The Spectrum: Does This Retro Revival live up to the Hype? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips

[@nighthawk2349]

It has sold out at all major retailers in the uk so can’t get one hopefully they will be a second wave coming soon

[@SiAnon]

Yep, nobody has any, i found that out last night when i decided to buy one for myself for xmas. Santa hates me lol

[@SeanHendy]

My fading memory of about 1982/1983 is of being at a friend's house and playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon on the Spectrum and never being able to score much on some of the events, and ok on some of the others, but I don't think we ever got through the game, but it still kept us busy for hours.

[@hongk0ngfu3y]

joystick manufacturers must have been rich back then 🤣

[@SeanHendy]

@@hongk0ngfu3y to the best of my recollection there were no third party manufacturers.

[@hongk0ngfu3y]

@@SeanHendy you never owned a quickshot 2 or competition pro joystick? n destroyed them on the button bashing stick waggle games?

[@SeanHendy]

@@hongk0ngfu3y ironically, never owned a single console or computer in those times. It was my friends that did and that was the only time I got to play on them. The most I ever had was a Nintendo Donkey Kong handheld game. The first computer I ever had, I bought when I was in my early 20's about '96.

[@billB101]

Manic Miner

[@JackNicklauson]

Jason is cool as it gets, i heard a 2 hour interview with him recently on Arcade Attack, amazing life and stories.

[@full_time_motorhome]

You don’t need the microdrive usb to add your own programs or games available on the net. You can use a regular usb stick. However you will need the format in Fat32 to save and there are comprehensive instructions on the website. However if you want that microdrive experience you can get both a mini and full size versions which are basically standard usb drives with a casing.

[@OneSwitch]

Really looking forward to opening my one this Christmas. Don't think I've looked forward so much to a present in decades. The Spectrum had so many weird and wonderful games. I'm looking forward to delving into the likes of ID (Nu Wave), Deus Ex Machina (Automata), some of the text adventures like The Rats, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde and also some of the new pushed-to-the-limits games like Travel Through Time - Northern Lights. All on a machine that feels right, but should be reliable and convenient. Nice.

[@MINKIN2]

That manual looks cool. Would be great if these companies would print a retro magazine format for their systems too. Just something like ZX Spectrum with the odd snarky review and game code in the back (with miss prints) for you to debug/rage over. 😆

[@hongk0ngfu3y]

C64 owner in the 80's ere. wouldnt touch the spekky with a barge pole. Todays kids got it easy. back in the 80's games were rock hard.

[@niamhturner1451]

games being this hard was a good thing though

[@hongk0ngfu3y]

@@niamhturner1451 3 lives if you were lucky then back to the start

[@niamhturner1451]

@@hongk0ngfu3y exactly, and a lot of gameplay too for a couple quid haha

[@tokyoskyline1752]

Still have mine (boxed) along with the Specdrum and a whole bunch of games from the 80's

[@SiAnon]

I came back to my parents house after i had moved out in the 90s only to find my dad had given mine away. I had 100s of games, joysticks, addon bits the lot. I was not happy.

[@TMan786]

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

[@danmar007]

I still have a ZX-1

[@SiAnon]

Wasn't that a Kawasaki motorbike ? lol

[@cdlelondon]

Nothing like some preparation before making the video eh 🤦