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Wow, this page takes me back. Match Day! What a game. https://worldofspectrum.net/features/warajevo/Sshots4.html https://worldofspectrum.net/features/warajevo/

Wow, this page takes me back. Match Day! What a game. https://worldofspectrum.net/features/warajevo/Sshots4.html https://worldofspectrum.net/features/warajevo/Sshots4.html I don’t remember how it came to be that my mam & dad bought me a ZX Spectrum+ – probably because I was about 10 at the time. Did I ask for it? How would I have known? Either way, an eternity of thanks is due because that thing changed my life. I mean, I just can’t imagine me without that foundation as a kid. I know it’s a bit clichéd but I really think it’s true that the fact that kids today get iOS vs. a BASIC prompt is a real shame. Even having to manually LOAD a game makes you think, huh, what’s going on there? Back in my early 20s I worried that the next generation would come and eat my lunch, but it never happened, and I think that BASIC prompt was why. It really was a golden time. Good times. I wish we’d never sold that thing, but it made way for an Amiga 500 and who was to ever have known that it would be valuable, even if only sentimentally, 30+ years later.

acqq 6y ago
> I wish we’d never sold that thing You have only 18 days left to stop wishing — a new reconstruction of the old hardware, compatible with the old, with modern ports added: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectru... Seen on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24159462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24159462
the_af 6y ago
> I wish we’d never sold that thing I know! I feel the same way about the C64 of my childhood. I ended up buying RetroGames' TheC64 (maxi version, with the full size keyboard), which is a C64 lookalike running a tweaked up version of VICE. Not the real deal, but close enough for me.
sharken 6y ago
Also had a Spectrum as a kid, it was either that or a C64. To pick the right one my older cousin was consulted and he recommended the Spectrum. It turned out that the C64 was the machine that I should have chosen, so that wrong decision cost 1-2 years until a C64 could be bought instead. I still hold him accountable some 30 years later :o) The main issue with the Spectrum apart from the rubber keyboard and sound was the color clash: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_clash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_clash Thankfully, between the Amiga and Atari it was an easy choice to go for the Amiga, being a few years older also helped.

acqq 6y ago

> I wish we’d never sold that thing You have only 18 days left to stop wishing — a new reconstruction of the old hardware, compatible with the old, with modern ports added: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectru... Seen on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24159462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24159462

the_af 6y ago

> I wish we’d never sold that thing I know! I feel the same way about the C64 of my childhood. I ended up buying RetroGames' TheC64 (maxi version, with the full size keyboard), which is a C64 lookalike running a tweaked up version of VICE. Not the real deal, but close enough for me.

sharken 6y ago

Also had a Spectrum as a kid, it was either that or a C64. To pick the right one my older cousin was consulted and he recommended the Spectrum. It turned out that the C64 was the machine that I should have chosen, so that wrong decision cost 1-2 years until a C64 could be bought instead. I still hold him accountable some 30 years later :o) The main issue with the Spectrum apart from the rubber keyboard and sound was the color clash: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_clash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_clash Thankfully, between the Amiga and Atari it was an easy choice to go for the Amiga, being a few years older also helped.