The Rise of the ZX Spectrum | From Bedrooms to Billions | Funstock.co.uk

[@richardmattocks]

Brilliant. I grew up with a Spectrum. It introduced me to computers and 28 years later I’m still in the world of IT and computer systems, all thanks to that initial Speccy

[@zyairephoenix5300]

i know I'm quite randomly asking but do anybody know a good website to watch newly released movies online ?

[@shepardanders735]

@Zyaire Phoenix i dunno I'd suggest Flixportal. you can find it if you google=) -shepard

[@zyairephoenix5300]

@Shepard Anders Thank you, signed up and it seems to work :D Appreciate it!

[@shepardanders735]

@Zyaire Phoenix no problem :)

[@johnjihnson7162]

God damnit I loved it and still have it. First game I played was Atic Atac / Sweden

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Great vid. I grew up in Spain where the Spectrum was also huge. Some Spanish games were brilliant!

[@marcuslodbrok4062]

I was an Atari 800XL nerd but have such fond memories of the Spectrum. Back when you really had to understand coding and hardware to make games.

[@repboy1]

The zx spectrum was me and my friends childhood

[@Scripture-Man]

Great video, but the lack of end music makes it seem like it's been truncated.

[@WanderABit]

04:09 -- what is the name of this game (blue fella operating the switch)? Thank you in advance.

[@WillScarlet1991]

Maciej Pilichowski+ Trapdoor.

[@darrenglover8523]

Burk!

[@ColiDog]

Trapdoor

[@nebularain3338]

Trap Door. It was based on a British claymation kids TV show of the same name.

[@pcsocket462ecsviak7vza]

if u interview a coder y not have software video from their repertoire?

[@karlwalker1771]

lol, These geezers hated the ZX Spectrum so I take anything they say now as an admission to the ZX spectrums sheer BRILLANCE and it was THE BE ALL AND END ALL OF THE HOME COMPUTER INDUSTRY as it ruled for YEARS!!. And to be honest, if this little beauty had not delved or indeed been created the "HOME" computer market would have undoubtedly been a different kettle of fish. The sheer freedom and different games produced set the benchmark for other capable programmers using ever more powerful computers to add and indeed create using more ram/CPU power, to illistrate and bring to life, fleshed out incarnations of earlier games would have been unheard of, so I take my hat off to all the previous talented programmers and still await a significant boundary-pushing game from the current 4.8ghz CPU 8 CORE 16 THREADS, 8g ram 11 GB GPU memory programmers and ASK Can you create a stir in the home computer market:) Sadly I rest my case.

[@Syklonus]

You either know them personally, or you have links to sources that prove they hated the ZX Spectrum that you've conveniently forgotten to post.

[@ZXSpectrum128K]

Moore's laws inverse applies to acorn!

[@andrewcostin3297]

It's trap door

[@Malmes999]

This wasn't a cheap computer why do i hear cheap? it wasnt cheap by no means if you were working class that is!!It was originally released on 23 April 1982 with 16 KB of RAM for £125 (equivalent to £469 in 2021) or with 48 KB for £175 (equivalent to £657

[@rickyhermawan2622]

but why sinclair failed and bankrupt in 1985 and amstrad bought it in 1986?

[@anthonyleighton4754]

The C5 electric car ....the world wasn't ready ...but he was 30 years ahead of everyone else on that...

[@einstein.1869]

This is a spectrum love-fest. Yuuuuucky

[@Nautilus1972]

The Spectrum was shite. The C64 and Atari 800XL were where it was at.

[@petemarr824]

Blocky C64 graphics.. Behave. As someone who had a Speccy and a C64, i preferred the Speccy any day.

[@yethboth7873]

Nautilus1972 - Each is their own. However, the Spectrum could not have been that bad considering that it was the most popular British commercial 8-bit home computer system throughout the 1980's and early 1990's. Also during this time, it was competing against it's two main 8-bit home computer rivals. the Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64 and was doing just fine.

[@nebularain3338]

C64 had sprite limits and a really dour palette. The Speccy was a much better machine to program on, and its only flaws were the colour clash and beeper speaker - both solved in later editions of the machine.

[@simonscott1121]

@@nebularain3338 Sprite limits? Having 8 hardware sprites (which could be multiplexed) still doesnt stop you from doing software sprites like the speccy.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Spectrum has some amazing games though, if I could have only one of those computers along with some games to play while I was stranded on a desert island, I might choose the Spectrum despite its crummy specs.