A Weekend with the ZX Spectrum
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Having not touched a ZX Spectrum in 34 years, I suddenly got the urge to load up and play some of the games I'd not thought about for at least that long. Then, I thought, why not revisit every single game I played, in the order I played them in and record my thoughts? Well, here are those very thoughts. A journey through every ZX Spectrum game I had the pleasure/horror of spending at least a few minutes of my life engaged with. Come with me as I spend an entire weekend enjoying (or otherwise) the splendour of 'Target: Renegade', 'Skool Daze', 'Football Manager' and 'Head over Heels'. Join me (so I can use you as a kind of support mechanism) as I also step back into the nightmarish dark back-alleys of my memories by loading up 'Dragon's Lair', 'Renegade III' and 'Brian Jacks' Superstar Challenge'. There's laughter at how bad some of the games were, tears of nostalgia, unbridled joy at games like 'Chaos' and 'Laser Squad', confusion as to how some software companies managed to get us to part with the best part of a tenner for games such as 'Supergran' and sheer bewilderment at how some managed to cram so much into just 48k's. Come with me now as I lead you down a street where the house numbers are 1k, 16k, 48k and 128k. It is of course, memory lane. Join and marvel with me at the cornerstone of our childhoods and beyond - the ZX Spectrum, it all it's magnificent rubber keyed glory (and colour clash). Review: Nostalgic reviews - Ahhh those wonderful days with the Speccy. Not a bad read at all and it evoked those old feelings for bygone days. I think the author missed out on some of the best games around at the time, but that’s my opinion. I saved this for a holiday read and really enjoyed it. Review: A nostalgic/ funny read - A great step back in time to a simpler world. 80’s were just the best and as a spectrum owner back in the day I found this book enjoyable and funny.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 Reviews |
A**R
Nostalgic reviews
Ahhh those wonderful days with the Speccy. Not a bad read at all and it evoked those old feelings for bygone days. I think the author missed out on some of the best games around at the time, but that’s my opinion. I saved this for a holiday read and really enjoyed it.
M**L
A nostalgic/ funny read
A great step back in time to a simpler world. 80’s were just the best and as a spectrum owner back in the day I found this book enjoyable and funny.
S**E
Great book but printing quality is very poor
A great book but the print quality is awful. The cover looks like a cheap photocopy, faded and blurred. The print quality of the text inside the book is not much better, faded and poorly printed. This is a real shame as the book is excellent but let very badly down by the poor printing.
E**E
More fun than half the games it covers!
An absolutely hilarious read, full of nostalgia and great humour!
M**G
Unterhaltsames und abwechslungsreiches Buch
Die negativen Bewertungen meiner Vorgänger kann ich nicht verstehen. Dies ist kein Fachbuch, es ist ein Fanbuch mit vielen Abbildungen. Unterhaltsam und locker geschrieben. Mit vielen farbigen Abbildungen !
B**N
Print-on-demand, in color. Kindle version is 4/5.
This book is a collection of ramblings about ZX Spectrum games written by a guy who thinks his humor is funnier than it actually is. A worthwhile read, I'd give it 4/5, barely, but I don't recommend buying the paper version, unless you are afraid of losing access to the Kindle eBook someday. Printed in mediocre quality. Screenshots have worse resolution than the eBook, but at least they have color, unlike some others. They somehow managed to bend the corner of the soft cover before delivering to me. Wish Amazon print-on-demand books were clearly marked as such, so I could avoid them.
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