Tag: ZX Spectrum
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Horace goes IP Trolling
Octav1us, game reviewer and lover of 1980’s games has been attacked by a copyright troll – Paul Andrews of Subvert. (I do name and shame even if she’s understandably too scared and worried to do it – so bite me. She used Horace from the ZX Spectrum games, but the guy who was one of…
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New AFX video
First AFX video in 17 years and it’s directed and edited by a 12 year old Ryan Wyer and starring him and his family. A reminder that children are stranger and more creative than many ‘pros’ that try to emulate it, fits really well with the track off the new Cheetah EP (I’m hoping Cheetah…
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The Art of Atari
I’m not sure if today’s generation realise the wonder of arcade and home console/computer game art, travelling into a world of Chris Foss and pulp sci-fi covers crossed with D&D fantasy, cutesy pop art and plain Robert Crumb psychedelic strangeness. The thrill of seeing new worlds, and being able to travel to them on your…
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Mahler’s Symphony for 12 Spectrums
In 1982 the ZX Spectrum BASIC Manual had a chapter on the BEEP command* and set this challenge: Rewrite the Mahler program so that it uses FOR loops to repeat the bars. Program the computer so that it plays not only the funeral march, but also the rest of Mahler’s first symphony. Now 33 years…
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RC 269: Ex-Rated (Aural pOddities #5 / Odds and Sods #17)
X-rated, Not Safe For Work, Explicit, Call 0898 269 269 269 for Sexy Housewife Secrets involving Brillo Pads, Soda Crystals and Saucepans That Need A Really Good Scrubbing And Don’t Forget To Rinse After. 269 dudes! A naughty Radio Clash as messy mashup of an Aural pOddities show and an Odds & Sods show and…
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RC 248: 8-Bit Music Machine
In the 1980′ and 90’s I like most of my friends spent many hours programming, creating rudimentary digital pictures (I had a mouse for my Spectrum!), playing games and trying to get something vaguely musical from said microcomputers. So in honour of my 8-bit and 16-bit music days, here is a 8-bit/16-bit music special of…