The Spectrum Show EP55

[@hpalvz]

Nice to know that such a vibrant fanzine community existed in the UK. And that book at the end is gorgeous, I'm reallyt tempted to buy it :)

[@theretrogamesnews]

Another amazing episode Paul and the gang. I especially liked your report about the fanzines. Thanks mate.

[@Dolphination]

I had format magazine for a few years, it was brilliant. I still have all my copies.

[@jgbreezer]

Me too. Couldn't throw them when I was moving out and moving home, they're still in a box with some of my old hardware I've recently dug into a bit for nostalgia.

[@retrogeek6868]

Many thanks, enjoyed every minute.

[@dgmsstuff]

Damn this show is amazing! How have I never heard of it before?

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Welcome onboard.

[@stevewild7515]

Don't worry... (I'm sure you weren't!); I only found this channel a couple of months ago, and have been relishing it! I was in my very early 20's when the Speccy came out, and we used to sell them like crazy from the small independent computer shop where I was working at the time! This show brings back SO many happy memories for me! :-)

[@Nostalgianerd]

Lovely stuff. Highly entertaining.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

This is such a great show! Thank you! :)

[@misjavanlaatum]

Wow, those dominator vertical sections are pretty much a Spectrum version of Xenon 2!

[@michaelmogan5563]

I smile every time I see one of these uploaded - and then again when I see how scarred you were by C*Tech Kong.... a pain I remember so well!!!!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

The pain will never go away....

[@timmeekings3492]

I've now watched every single episode and loved every minute of it. Keep up the good work and memories. Got my First Spectrum for Christmas 1983. In 1987 bought myself a +3, but hated it. The Amstrad Spectrums (especially the +2) looked and were tacky. If Sir Clive hadn't have thrown all his money away developing the dreadful C5, he wouldn't have needed to sell out to Sugar. I still think he was a genius though.

[@methanoid]

Just stumbled across this. Awesome. Very professional and very relevant. Subscribed!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Cheers. Enjoy the episodes.

[@michaelelsy2209]

I'm not surprised Sir Clive was smiling being in the arms of Gillian Anderson.

[@AmbersKnight]

Excellent as always :) Dominator looks like an attempt to do something akin to Xenon 2 on the Speccy. Such a shame that the programmers didn't take advantage of the 128K features like the extra memory for a single load or the AY chip for a better sound. 3D Space Wars is very impressive for a 16K game.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Yeah, better sound and little easier gameplay would have made it much better.

[@jgbreezer]

Ah Fanzines. When YS died and there were no more mainstream magazines, they had helped people dismayed at this loss in their last/last-few issues by listing various fanzines (and for me, with showcasing the demoscene too - led to me getting into that and making a couple demos). I've still got a collection of some Format, ZAT, ZX Files, Crashed and er.. 1 other? Those helped me discover the shows (attended a few NSSS and met up with people I'd not seen before). There were tape/disk-zines too, like Outlet (got a few of those somewhere, I had a letter/software published in one) and from the demoscene groups there were equivalents like E3's Subliminal Extacy.

[@geoffneil5073]

Great show as usual Paul, I'll have to get that book. I never realized 3D Space War was 16K I might just go and dig it out now :)

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Definitely worth a play...for 16k it's a great game.

[@BeyondTheScanlines]

Great episode as always! Battle City looks lovely - time to hunt that down, as it shows off the Speccy well. Really sad to see Dominator was a wasted port, I've played it a bit elsewhere, and would have thought it'd be perfect for 128k support :( Loved seeing those fanzines - a wonderful snapshot of history indeed.

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Yep - Dominator could have been so much better.

[@VectrexRoli]

Another episode! Great!

[@BuckingTheTrend2008]

Thanks for watching.

[@luisluiscunha]

Great intro!

[@ivanski28]

Great show thank you, I just tried that Willy Mod it's great. I think the author might be Spanish instead of French cause he did another mod which is all in Spanish

[@geoffneil5073]

You might well be right there

[@cyrixinstead4592]

The player ship in Dominator just looks way too big! Shame as the other graphics look pretty nice. Lack of play testing again me thinks!