Just come across this:
http://www.freespaceinvaders.org/
A bit of nostalgia for the 40-somethings amongst us ;D ;D
Oh those were the days!!!!
Regards
Neal.
P.S.
See if you can beat this http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/fe/news/space-invaders-record-smashed-10c6fe.html
More into retro-modelling, currently building assorted 1970s N scale kits - fortunately with modern paints and glues 8)
Alan
Better off with the real thing ;)
Currently have an Atari ST with a dozen of my favourite games from the time, a ZX Spectrum 48k with about 20 games, and an Atari 2600 with about 25 games (including Space Invaders and Asteroids). Not a huge selection really, but I was quite fussy about what I played back then and I haven't changed much 8)
Prefer the simplicity and playability of old consoles/games, have tried Playstation 2 & 3 and also Xbox - you can keep them as far as I'm concerned :thumbsdown:
Paul
I was never a fan of Space Invaders. Preferred Galaxian. I have a Sega Megadrive with Sonic. :-)
Gemini wing on the c64 - That game cost me 3 joysticks ! :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff-hyyuacQ8&list=FLGTeru4tTABWQOKdi7tMvIw&index=4
Daley Thomson's Decathlon was the joystick-killer on the Spectrum :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Quote from: Sprintex on October 19, 2011, 06:49:56 PM
Daley Thomson's Decathlon was the joystick-killer on the Spectrum :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Your not kidding..... :smiley-laughing:
Still got my Speccy........Way of the Exploding Fist was my favourite game....
And who could forget Sensible Soccer on the Amiga.....
Happy Days.... ;D
Five favourite games from Retro era are:
Rescue on Fractalus on Atari 800 - this was simply stunning at the time
Archipelagos on ST
Elite (thank heavens there is a great free version, Oolite, for the Mac)
Revs on the BBC
Chuckie Egg
I agree that the modern games don't have quite the same appeal for me though Sonic the Hedgehog series are brilliant in their gameplay, simplicity and music. Also love the John Madden series.
Quote from: Pendy on October 19, 2011, 08:03:59 PM
Five favourite games from Retro era are:
Rescue on Fractalus on Atari 800 - this was simply stunning at the time
Archipelagos on ST
Elite (thank heavens there is a great free version, Oolite, for the Mac)
Revs on the BBC
Chuckie Egg
I agree that the modern games don't have quite the same appeal for me though Sonic the Hedgehog series are brilliant in their gameplay, simplicity and music. Also love the John Madden series.
Rescue on Fractalus was awesome !!! when an ailen jumped up on the screen, i pooped myself !
Ah yes the joys of the Android phone spectrum emulator.
Mind you the world has moved on from Southern Belle on the spectrum !
Alan
(used to work on game stuff for Adventure International and friends)
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on October 19, 2011, 08:08:54 PM
Quote from: Pendy on October 19, 2011, 08:03:59 PM
Five favourite games from Retro era are:
Rescue on Fractalus on Atari 800 - this was simply stunning at the time
Archipelagos on ST
Elite (thank heavens there is a great free version, Oolite, for the Mac)
Revs on the BBC
Chuckie Egg
I agree that the modern games don't have quite the same appeal for me though Sonic the Hedgehog series are brilliant in their gameplay, simplicity and music. Also love the John Madden series.
Rescue on Fractalus was awesome !!! when an ailen jumped up on the screen, i pooped myself !
Yes - I remember this. You could hear the pilot knocking to be let in but you had to leave him outside in case he was an alien - when he would jump on the screen. The longer you left the pilot, the weaker the knocks became - that was amazing detail for a game of that age
Was the Southern Belle the simulator of the Victoria to Brighton line?
Crikey I remember plating tennis with my boys many years ago, it had lines that went up and down on the screen and a boing sound when the spot hit the line, that I am afraid is the extent of my TV game experience.
Sold many hundreds of PS1,2 &3, Nintendo64, XBox, Sega and Wee consoles and games when I worked in a Pawnbrokers shop but after seeing what some of these gamers did to themselves by sitting in front of the TV for hour after hour decided it was not for me. :thumbsdown:
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 19, 2011, 08:56:26 PM
Crikey I remember plating tennis with my boys many years ago, it had lines that went up and down on the screen and a boing sound when the spot hit the line, that I am afraid is the extent of my TV game experience.
Sold many hundreds of PS1,2 &3, Nintendo64, XBox, Sega and Wee consoles and games when I worked in a Pawnbrokers shop but after seeing what some of these gamers did to themselves by sitting in front of the TV for hour after hour decided it was not for me. :thumbsdown:
Binatone TV games!, I still have mine along with a Sinclair ZX81, a Spectrum 48k with rubber keyboard and a Spectrum 128k !
Hi,
Used to have an Amiga 500 upgraded to 1 whole Meg. State of the art back then. Had most flights sims. One of the best was F16 Combat Pilot, a pig to try and land manually.
One of my favorite retro games was The Centipede, I think that's what it was called. It moved back and forth along the screen and when you hit part of it, it turned into a mushroom. Says it all really.
Alex
I have an emulator with all the old games on so I can play em on the PC, Gorf, 1942, Metal Slug etc etc lots of Amiga games and the legend that is Manic Miner.. ;D
Cudders
Thought I would revive this thread and show this which popped up this morning
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/sinclair-zx-spectrum-a00zx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16P08_W4_D6&utm_content=XmasCat-3&utm_campaign=16P09-13 (http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/sinclair-zx-spectrum-a00zx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16P08_W4_D6&utm_content=XmasCat-3&utm_campaign=16P09-13)
Check out the available android retro games.
But I suppose for £100.00 you can (almost) get a nice kettle!
The C64 was too expensive back then, then? ;)
Quote from: Bealman on October 30, 2015, 09:47:15 AM
The C64 was too expensive back then, then? ;)
ZX80/81 was where I started.
On reflection I think for business we went straight to a Commodore PET. 2 * 5
1/
4" drives one for program and one for data. Cost an arm plus other body parts.
Quote from: Bealman on October 30, 2015, 09:47:15 AM
The C64 was too expensive back then, then? ;)
Why pay twice the price for something half as good - and a Yank import instead of a British box to boot ?
The C64 was a machine with 3 addressable sound synthesisers, which at that time was amazing.
But the biggest drawcard and what I believe to this day sank Sinclair computers, is that it had a real keyboard and was a full size machine, not a tiny bit of plastic with rubber keys.
Quote from: colpatben on October 30, 2015, 09:42:36 AM
But I suppose for £100.00 you
could get one of these
http://retro-computers.co.uk/vega/ (http://retro-computers.co.uk/vega/)
Quote from: Bealman on October 30, 2015, 10:06:17 AM
But the biggest drawcard and what I believe to this day sank Sinclair computers, is that it had a real keyboard and was a full size machine, not a tiny bit of plastic with rubber keys.
However, it took years for the C64 to get past the #2 spot (the Speccie held the #1 for most of the time). But by then, better systems were out (eg the Amiga), and the 8-bit boxes were obsolete.
True.
However, the Sinclair machine only reigned supreme in it's country of origin. I can assure you that, at that time in history, the Sinclair ZX things were not even considered here in Australia, and probably anywhere else. They were considered to be toytown stuff.
Sorry, but that's the way it was here back then! :beers:
I bought my son a commodore +4 rather than c64 seemed a better machine at the time ,But disappeared rapidly
It must have, I haven't heard of it!
Oh, hang on.... was that the one with a little screen and disk drive all contained in a box with the keyboard in the lid? ???
No, that was the SX-64. This is the Plus 4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Plus/4), popular in Hungary apparently.
Quote from: Bealman on October 30, 2015, 10:06:17 AM
The C64 was a machine with 3 addressable sound synthesisers, which at that time was amazing.
But the biggest drawcard and what I believe to this day sank Sinclair computers, is that it had a real keyboard and was a full size machine, not a tiny bit of plastic with rubber keys.
Well the C64 may have had some technical advantages, but that fancy sound setup is basically a gateway to the music scene, which as we know is associated with drugs, and despite their fancy proper keyboards the best I can say about the former C64 owners from my childhood is that the "successful" ones are good enough buskers to be able to finance their meth habit. While we former Speccie owners have moved on to high-flying careers in technology etc.
Old rivalries die hard ;)
Thanks for the link! Yeah, I do vaguely remember it.... Javlinfaw7 is right - they didn't last long.