The Sinclair ZX Spectrum - British 80s 8-Bit Icon - Is It Still Fun Today?

[@jayme69]

"... then get back without being killed to death" that made me smile :-) Nice video and keep up the awesome work!

[@pixel_fandango]

Thanks. 😁

[@michaelhill6453]

Excellent video. Very professional presentation. Subscribed.

[@pixel_fandango]

It's great to get such encouraging feedback. Cheers.

[@retrobloke]

I enjoyed you trying to tune the bugger in the best 😂

[@pixel_fandango]

Yes - that would be what is known as "a fail". Cheers!

[@pnvgordinho]

Games you have to play:Chuckie egg, Commando, Rambo, Who dares wins 2, jet pac, Atic Atac, Renagade, Target Renagade, Bomb Jack, Elite, The way of the exploding fist, Rainbow Island, Dizzy, Head over heels, Skool Daze, The great escape, Manic Miner, Scuba Dive, Exolon, Enduro racer, Match point, cyclone, Auf wiedersehen Monty, Green beret, Spindizzy, gauntlet, Bruce lee, Ikari warriors, IK+, Fairlight, Robocop, Knight lore, 3d death chase , Myth, Turbo esprit, Rex.

[@seraphinberktold7087]

Starglider and its 2nd part, Starstrike (both games), Carrier Command, Where Time Stood Still, Midnight Resistance, Jangler (unknown, simple but fun!), Avalon and Dragontorc, Match Day II, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Valley of Rains, Metal Man Remixed, Drift!, Northern Lights, Angels, Redshift, Space Monsters meet the Hardy, Turrican, Zynaps, R-Type, Rebelstar (all games), Laser Squad (all stuff), Hero Quest (all stuff), The Dark, Castlevania: Spectral Interlude ...... This list is still massively incomplete!

[@8BitBoyUK]

Fantastic buddy. I really enjoyed that

[@pixel_fandango]

That's great to hear! Thanks.

[@pnvgordinho]

My childhood, but I had the clone made in my country, the Timex Computer 2048. It was slightly better than the Sinclair.

[@GenerationPixel]

So Retro Bear said you were worth checking out 🤔 OK, he was correct 😉 A couple of nice solutions for playing original Hardware and Software on the mighty Speccy, but I lived the pain of tape loading from '82 and have sworn by emulation since '99 (God bless Fuse). Did I hear you say you hadn't played Manic Miner before! That's almost Blasphemous 😂

[@pixel_fandango]

I know! I've been aware of manic miner and JSW since they were released but I had a BBC micro back then so was distracted by Acornsoft's arcade games. Nice name BTW. You're not a fan of Generation Iron by any chance? Cheers!

[@Mr.1.i]

You're right manic miner can enduce flying toilets

[@pixel_fandango]

I think the developer had a lot of fun animating all those graphics.

[@RetroEdUK]

A retro bear sent me 😄. Just dropped a sub and v much look forward to checking out your content 👍😊🕹️

[@pixel_fandango]

Great to hear from you. +1 sub to you too. Hope you enjoy!

[@RetroEdUK]

@@pixel_fandangothank you 😊. I’m sure I will. The 48k was my first computer when I was single digits in age; this video brought a lot of nostalgia whilst also guiding on some of the tech that helps bring it to the modern age. Exceptional presentation and production 👏. Horace goes skiing was once of the very first games i enjoyed 😄; love the look of hungry Horace which some how I’ve never played. Have a good one. 😊