ZX Sinclair Spectrum 1983 Documentary - 1983 feature

[herbal1971]

Ahhhhhhhhhh memories.

I had a 48k Spectrum which was upgraded to a Spectrum +. Had 2 Microspeeches, which both stopped working.

"Your Computer" was the best computer magazine.

Great times.

All in less than 48 Kilobytes.



[evo5dave]

Nice video. Very nostalgic!



[TheGamesCascade]

What an awesome video. Nice choice of tunes and I've not seen Psst or Cookie for a loooong time, thanks :D

[RodtheFierce]

Kenny Dalglish Football manager was the bomb.

[mig189189189]

Awesome video. Keep on with that good work!

[drunner78]

I remember Jet-Pac was a great game..even Football Director and Foottball Manager were great

[rob1969in]

Oh yes great memories

[cosine303]

if ya in the uk.. there is a thing on BBC 4 based on sinclair vs acorn comning soon in oct 2009.. looks interesting.. if you look up "bbc 4 micromen"

[cosine303]

lol cassette 50, that should have been banned for being so 5 h 1 t. I had spec, then atari 800xl , c64.. all 3 had good points,but speccy was my first in 83. some games I prefered on speccy, some c64.. how good was starstrike from realtime?!?! =)

[ANation0nceAgain]

I was a C64 user but I'll always have a place in my heart for the Spectrum 48k machine. Absolutely fabulous :)

[polarsequence]

I remember my first Speccy was the 16k version because all the 48k ones had sold out. So I had to take it to this dodgy little place in London Docklands (some years before they redeveloped the entire place), then wait a few hours for them to literally solder on a new 48k chip upgrade for about 20 quid. Then I could at least play Manic Miner, haha. Those were the days :)

[tonymontana1974]

Wow im really surprized at how much those computers cost back in 1982 that whould be the euivelant of like £400 today with inflation.

[capricious71]

Great memories.

[Duncan038]

Fantastic , I had a 48K with the rubber keys...and the microdrive and interface....remember that? The hobbit , football manager , manic miner , jet pac , cookie...my god is it really so long ago???

[sikboyuk]

All you needed was a 48k machine, RF lead, powerpack, joystick interface, Kepston, tape deck and leads and you were away!

I loved the 48 k, later on during the early 90's i got a c64, both the k8 k and c64 were great machines IMO, but the speccy will always have the fonder place in my heart, as i had one in the early years.

[polarsequence]

Quite surprising to see the Oric-1 using "Microsoft Basic". In all my years, since the dawn of the ZX80, I never knew that! How ironic.

[allboutk]

when you say pop groups started putting games on their vinyl records (6:57), how??

[polarsequence]

They would just record the program sounds onto the vinyl, from there you would need to re-record them onto a cassette tape, then load it into the speccy :)

[allboutk]

I wasnt born when this machine came out, but there seems it must have been a very innovative time, who would have fought to put code onto vinyl...

[DamianSix66]

Well I never knew that and I lived through the speccy from beginning to end ,

[uggla03]

great video and good music

[celticfrost78]

good times

[FANTOMASXXX69]

Yeeeeeeeeech!!! Son of a bitch... The documentary very good but the music is the worst COWSHIT i've ever ever heard!!

[polarsequence]

The music represents the genres of the time, my guess is you were never exposed to such greats and instead were probably listening to something like Tico and his Amazing Goat!

[robaxx]

yecchh what's with the horrible music

[psj3809]

The musics from the particular years they are talking about. Theres a lot of great 80's music but its great to hear some different types for these videos than the usual.

[RatkoUSA]

Hmm.. it's all Geek to me.

[cokegen]

God !!

I remember beign playing the last game (the flower one) with my mom a long time ago ...

Those were great times ...

Thanks

[antoasis21]

class best computer ever made long live the speccy, if the spectrum was a band, it would be the Beatles!

[brunnerUK]

great years...thanks

[numpty1972]

Thanks.

[rob1969in]

Fantastic