Spectrum? Amstrad? Atari?
 

What 'computer/console' did you have as a child and which were your favourite games?

I'll start us off:

Jet Set Willy

Paperboy

Gauntlet

Chuckie Egg

Bombjack?

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Started with a commodore 16 (crap)

then a spectrum 128k+2 (built in tape deck)

Renegade
R-Type

Then onto consoles
Salamander
Street Fighter II wasted days of my life
Bomber Man

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Yeah I'd the +2, do you remember shinobi? Oh i loved it lol

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One thing that really bugged me was u waited about half an hour (or so it seemed @ that age) while the thing squealed and such like, then it said 'load error' or something to that effect and ud to rewind and start again lol

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i have an amiga 600 with the second floopy drive and about 200 games
( bought this new in 91 )

still us it to play cannon fodder which is highly addictive lol

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ATARI CONSOLE

ZX81

COMODDORE VIC 20

COMODDORE 64

SPECTRUM 48K

Nothing stands out they were all crap, great at the time, however I recall my first gaming experience was a square going accross the screen and you had a gun to shoot it with.

It was slow, wires everywhere..

Doesn't compare to my 360:D

Fave games

jet set willy

jet pac

manic minor

roller coaster

Ant attack

avalon

daley thompsons decatholon

Guantlet

Ghostbusters

golden axe

paperboy

You can still buy these games and use an emulator to place them on a pc if you really really want to

http://www.retro-games.net/ecom/zx.asp

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I still play Elite on the PC.

Ah the old 8 bitters. I had a Commodore 64. Remember the big change, when we went from 8-bit computing to 16-bit computing? Everyone had to upgrade to Amigas etc.

A lot of you might not realise but we're going through something as big right now. The move from 32 to 64 bit systems is going to be interesting.

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JET SET WILLY II :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yep top top game

Never forget that load screeching of the game loading up (for what seemed like hours ) on the plug in tape deck that was attached to the rubber keyed 48k Spectrum :eek:

And if you touched any keys or breathed in the wrong direction is crashed !

Always wanted the Amiga 500 with ZOOL

Imagine me showing my boys that set up now :eek: they would just laugh :rofl:


Dougie :lol:

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I wonder when we will see that come through on consoles.

I know they are expensive now, but dare not imagine the price of a newer shinier console whether it be microsoft or sony..

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Machines owned while a teen

• Sinclair ZX80
• Sinclair ZX81
• Sinclair Spectrum
• Commodore VIC20
• BBC Model B
• Intellivision
• Vectrex
• Colecovision
• ... then various PC's and machines

Best games played

• Elite (BBC)
• Hobbit (Spectrum)
• Sherlock (Spectrum)
• Manic Miner (Spectrum)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Intellivision)
• B52 Bomber (Intellivision with first voice module)

Al

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XboX Evolution and PS4 are already in pre-production.

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Commodore 64 but there was something really (yes, really) slow before that which I forget.
Games
Ghost Busters
China Miner
Chiller,
Donkey Kong

Many others but our room was freezing so in winter, it could take 20mins to warm up:eek: Ah, the days of tape:D

Cooler

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1977, I went back to college, and the college just got one of these in to try out... The Commodore PET
http://oldcomputers.net/pics/pet2001-black.jpg

I bought one shortly after....

No hard Drive, no floppy drive... data was stored on a cassette tape...

4k of Ram, with an upgrade to 8k for those who wanted POWER :rofl:

My upgrade to an Amstrad PCW8512 was a phenomenal jump... with 512k of ram !

Note: PC back then stood for Professional Computer, as can be read on the PC.

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Atari Console then
ZX Spectrum
Oric Atmos (what a pile of shite)

I was a fairly early adaptor to the PC. I bought one in about 1989/90 with a 286 processor, 1024k ram and a (I think) 10Mb hard disk - it cost a fortune!
I loved the early PC games:
Prince of Persia
Castle Wolfenstein
Leisure Suit Larry
Silent Service 2
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

I recently bought a 486 computer for $5 and plan to set it up to play some of these great games.

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I had a ZX Spectrum - the one with the built in tape deck. I remember the Dizzy games with that egg thing! I also remember those really old platform games such as Altered Beast, and how you'd go for a cup of tea once you set the computer loading.

A mate of mine then got an Amiga. The games were then all in colour and wow, you would put the disk in the drive and the game would pop up immediately. :p

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I had:

ColecoVision
BBC 'B' Micro
Commodore 64
Amiga 1000

The ultimate game... ELITE

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I used to love Jet Pac on the Spectrum 48k.

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Knight Lore

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I started out with a ZX81 then onto something called a 'Grundy Newbrain' which nearly became the BBC Micro. They are rare now and valuable - unfortunately it got lost years ago in a house move.

My first hard disk was a 5MB 2nd hand thing the size of a house brick and I had to drive down to Manchester to collect it from someone. Now I've got a drive on my desk which is 200,000 times that capacity in the size of a paperback.

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ELITE is still the best game ever made. I also loved Lords of Midnight and The Bard's Tale, and all the Adventure games by Infocom. Pretty much all I played on the C64.

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Had Commodore 16
then Spectrum 128+2
then upgraded to Atari 512 I think it was ???

Games:
Gauntlet
Bombjack
Pinball
Paper Boy
Dizzy

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ZX spectrum and an atari :thumbsup:

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I'm getting all nostalgic about the old games - remember the first version of Simcity? I downloaded it the other day from one of those abandonware websites.

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Remember the binatone consoles? :o

I had one in black and white and it had a dodgy tennis game on it! :blink::eek:

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Computers

48K Spectrum
Commodore 64
Amiga 500


Games
Elite (still play it on my XDA)
Jet Set Willy

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You're showing your age now...

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I remember that there was a program in the back of the Spectrum instruction manual to write one of those tennis games.

For a laugh I used to reprogram my opponent's (usually my brother) paddle so it would move slower around the screen and he would always lose :rofl:

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I had a Dragon 32. I found one other guy in my local area that I could swap games. What a nightmare!

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Great game. The first release of Civilisation was superb too.

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ZX Spectrum (Jumping jack rocked!!)

Amstrad CPC 464 (With a colour screen too....... wooooo hooooo)

Amiga 500+ and even pushed the boat out and got a second disk drive!!!

First PC had a Cyrix processor (how sh*t were they) and a whopping 850MB hard disk drive!!! Running games through DOS, those were the days!!!

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What about Daley Thompson's Decathlon........... The Wii Fit of 25 years ago!!!

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My index and middle finger of my right hand are still twice as thick as my other fingers. LOL.

What about Day of the Tentacle?

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Talking about nostalgia. I've just downloaded a BBC emulator annd a few games. ELITE, Knight Lore, Citadel.

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Day Of The Tentacle was a classic...... for a RPG it was so funny

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Atari
Dragon 32 (crap)
Commodore 64

Games:
Elite (hours and hours spent)
Revenge of the Mutant Camels

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my first computer was a Vic20 followed by a Spectrum 128, but the best of all was my Amiga 500.

The Best Game of ALL TIME is

SENSIBLE SOCCER / SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER

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Nah. Not even in the same league as ELITE. Good game though.

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Remember that, it was great.

Any of the older posters remember when the first arcades came in the 70's? Spent hours in there, having to squint when you came outside as they were so dark.

Cooler

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Does anyone remember the game, well obviously I can't remember it's name so I'll describe if here, bearing in mind this was over 20 years ago..

You used to bounce (I think) around a world, you were trying to find coloured paints because the world was without colour (I think) and u went down these tubes into different parts of the world? Ack I can't remember but does that ring any bells with anyone? lol

Also, did anyone ever have 'Killed Until Dead' on the Spectrum +2, it was class! Oh and frogger lol

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I used to have to hold the bloody lead against the tape recorder to ensure a clean load....if I tired and moved my hand - the load would drop out....:blink:

You had to play a game for x amount of time due to the invested time of loading it..