@GirlVersusGame not all games, obviously, but yes, some spectrum games on tape were 99p. as I said, they were mostly appalling!! trying to track them down via the net (ROMS), out of curiosity really!
@Dimey I'm going to Youtube the Spectrum, I need to see what a game on tape looks like. I do have some cassettes but they are mostly soundtracks from movies, I collected them for a while. I like to preserve physical media, books and things.
I just watched this, there was no music at all? It must have been wild going from games with those sound effects to games with a theme or background music. I like the look of Robin of the Wood, I'd play that Cauldron game, Dynamite Dan looks good too. I didn't realize SpyHunter went back that far, Boulder Dash I'm sure I've seen on KickStarter. One thing those games don't seem to be lacking is colour, it feels like I only see colour when I play Indies. I did my obligatory Judge Dredd search too and it was on the Spectrum. Just being able to physically pick up a game that you knew nothing about sounds like a luxury, it's hard to do that with any game I've played, Indies are the exception, which is why I like them so much.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
haha, yes, playing these as an 8 or 9 year old means I have quite the appreciation of games today!!
some magazines would print the code for games back in the 80s, so you would type the game out yourself on the spectrum and then play it. With games on tape, you would easily copy the games from your mates, but it was tricky having to play them at the right volume for the spectrum to load them. Games took several minutes to load!
hi,im a new member here,ive read the rules ,im new to the PS4 (ive just bought a PS4 pro in the past couple of weeks) and i hope you both dont mind me comenting on the game tapes.
i had a comodore 64 shared with my sister in the late eighties. it not only had a posh cartrige port in the back of the keyboard (we were definitly not posh,we only had one cart that was gifted to us -ie the terminator,which weirdly had a piano game on it i think? its either that or we had a seprate useless piano game cart-i have severe memory damage so i apologise for rubbish recall) the tape deck was rubbish but my dad constantly fixed the 2 'heads' on the tape deck with tiny screw drivers he got out of a christmas cracker to make it carry on working.and it took a minimum of 5 minutes to load each game.
sometimes theyd cracsh in the middle of loading and youd think it was all just part of the comodore experience.
i had alot of games that were also on the spectrum afaik including kik start (i have a mint copy of this to this day) bart simpson vs the space mutants (i had a mint boxed and bagged copy of this up until a few years ago,one of my suport staff was a simpsons fanatic and i gave it him for nothing to be part of his colection) ,all the 'dizzy' games,street fighter 1,and double dragon 2 etc.
i am a pasonate 41 yr old gamer even though i struggle with a lot of different parts of it and i campain to make gaming more acessible to more needs. i am severely classic autistic,mild learning (intelectual) disability,lifelong severe epileptic, have spinal and spinal nerve injurys from over restraint that afects my hands and legs so im in a bespoke made active wheelchair (or as i call mine,my wheelie). i make videos on how games ive bought are like for adults with varying levels of learning disability,but being non verbal im unable to talk over them.
my hobbies are cats!! my rabbit;luna,gaming,tech stuff,DJing (only do digital now as i live in a care home and id have to have all my vinyl and equipment in the same one room), going clubbing all over the UK with my suport staff and i am a profesional artist.i have a gaming PC (masive step down from the gaming laptop i used to have till the motherboard went),and loads of retro consoles and a PS4 pro now.
anyway,if you got this far,thankyou,hope you all are having a great day.
Please give me time to respond as i process infomation and language very slowly-my brain tends to pick key words out to try and get over that barier bujt it doesnt work always...
Welcome @Wheelie-Gamer, your into brought back some memories for me in regards to the Commodore 64 and Spectrum. I had a few carts for the C64 too… some really obscure ones and also Shadow of the Beast which was insanely difficult but I felt that I had to keep playing it as it cost my parents so much money at the time 😅. I also remember Kick Start on the Spectrum, loved that game. Anyway welcome aboard.
@Wheelie-Gamer Welcome! Enjoy gaming, there are so many gems on the '4'. I'm not too up to date on what games are accessible, so I won't risk recommending you games that are hard to play for you. Do wonder what games you are planning on playing!
@Wheelie-Gamer Welcome, and question. Do rabbits and cats socialize? You mentioned both, so I thought maybe you mean you have both at the same time. PS4 is a great time, I'm still catching up on a lot of that generation. There's a lot to see and do there, you'll be entertained for years.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
I'm not gonna tag anyone in case they aren't interested but I'd been away from Push since December as all the negativity that permeates the community (Through the articles and such not here in the forums) was just getting to me and making me tired of it all.
Plus... Posting felt here in the forums had felt more like an obligation then something I actually really wanted to do for a long while. No fault of anyone mind you that was all me and the ol' brain worms.
Then in February as you know I just decided to pull the plug entirely and delete my account as it'd been 2 whole months and I was pretty content.
... I ended missing everyone though so... Here we are lol
I feel refreshed and I'll probably be ignoring the articles entirely. Just posting in the forums from here on~
@HallowMoonshadow Real talk but ignoring the articles/comments is probably for the best, marority of them boil down to petty arguements and name calling...
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Plus... Posting felt here in the forums had felt more like an obligation then something I actually really wanted to do for a long while. No fault of anyone mind you that was all me and the ol' brain worms.
Quoting for truth. This can happen a lot, and you're right, it's nobody's fault. I certainly don't post nearly as much or as frequently as I did before.
Never force yourself to log in and participate, even if you're regularly lurking and seeing discussions to which you could contribute. Your time is your own to spend however you see fit. Everybody (or at least, everybody worth talking to) understands this, and will be here if and when you're ready to reply.
I'm personally real glad you're back, but you gotta look after number one!
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
My experience is almost exactly like yours. I struggle with the relentless negativity and pettiness online and it really destroys my energy for connections, which I struggle enough with already in the real world, and just want to retreat.
@AgentCooper Hey buddy! A warm ‘welcome back’ to you as well!
And I completely understand and jive with what you all have said. You and Foxy and Rog are absolute legends in my book and we’ve all seen a real shift in the internet over the last few years and it can be a real beatdown. As mentioned, it’s not limited to gaming, and in fact is probably much more prevalent in other spaces, with our little nook of gaming and nerd culture being the last shrinking bastion of reason and decency in the world! 😄 ….Ok, maybe that’s not a fair statement and I say that in jest, but sometimes it feels that way. 😜
Anyway, good to see your name pop up!
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution You flatter me good sir, most gracious. This is indeed the last bastion of reason and decency on the internet, without an inch of hyperbole 😉
Just need to remember to give the old limbic a clip round the earhole from time to time.
HallowMoonshadow Good to see you back Foxy 👍
My experience is almost exactly like yours. I struggle with the relentless negativity and pettiness online and it really destroys my energy for connections, which I struggle enough with already in the real world, and just want to retreat.
Hope all is well anyway 😄
Quoted for truth.
I've had an... Interesting week with the ol' teaching but otherwise it's been rather good the past few months. Hope all's well on your end too Coop~
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