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Codemasters CD Games Pack (ZX Spectrum) - How It Worked

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Uploaded by on Apr 3, 2007

This is my first video showing how the Codemasters CD Games Pack worked on the ZX Spectrum. It was an absolute nightmare to shoot because the damn thing wouldn't work in one go. However, the procedure shown in this video is 100% correct.

Enjoy this video :)

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  • When did this CD come out? I don't remember it!

  • 1989

  • Not bad for a first video, but how big is your room? I wouldn't recommend cramming the TV, speakers, Hi-Fi, Sky Box, VCR and DVD player so close to each other like that. What about ventilation? What about damage to the TV from the speakers?

  • My room is fairly big. Not huge, but offers enough room to walk around in :)

    As for my setup, it's been like that for about 2 years and I've had no problems with it. Most of the ventilation comes out from the back of each unit so it's nothing too serious.

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  • I think you can use this same method for loading Tap to Wav conversions from a burnt CD as well.

  • A CD loader on the spectrum? Never knew that even existed. Still wracking my brains on how this works through the joystick interface, especially if it is meant to work through the sinclair joystick port as well.

  • @sp33dy99

    One Word.

    Nostalgia

  • You need a new TV. Seriously.

  • Those flexi-records that never worked properly :)

  • i have had no idea this technology existed, thanx dude

  • Why is there no torrent available for this? (Surely the CD-to-joystick cable can be emulated).

  • The serial port (com) is not in any way shape or form like a joystick port. The only similarity is the shape. I am quite sure that the format that they are on in the cd is not the same as if they were on a tape since they are going through a custom cable and seems to be much faster than the tape.

  • What an amazing CD mate, Ive heard of this before but never seen one working before. Thanks for sharing that one with us all.. Why not check out my Speccy Reviews mate cheers ;o)

  • The games are on the CD twice so you don't have to wait to rewind the CD to load a game that's at the start XD

    On a serious, wish I'd found this CD when it came out.

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