spectrum is the one to get - by a mile.
I have also heard, however, that we have over romanticised how good these games were and playing them again 40 years later is somewhat....underwhelming.
But it's just about the nostalgia, I think. MatchDay II, Football Manager, Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix....aaaahhhhh. |
There was one, our family loved which was Jumping Jack.
Very simple but made us laugh in the early 80s.
Track n Field was another. Destroyed my 'n' button which most did.
Yep football manager and you didn't have to play for the same time as an entire season to get through a season.
I actually bought an arcade table machine few years ago with Galaxians, Defender, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Pacman Breakout Frogger and various others.
Will wait then for the spectrum then. | |
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| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ on 21:04 - Apr 2 with 303 views | Toast_R |
| Anyone on here bought the retro version of the ZX Spectrum with the games includ on 19:57 - Apr 2 by GaryBannister86 |
Loved my spectrum so been really tempted but was sold out over Christmas so I don't have first hand experience yet. I have heard on the various groups that The Spectrum is the one to get - by a mile.
I have also heard, however, that we have over romanticised how good these games were and playing them again 40 years later is somewhat....underwhelming.
But it's just about the nostalgia, I think. MatchDay II, Football Manager, Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix....aaaahhhhh. |
100% right on the nostalgia inflating the enjoyability.
I visited the Micro Museum in Ramsgate last year while there for a day. Incredible place to go, every computer you can think of there from late 70s to 2000s in pristine condition. A fully working C64, an Amstrad CPC 464 complete with green monitor which is exactly what I had as a child. The monitor is tiny, but back in the day it was, well, normal. The games are basic, the framerates shocking and the sounds, just irritating.
Atari ST though, different class. |  | | |
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