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Trapdoor – Spectrum Style!
Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions, where nobody goes, stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place lives Berk.
Hullo.
Overworked servant of the Thing upstairs.
BERK – FEED ME!
But that’s nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath the trapdoor. For there is always something down there, in the dark, waiting to come out…
#Don’t you open that trapdoor#
#You’re a fool if you dare#
#Stay away from that trapdoor#
#Cos there’s something down there# › Continue reading
Spectrum Is Green
Recently I found on the Internet a Spectrum emulation program (hence the lack of updates. So… fun…) If the word Spectrum simply reminds you of a rainbow, or a dodgy puppet organisation devoted to defeating torches, then this isn’t the article for you. But if it takes you back to those day-glo, halcyon days of hi-tech computers being those with 8k of RAM and Kempston joysticks, then hang around.
For the novices, let me explain. The ZX Spectrum was, in the eighties, the pinnacle of technology. However, in the eighties, pinnacle meant a whole 2 colours and a several hour waiting time to load a game. Well, not quite, but that’s what it seemed like. Instead of foolish devices like “disks,” the Spectrum used the pure medium of tapes. Yes, that’s right, games were encoded on normal everyday tapes, thus making game piracy easy as hell (you just copied the tape. Woo). As a kid, the Spectrum was the greatest thing known to man › Continue reading
Just How Indestructible IS Captain Scarlet?
The works of Gerry Anderson were some classic stuff, that’s nothing that can be argued. He did things from puppet shows to puppet shows to tv shows about actors who LOOKED like puppets (such as UFO)
When asked, everyone mentions Thunderbirds as his pinnacle. That’s utter rubbish however – Captain Scarlet takes that honour.
Captain Scarlet worked for Spectrum, › Continue reading
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