ZX Spectrum 128K +3 - History and Games

The time has come to tell the complete history of the ZX Spectrum 128K +3 and, also, point out some of my favorite games to play on this incredible machine! 🔔 Click the bell and don't miss a (Pixel) thing!
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[@TheBroz]

The +3 was my first Spectrum. I wanted an Amiga but my family couldn’t afford one. I still have that machine and love it to bits.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

An amazing system! I always wanted to have one, back then! :) Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your memories! Have a great week!

[@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan]

Same here. I was the only one of my friends that had the +3. If I remember correctly you were able to connect a cassette player to play the +2 games though. Can't remember many of the games I had other than Robin Hood. After having the Sinclair for a year or 2 I eventually got an Amiga 1200. That blew my mind. I loved Cannon Fodder 1 and 2, Sensible Soccer, Syndicate and Theme Park.

[@ant7699]

So many of us wanted an amiga or atari but we never had enough money. My spectrum was the 128k +2a

[@gavinhall4112]

@@ant7699 exactly this. My brother and I once asked if we could have an Amiga if we combined both our birthday and Christmas presents for this year and next! We didn't really understand that if you don't have the money, you don't have the money, regardless of how many birthdays you're rolling together 😀

[@ant7699]

@@gavinhall4112 Yeah, shame. I really wanted a modem. I think having the internet at that early stage would have really helped me in life/career. My parents prob didn't understand the importance..... My mother prob didn't like the idea of having the phone line taken over.

[@shahid1296ify]

The spectrum plus 2 always has a place in my heart for those good gaming memories. I miss those days that kick started my gaming as it is today !

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah! Those were the years! :) Started with the 48K and soon evolved onto the +2A! Amazing years! No doubt ;) Cheers, shahid! Have a great week!

[@shahid1296ify]

It's a Pixel THING Barbarian was a game I played for hours on the spectrum. The excitement of waiting for the cassette tape to load with all the colourful lines.... Waiting for a PS4 game to upload doesn't quite have that same excitement!!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

You're absolutely right about that! :)

[@shahid1296ify]

Good stuff man, see you in the next video!

[@GarethNIreland]

Exactly the same here dude

[@jmsaguas77]

Seeing this takes me back to my childhood. One of my cousins had the Timex 2048, another had the Phillips MSX, and the other had the Commodore 16. I had friends with the Commodore 64 and a fortunate one with the Commodore Amiga 500. It allowed me to see all these computers. Looking back, I feel lucky to have been able to play with all those computers. :) The 80s were an exciting era. :))) Awesome video. :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for sharing your memories! Grande abraço, João! Tudo de bom!

[@jmsaguas77]

@@itsaPIXELthing , abraço. 😁

[@gavinhall4112]

We had a 48K for years until one day in the early 90's, we found a +3 and a massive box full of games at a car-boot sale for £30! Jackpot!!! Then I got a Multiface 3, which allowed you to load from tape and then dump the contents of the RAM to floppy disk, so that you could load that game from disk from then onwards. Good times!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Wow! Jackpot, indeed! :) Well done! :) Thanks for sharing those moments!

[@seraphinberktold7087]

A great, enthusiastic video about the ultimate step in the ZX Spectrum's evolution. The +3 was a nice machine but just look at the homungous proportions compared to the iconic rubber-keyed wonder it once was. I'll probably never get why tape loading was considered unreliable on the ZX Spectrum. I only had a somwhat decent tape player and if loading ever failed it was because of very bad recording quality (Jangler springs to mind) or because of insane speed loaders (Way of the Tiger, anyone?). In general, the ZX Spectrum loaded programs just fine! Some time ago, I unearthed a program I wrote for my Latin class at German high school. After more than 30 years this Latin verb grammar trainer loaded just fine. So if you keep your ZX Spectrum tapes in a dry place away from direct sunlight they will probably load reliably for decades. Again, this is a great video about the ZX Spectrum +3. Thanks for making it and sharing it on KZbin.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure! And thank you for sharing your memories and experience :) Truly enjoyed reading! Cheers!

[@Zatracenec]

I played on ZX Spectrum 48k and then my father bought SAM Coupé. I was able to play ZX games with sounds and music. Such great times. Nice video.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, the SAM was amazing! :)

[@EMarkMoore]

What a brilliant overview of this lovely machine. I was a 48k Plus man myself, but I’m obviously interested in all forms of our amazing Spectrum. Thanks, as always, for your time.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank You for watching, Mark! Glad you enjoyed it! Truly appreciate it! Have a great week! Cheers!

[@markdurber]

I got one of those machines (owned since 20 April 2020).

[@cronosoft]

Thanks for another great video. I love your enthusiasm - don't ever stop! :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for your kind comment! :) Truly appreciate it! Cheers!! :)

[@georgentavelis549]

Same amount of ram (128kb) , same Hitachi 3 inch drive (possibly same FDC NEC 765), same CPU but clocked a little bit slower to speccy @3.5469 MHz, different operating systems (3DOS instead of AMSDOS). An amazing machine with super-smooth game play :D Even if i am a 6128 fanboy i love this machine :D Thank you for the video Mr Pixel :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

No! Thank You George, for that awesome comment! :) Have a great week! Cheers!

[@BertGrink]

+3DOS was actually a port of the DOS used by the Amstrad PCW8255/8512 range (A.K.A. the "Joyce") Also, the +3 is my favourite computer of all time.

[@cygil1]

It's a pity they couldn't unify the product lines. Granted, it would have been a significant technical challenge but not impossible. A 6128 that could boot into Spectrum mode might have kept Amstrad product line going just a little bit longer.

[@lactobacillusprime]

Excellent overview. The added musical abilities of this machine really made quite a few of the 128k titles very good. Superior to their 48K counterparts. My functioning ZX Spectrum also is a ZX Spectrum +3, the sound is very low on it so I reckon I need to check it and perhaps replace some of the caps. Always loved the bright colours on the ZX Spectrum, much more vibrant than the C64's palette. Always was playing on both machines, we had a C64 back home but played a ton on a friend's Speccy. The high-res aspect of most of the Speccy graphics - despite the colour clash - was very appealing. Quite partial to this model and the Amstrad CPC 6128

[@itsaPIXELthing]

The +3 always had issues with sound. There is a solution for that :) Had the 48k and +2A back in the day ;) Thanks for watching, Mark! Cheers! Have a great week!

[@szabolcscsengoi4231]

Great video again! Thank you so much! 😎

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure! Thank You!

[@GandaMelgao]

Obrigado pelo vídeo. Saudades desses tempos. Um gajo fica velho e lá vem a nostalgia 😃 Nunca tive o +3. Tive um 48 k no qual mandei colocar um teclado da Dk tronics, porque principalmente jogava aventuras de texto. Com aquele teclado era uma beleza escrever. Mais tarde comprei um Spectrum+2. Tinha um teclado razoável, o leitor de k7, mais memória etc. Depois passei para o Amiga. Nunca comprei o +3. Mas é giro recordar aqueles tempos. Muito obrigado 🙂

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Eu é que agradeço! Eu comecei pelo 48k, depois 128k +2A, depois Amiga e dp PC, com um IBM 486 DX2 a 66MHz. Tens muitos vídeos aqui no canal sobre todos esses temas :) abraço!

[@AlexModeling]

Até hoje só toquei e joguei num +3 e lembro-me na altura de pensar: -"IMPOSSÍVEL SER MAIS RAPIDO QUE ISTO!!" Nunca mais ha-de aparecer um computador tão rapido a carregar!!"... eheheh.. quão ingénuo se pode ser! Mas eram horas de imensa diversão quando ia a casa do meu amigo jogar... grande video! Estou sempre à espera de um video dos teus companheiro... traz-me de volta aquela pequena magia dos antigos programas de jogos... agradeço te por isso! :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Muito obrigado pelas palavras, Alex! :) E obrigado também por partilhares as tuas memórias! :) Grande abraço! E tem uma excelente semana!!

[@Axolotl4Chaos]

@@itsaPIXELthing Tava a tentar perceber se eras Portugues! ahaha claro que sim

[@itsaPIXELthing]

@@Axolotl4Chaos obrigado pela visita ;) diverte-te por aqui! Grande abraço!

[@ArmandQ.]

Wow...Right there at the beginning you got me, that was one of my childhood dreams as well, never come true for me unfortunately, but good for you 👍

[@itsaPIXELthing]

An amazing machine! It´s my go-to Speccy, nowadays! ;) Thanks for watching and for your feedback, Armand! Cheers!

[@albertmas3752]

Today I still have my Speccy 48K (rubber keyboard) working as new. My +3 is nearly dead now having image issues and the disk reader dead. The +2A could also be enhanced with a Disc Drive. In fact their motherboard was exactly the same with the exact same internal Disc connection, basically it is physically exactly as a +3 and the difference was just cosmetic (cosmetic meaning they took the Drive off and put a cheaper cassette reader). To reduce costs +3B didn't have an external cassette reader connection unlike the original +3.

[@danielwaddington9158]

Superb video Pedro. It reminds me that some games were actually better to play on the Speccy than the C64. I had a 64 at the time, so I was blindfolded (blinkered) in my views of spectrum games, but now I see I was wrong. The loading times you point out were a major issue back then, but now its very easy thanks to the community! I had a friend with a +3 back in the day, and to load from tape he used bare wires connected to his stereo cassette deck, and it used to take as long as C64 games - too long! He had the lightgun and a few games, and today its hard to get the real experience without a CRT. I also find it refreshing to not have a list of names at the end of the video to thank. I know you have some superb patreons listed in the description, but I get bored watching endless scrolling names, even when I'm one of the people listed, so please dont start to do that, as it becomes about who can get the most shout outs on the most channels.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for leaving your thoughts and opinion, Daniel! Appreciate it! :) Here in Portugal the c64 wasn't as popular as the speccy. I had only one friend that owned one and I recall playing so many awesome c64 games way better than the spectrum versions :) Patrons are awesome and I believe that they're giving us their money so that we can continue to do what we do and not to place their names in every single video. Even so, and from time to time (special occasions, channel anniversary, etc), I must shout their names out ;) Cheers! Have a great weekend!

[@Ravencrowwise]

Great video, I never owned a +3, my parents bought me a +2 instead. , I learned to code @ school when I was 6. And the speccy became my best pal back then. Wonderful memories.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, my parents also bought me a +2A instead of a +3 (a lot more expensive back then)... The Speccy was also a huge help when I was learning to program at school ;) Thanks for whatching, Ricardo! Cheers!

[@Slay4r]

Amazing machine! Still have mine! Bought it around 1990, for a budget price, brand new!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

This one is from 1988 :) Love it! :) Cheers! Have a great week!

[@8bitromania263]

i got 2 clones of the +3 from eastern europe aka HC 2000

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Nice :) Thanks for sharing and for watching! :) Cheers! Have a great day!

[@VascoLopes79]

Mais um excelente video que demonstra já como é habitual uma investigação pormenorizada sobre o tema do video. Estás de parabéns mais uma vez. Continua o bom trabalho

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Eu é que agradeço por estares aí e acompanhares o canal, Vasco! Muito obrigado! :) Grande abraço e uma boa semana!

[@kakabixlis]

Since i owned only a Plus Speccy which i still have till this day bless it ,i never had the chance of the other Amstrad machines but i have a Divv IDE for my speccy and it rocks as it loads super fast plus of lots and lots of games!thanks for the vid mate and my regards to you and family!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Hi, mate! The DivIDE is an amazing piece of hardware! I'm loving it! :) Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Have a great week! Take care!

[@mikelee8520]

I have the Plus 3 with an external 3.5 inch floppy drive unit also a DivMMC what an amazing speed increase a full 128K game in less than 1 second. Plus also fitted a Multiface 3 attached to an Interface 2 all works together perfectly. Thanks for the great video........

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your feedback, Mike! Awesome to know! :) Cheers! All the best! Take care and stay safe!

[@arostwocents]

Spectrum was my first machine, i loved it. Didn't have any idea what was going on in most games as i was a small child but still ❤❤❤😂 Still play a lot of Speccy games via emulation now. Some of the stuff coming out of Russia is MIND-BLOWING. 10x better than anything ever released. There is also now a smooth scrolling Super Mario Bros which plays amazing 😮😮😮

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your love for the good old Speccy! :) Cheers!

[@ABlokeCalledDaz]

I had one of these after my trusty 48k finally packed up, I had an action replay cartridge for mine as well, it was awesome for, ahem, backing up games.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Nice! Thanks for sharing 😉

[@ThomaniacsRetrogamingZone]

Never owned a ZX Spectrum but it looks like an interesting device. Thanks for the great showcasing!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed, it is amazing ;) Thanks for watching, Thomas! Appreciate it! Have a great week!

[@JohnDaniels]

Great video, amazing memories

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for watching, John! Take care!

[@syrus3k]

I had one of these after owning a +2a.. Having a disk drive was mind blowingly good.

[@syrus3k]

oh and a romantic robot interface so I could dump ram to disk and vice-versa.

[@syrus3k]

What was also interesting was that the +3 had issues with its sound chip unlike the +2a. I can't remember the specifics but the +2a could do much better sound when using basic commands like PLAY.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Honestly, never really came across those sort of issues that could ruin the experience.

[@AngelicJim]

I know that content creating on KZbin takes a long time, but I always feel sad when your episodes comes to a close. I just love to explore the retro stuff. More please.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for your support, Jim! Appreciate it! Cheers!

[@vitorsilva4075]

Os teus vídeos têm muita qualidade. Muitos Parabéns!!!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Muito obrigado, Vitor! :) Grande abraço! Obrigado por assistires!

[@KalimeroKonas]

excelente video ,identifico-me muito contigo tenho 47 e claro o meu 1º pc foi o 48k tinha 15 tive q dar serventia a 2 pedreiros o salario foi 32,5 contos o pc custou 28 contos mas fiquei feliz e teso mas feliz todos no meu bairro tinham 48k e sentia-me excluido porque eles só falavam dos jogos e cenas relacionadas com o pc ,mas tenho saudades desses tempos.

[@spapputop]

Boas Pedro... é sempre um prazer assistir e aprender com estes teus magnificos videos,principalmente cm sabes,foi uma era que não passei,nem convivi,Wec Le Mans pareceu-me muito bom mesmo,pra sua epoca,gosto bastante da serie Pang desde pequeno,sempre um bom vicio em qualquer altura,muito obrigado por nos dares a conhecer mais um bocado de historia dos videojogos ;) Grande Abraço Pedro!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

O prazer é todo meu, partilhar estas memórias que devem ser para sempre recordadas! :) Foi uma era que me marcou bastante, uma época da minha juventude em que frequentava as arcadas e, de seguida, ia ao quiosque mais próximo (ou loja de eletrónica) ver se determinado jogo já tinha sido convertido para o Spectrum ;) Quando esta máquina específica (o Spectrum +3) surgiu, já a pirataria estava a desaparecer. Aliás, não haviam jogos piratas em disquete para esta máquina, o que tornava a cena bastante dispendiosa e apenas os "putos" mais endinheirados tinham acesso a estas máquinas. Como indiquei no vídeo, na altura este Spectrum custava perto de 700 euros quando foi lançado. Uma pequena fortuna! Grande abraço, Simão! Obrigado por assistires! Tem uma boa semana!

[@DanielMonteiroNit]

your "Hey guys" gag only gets better LOL

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Eh eh eh! :) Thanks for watching, Daniel ;)

[@kildogery]

I thought you were an American having a stroke at first 😛 Cool video.

[@darrooxx]

How do you get a stable image on a LCD screen ?? I have tried it but i fail ??

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Hummm... maybe because it's an LED TV. I don't know. It just works fine, as you can witness by the footage included in this video ;) Cheers, Edwin! Thanks for watching!

[@SplitScreen-PT]

10 seconds loading games = GOD!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Were you a "God" back then? ;) Cheers!

[@SplitScreen-PT]

It's a Pixel THING nope. Cbm64 to Amiga.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

C64 games on disk would also load super quickly ;)

[@RGF]

I never played this batman...maybe i should try it... Awesome video...

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, you should ;) Thanks for your feedback! Cheers!

[@lquintal]

Obrigado Pedro, por mais um excelente "artigo", desta vez dedicado ao +3. De facto era uma máquina cara. E utilizarem os discos não standard "da Amstrad" não foi propriamente (ou nada) justo. Enfim, ainda tenho um +2A, mas um +3 foi e é sempre algo acima, uma vez que dispensava as cassetes. Já lá vai. Força e mais uma vez obrigado.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Eu é que agradeço a tua disponibilidade para assistires a estas minhas divagações, Lucio! :) Completamente de acordo com o teu comentário! Obrigado por partilhares a tua opinião! Grande abraço! Um bom fim de semana!

[@CarlosSilva-fl7nh]

Excelente video. Muitos jogos que jogava apareceram! Eu tinha um timex2068, mas nunca consegui encontrar cartuchos para alem dos que vieram com o computador. Houve uma altura, pre-internet, que andei à procura mas somente as cassetes e ocasionais disketes haviam nas lojas.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

O mercado dos cartuchos para os Timex era ainda mais restrito do que o das disquetes. Carlos, a velocidade de loading dos cartuchos era idêntica à das disquetes? Estou curioso ;) Nunca tive oportunidade de brincar com um 2068 :) Grande abraço! Obrigado por assistires e por deixares o teu excelente comentário! Bom fim de semana!

[@Mintcar923]

I don’t remember the Spectrum at all.. Maybe it was just big in Europe.. Everything here I recall was Commodore, IBM & Apple predominantly.. Still interesting to learn..

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, the Spectrum was huge here in Europe. It was really cheap and affordable compared with its main rivals, the C64, Amstrad CPC and even the MSX. Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your comment, Michael! Appreciate it! Cheers!

[@zazzozazzini8559]

My only 8bit computer is an Atari 800xl ,I miss this gold age of Spec,C64,Amstrad.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed! Good old days! :) Thanks for watching!

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

Not sure i f the video will mention this but the plus 3 had a problem where due to an incorrect resistor the music was horribly distorted. Still have mine in a cupboard

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, I mentioned, but gladly never experienced it on my unit ;)

[@wsiquara]

This model Wasn’t sold In Brazil😕. Is very beautiful black model !

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yes it is :) Thanks for sharing that! Grande abraço de Portugal ;)

[@TheMannCrux]

Yeah, force that euthusiasm!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Oh, man! You got me! Damn it! Gonna give up on making videos for KZbin.

[@JimLeonard]

Great music at 7:24 !

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed, it is ;) Thanks, Jim! Appreciate it!

[@arostwocents]

Imagine if Spectrum had the sound chip from the start. The music is better than c64 music, it would be as loved and retro now as SID stuff, with Speccy music concerts etc 😮🎉

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed ;)

[@JuanjeJuega]

Nice review for a classic ZX computer. Includding a floppy drive nice for improve loadings but nothing else cos many capabilities are comun in +2,+2a and others 128k models.... cheers!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed! :) The loading times were what really differentiated the +3 from the other 128K machines :) Back then I was so jealous of those incredible loading times! Thanks for watching and for leaving your amazing feedback, Juanje! Have a great week!!

[@ArmandQ.]

Well the +3 was the first model CPM compatible, not sure about the +2b but it had to be as well. Mysterious portable software that I never saw in my life....🤔

[@BertGrink]

@Armand Q. Yes, the +2A and +2B could theoretically run CP/M as well, provided you could add a disk interface + a drive. The very earliest issues of the +2A even had the space to solder in those missing chips that made up the disk interface, since it had the same printed circuit board as the +3.

[@RetroRaider]

Awesome stuff ,) I have the +2 A and I really need a DIV like yours. Just one question, are thoose disk games exclusives for the +3, or can we run them on the +2 A with the DIV?

[@itsaPIXELthing]

You can use a DivIDE on a Speccy +2A and run all 128K games with no issues at all ;) It doesn't matter if they were originally out on disk or on cassette tapes ;) Thanks for watching, Johnny! Appreciate it!

[@RetroRaider]

It's a Pixel THING I Will look for one. I really enjoy the Specky. Not from my time but, so many great games to play. My favorite 8 bit computer.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

I absolutely love it! ;)

[@josegoncalves5048]

Revi este vídeo teu e como sempre é excelente. Eu tenho dois um deles com gotek e foi a melhor adaptação que fiz. Gostava que pudesse haver um evento para a malta toda se reunir.dia 7vou a Cantanhede ao museu do ZX spectrum.ja há muito que ando a adiar.o bicho do retro nunca morre. Grande abraço

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Coloquei uma gotek, mas no meu Amiga 600. Nos meus Spectrum uso um DivIDE. Muito bom, tb! :) Abraço!

[@fandabidozi3191]

Got mine out (oo-er) last weekend but the disk drives knackered. Hopefully just needs a new band. Also, I’ve got no tape recorder so I made a sign graph in basic then stuck it all back in the box.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

I have a tutorial on how to replace the band, if you happen to need how to DIY. Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your comment! Have a great weekend!

[@fandabidozi3191]

Awesome thanks, I’ve bookmarked it already. It seems kinda daft to have kept my +3 and all my games and them just emulating em on the laptop. Keep up the good work!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks ;) All the best!

[@daylightflute]

Wow 128K already in 1987?! Today's gpu's are struggling with only 4K! Science back than was way more advanced...

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Those were the days ;)

[@time-zero]

Great memories...I have a Didaktik M (Slovakian speccy clone) specially upgraded to play 128K games an I have it for today, functional. You pick absolutely great games for 128. Is it a MMcM (Sergey Kosov) music score from 7:00 ?

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yep! Indeed! A tune by MMcM named "Ashes of Dreams" (it's in the end of this video! eh eh eh!) ;) Cheers! Thanks for watching and for your comment!

[@time-zero]

Thank you for answer, it´s a great tune. As i wrote before, I woke up my Didaktik 128 with AY 8912 (Melodik) after 25 years of hibernation, it works fine. Casette player (ELTA from Deutsche Demokratische Republik) had some reading problems, but fine tune with screw driver done the work. Screenshot bellow. umsle.peklo.biz/img/1534667439.jpg

[@MartinMllerSkarbiniksPedersen]

Have you fixed the sound on the +3? It is ten resistance that can be replaced and the ay sound will be much better

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Not yet. Have to look for that solution one of these days ;) Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your feedback, Martin! Have a great week!! Cheers!

[@miikasuominen3845]

I suggest using this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-new-Stereo-kit-for-any-ZX-Spectrum-128K-model/401138116240 You need to cut 2 traces and know how to solder, but that deals with the sound problem AND you also get nice stereo sound too! Love it!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for that suggestion, Miika! Appreciate it ;)

[@GMT439]

I never upgraded past 48K with kempston joystick interface because the 128K didn't have enough 128K only games. The vast majority of games would work even on 16K machines.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yep, indeed :) One of my favorite games ever on the Spectrum is a 16k title: 3D Deathchase ;)

[@GMT439]

@@itsaPIXELthing It obviously makes financial sense to have the software compatible for all versions of the speccy. I had a 48K back in the day, but many people had the 16K version in the early days.

[@GMT439]

@@itsaPIXELthing I can't say what was my all time fave to be honest.. There were so many. 75% of my games were tape to tape copies from school friends.. That copying scene made school almost bearable back then... Good times they were, much better times than the present.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, no doubt :) also used to copy games from my friends and vice versa. And here in Portugal it was legal to buy pirated software in stores 'til early 90s ;) feel free to browse the channel for more Speccy related content.

[@DavidRobinson1978]

I had a +2A only problem with the 2A is had compatibility issues with some older games that would not load in 48K mode no matter what.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

I don't recall having problems loading older games on my +2A. Jetpac, Deathchase, Chequered Flag among my older favorites ;) Thanks for watching and for your much appreciated comment, David! Have a great week!

[@stewsretroreviews]

I still have this lovely machine from 88, it works, but the disk drive doesn't any more. But I can still use the tapes on it still for my games. Remember when I loaded up Cobra or Bomb Jack, they froze when you were about to play which was a pain, as I loved those 2 games

[@TheDreamofdreamers]

Pedro, estou interessado num div IDE para o meu 128K +2A. Onde posso comprar/encomendar um aqui para Portugal? Podes deixar o link de onde encomendaste o teu? Obrigado! E espero por mais video históricos de hardware e software. São absolutamente fantásticos, em especial o video da Lucas Games!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Olá, Bruno! Muito obrigado por assistires e por deixares o teu comentário! Aqui fica o link para a página no ebay do fabricante do Div IDE que aconselho (lotharek1977): www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIVIDE-2k14-ZX-SPECTRUM-/183019633968? Abraço! Obrigado pelas palavras! :)

[@gerrytemple5044]

Fantastic, thank you! One question please: just watched a "wireframe" mod of Tomb Raider 2 (search Footi wireframe TR2) which made me wonder if a Speccy was capable enough to run TR in this reduced way - what do you think? Just love the idea 😁 Cheers!

[@gerrytemple5044]

Actually it's 'Footi Tomb Raider II 10+ dragons" from minute 38.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Nice colors 😅

[@WindySeed]

Excelente vídeo 😊 A seguir ao meu ZX Spectrum + tive um ZX Spectrum +3 e gostei bastante apesar de ter aquele pequeno problema no som. Por acaso não sabes porque é que os 6 jogos que vieram com a disquete eram todos para 48K?

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Talvez para que coubesse o maior número de jogos numa só disquete, para que a oferta parecesse tentadora ;) Por acaso não sei, mas em 1987 eram poucos os jogos com uma versão 128K digna desse nome. Só a partir do ano seguinte (RoboCop, Where Time Stood Still) e, principalmente, 1989 começaram a surgir jogos (Batman The Movie e Chase H.Q.) cujas versões 128K já ocupavam espaço considerável. Obrigado por assistires e por deixares o teu comentário! Abraço!

[@WindySeed]

És capaz de ter toda a razão :) Por acaso um amigo meu tinha um ZX Spectrum +2 e a cassete que vinha com o computador trazia a fantástica versão 128K do SuperTest da Ocean e eu ficava com um bocadinho de inveja por a disquete do +3 só trazer a versão 48K e ainda por cima em duas partes. Pelo menos a minha carregava bem mais depressa, hehehe! Grande abraço e espero que continues a fazer excelentes vídeos ;)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Muito obrigado ;) Sempre que puder, cá estarei para relembrar os velhos tempos ;) Grande abraço!

[@RasVoja]

Sacrilidgel its Bad zx128 glued by Andreas floppy and put to QL keyboard :)

[@StillCloser]

Aha, reconheci aquele "Certificado de Garantia" da Triudus :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Icónico ;) Abraço! Obrigado por assistires!

[@ChrisW_Essex]

I had a xx +3, in the end most of my software / games were still on cassette as cheaper more available and easier to copy…..

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, indeed 😀

[@PapaghostPt]

eu só ficava chateado quando ao fim de 15min o jogo da cassete não entrava "ainda hoje não sei a razão porque isso acontecia" quanto ao 128K +3 não tive oportunidade de testar :( grande video abraço

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Pois! Já somos 2! :) Isso acontecia-me tanta vez com o meu +2A..... Muito obrigado por assistires e por deixares o teu fantástico comentário! Grande abraço!! Boa semana!

[@lexpee]

In the 80's my mother buy for my birthday an 3 inch external floppy disk drive for my MSX1 computer. That is not what i want, i want an the 3,5 inch floppy disk drive from Philips with 360 Kb storage. The next day i bring him back to the computer shop and bought an 3.5 inch standard floppy disk-drive, Those was FL150 gulden more expensive. Afterwards I was glad I did it because the 3 inch floppy disk flopped.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah ;) That was the right move to make back in the day! Thanks for sharing your experience! All the best! Cheers!

[@lexpee]

After 1 year i ordered one other eprom for in the cartridge, and i can chance the 360kb for an 720KB double sided floppy disk-drive.

[@version736ha2]

Mine was always going wrong

[@itsaPIXELthing]

This one is working flawlessly... for now! ;) Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@005AGIMA]

Had a +3. "need" to own one again. "NEED!" BTW most of my games were still on cassette lol. The datacorder plugged in the phono jack in the back....which would often break.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah ;) Games in cassete were way more common. I owned a +2A back in the day (that I still have) and had only one friend that owned a +3. I was always jealous when he invited me to his house to play Spectrum games :) Cheers!

[@005AGIMA]

@@itsaPIXELthing I hear you, and thanks for the memories. You covered the +3 really well in this video. I recently re-purchased an Amiga 500 so i'm not allowed to buy a spectrum.....yet lol

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, I understand that ;) Cheers! All the best!

[@BertGrink]

@005 AMIGA You can still find +3s on ebay from time to time, and not all of them are expensive.

[@005AGIMA]

@@BertGrink yeah I know but I'll get a boxed one. But see my other reply ;) need to let bank and wife recover

[@KgamesReviews]

Amigo brutal joguei no com drive cassete junto com teclado ....:)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Muito obrigado por assistires e por deixares o teu feedback com a tua experiência nestas máquinas brutais ;) Grande abraço, K!

[@stewsretroreviews]

Love this Channel mate, I've just started my own channel if your interested in any good old speccy games🙂

[@nomadgameplays9028]

Por que é tão difícil emular este console hoje em dia :(

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Como assim? Emular no PC? É simples! Há bastantes emuladores por essa internet fora ;)

[@n057828]

Looks like an Amstrad 6128😂

[@Mack-op1vw]

Oh dear, sorry people, I had a 48k for a long run eventually upgrading to the +2 and I have to say that the most with all the machines I've owned I was most disappointed, had it for about a year or more to move to the C64, half the mem but goodbye color clash and hello SID, so yeah best childhood memories consist of the Spec48k then the C64, disappointment was pretty much all I got from the 128k beast and for the cost of the disk-based version and at that price the bread bin had it beat.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thank you so much for sharing your story and experience 😀

[@dave1the1deer1hunter]

I brought street fighter 2 in the big box for my 128k +2 it was so bad, made even worse by my friend having an A500 with it on.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, I can understand that ;) Cheers, David! Thanks for watching and for leaving your comment!

[@Retrohertz]

But wasn't the Amiga version also pretty crap?

[@jaildesigner]

I love you ;)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Why? :)

[@janwzalewski]

show me a single ZX Spectrum game that it is possible to play

[@itsaPIXELthing]

What's that, Jan?

[@TheLemminkainen]

AR6+1541 C64 can do the same in loading times

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yes it can! The time for the C64 will come ;) Cheers!

[@TheLemminkainen]

i hope you will make video about eastern Speccy clones :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Looking forward to that! Just have to get my hands on a couple of those ;) Cheers!

[@KennyTew2]

You know when you hear someone’s voice and never see them and when you eventually do the voice doesn’t seem to fit their appearance. Well that’s not you, you look exactly like you sound. Anyway, nonsense aside, great video.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Eh eh eh eh! Thank you :)

[@marklola12]

128k yet still looked worse than the amstrad Cpc 464 and the colours crossed lol

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Indeed, it looked. Here in Portugal few were the ones that had a CPC. And, back then, I only knew about the CPC a few years later, after I grabbed my Speccy 128K.

[@odoggow8157]

As a five yr old I didn't appreciate how spoilt I was with my plus 3.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Lucky guy ;)