Quote from: clibinarium on 07 February 2016, 05:54:19 PM
Sounds very much like one of the home Pong machines.

The home version we had was in a yellow console with two nobs - these moved your "paddle" up and down the two vehicle edges of the screen in order to intercept the "ball". If you were skilled you could place a vertical vector ("English" ) on the "ball" - boring - yes - but it was the only game in town 

I bought an add on Keyboard for mine so I had proper keys.



ZX Spectrum games machine to be released april 2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-30810148

In 1984 I wrote a wargame program that was published by CCS. It worked on the Spectrum 48k

I had a whole host of the 8 bit machines including some of the more unusual ones such as the oric, spectrum QL and the Einstein.

My favourite was the Amiga. The memory upgrade to move from half a Meg to a full Meg was £64 !!!!!!!!!

This must be it Norm;

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003365

Quote from: Norm on 08 February 2016, 09:37:02 AM
In 1984 I wrote a wargame program that was published by CCS. It worked on the Spectrum 48k

Very cool, Norm!   
And thanks for the link to it, Clibinarium

Yes, that's the one. Thank you.

First computer I had was a hand-me-down Spectrum ZX. I was about 8 years old, so 1989.
I can remember playing Space Invaders and another called Attic Attack.
Yes, I still play games (on an Xbox console) - but mostly when ill in bed.

Quote from: Norm on 08 February 2016, 03:48:29 PM
Yes, that's the one. Thank you.

I'll give it a go tonight if that's OK with you? (I won't if its not).

Post that link got me thinking. I tend to think games this old should be freely available as a sort of historical record, though there has been some redaction of stuff recently as mobile gaming has brought simple games back into fashion. Being strict, this is piracy as much as with new games, though I think its a sort of spectrum of declining naughtiness as you go further back in technology. It doesn't trouble me if its a game I owned before (having already paid in a sense), its maybe not so clear if its a classic I missed but can play now.
I wonder as a creator of the original software (and bumping into one is a first for me), how do you view the availability of something you created; happy people can still play it, or not happy that its being mooched?

Quote from: clibinarium on 07 February 2016, 12:37:57 PM


1. What was the first game you remember seeing/playing?
2. What was the first computer/console you used?
3. Do you still play games or did you leave them behind in childhood?

https://youtu.be/7IFtV7tdSvE

I just spotted the Lunar Jetman video doesn't make much sense without my answers as I must have removed them when trying to embed the video. To clear that up
1. Lunar Jetman
2. ZX Spectrum 48K+
3. Still playing

1. What was the first game you remember seeing/playing? Asteroids/Defender/Missile Command

2. What was the first computer/console you used? Very first Spectrum -but never owned it. Used to drop into a computer shop on way home from school with mates. I have NEVER owned a console, don't intend to start now and have always found wargames on consoles and PC'S sadly lacking

3. Do you still play games or did you leave them behind in childhood? Firmly left behind in adolescence.

When I was really young (4 or 5 maybe?) we had some kind of 'Grandstand' console with Des Lynam on the box.  I can't remember what it did.

After that it was quite a few years until we got an Archimedes computer which played a number of early games like Space Invaders, etc. 

Once I hit my teens I've bought myself various consoles, Playstation, Playstation 2, now an Xbox.  I only play a handful of games though, as I don't have time for much more.

Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 08 February 2016, 04:05:45 PM
First computer I had was a hand-me-down Spectrum ZX. I was about 8 years old, so 1989.
I can remember playing Space Invaders and another called Attic Attack.
Yes, I still play games (on an Xbox console) - but mostly when ill in bed.

I started work the year you were born - Makes me feel old

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 08 February 2016, 08:54:14 PM
I started work the year you were born - Makes me feel old

Gulp! And I had already been married a dozen years.

1989. I was 36 ... I had a wife, a job, a large flat in a nice neighbourhood and a son! Where'd the time go?

Quote from: Ithoriel on 08 February 2016, 10:21:53 PM
1989. I was 36 ...

Same here......And I was working for that firm that shall not be named.......You're right, Mike.......Where DOES the time go ?

Cheers - Phil