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I have favourite games on all different formats. Weirdly Target Renegade is one of those games I like on both Spectrum and C64 for massively different reasons (two player on Spectrum but the 'feel' was better on the C64). Robin of the Wood I preferred on the Spectrum.

I didn't really participate in the Spectrum vs C64 as I thought they were both fantastic machines. I need to get hold of a Spectrum to go with my C64 and Amigas :)



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Tbh the Speccy vs C64 debate was probably at its core a class thing were I was… people could just about afford Speccies at £175 but if you had a C64 which cost about £400 it meant you were loaded so evil! :) ! Of course Commodore UK temporarily have the last laugh with the Amiga; great hardware, great price, and a great OS which. It is so sad that their US management seemed to have as much business sense as Sir Clive.

I still play Amiga games too using WinUAE & my transcoded ROM. Unfortunately, my actual A1200 is pretty much on its last legs & suffers from a red screen of death. My favourite game was A-Train, spent hours playing that and was always somewhat annoyed that you couldn't turn off the victory conditions etc.
 
I ended up paying extra for the top of the range ZX spectrum next accelerated edition. It comes with 1Mb ram, wifi, RTC, and a raspberry pi zero added as an accelerator board.
They have added a SID chip for sound (my speccy is part C64!). With the stretch goals all being reached on kickstarter, £720,000 raised, all kinds of extras have been added including a new Dizzy game made by the Oliver brothers and various other games being made and re-made for the speccy next utilising the extra power. They upgraded the FPGA chip which can, in theory, be made to run as virtually any 8 bit machine.

People have asked me why i am getting one and why not just buy a second hand original. I would say that i just like tinkering with stuff and this is kind of an ultimate tinkering machine.
 
NeoWave said:
Tbh the Speccy vs C64 debate was probably at its core a class thing were I was… people could just about afford Speccies at £175 but if you had a C64 which cost about £400 it meant you were loaded so evil! :) !
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wow is that how much a C64 cost!
i almost feel guilty about my parents getting me one, almost.
 
kingy666 said:
including a new Dizzy game made by the Oliver brothers and various other games being made and re-made for the speccy next utilising the extra power.
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Hopefully it goes back to its Treasure Island/Fantasy World routes. Really gutted their kickstarter, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theolivertwins/dizzy-returns/posts/367677 , for a modern version didn't take off but as I only heard about it due to its cancellation I suspect there was a market for it if they had a better campaign.

kingy666 said:
People have asked me why i am getting one and why not just buy a second hand original. I would say that i just like tinkering with stuff and this is kind of an ultimate tinkering machine.
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100% get that. & hell, it's always good to support someone doing something relatively unique like this if you can. I certainly would.

aardvark said:
wow is that how much a C64 cost!
i almost feel guilty about my parents getting me one, almost.
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That's £1,295.51 in today's money btw! :eek: For the speccy it is £566.78 so basically it was half the price which explains why it was such a big hit. Still resulted in half my estate owing money to doorstep loan sharks like! But it was such an amazing machine I could live without clothes, food, or heating for a while! :)
 
I dont mean for this to sound bad, but i literally cant understand a word your saying.

Prime example: Fued.

Its like your speaking without teeth.

Dont take this as an insult, just constructive feedback. Try to speak a bit clearer for your audience.
 
NeoWave said:
Anyway, like I say, these are my first two proper streams so if anyone is interested then feel free to check them out, comment, criticise, praise, etc.
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NeoWave said:
Thanks for the feedback but unless you are willing to pay me I'm not changing my accent or the way I speak. It's not my job to make YouTube videos :)
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Just giving you some constructive criticism that's all bud. Be more enjoyable for a wider audience with some slight change to your pacing of speech and pronunciations etc. that's all.
 
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