The Spectrum Show Ep 25

[@philrob1978]

Hi Paul, just wanted to thank you for this fantastic series, I've spent the last few months catching up with all the episodes, and I'm now up to date. I was slightly late in my initial journey with the humble Speccy, my first model being the ZX Spectrum 128K+ (1986). However, the humble Speccy in all its forms has a personality all of its own, and I loved it dearly. Star Firebirds! I loved that. I used to be a member of the Firebird Silver club, used to get a free game every few months, this was one of them. It was a nice little game. That's a real blast from the past! Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this series, it's been great to watch, and look forward to more. :)

[@G1itcher]

I really appreciate the effort that's clearly gone into these videos

[@theeditor707]

This is among my favorite shows not only on youtube but on any sort of media. This is absolutely top quality entertainment. The funny thing is that I grew up in the US and have never used a speccy in my life which is a tribute to the quality of your program. I just find it extremely interesting to see how the rest of the world experienced gaming. Since i started watching the show however I bit the bullet and bought a plus 2 that was modded to play on my US display. I am also interested in getting an Amiga now as well, I would love to see you do a program on the Amiga.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Hi, Thanks for your comments. Glad you enjoy the show. Hope you have some good times with your new purchase. The Amiga is probably my second fav machine, had all models over time. Don't think I would have the time though for a show on it - this one takes a while to put together. Maybe a special!

[@Getagirlfriend-y4e]

Dude you have a show with no humor whatsoever and watch avgn

[@VectrexRoli]

Awesome show! Thanks for making this, I love my ZX Spectrums I have in my collection.

[@jonwilson7078]

I look forward every month for the next episode to the spectrum show, the quality of the shows is so professional and a joy to watch. Keep it up kid!!!!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Thanks. Next one in progress...

[@Oldsukerbole]

Your channel is awesome. I watched all the shows in one go. Fantastic!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Thanks for watching. That must have been a bit of a marathon!

[@azshaw123]

Best channel on youtube..Very proffesionally done and extremely informative...I just love it!!!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Thanks.

[@krazislav]

This is the best Speccy show on the whole Internet. I'm always waiting for a new episode :D

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

I know monthly waits are a pain, but I would rather put out regular, well made shows, on time, than random ones that may not be as good.

[@Squiddy200]

Great episode Paul, as always. It takes me back :)

[@kodoyama]

Some great demos there. Shame only a few of those are archived on World Of Spectrum.

[@stephenpipes2119]

Nice section on demos; I particularly liked the overview on graphics styles. Would you consider doing a future episode on programming techniques and how the demo scene pushed the hardware?

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Mmm not a bad idea, although I would have to have some help in that department.

[@terraspent]

though i was a commodore 64 owner and loved it to bits, i always did appreciate the spectrums resolution and ability to create wonderful cartoony sprites. the c64 just could not pull of the same kind of style. the programmers generally to busy making coloured games for the sake of being coloured rather than creating monochrome art which spectrum programmers became so very apt with.

[@BigGfromSA]

Great episode. I am looking fwd to the next one. Cheers

[@stefanschomburg8456]

Watched this old episode again - great! Just noticed that some of the demo names were slightly wrong: On Pouet you should search for "nightmares" (not nightmare) and "traumwerk" (not trauma werk).

[@alexandergroth7270]

Let's not forget building your own Pentagon 128/1024SL to watch those amazing russian demos - that's what I did - complete with a TurboSound FM and a NeoGS.

[@mjfeder]

Addicted to your show love my speccy

[@SwainyAtRetroAsylum]

Top stuff again Paul!!!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Cheers mate.

[@paulbrown06]

Another fantastic episode!

[@ZEUSDAZ]

10:48...this is the play layout of the 2007 award winning Atari 800xl game Yoomp! ...which i'm fortunate to own the original box release,...what i wanna know is is this demo footage before that game was released or was this demo footage designed after?! It would have been interesting to see Yoomp on the Spectrum, it's a fantastic game,..cost me a bomb for the original though :-/

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Dizzruptor demo was released in 2012, so after the game. Maybe the demo segment was inspired by the game?

[@ZEUSDAZ]

No doubt then being 2012,...was interesting to see how a speccy version of Yoomp would have looked like.

Paul Jenkinson Had trouble finding the demo online. Finally found it as "Dizzzruptor". As author said on Pouet "It is a tribute to Atari Yoomp game". ps.Demos feature was great, my vote goes for it to be a permanent part of the show. Great show as always! Thanks Paul!

[@darrenporter1850]

Was 'Gift from the Gods' originally Ocean??

[@michaelmogan8330]

As ever - superb. I soooo look forward to these! Are you getting a Bluetooth Elite keyboard, Paul? And do do a personal top 10 sometime! Keep it up mate!!!

[@clangerbasher]

Really, really enjoyed the bit on demo's. More please. :)

[@rob1969in]

Another great episode

[@greej7259]

I've had to watch this episode so that it stops being recommended to me. XD

[@RetroVideoGamerRVG]

First time viewer and i must say it was great fella.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Thanks.

[@Dolphination]

Brilliant!

[@MexboroughBuildings]

Can you pack your job in and make the show weekly? ;-)

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Haha.. if only... sadly these shows don't make any cash at all... and a man needs his wine and pizza !

[@averagegilo]

I'm quite cynical about demo software because although visuals looks magnificent, you will never be able to generate the level of quality showcased when you attempt to create geometry that can be interacted with because a 7mhz 68000 CPU does not have enough logical cycles to remotely handle that level of visual fidelity. For me, demos gave people false and unrealistic expectations of the power of their machine