The Spectrum Show #30

Welcome to The Spectrum Show, the show dedicated to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. In the last episode of the series, I take a look at the news and top selling Spectrum games from July 1985. In an end of series special, I take a look at probably the best known game publisher on the Spectrum, Ultimate Play The Game. Thanks for watching the show. I'll be back with the next series after a shot break...

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Memory Lane

I recently put out a plea on the WOS forums for anyone who had a copy of a 1988 edition of Popular Computing Weekly. I wanted this particular edition because I was featured in it, in a section about Bulletin Board Systems. Luckily, a very kind forum member (thanks Battle Bunny) had one he was prepared to separate with, and so today it arrived. Wow! What a trip down memory lane.. Below is the complete article from September 1st 1988. (well, the bits about me at least)... Scanning the lines Malcolm Arnold looks into the workings of two bulletin boards. Last time around we talked about Bulletin Boards in general terms. Here's a more specific look at two BB sysops and their systems. Paul Jenkinson operates the Image board from the comfortable...

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General Updates

This is just a quick update on how things are going with the show. I am putting together the  final episode of series three, and as usual, it will be an end of series special. It's looking very good too, and I expect it to be ready by the end of the month. Not going to give too much away ! Thanks to the people who have submitted type-in games for the next series, we now have 6 of them, but still need another four. Check out my previous post for details. Please help the show, and get these game out to the public. Remember they have not been seen in over 20 years! I am already planning the next series and have begun to make the new intro sequence. It looks really cool too :-) New music and new visuals, with some new section intros. The...

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