Iirc the zx connected by way of aerial coax which all tvs still have
In case it doesnt work you can buy mini zx spec consoles loaded with all the games and connected by a usb. U can also get mega drive and snes ones of these.
Last year I dragged out my old N64 and Zelda Ocarina of Time
Not only did it look shite on a modern TV, the game has also lost its ability to save and "forgot" everything I did on it and can't save new files now (as soon as you switch it off everything goes). I felt like a chunk of my childhood had been erased tbh .
Something to do with batteries built into the cart that have a shelf life of about 15 years that can only be replaced by opening the cart up with a soldering iron (why the hell would Nintendo make this design choice...)
Legend of Welder more like .. it's no wonder there's so much repackaging of old games, Raspberry Pi emulators etc.
The Spectrum really was astonishing for its time. My dad knew Sinclair through nerdy electronics circles so we had early access to most of his stuff (but not the C5 that I longed for as a boy). I was more of a BBC Model B fan myself.
I quite like the ide of owning an original but you can get units for 200 quid with 1000s of games across virtually every system that’s ever been release
No need to spend any £ at all. There are emulators that execute in a browser. Google it. Ditto for BBC, C64, Acorn etc. For example, my favourite BBC game of all time:
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£100? Will be a LOT of fun!
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GOTO10
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About 200
I still have mine
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exactly in the middle - 150 quid
class
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How are you planning to make it work on a modern tv?
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Will you find time to post in between game after game of frogger?
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I actually have an old CRT TV which I hope still works
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How embarrassing for you
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no
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Horace Goes Skiing in the bundle, I hope?
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Leisure Suit Larry?
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World Class CBA
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Sorry Laz, but it’s unlikely to work out of the box after all that time, due to corrosion and capacitor failure.
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I have seen it working you fat tit
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Smoke and mirrors mate.
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Jet set willy
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This guy is legit
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Iirc the zx connected by way of aerial coax which all tvs still have
In case it doesnt work you can buy mini zx spec consoles loaded with all the games and connected by a usb. U can also get mega drive and snes ones of these.
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Snap, crackle and pop.
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Heh @ wang.
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I cant seem to find the spectrum one. You can get atari, c64 and megadrive still.
#2 has an old gameboy advance which we got from a shop that's exactly the same as CEX but isnt CEX (a rare shop in desolate downtown devizes)
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If you have an intact rubber keyboard version clearly Daley Thompson's Decathalon was never played on it.
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I'd be wary of buying old gaming kit
Last year I dragged out my old N64 and Zelda Ocarina of Time
Not only did it look shite on a modern TV, the game has also lost its ability to save and "forgot" everything I did on it and can't save new files now (as soon as you switch it off everything goes). I felt like a chunk of my childhood had been erased tbh .
Something to do with batteries built into the cart that have a shelf life of about 15 years that can only be replaced by opening the cart up with a soldering iron (why the hell would Nintendo make this design choice...)
Legend of Welder more like .. it's no wonder there's so much repackaging of old games, Raspberry Pi emulators etc.
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What Guy says above is the truest statement ever uttered on this website
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One of these is probably a better bet
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166636723168?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-1276…
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Was more a c64 fan but had the 48k and 128k - with (deep breath) built in tape deck.
Manic Miner, JSW II and Renegade. Sorted.
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You’re missing the ultimate games. Atic attack, knight lore etc. scuba dive was also good
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Please tell me you got Daley Thompson's Decathlon.
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Don't know if Deemus question addressed to me. But answer is yes, naturealmont.
And Hypersports, And Yei Are Kung Fu.
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Bravo
We bought a couple of table arcade games with the 80's stuff on them for our pub. Much more basic (1942, Donkey Kong, Pacman, etc).
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I don’t understand the “recreated wirh original box” thing. Is it reconditioned?
Anyway no the point of buying an original is to buy an original.
Loads of old gaming kit still works and if it doesn’t there are loads of people who can fix it
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For fellow geeks, a fun BBC drama on Sir Clive…
https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM?si=ys7YdQIXhxrK_K9e
The Spectrum really was astonishing for its time. My dad knew Sinclair through nerdy electronics circles so we had early access to most of his stuff (but not the C5 that I longed for as a boy). I was more of a BBC Model B fan myself.
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I quite like the ide of owning an original but you can get units for 200 quid with 1000s of games across virtually every system that’s ever been release
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No need to spend any £ at all. There are emulators that execute in a browser. Google it. Ditto for BBC, C64, Acorn etc. For example, my favourite BBC game of all time:
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=11
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Does anyone here remember Zarch on the Acorn Archimedes? Sort of loose predecessor to Elite.
All I remember about the ZX Spectrum is the Daley Thompson Decathlon game that knackered the keyboard.
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