Hard to believe the Speccy was introduced a quarter century ago! (and man, do I feel old! :-) Manic Miner, anyone? PEEK & POKE? LOAD ""? Tape Loading Error :-(
BASIC and Zilog Z80 assembly language? Still have my Timex 2068 and a Spectrum +2 (and another Z80-powered machine, a Phillips MSX2) gathering dust somewhere in my parent's attic. A few years ago I tried a couple of emulators but I'm afraid it's not the same thing. The date didn't get lost on many gaming sites/blogs, here's just a few: Guardian Unlimited, Tech Digest, and Digg.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Damn! That makes two of us feeling really old! I did really ride that wave then! Coded my first games/programs on it!
That being said, I recently just had my fair of ZX Spectrum memories stirred by the appearance of a ZX Spectrum game revival on XBox live...Jetpac anyone ?
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/j/jetpacrefuelledxboxlivearcade/
And do I even need to say: what awesome and involving games *with 48K memory*!!!!
Same here. Made me a gamer and a programmer.
Happy birthday, ZX Spectrum!
Oh man...check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum
Does this bring memory...all the extra hardware and latest versions including the "ultra-beefed-up" 128K!!! (almost typed 128M ;-) ).
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