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> All in all ZX Spectrum platform is almost entirely responsible for me picking programming as my profession. Me too. Started with the 48k, switched to assemb
by stevekemp 11y ago
> All in all ZX Spectrum platform is almost entirely responsible for me picking programming as my profession.
Me too. Started with the 48k, switched to assembly soon after getting bored with BASIC, and for a few years I got my name printed in Your Sinclair for posting POKEs for various games.
The Z80 assembly language set me in good stead for early programming with MS-DOS (3.3 or so) as the assembly syntax was familiar. (I think Zilog engineers were ex-Intel. But my memory is a little hazy these days.)
I still play "Choas:The Battle of Wizards" on an emulator every few months, alongside "The Hobbit" and the various Hungry Horace games.
- Twirrim 11y ago> I still play "Choas:The Battle of Wizards" on an emulator every few months I remember my cousin introducing me to the game early on. I think I spent more hours playing Chaos on the speccy than any other game, possibly more than any other game combined.
- pekk 11y agoFor Chaos fans in this thread, note that there is just recently a nice remake of Chaos by the original creator called "Chaos Reborn."
- jlees 11y agoWell, it was POKEs from Your Sinclair that got me into programming, so perhaps I have you to thank? Thanks!
- stevekemp 11y agoI think there were a lot of people doing that stuff. Most people would send in one or two, but there were people like Jon North, & Gerard Sweeney, who I remember as submitting, contributing, and documenting hundreds/thousands of hacks. Truely impressive to me, as a twelve-year old.
- Zardoz84 11y agoOn my case, was a ZX Spectrum +3 and a custom made (build by my father) PC with a AMD 80386 and an early SVGA card . Really I had good memories of these little machine and of the few games that I had on it.