How to Add NEW Games to The SPECTRUM

[@OGDuffy]

Do consider SUBSCRIBING... I appreciate the support 😉🍺 ➜ bit.ly/37l5aQx

[@GneasYTC]

The rubber key Speccy 48k was my first computer, bought with my first paycheck as a COBOL programmer way back in '83. I loved that thing like nothing else I've ever owned. I learned BASIC programming on it, spent hours typing in games from magazines, then more hours debugging the damn things when they inevitably failed to work properly. I played most of the classic games, and I distinctly remember being amazed by the technology and the sheer creativity of the people writing the games. When 'The Spectrum' caught my attention a few months back, I was in two minds about whether I wanted one. On the one hand: the nostalgia factor is *huge* - it looks just like the old Speccy, down to the swoosh of colours in the corner, but it's even better with the added hdmi and usb support. On the other hand: would I ever really use it? The games, being honest, are kinda rubbish compared to what's sitting right here on my gaming PC. On the other, other hand: the simplicity of the games can be a good thing - just dive in and out with no learning curve, no need to min-max your build, no endless reading of lore. Just play. Finally I decided earlier this week that no, I would not buy one. Well after watching your unboxing video followed by this one, you've talked me into ordering one online - should be here by Wednesday. Damn you, OG! Take my angry subscribe! 🤣 The first game I add will definitely be 'Impossible Mission', I played it endlessly but never managed to finish it. This is my chance to redeem myself. 😁

[@OGDuffy]

Great comment matey and appreciate the sub buddy 😎🍺 Thinking of doing a Speccy livestream this Sunday and gonna get some games ready to play… could be a great trip for many of us 😎🍺 I remember Impossible Mission… Epyx software if I recall? They did the Olympic sports type titles too 😎🍺

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

There's a ton of new homebrews in 128k, including Space Invaders, Ooze, Aliens Neo Plasma, and many great more. Don't dismiss it too quick. We know PS5 is better.

[@magicbeav]

I tried twice to type in a really long machine code game (“Worm” something I think, probably from Crash or Input) and it didn’t work. 😮 Would love to have another go I wonder if you’ll be able to get stuff like that again…

[@GneasYTC]

@@EnjoySynthSounds I'm definitely not dismissing it, I was just describing my tortured internal dialogue about why I should or should not get it. 🤣 I'll be sure to check out the new homebrew scene, sounds interesting and I'm a big fan of indie developers, musicians etc. It's kind of reminiscent of the original 'bedroom coders' back when all these home computers were brand new. Let's see what they come up with! Do you have a link or recommendation on where to find these new games etc?

[@hugodrax71]

Great video. I'm useless at this sort of thing but I'm confident I'll get this done thanks to your super-clear step by step guide. I had the Spectrum back in '83 so this brings back so many fantastic memories. Atic Atac (my first game) top of my list to download and I'll be digging out Bomb Jack, Green Beret, Trashman and Wanted: Monty Mole.

[@OGDuffy]

Some great games there matey and pleased to hear you found the tutorial of use buddy 😉🍺

[@eyemoeba2]

thanks for this. such a retro trip getting the spectrum, the Crash mag, revisiting the brilliant art of the late, great Oliver Frey, feeling like the 14-year-old that the original machine (and industry) was aimed at, and now, at 40 years on, having access to pretty much any game released for (and ON) the rubber-keyed wonder..! it's like finding the key to Erebor, or even better, the tuck shop. err yeah, get us a cherry coke from the fridge, a topic and a packet of prawn cocktails, i'm just playing Back 2 Skool, then Lunar Jetman (and all the other Ultimate games), Commando, I-Ball, the Sentinel, T.L.L, Tribble Trubble, Stop the Express, Splat!, Bugaboo... i know the games will be ba(sic!), but being able to wander again in this landscape of fun, colour and humour IS like a dip into the fountain of youth - the ULTIMATE aim to the ultimate game.

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for the feedback and comment… Great to read… And some amazing games you remember and play right there my friend 😉 It’s a great little system and that rubber a keyboard is the icing on the cake 😉

[@NikTyrrell]

Fantastic video my mate! Really useful. Thank you for making this one. Followed along and installed the immortal Bomb Jack as my first game!

[@OGDuffy]

Bomb Jack was a fine arcade conversion on the Speccy matey… plenty more games you can add too 😉

[@SuperZoidZilla]

Thank you so much mate! Pssst and Jetpack at once!!! 😀😜

[@OGDuffy]

Oh yes great games matey 😉

[@justinmuir8235]

Hope we get this across the pond. Absolutely loved the Spectrum back in the day. CHEERS OG🍻

[@OGDuffy]

It’s great matey let me know if anyone is supplying them out there 😉

[@CasperLD]

Mine just came today in the US. Bought it from Ebay UK. Overpayed a bit, not bad though. Totally worth it.

[@LCFREETH1971]

Brought alot of good memories from the Sinclair zx spectrum 48k from 1982-1990 had loads of consoles and Amiga now have Xbox series X

[@OGDuffy]

Yes indeed matey loads of classic games and memories for sure

[@LCFREETH1971]

@@OGDuffy is jet set Willy free to play without the colour codes to start the game

[@odfcoventry145]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video, very detailed and excellent instructions. You’ve saved me a lot of effort as I wanted to get Jet Set Willy, and know I know how. Thank you, and have a great Christmas 😊

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers matey hope your enjoying the Spectrum 😉🍺

[@222inverter]

My favourite games on the speccy was pheenix also loved playing Jetpac...that brings back memories...

[@OGDuffy]

Pheenix was such a good conversion !!!!!!

[@GR-uy1hx]

Jet Pac all day..

[@paulmatthewduffy]

really clear instructions, thank you. Will be downloading all of the Ultimate games first and then seek out some text adventures. cheers!

[@OGDuffy]

Can’t go wrong with the ultimate Games matey 😉

[@PiqueBlind3r]

great easy simple video to get me started to add some games my first games to install are jet set willy rambo and chase H.Q thanks

[@OGDuffy]

Great titles right there buddy… Glad to help 😎

[@willrobinson7599]

Not got one yet but will be picking one up. Great to see everyone saying that the rubber keyboard works brilliantly

[@OGDuffy]

Yep feels very authentic 😉

[@paulchaplin2032]

OGDuffy. My Spectrum is ordered and will be delivered to my house in Australia in 2 weeks. Looking forward it. Great video as I have heaps of games to add. By the way, when you talk you sound like Nicko Mcbrain from Iron Maiden which is good because I am a huge Maiden fan.

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers matey hopefully you’ll love the Speccy as much as me matey…. Gotta love some Maiden buddy 😉🤘🍺

[@paulchaplin2032]

@OGDuffy you bet. I was a Commodore user in the 80's. Started with a vic20 in 82. C64 in 85 and then Amiga 500 in 89. Never owned a speccy in the day but thought I would buy one now. I have an emulator on my PC but would be good to add this to my collection as I already have the C64 maxi and will get the A500 maxi when it comes out.

[@jamieking1090]

Excellent vlog OG, I will be downloading Commando, Alchemist and some of the text based games for sure

[@OGDuffy]

Loved Commando such a quality game 😉

[@patrickcrosby3270]

Going to go and get Jetpac, I'm sure a browse will bring back many memories.

[@OGDuffy]

Great start matey many more will follow I’m sure 😉

[@detjkimbell]

I heard about the new spectrum this morning on a radio advert on GBNews! Surreal to hear a spectrum advert on the radio😂

[@OGDuffy]

Just heard the same ad on the radio too matey 😎 It’s a popular machine for sure 😉

[@stu73ke]

@@detjkimbell I saw an ad on tv yesterday. Very unexpected!

[@Retro-cabin]

I got mine yesterday matey brilliant, it’s no good how many times you tell me I’m awful on pc’s😂. I’ve ordered a usb online loaded with speccy games👍🏻🍺😎.

[@OGDuffy]

Fair enough matey a big fan of convenience myself 😉👍

[@bookofproofs]

Knight Lore from Ultimate was my favorite game these days back in the 80s.

[@OGDuffy]

A great games company Ultimate 😉

[@alanwhite4438]

Cruising On Broadway. So simple but so addictive.

[@stephenfirth466]

Thanks for the info OG, too many to list that I want to play!

[@OGDuffy]

I hear you matey 😎🤣🍺

[@DJ10ROCS]

Outstanding content mate!

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks buddy appreciate the great comment 😎

[@amistry01]

thanks for this. never had a speccy , a c64 instead...but keen to play with this model

[@OGDuffy]

Give it a go matey a great bit of kit 😎😉🍺

[@SerialButcherGMS]

Thank you very much for all your explanations. Very clear :)

[@OGDuffy]

No problem glad you found it useful and beneficial matey 😉😎🍺

[@saintuk70]

Motorhead.... Speccy.... how come I've not see this channel before?!?

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers matey and welcome aboard…. Look forward to reading future comments matey 😉🤘

[@mikesmfc]

Looks very straightforward OG. Any idea if putting ROMs onto the Pandoras Box is just as easy?

[@OGDuffy]

To be honest matey would imagine it’s very similar. The SD card that comes with the Pandora’s box drop a rom into the rom file and take a look. Firstly familiarise yourself with the structure on the sd card and see if the roms are zipped or unzipped etc. Then download a rom… Search for a mame rom in google matey loads of sites 😉

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

I'm using the same old usb stick that I use to store my Atari 400 mini and C64 roms. It's working fine with my Spectrum roms. The stick was already formatted to FAT32.

[@OGDuffy]

Good news… I did the same for the a500 one as a test and same result too 😉🍺

[@Zenbloke]

Always good to have a guide

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers matey people finding it useful which is good 😉

[@simonjandrell5897]

i can see me buying one. remember the old days wen u needed a cassette recorder to load the game, PMSL now those days were Scary

[@OGDuffy]

Oh yes… And the amount of times games would fail to load !!!! My god we had patience 😉 Thanks for the commebt

[@jonathanwatkins3389]

Hi og, like you I loved my Amiga mini but this looks amazing. I downloaded all my faves on the Amiga but will be picking one of these up tomorrow with a 16gb stick Games I’d recommend Flying shark Renegade Footballer of the year Batty Myth New Zealand story R-type Batman 3d Batman the movie Chase hq And many many more Can’t wait to upload some games but those 48 pre loaded including my spect fave match day 2 is just immense and like you I honestly think this will be better as it’s rubber key time 😀😀👍👍👍 cheers Jonathan

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks matey and a great list of games there for sure 😉👍 Gotta agree as great replaying these classics on the rubber keys matey 😉 enjoy it buddy 😎🍺

[@3057luis]

I also have one of these SPECTRUM since yesterday So far so good (I bought the original 42 years ago, which may have cost 5 to 10 times more than today´s version). I didd´t use the baleno formatting and it works as well. It also oppened most of Z80 extensions.

[@OGDuffy]

Good stuff matey… Enjoy your trip down memory lane 😎

[@DM00SE]

Surely it makes sense that the TAP is the tape one with loading and TZX is instant.

[@OGDuffy]

Strange one matey and what you say makes sense. In the manual that comes with the system it says .tap are instant?

[@muguk]

@@OGDuffy TZXs preserve the original loader/hyperloader and can't be played at anything other than realtime in whatever emulator is in use. Maybe in a firmware update they'll fix this. TAP is instant loading (or near enough) because most emulators operate this way.

[@vincen4943]

Nice one,brother👍

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers buddy 😎🍺

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

TY great instructions!

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for the positive comment😎

[@davidgraham6781]

Ah the memories of the Spectrum from yesteryear. 😂

[@OGDuffy]

Yes matey what a machine that was eh 😉🍺

[@davidgraham6781]

@@OGDuffy Och Aye....many years playing on my brother's ZX Spectrum and playing classic games like JetPac, Match Day, Scrabble etc. Now I have virtually almost every Speccy game on a CD that I bought on eBay a couple of years ago. Def worth it. 😂

[@plonkersbro]

Definitely downloading the Dizzy games, loved them just gonna buy the console first

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

There's some modern Dizzy games available too. Google is your friend.

[@OGDuffy]

Enjoy matey 😉

[@OGDuffy]

😉👍

[@MsWoodgnome]

Pyjamarama is great! Obviously Sabre Wulf, Atik Atack, PSST, Jet Pac, TranzAm, Nite Lore (all Ultimate Play the Game), Hungry Horace, Jumping Jack (is quick and bold, with skill his story will unfold...!), there was a water skiing game (name unknown - Shark Attack?), Jet Set Willy, Decathlon (Ocean) and that's from memory! Pi-mania - remember that - with a real prize hidden somewhere in the world.... VU3D - the first 3D modelling package, Chuckie Egg....

[@OGDuffy]

Quite the list there and many O know well too 😉 As you say any Ultimate Play the Game, game is decent and such a great company back in the day… Thanks for the games list and the comment 😉👍

[@johnworsley7717]

Hi Duffy, hope you read this, I have mine coming tomorrow and I have followed your tutorial, cheers pal. I already have the retro games C64, actually got all the original units and games in the loft, but anyway. I cant wait to play movie which comes with it, and I was surprised it did, because doesnt seem much love for it but I love it, but I will be defo downloading Indiana Jones and TOD, Infiltrator, Renegade, Cybernoid 2, 720 degrees. So many to mention, i also cant believe they have added Where Time Stood Still, whic for me is the best game ever on the Speccy (128). I dont know if you have played it, but its an absolute classic game, its called ATF, it was on all platforms, I have Rasp Pii, and Ive played it on C64 Specyy and Amstrad, they even had a version on the Amiga, and its just mint. I can spend hours on ATF on any console. Cheers pal

[@OGDuffy]

@@johnworsley7717 hi matey and thanks for the great comment !!! Yep it’s amazing and so much fun revisiting the old days matey… Don’t remember ATF but will give it a look and thanks for the recommendation matey 😎🍺

[@johnworsley7717]

@@OGDuffy I cant believe you dont remember that game mate.

[@johnworsley7717]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPMmnZpmtSej9Usi=hORP72gHViRiCByl

[@OGDuffy]

@ might remember when I see it matey 😎👍

[@johnworsley7717]

Duff mate can you check that link?

[@GR-uy1hx]

Jet Pac, Marble Madness, Jet Set Willy ,Treasure Island

[@OGDuffy]

All classics matey 😉

[@davidgraham6781]

Jet Pac the best of the lot IMO.

[@MikeRooker]

Cheers for the videos! I found that there is no need to download the disk images for USB sticks. I grabbed an old 1GB stick from a draw, plugged it in, formatted to FAT32, dragged some TZX files onto it and away I went.

[@OGDuffy]

@@MikeRooker awesome matey glad you found it useful 😎

[@tommik1283]

It would be nice if your own games would be added to the main carousel menu. Something like Aurora on Xbox 360 if anyone knows...

[@OGDuffy]

I know matey but unfortunately no work around yet…

[@philshepherd851]

​@@OGDuffyWhat does the Add option (K key) do when the Rom is selected? Does it not add it to the Carousel? In your video, you clicked the Auto-Load Media (Enter Key) instead.

[@mark-andrews]

I sincerely hope WOS (World of Spectrum) doesn't suddenly become unavailable it's been live for probably at least 25-Years, exactly the same GUI front-end as I remember. i have not visited the site for a while but probably will be again soon.

[@pjomayo]

I wouldnt worry,only Nintendo sems intent on taking down emulation sites

[@theitalian7195]

😂​@@pjomayo

[@OGDuffy]

Such a useful and resourceful site…. So well put together and a lot of work and effort given to it over the years 😉👍

[@OGDuffy]

Agreed there @pjomayo

[@sven1421]

Hi OG! My 64GB Stick works fine with The Spectrum... Just needed to format it in FAT32 with GUI FORMAT 1st ...

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for the info matey… Good to hear it, I know they said keep it below 32gb. So interesting to hear yours works 😎🍺😉

[@RetroRS177]

Hey OG sir! Another belter of a video mate - super helpful indeed and much appreciated Guv’nor - five star indeed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A quick question mate, did you need to update your firmware to do this? Cheers 🍻 OG and happy Saturday 👍🏻🕹️👾

[@OGDuffy]

@@RetroRS177 hi matey welcome aboard officially buddy 😉 Not updated the firmware myself yet matey but loving revisiting the old Speccy classics matey😎🍺

[@RetroRS177]

@ Thank you mate. I remember having to update firmware for my A500 and C64 so I thought I would check what you did. Much appreciated mate 👍🏻 Yup, can’t wait to dive into some Speccy retro goodness - being new to the system I’ll be watching your videos to get me up to speed on all things Spectrum! 👾🕹️👍🏻

[@alanweir3567]

Excellent video mate.Couple of things.Im just using android for quickness to download ROMs.When I extract the downloaded files it creates a new folder every time with the file within it.Can I just remove the file from each folder and just make the one folder with all files inside? Some of the zips also have more than one file.Do I just need the largest file.Thanks mate.

[@OGDuffy]

Stick the larger files matey but all a bit of trial and error. Would imagine after extraction of file the one file should be all you need 😉

[@alanweir3567]

Thanks mate

[@alanweir3567]

Cheers pal ​@@OGDuffy

[@acecolin52]

Good man life saver 🍻

[@OGDuffy]

Glad it helped

[@rickriccled6034]

Nice video,I’ve had my Speccy console for a few days and I was wondering can I connect it to my laptop with the hdmi cable provided and do I need an adaptor for it,it works on our main tv but the screen is big and I’m getting eye strain quite bad using the Spectrum on that,any advice?

[@OGDuffy]

If your laptop has a HDMI port would imagine it would work?!?

[@rickriccled6034]

@OGDuffy Cheers mate,I'll do some further research and let you know!

[@vetrolovec]

My Spectrum is on the way from amazon and I will add Jumping Jack, Mikie, BC's Quest for Tires, Monty on the Run, Dynamite Dan, Automania, Three Weeks in Paradise, Paper Boy and some others.

[@OGDuffy]

Paper boy was a great conversion 😎

[@KevinJones-bt7ib]

I bought a the spectrum usb on ebay , but no games on it, it had been formatted apparently ive sent it back. Ive bought one off amazon instead, its meant to be all set up, pre loaded and plug n play. I read some good reviews, so second time lucky hopefully

[@OGDuffy]

That’s not good matey… At least you got your money back !!! Hopefully the Amazon one hits the spot 😉

[@franciscojavierruedapuerta4208]

Can you save state in games that you put in via USB?

[@RocketMagnetUK]

Yes.

[@OGDuffy]

Yes matey 😉

[@johnworsley7717]

yes you can

[@motortraction]

I'm suggesting Starquake - what a game!!

[@OGDuffy]

A popular choice that one buddy 😉🍺

[@motortraction]

@OGDuffy that's what I like to hear. I'm going to go a bit left-field and suggest Halls Of Things and The Pyramid.

[@Mikemurg]

Hey OG great video, Is there a way to transfer the game from usb to the spectrum and have it show on the carousel? That would be great 👍🏻

[@OGDuffy]

It would be great if you could but based on previous system releases… Unfortunately not… If you hear otherwise do let me know though matey 😎🍺

[@R41NES]

Jet Set Willy, Sam Stoat, Cosmic Kanga, Sabre Wulf, The Fall Guy, and Underwuld

[@OGDuffy]

Didn’t play Sam Stoat will have to give it a go… Thanks for the recommendation 😎

[@sashablue1971]

Great video

[@OGDuffy]

Glad you enjoyed it thanks for the comment 😉

[@nickmassey6569]

Any news on adding pokes,cheats yet?

[@OGDuffy]

Not had time to look into it matey…. Maybe someone else will know?

[@hb6323]

Can games be transferred from a USB and saved onto the Spectrum itself so you don't need to keep loading them from the USB in future? If so, approximately how many games could be stored?

[@OGDuffy]

Unfortunately this cannot be done at the moment. If it changes and people find a work around I’m sure there will be plenty of info 😉

[@Roblatus]

Is there a way, to have the games which you have on the USB stick, show up in the carousel? Or move/copy them to the carousel???

[@OGDuffy]

Not at the moment matey but if someone finds a way I will do a vid for sure as that would be amazing

[@MoreTickle]

Is there software that will add cover art to these games? While having it in a text list is okay, I'd much prefer to view the cover art, the issue with this is that having over 100+ games would make manually doing this very tedious.

[@OGDuffy]

Currently not to my knowledge matey....

[@magicbeav]

I should think you can select 16G file because a ‘16G’ memory stick is larger than 16G (2 to the power 34 is actually >17G).

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for sharing the info matey 😎

[@nikosaek781]

cheers mate i am a yank so the usa has to wait for the console.

[@OGDuffy]

Such a shame but it’ll be worth the wait matey 😉🍺

[@kevinbrookes4108]

ELITE ❤

[@OGDuffy]

What a game that was matey 😉🍺

[@ArtistCameron]

Adding games should show in the UI with pics and description, the way the built in games are.

[@OGDuffy]

@@ArtistCameron in an ideal world that would be awesome but unfortunately not the case matey.

[@buggerlugz6753]

Wonder if you can add USB games to the carousel????

[@OGDuffy]

@@buggerlugz6753 currently not but a work around might come available 😉

[@Retroguyuk75]

I've had mixed results with the USB side of things, Can't seem to get Ghouls and Ghosts running at all tape/tzx or snap file, just crashes out or locks up with buzzing noise sound. You have any luck with this game OGDuffy ?

[@OGDuffy]

Try downloading several different roms matey one should eventually work 😉😎

[@blacknwhite5451]

This looks like a great replication. So many old classics. I had a spectrum as a boy and it got me into IT work which I still do today. However the colors and pixels on those old speccy games do look a bit too dated to be fun in my opinion. God only knows the effect on my eyesight. My next computer after the spectrum was the Amiga500. The games on that beast were on another level. Despite loving the spectrum back in the day, I think if I were to get a retro computer it would have to be the Amiga. Sorry speccy fans.

[@OGDuffy]

Fair enough matey 😎 Can vouch for the A500 mini its a great system aswell matey 😎🍺

[@MarkMoore-PS5]

Can u show me how to add Daley Thompson's Decathlon

[@stu73ke]

See my comments above, this game is found in World of Spectrum Classic

[@OGDuffy]

As it shows in the video matey but search for the game your after matey 😉

[@tooheystechgaming1977]

I just get a screen that says randomize usr 62900?

[@OGDuffy]

New one on me matey?

[@Cheski400]

Hi. I put a USB floppy disk drive in the A500 mini and c64mini... but i can´t in the spectrum. its posible here? thx

[@OGDuffy]

Not sure matey but hopefully someone on here will know and drop an answer for you 😉

[@Cheski400]

@@OGDuffy ok. if i discover something i tell you. thx ^_^

[@Cheski400]

@@OGDuffy DOOOONE!!!!!! u need install the some ``blankimage´´ disk to prepare the disk with special file format ( some method like A500 mini). its works... but only load 1 file (1 face from cassete). The solution is find a ``onefile game´´ .tap to load. HURRA!!!!

[@grahamblundell824]

Can we add box art

[@OGDuffy]

Don’t think so matey and cannot add to the carousel unfortunately

[@pomegran100]

Commando, Bubble Bobble, Chuckie Egg, Jetpac RX, Nebulus, Bruce Lee

[@OGDuffy]

Love Bruce Lee…. Gonna add that now 😎🍺

[@trevorrobinson7614]

I've got lots of original games, but some don't load

[@OGDuffy]

Try different rom files matey 😉😎

[@G-Kahuna]

are you having problems with .z80 files? mine doesn't recognize... do you know why?

[@OGDuffy]

To be honest only used the files I show on the vid. .tap seen the best for me

[@MrH77]

I have a 16g usb stick and downloaded the 8g file, when I do flash from file in balenaEtcher and select the retrogames_usbstick_8gb file, I get an error message, error opening source. I'm using a laptop with Windows 10. Any ideas round this?

[@OGDuffy]

@@MrH77 not sure matey?!? Maybe give the 16gb file a try? Trial and error … give it a go matey nothing to lose 😎🍺

[@MrH77]

@OGDuffy I downloaded an older version of balenaEtcher than what was on the retro website, and it worked. I now have a validated USB stick. I'm now looking forward to playing Kikstart 2, Rex, R-Tyre, Paperboy Ghouls n Ghosts, Robcop and Airborne Ranger again.

[@gberreta4058]

​@@MrH77I have exactly the same problem. Where did you get the older version of balenaetcher from? Did that fix it?

[@RichyJMovies]

getting one Christmas and gonna stuff my usb stick with everything

[@OGDuffy]

Awesome enjoy it matey 🤓😎

[@gavinfinlay4214]

I wish I had seen this before I bought a 256 gig USB stick

[@OGDuffy]

Ouch sorry matey 🫤

[@detjkimbell]

Would defo add combat school and Daley Thompson

[@OGDuffy]

Joystick breaking games those matey 😎

[@detjkimbell]

@OGDuffy yep! I snapped a cheetah stick on combat school!

[@mattierenton701]

Is there a maximum number of games that the spectrum will cope with or display on the USB drive, I have followed all the instructions on the website, there's quite a few games on the USB drive but its only displaying the numbers and part of A titles ?? can anyone help, thankyou. ( they are all from the same "games folder" I have and its not like its randomly showing titles they are all in alphabetical order, it just seems to only display a certain amount and I can't access rest)

[@JimWood28]

Maximum of 255 files per folder.

[@mattierenton701]

@@JimWood28 ahh thankyou, that may well be my issue !!

[@OGDuffy]

Cheers matey and thanks for confirming that 😎🍺

[@OGDuffy]

Jim come through for you matey 😉🍺😎

[@JimWood28]

@@OGDuffy no problem, glad I could help. Cheers all. (I tested mine and reboxed it ready for Santa delivery!!) :)

[@PaulBarraclough]

Does anybody else have issues with their joystick or pad working with the usb games. All works well with the carousel games, but the usb games don't seem to recognise it.

[@OGDuffy]

During the livestream lots reported this issue but someone said you have to map the controller in the setting and then it will work 😉

[@PaulBarraclough]

@OGDuffy Weirdly, mine started working without me having to do anything special. Hey ho, I'm take that.

[@gbmilo1]

Hi can we poke the games??

[@OGDuffy]

Check the comments… As I am sure this was asked and someone answered 😉

[@malucodoslegos]

My Basic games don't work cause the spectrum don't recognize the keys

[@OGDuffy]

Not had any issues myself matey try different rom formats?

[@scottydog2871]

Kokotoni Wilf 👌

[@sheppertonstudios8253]

Excellent choice!

[@OGDuffy]

😉

[@intbn]

I'm using a "SanDisk 32GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive Up to 130MB/s Read" and I wouldn't definitely NOT recommend it to anyone, got it because thought it would be definitely compatible(being sandisk brand) and for it's very sleek/small design(easier to remove than most small USB memory sticks also) But detection is very hit and miss, showed at first attempt, but of the 7 game roms I got(few different types too, not all TAP) all games are temperamental at loading, most of them don't actually load and bring you back to the home screen and the one that I did get to load, wouldn't load on the second attempt, getting stuck on the loading screen for 30 minutes(loaded after 5 - 10 minutes on first go) and now it won't even detect the USB stick it at all, I've tried changing ports. I'll see if reflashing the image onto it and then if that doesn't help, try see if a firmware update changes anything SanDisk 32GB Ultra Fit definitely NOT RECOMENDED

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for sharing that info for everyone matey… Personally I had issues with San Disk cards for my camera a while ago… Transpires there are loads of fakes that flooded the market at some point aswell.

[@intbn]

@@OGDuffy I got the compatible games loading consistently afterwards, but here's a couple of updates: I'm also using a black SNES style USB controller now to and the only problem now is: 1. The joypad is only good for navigating the main menu/carousel system, but doesn't work for "in game" play, after you've loaded a game(this isn't an issue in retro arch, maybe modmyclassic / Hakchi will add a was of modding The Spectrum for RetroArch use.. Or maybe Retro Games have fixed this in a firmware update. 2. Seems, sometimes, when using the Start button on the USB joypad(same as HOME button on the back of The Spectrum carousel/game selection main menu), it causes the system to temporarily freeze up(for 30 seconds to minutes art a time), occasionally, not all the time. 3. Seems to occasionally "crash" the system, repeatedly sometimes and can only be fixed by holding in the power button to shut the system down, and happens either when exiting a game with the USB controllers START button(same as the HOME button on the Spectrum.. sometimes it works totally fine) or also by: 4. Entering the Options menu in "Classic Mode", which is where you need to go to be able to re-map the buttons(which may help with using the joypad for "in game" play, however there doesn't seem to be an option to map the buttons to spectrum keyboard keys which would be very nice(and a good standard)), this causes the system to freeze in some circumstances(there are a couple of ways to switch over to this classic mode, and I think it might only happen when doing it the less obvious way that causes it). Same here with Sandisk MicroSD cards, but was using them for raspberry pi builds, got a batch of these and they were just a couple hundred megabytes smaller than the authentic ones and because of that very small difference, the RPI images won't burn to these Sandisk SD cards, bit of a nightmare when you consider they're masters at making replicas(quite possible it's happening in the same factory)

[@johnworsley7717]

My Top (to download) Advanced Tactical Fighter Infiltrator Treasure Island Dizzy Chase HQ Indiana Jones TOD Spyhunter Batman the Movie Robocop Cybernoid 2 Game Over 1 Knightmare Batman The Caped Crusader Gauntlet 1 & 2 Glider Rider Gryzor RTYPE Renegade Fued Underwurlde Gunfright

[@OGDuffy]

So many greats in that list matey…. So many memories in that list 😉

[@harryewer1366]

64gb kingston 3.2 works .

[@OGDuffy]

Awesome matey thanks for sharing

[@bluefox9er]

If you’re binging, it can’t handle more than 246 folders that contain more than 246 sub folders. I went all in and dumped the entire library but there’s a lot of dross in there, far better to pick your favourite 100 or so games

[@OGDuffy]

Agreed matey pick your favs and the titles that interest you 😉 Soubd advice

[@paul0gb]

Blue max, uridium, flying shark, ikari warriors, commando, fernandez must die, bubble bobble......!

[@OGDuffy]

Wow some great suggestions there my friend 😎

[@3minutegeardemos]

'Close but no cigar' as they say. The Spectrum really needed a mic socket to load physical games as not everyone owns a PC; it's all smart phones these days. 😢

[@stu73ke]

Last year I bought an adaptor that would plug into my phone at one end, with a USB slot at the other. It works great, bought a specifcally formatted for The Spectrum USB stick on for £11.99 on ebay (which had some games on too, which I had not realised when I bought it). I then went on World of Spectrum Classic, downloaded all the games I wanted to my phone, extracted each game file on my phone and then moved to the USB stick. Works on The Spectrum great. I am not technical person, but was easy enough. So no need for a PC.

[@3minutegeardemos]

@@stu73ke so there is a way. Thanks for the tech help 👍

[@stu73ke]

@3minutegeardemos No probs, yes definitely a way. Check, but I think for me it is a USB C male to USB female adaptor. It initially didn't work, the files were on the stick, saw them in the USB stick in The Spectrum carousel but they would not open. Went back on my phone and selected one of the files with a long press, chose the option 'extract to' and then 'current directory' and repeated for each file. I then dropped them into the USB again and all games worked this time.

[@OGDuffy]

Great community here the knowledge is great 😉

[@dieterbuschbaum6904]

The War of the Worlds. Bruce Lee

[@OGDuffy]

Loved Bruce Lee… one of the few games I could always complete 😉

[@KevinJones-bt7ib]

Ive orderd the spectrum off amazon, usb with 1000 of games off ebay and a competiton pro usb joystick off ebay. Im hoping the usb with 1000s of games on is easy to use

[@OGDuffy]

Should be straightforward as long as setup correctly matey 😎🍺

[@KevinJones-bt7ib]

Sold me a empty stick no games, it been formatted so you can put games on it apparently, I requested a refund on eBay, and the return has been requested 👍

[@nportillo]

That's not add new games to The Spectrum, just open them from a pendrive. It would be great to really add games to The Spectrum to de main menu, with info, pictures...

[@OGDuffy]

In an ideal world it would work on the carousel but the extra games via USB is a great addition still.

[@Happy.Mario64]

Can you play Samantha fox strip poker 😝

[@OGDuffy]

🤣

[@Lac4ever]

One game I did finish

[@eyemoeba2]

let's face it, the advert to strip poker blew our young minds. the one game we all wanted but no-one wanted to buy.

[@decadentdave]

Highlander

[@OGDuffy]

Ouch what a title that was !!!!!

[@Florin76]

Why propose an empty disk images to write on bigger USB keys to loose space? Weird! You can allays format with FAT32 a SD card less than 32 Gb from Windows using the Windows Disk Manager (execute diskmgmt in cmd) or use tools like "USB Disk Storage Format Tool", "MiniTool Partition Wizard" or others. Things are even easier on Linux.

[@OGDuffy]

@@Florin76 whatever suits your needs matey 😎🍺

[@barry2e0dts]

Game Zub

[@OGDuffy]

😎

[@itnaklipse1669]

what's the point of the virtue signalling at the start? just wasting time, no one listens to it, and it's mostly an unreasonable demand anyway.

[@OGDuffy]

Thanks for the comment 😉

[@samaeldrakul4191]

Thanatos, Rescue, Barbarian, Dizzy, Rock Fall. ta for the guide sir 🫡 many thanks 😁 subscribed

[@OGDuffy]

Welcome to the channel matey keep your eyes peeled for this Fridays video…. It’s a good un buddy 😎

[@samaeldrakul4191]

​@@OGDuffy nice one m8, will do ta 👍