350 - The Spectrum
It's been the buzz of the moment. Retro Games Ltd have recently released their latest micro computer replication. Following on the success of the C64 mini/maxi, the Amiga 500 mini and the Atari 400, Sinclair fans celebrated as The Spectrum was dispatched to thousands of loving homes (in time for Christmas). Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss the system, its included games and suggested classics that you should play on this lovely rubber-keyed device. Show notes:: Playdate: https://play.date/ Root Bear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTVQp0-S44 BBC Micro Literacy Project Archive https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/ Drisky's chosen list of Speccy games: 180 2. Atic Atac 3. Captain Blood 4. Chuckie Egg 5. Fantasy World Dizzy 6. Dan Dare 7. Deathchase 8. Head Over Heels 9. Three Weeks In Paradise 10. Enduro Racer 11. Chase HQ 12. Jet Set Willy 13. Garfield 14. Snoopy 15. Bear Bovver 16. Jet Pac 17. Batty 18. Trantor : The Last Stormtrooper Kingy's Chosen list of Speccy games: 1. Bugaboo 2. Cyclone 3. Dynamite Dan 4. Knight Lore 5. Kokotoni Wilf 6. Mighty Magus 7. Mugsy 8. Orc Attack 9. The Pyramid 10. Worse Things Happen at Sea MODERN INDIE: castle escape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5VpMv5QT4 Cesare the Somnambule (Sleepwalker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNWbjNxW24 Donkey Kong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNUWPUSvQk Exo-tical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobdW3GJuBY MArlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkR43nTum7U Marsmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQfnCsIKCQ&t=141s Dr Acula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGeM_o5FceM Mushroom Soup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KQ8LhyJGBk Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtksG-wrKqE Microblitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYPmPPhXBRM Aliens Neoplasma 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTx8f6Tt39M Analogue 64 https://www.analogue.co/3d