Poll: Amstrad CPC v BBC v C64 v ZX Spectrum

[HaloUK]

First computer I had was a dragon 32, then C64 then an Amiga 1200. First PC was a P233 and voodoo rush g/card.

 

[UTmaniac]

Spectrum

Just for this game:

Relive your good taste in 80s gaming

http://www.vectorlight.net/games/chaos_tournament.aspx

 

[Rannoch]

This is worthy of a purchase

as is this

Where can you get them? Amazon has none and eBay £25 plus

 

[mame]

There was another game I used to love which was problem solving and two dog like creatures worked together. Each had different abilities but when standing on each other's shoulders they had all attributes. No, I'm not mad.

Head over Heels?

I would have known that one! too late. There was also a batman game that was very similar

 

[ps3ud0]

Im gonna be bias and just say the Speccy - I dont think graphics will ever get better than that - I love my Cyan! Oh Your Sinclair I miss thee...

I mad a functional door in 3D construction kit - by now I could have made one of the Driller worlds! Could have redone the game before I die I reckon...

ps3ud0

 

[Neil79]

Where can you get them? Amazon has none and eBay £25 plus

WHSMITH has them in stock

p.s I'm looking to buy an Amstrad CPC 464

 

[Neil79]

Bluetooth ZX Spectrum, Kickstarter


http://bit.ly/19VXMYg

 

[unKle]

I voted Spectrum as it was 'my' first computer (Parents bought us a VIC20 to share the year previous to getting the ZX - to my Dad's dismay, he had to fund it from the sale of his Mk1 Ford Granada ).

Brother had the C64, so not only did we endure the 'playground' battle at school we had the fight at home. Although, to be fair, he let me play C64 games. I liked the music/fx on the C64, preferred the games on ZX!

 

[Tomc@T]

ZX Spectrum.

Many hours spent programming for fun, playing games.... I still have my ZX81 and ZX spectrum, unfortunately they are not working. But I could never bring myself to throw them away.

 

[bitslice]

Bluetooth ZX Spectrum, Kickstarter


http://bit.ly/19VXMYg

I was excited until I realised it's just an Spectrum emulator (with a nice keyboard)

A shame as you can rebuild the original hardware if you wanted to, same for the ZX81

 

[DJMK4]

I'm trying for the love of god to remember the name of this one game on c64, I'm sure it was like a simulator but of some sort of space ship.

But yeah pitstop, paperboy, some fighter plane games

 

[Narj]

Games were ******* HARD back in the 8 bit era. How the hell did I have the patience to complete any of them!?

There were some great demos out back in the day. That 4MHz CPU was way underused by almost all games publishers.

Quite impressed with this...

 

[Neil79]

 

[bitslice]

That BBC review got the launch price wrong, it was more like £400.

 

[kthula666]

My family was too poor to get me a C64 so I got Speccy for christmas.

 

[Tomsk]

That BBC review got the launch price wrong, it was more like £400.

IIRC the Model A was £299 and the Model B was £399

 

[Duke]

Where can you get it from? I can't find the 2014 edition online and searching online suggests W H Smith?

 

[oldbag]

Anyone remember paradroid or whatever it was called on c64? That was epic.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Can't comment, i'm not old.

 

[Columbo]

C64 + the cartridge drive it was for me, the lack of loading times seemed like a miracle when I first got it.

My favourite game ever would have to The Last Ninja.