Poll: Amstrad CPC v BBC v C64 v ZX Spectrum
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Spectrum had probably the best array of games, but the graphics were poor.
Never really saw much of the C64.
Owned a CPC6128 which was good (disk drive, lots of RAM) but lack of games hurt it a bit.
BBC too old and not really in the same class as the others IMO.
Never really saw much of the C64.
Owned a CPC6128 which was good (disk drive, lots of RAM) but lack of games hurt it a bit.
BBC too old and not really in the same class as the others IMO.
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I was only a child.. but when my Dad brought a C64 it was the best thing in the world.
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I had an original Spectrum 48K but voted for the C64 due to better games and amazing sound.
I remember buying virtually every game that had Rob Hubbard music.
Some favourite games:-
Thing on a Spring
Monty on the Run
Wizball
Delta
International Karate II
Sanxion
Rambo First Blood
Beachhead
Commando
Oh and Martin Galway music was also very good. The demo scene was also great.
Miss those days.
I remember buying virtually every game that had Rob Hubbard music.
Some favourite games:-
Thing on a Spring
Monty on the Run
Wizball
Delta
International Karate II
Sanxion
Rambo First Blood
Beachhead
Commando
Oh and Martin Galway music was also very good. The demo scene was also great.
Miss those days.
Really? Mine lasted 14 years!!
Looking at Ebay I can have one in decent nick for £50, damn tempting but then I would need to buy a CRT TV and need room for it all! So no go, at least not for now
Oh man I played that to death! I would just stare at the screen on load up because it was just so damn good. The game was excellent too.
Turrican and Turrican2 were the C64 greatest achievement through. It was built on the C64 first then ported to other machines. Making it almost the same as the Amiga version graphics wise!
Really? Mine lasted 14 years!!
Looking at Ebay I can have one in decent nick for £50, damn tempting but then I would need to buy a CRT TV and need room for it all! So no go, at least not for now
We bought them from the local video store, they kept going pop after about 3 weeks, would turn them on and screen would just be blank. Never found the issue and to be fair, the shop owner kept swapping them out and eventually the problem went away. I am suspecting he had a bad batch or something.
I'm sorry but it just didn't and I had a 400 in 1980, it was my first home computer. I was a huge advocate of it and it did have some innovations like player missile graphics (sprites) but the BBC was a much more powerful device and the C64 had better sound, graphics and tech.Atari 400/800 then the updated 600/800XL easily beat the above selection although BBC micro was very close.
Didn't have the support in the UK but it did have a proper keyboard and most importantly the XL's (me and my bro had a 800XL) a cartridge slot to plug in and play lots of Atari arcade classic which where pretty close to the games you played in the arcade 2-3 years previously
Never liked the Spectrum, stupidm rubbery keyboard and stupid key combos to type commands you could type quickly enough if only it had a decent keyboard
Also to add the 400 had a cartridge slot, the 800 had 2 and the XL was little more that a new case for the 800.
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Where the tape deck plugged into the back it's cable also had a silver wire/earth lead thingy attached to it. If it wasn't taped back securely and contacted any of the connectors at the back it would cause a short. Inside the c64 was a good ole run of the mill glass fuse, pop it out and replace and you'd have been good as new.
BBC Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicro! Still got mine
Suprised its still working, mine rotted internally around 2007 or so though it wasn't stored in the best conditions.
For gaming I'd still have to vote the BBC just for elite, but I had loads more fun coding for it than any other contemporary machine.
