Atomix Belegost Feud Jet Story Master of Magic Star Dragon: Main Title Star Dragon: Hall of Fame Tetris 2: Main Title Where Time Dropped Dead Zub Alla Turca (W.A. Mozart) Axel F (Inspired by Harold Faltermeyer) Chimera (Inspired by Rob Hubbard) Commando (Inspired by Rob Hubbard) E.T. Flying (Inpired by John Williams) Equinoxe V (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre) F.I.R.E. (Inspired by Karsten Obarski) Fugue (J.S. Bach) Golden Triangle Anthem (Inspired by John Williams) Ghostbusters (Inspired by Ray Parker Jr.) Indiana Jones 3 (Inspired by John Williams) Land Of Confusion (Inspired by Genesis) The Last V8 (Inspired by Rob Hubbard) Magnetic Fields II (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre) Magnetic Fields IV (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre) Monty On The Run (Inspired by Rob Hubbard) Rendez-Vous IV (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre) Terra Cresta (Inspired by Martin Galway) Tetris 2: Red Dawn (Inspired by Rob Hubbard) View to a Kill (Inspired by Duran Duran) Crazy Comets / Penetrator (Early Software Test) Piskworks (Early Software Test)
All comments (54)
Spenfica
1 Dec 16#1
It's Spectrum, I'm in!!
trilogy2k
1 Dec 16#2
There used to be a small app for Windows called the 'Follinator', basically a player program for all the amazing Tim Follin derived compositions from the Spectrum, C64 and Amiga Days. Can't seem to find it on the net - anyone have a copy?
totalgaming2012
1 Dec 16#3
I may be 15, but God I love the old stuff when you had to spend a few to get decent audio out of the system...
wiggywig
1 Dec 16#4
Ahh the loading noise of Spectrum. It was like it got angrier and angrier. The loading and changing of tapes was near on a game itself. Then youd often get hit with a load error and have to do it all over, like some kinda boss fight.
I can still remember the picture loading noises for Jet Pac 35-odd years later. youtube.com/wat…vG0
louiselouise
2 Dec 16#6
Also I can remember when Ceefax used to broadcast in the middle of the night in the early 1980s - and they'd have Spectrum "downloads" broadcast as well - not sure how you'd get a clear enough recording of the audio, or even what the programs were - but pretty novel for its time.
mb1
2 Dec 16#7
... or on LBC radio in London on a Sunday afternoon with Clive Bull! How a baffled radio listener put up with that I have no idea. Loved it as a kid though.
or you could just use this on your PC torinak.com/qao…mes Happy Friday!!!! Horace Goes Skiing :-)
markopoloman
2 Dec 16#10
Wow! I'm a retro gamer and I never knew about that site! Thats brilliant :smile: Need a C64 one now..
j0nY90
2 Dec 16#11
Have I read this wrong, its saying free for only one month. It asks for payment option up front...... Ooooooo the days of Manic Miner and the other 1000's of games .... Good old Speccy !!!!!!
le_jaeger
2 Dec 16#12
FUXSOFT lol :grin:
pinchez
2 Dec 16#13
Spooky, just as I start to type Electric Dreams starts playing on the radio!!!
Anyway I'm from the 80's and if you want to hear some real haunting retro sounds look up some old Atari 8 bit games and demo's :smile:
TesseractOrion
2 Dec 16#14
Commodore C64 now please! :smiley_cat:
louiselouise
2 Dec 16#15
The Java online emulator I used to use was called something like zxspectrum.net and seemed to be Spanish (though in English), even had a live chatroom on the side of the page - that seems to have disappeared.
Shame as I used to spend hours playing Chris Sievey's The Biz on it (even though it was written in BASIC it was quite amusing to play!).
louiselouise
2 Dec 16#16
Here's another online Speccy emulator (Czech site though) that has tons of games on it
Thank you for giving me nightmares tonight. Oh my god that sound is horrifying. And people who grew up in the 90s like myself complained about dial-up sounds. Those loading sounds on the spectrum sound considerably worse, and appear to have been composed by Satan himself.
louiselouise
2 Dec 16#20
I grew up with it, so I find that "noise" quite heavenly :smile:
unclecuddles
2 Dec 16#21
I loved the 48k speccy and the noises that Tim Follin managed to squeeze from the beeper were amazing in the end. Multi channel sound m.youtube.com/wat…uHE
XP200
2 Dec 16#22
To add this item you need to add some form of payment method, why, its free. Lol
shamoany
3 Dec 16#23
Ringtones cool :wink:
Going_Digital
3 Dec 16#24
To be a song there must be some singing.
stebaird
3 Dec 16#25
Used to love Chase Hq on my spectrum +3 (the disc version).
blaster
3 Dec 16#26
I remember when I was 15 I was on my way back from wh smith with a brand new 48k spectrum wow they where the days , first game I played was a game called pssst classic days.
Begize
3 Dec 16#27
Pssst was a 16k game as well, those were the days!
blaster
3 Dec 16#28
atic attack and sabre wulf , I remember being in Sheffield in a shop called just micros and them previewing monty on the run , the game makes had offices above the shop , also had a few mates working in Rotherham writing games for krysalis software , remember toobin
dai.bonehead
3 Dec 16#29
Wrong 8 bit computer. The Commodore 64 had a real sound chip.
Borat
3 Dec 16#30
Thanks
louiselouise
3 Dec 16#31
Technically, it's still the right computer - the ZX Spectrum 128K, which came along a few years after the 16K/48K/+ versions, DID have an AY Chip :smile:
..if only there was a method of finding out these facts in a matter of seconds! :grin:
blaster
4 Dec 16#32
yep agreed that's why most specy owners went onto a commodore 64
Malabus
4 Dec 16#33
Music!! Don't waste my time. Cold.
RedNWhite
4 Dec 16#34
You can't beat the farty drum sounds!
Here's a cool website for C64 remixes..... Remix.kwed.org
Load ERROR!!! how many times, although we did copy a lot of games tape to tape Shhhhhh well until they did that hyperload thingy and threw a spanner in the works for all 14 year olds at the time :smile:
blaster
7 Dec 16#39
Well our Amstrad hifi managed to copy the tape to tape no problems.
thomasleep
7 Dec 16#40
Very posh :wink: me and my pals used 2 tape decks :smile: we had one each
annp1
7 Dec 16#41
Could be wrong, but I seem to remember if you cancel, you'll progress to the checkout - you do need a google account at least, but no cash.
EvilA
7 Dec 16#42
Great but missing some classics. Used to love the land where time stood still.
Muffinsrevenge
7 Dec 16#43
My first computer
XP200
8 Dec 16#44
Unfortunately there is only add payment, no cancel, but no big deal, i can live without adding payment options to google store. Lol
JeffsterRule
8 Dec 16#45
Not that I know off, we stuck it out on the Speccy, till the ST arrived. Was very hard to find a C64 person where I lived, but least they weren't MicroB snobs!
blaster
8 Dec 16#46
aww right lot round here went specy c64 amiga
jayincrewe
8 Dec 16#47
Shinobei
9 Dec 16#48
10 print "this is ace" 20 goto 10 run
NotaChance321
14 Dec 16#49
That just made me really chuckle.....
effingandjeffing
16 Dec 16#50
i was certainly fuxoft every time the game hadn't loaded after 10min
JacobVR
19 Dec 16#51
I love the Master System. I didn't know of it's existence as a kid, because they never sold them in my local area, but I finally got one in 2015, and I love it. I own 22 games for it, and a couple of months ago, I purchased a pair of Competition Pro pads for it, which are much better than the stock SMS pads. I never bothered to go for the 3D glasses, because I'm legally blind in one eye, and can't see 3D.
GeneralTrouble
24 Dec 16#52
Surely it's worth breaking the law so you can see properly? :wink:
BillySollox
24 Dec 16#53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF6wvTfKEVg
One of the Oliver twins. That loft is worth a bloody fortune! X)
fishmaster
16 Feb 17#54
A lad in work played his playlist of 8 bit music on Spotify, I said I will be forced to kill you if you play that ever again. Christ! it made me angry. He listens to it in his house, how on Earth could you do that? Donald Trump can have the CIA use it for torture purposes, I'd confess to anything, just make it stop!
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Opening post
Atomix
Belegost
Feud
Jet Story
Master of Magic
Star Dragon: Main Title
Star Dragon: Hall of Fame
Tetris 2: Main Title
Where Time Dropped Dead
Zub
Alla Turca (W.A. Mozart)
Axel F (Inspired by Harold Faltermeyer)
Chimera (Inspired by Rob Hubbard)
Commando (Inspired by Rob Hubbard)
E.T. Flying (Inpired by John Williams)
Equinoxe V (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre)
F.I.R.E. (Inspired by Karsten Obarski)
Fugue (J.S. Bach)
Golden Triangle Anthem (Inspired by John Williams)
Ghostbusters (Inspired by Ray Parker Jr.)
Indiana Jones 3 (Inspired by John Williams)
Land Of Confusion (Inspired by Genesis)
The Last V8 (Inspired by Rob Hubbard)
Magnetic Fields II (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre)
Magnetic Fields IV (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre)
Monty On The Run (Inspired by Rob Hubbard)
Rendez-Vous IV (Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre)
Terra Cresta (Inspired by Martin Galway)
Tetris 2: Red Dawn (Inspired by Rob Hubbard)
View to a Kill (Inspired by Duran Duran)
Crazy Comets / Penetrator (Early Software Test)
Piskworks (Early Software Test)
All comments (54)
YouTube link
Happy Friday!!!!
Horace Goes Skiing :-)
Ooooooo the days of Manic Miner and the other 1000's of games ....
Good old Speccy !!!!!!
Anyway I'm from the 80's and if you want to hear some real haunting retro sounds look up some old Atari 8 bit games and demo's :smile:
Shame as I used to spend hours playing Chris Sievey's The Biz on it (even though it was written in BASIC it was quite amusing to play!).
zx-spectrum.cz/ind…2=4 (use the drop-down menu in the middle)
This song needs to be shared more :))
youtube.com/wat…vAw
Oh my god that sound is horrifying. And people who grew up in the 90s like myself complained about dial-up sounds. Those loading sounds on the spectrum sound considerably worse, and appear to have been composed by Satan himself.
..if only there was a method of finding out these facts in a matter of seconds! :grin:
Here's a cool website for C64 remixes.....
Remix.kwed.org
20 goto 10
run
One of the Oliver twins. That loft is worth a bloody fortune! X)