The Spectrum Show EP129

Welcome to Episode 129.
In this episode I look at Tempest clones.
I review Minder, Headbanger Heaven, Rapedes and WycheWeald.
I continue with my pretend business using the Spectrum.
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[@stevesgaming7475]

YES!! The highlight of the month and you played Minder! Wonderful, I love that TV series and the game so very much.

[@illgottengains1314]

An hour in the garden and this. Cheers!

[@robm8809]

Thanks Paul, I love these shows. Your efforts are much appreciated and I do support you on Patreon. :)

[@GreyHulk2156]

If anyone wants a list of the "comically named" items for Minder, I have one me and my friend put together back in the 90s. It lists all the starting prices for each item so you can try and get the best prices. I can send it as a PDF.

[@TomMannCenturia]

Wycheweald really is superb and well worth the money.

[@geoffneil5073]

Great show as always Paul, WycheWeald looks terrific definitely better than my RPG.

[@averagegilo]

My brother and I used to type f off into the prompt box at the dealers in minder and they used to punch you. We thought they were throwing a teapot at us initially. But that was the limitations of the speccy visuals. I think we spent hours doing that🤣

[@TheRetroEngine]

haha Commodore sign in the second Tempest getting blown to bits. tut.

[@chrishill7797]

I love seeing new uploads!

[@charliejade8959]

It's only just occurred to me that the Atari Tempest vectors were the precursor for Atari Star Wars!

[@stevenice8320]

Another great show Paul. I remember getting Minder and hoping they had programmed the sound to use their three channel sound synthesiser. Alas, no.

[@adw147]

Another great episode thanks Paul

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Another fantastic episode.

[@Stabio_PL]

*3:40** QR CODE was created on ZX Spectrum!!! When our ship is destroyed we have QR CODE! :) Who can scan this code? :)*

[@wobbers99]

It's worth a try lol Maybe the coders were from the future!

[@retrorambles517]

I love a good arcade shoot out 😊

[@kins749]

Bank Holiday bonus, thanks Paul

[@michaelhill6453]

I think the average small business owner faced with that database would blow the dust off his old ledger and sharpen his pencil.

[@AmbersKnight]

Great video as always Paul. Didn't know there were so many versions of Tempest on the Speccy but yeah the official version is undoubtedly the best. Looking forward to seeing what the next episode brings as they always tend to be something different

[@SpectrumNez]

Another great episode! I remember Exodus! (The sounds more than anything else!)

[@desiv1170]

Wait, there is a Benny Hill game? I have to look that up. Didn't have a Speccy on this side of the pond, but we did get to see Benny Hill.

[@sambranton3346]

Great video as always.

[@charliejade8959]

IMO the speccy does the best vector graphics of 'all' tbe 80s 8 bit machines (consoles included) ... with perhaps the exception of the Vectex.

[@al3k]

Nice. :)

[@stevesgaming7475]

Paul, I wonder would you consider doing some AGD or AGDX tutorials as part of future TSS episodes? I'm sure I'm not the only person who keeps loading it and then giving up two hours later. I am aware of your early agd platform videos but I'm thinking you could do something different than the typical platform games? Maybe something to consider?

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

So, how much would running a business with a Spectrum have cost back in the day? Computer, keyboard, microdrive, printer, different software programs... You would have to sell quite a few tapes to make it worth it, I guess.

[@lilacfloyd]

A lot less than a PC back then. ;)

[@Lbf5677]

3-400? You'd have to print everything out and store it all in filing cabinets due to the unreliability of tapes and everything else

[@gwishart]

@@Lbf5677 The disk interfaces (such as the +D used in this video) tended to be much more reliable than tapes. You'd still need to keep backup disks of your data - but you'd doing that in a business environment anyway.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Answer in the final part:-)

[@ZEUSDAZ]

I remember Minder on the ZX which I came across whilst borrowing a school mate's C90 cassette with loads of copie games on it, sadly I never got cured for that god awful music in it.

[@frankowalker4662]

I got the official version of Tempest in the 90's. I am terrible at it. LOL The Headbangers Heaven opening music is the same tune as Pheenix from Megadodo, just in a different key. Wycheweald looks awesome. A bit too pricey for me though. The software crashes you experienced could be down to some variables being the wrong value when you saved the program to disc. (?) Another winning episode, Paul. But where was Jeff ?

[@kins749]

I noticed that too, couldn't place the music for a moment then realised it was Phoenix by Taito, not played Pheenix but I'm thinking it's clone of the arcade original.

[@frankowalker4662]

@@kins749 Yeah, and a damm good one too. I got it in 86 and I still can't win. I'm not a gamer though. My brother beat it on his third attempt. LOL.

[@gnattress]

I rather liked G-Force back in the day. It was a clever way to make a colourful Tempest by unwrapping the tube.

[@michaelb6349]

Really didn't think this was the spectrum you'd be talking about...

[@stevesgaming7475]

This is the only spectrum worth talking about. ;)

[@dpgedward5947]

jetset willie and lode runner

[@al3k]

I thought Minder was a cop show back then.. probably why I couldn't understand the game at all lol. oh dear..

[@eidolonfilmsukuk8456]

Ads? There's never been adverts in Spectrum Show before. This is chock full of ad breaks, I hope this isn't going to be the norm.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

KZbin force these in. I am not getting anything for them. My channel is NOT monetised. This is purely YT forcing ads into videos. Been doing it since last September. There is a note on my website about it. Nothing I can do sadly. I hate this as much as anyone!

[@davemears6259]

Agree, the ads totally ruined the last episode for me, at least the patreon vids are ad free

[@eidolonfilmsukuk8456]

@@BuckingTheTrend2008 This is appalling that KZbin are doing this. I could tolerate the ad at the start, but having so many breaks in the actual programme is infuriating. KZbin aren't doing themselves any favours.

[@robm8809]

​@@BuckingTheTrend2008 Would you consider mirroring your videos to another platform, Paul? If I say "2001: A Space ......." or "Homer's ......." you'll see which one I prefer.

[@eidolonfilmsukuk8456]

​@@robm8809 I've watched a couple of recent uploads on other channels, and they're just as bad. It's becoming intolerable now, KZbin seem to want to drive people away. If there's a good alternative it would be a good thing.

[@eugenesolyanov3515]

I have feeling that autor made heavy focus only on the early zx era games(1983-1984). Mostly they are all bad with terrible graphics. There are so many gems in the late zx era (1989-1991) it is mystery why they never got attention in this show

[@jimmorrison2657]

Does anyone do modern demos of speech on the Spectrum? I always see new graphics and music demos, but I have never seen a speech one.