Thanks for this great video. Spaniard here, my brothers and I grew up with the ZX Spectrum 48k with rubber keys, so similar to the model you displayed. It was my first contact with videogames and computing in general, and the first computer language I learned (Basic). Fun fact: the first Altered Beast version I played was on the Spectrum. Years later it would be the first console game I owned when I purchased the Sega Mega Drive. I hope I can get it from a US store.
That rubber keyed beauty was my first gaming love, outside the arcades. Then i had the 2600 and the Speccy +2 128k grey. My mate over the road had the +3. The sound of a Speccy tape loading was what i listened to most days when having my dinner. Rewind, load it up, go eat dinner up at the table, and scoff it in time for the game to have loaded 👌 Can't wait for mine to arrive.
Greetings from Germany. My best friend had this back in 1984 when me and my brother got our first C64, and at first glance it was not as capable as the Commodore, but it had so many fantastic games! We had a ton of fun with this little gem in computer history.
I never grew up with it. I grew up with the sega master system sega mega drive nes and snes. I'm from the uk i remember staying round my mates house as a kid in the 90s and he had the zx spectrum. I remember thinking what the hell is this. Very cool they have bought it back it looks exactly the same as i remember when i first saw it!
Oooh I see it's got Starquake :) I'm usually pretty bad at fast games, but Starquake was an exception. I've played it on an MSX computer but the look and feel is pretty much the same. I'm going to ask Santa if I have been nice enough this year ;)
I had the 48k Soectrum, then then Spectrum +, and later my brother got a Sam Coupé, which was a strange machine really, I don’t remember ever using it.
I've ordered one. I had a zx spectrum + growing up in Scotland but lost it somehow moving houses. Can't wait for it to arrive. Looking forward to playing The great escape. Was a brilliant game. Some of them are crap to be honest
i had one of them for a very small while, sadly i didn't appreciate it since i got it already almost dead since the owner was planning to throw it away and i already had a super nintendo by then, but since i have nostalgia for it, will pick one up when i can for a good price.
Thank you for calling it the zed ex Spectrum and not the zee ex like a lot of Americans say. I grew up with the Spectrum it was my second computer with the first being the Dragon 32. Being from the UK. I loved my Spectrum back in the day, especially with the cassette tape loading system, which I know over there wasn't really big it was mainly disks, or cartridges. I had the 16k, 48k, and 128k verdions. The games on their website are definitely disappointing, though. No Jet Set Willy, no Atic Attack, no Trans Am no Bruce Lee? Very poor list of games indeed. But at least you can put your own games on it, which I am definitely going to be doing. I am definitely going to pick one up though, despite this. Thanks, John for the video. I didn't even know this was a thing. I knew about the Spectrum next, but that didn't interest me. But this certainly does.
I still play my original Spectrum to this day. Some games of course are dated but there's still plenty of classics in there. I'm pleased to see they've done a decent thing of offering some good games on there. For anyone that isn't familiar with the catalgoue, of course Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and the pre-Rare Ultimate games like Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf are a must. One game in that collection you absolutely must play is Lords of Midnight - you'll probably be confused to start with but stick with it - it was WAY ahead of it's time by being an early true tactical game and it is WELL worth learning it.
Thanks for this great video. Spaniard here, my brothers and I grew up with the ZX Spectrum 48k with rubber keys, so similar to the model you displayed. It was my first contact with videogames and computing in general, and the first computer language I learned (Basic). Fun fact: the first Altered Beast version I played was on the Spectrum. Years later it would be the first console game I owned when I purchased the Sega Mega Drive. I hope I can get it from a US store.
That rubber keyed beauty was my first gaming love, outside the arcades.
Then i had the 2600 and the Speccy +2 128k grey.
My mate over the road had the +3.
The sound of a Speccy tape loading was what i listened to most days when having my dinner.
Rewind, load it up, go eat dinner up at the table, and scoff it in time for the game to have loaded 👌
Can't wait for mine to arrive.
Greetings from Germany. My best friend had this back in 1984 when me and my brother got our first C64, and at first glance it was not as capable as the Commodore, but it had so many fantastic games! We had a ton of fun with this little gem in computer history.
so many memories with this computer. i have to play some trash man, critical mass, death race!
I never grew up with it. I grew up with the sega master system sega mega drive nes and snes. I'm from the uk i remember staying round my mates house as a kid in the 90s and he had the zx spectrum. I remember thinking what the hell is this. Very cool they have bought it back it looks exactly the same as i remember when i first saw it!
superb, looks great.. spectrum was a great computer ..
remember getting crash magazine every so often back in the day too..
Oooh I see it's got Starquake :)
I'm usually pretty bad at fast games, but Starquake was an exception. I've played it on an MSX computer but the look and feel is pretty much the same.
I'm going to ask Santa if I have been nice enough this year ;)
Your controller is QAOP Space (or a kempston joystick!).
I had the 48k Soectrum, then then Spectrum +, and later my brother got a Sam Coupé, which was a strange machine really, I don’t remember ever using it.
I've ordered one.
I had a zx spectrum + growing up in Scotland but lost it somehow moving houses.
Can't wait for it to arrive.
Looking forward to playing The great escape. Was a brilliant game.
Some of them are crap to be honest
i had one of them for a very small while, sadly i didn't appreciate it since i got it already almost dead since the owner was planning to throw it away and i already had a super nintendo by then, but since i have nostalgia for it, will pick one up when i can for a good price.
Is that the style controller that came with the ZX Spectrum? I never got to play one back in the day. Thanks for the video John!
Nope, joysticks were common back then
I think the only time I'd use a frame is if its for an arcade game and the cabinet artwork is shown.
Great video, thanks
I thought reviews were not allowed until Friday, day of release (for us commoners)?
Thank you for calling it the zed ex Spectrum and not the zee ex like a lot of Americans say. I grew up with the Spectrum it was my second computer with the first being the Dragon 32. Being from the UK. I loved my Spectrum back in the day, especially with the cassette tape loading system, which I know over there wasn't really big it was mainly disks, or cartridges. I had the 16k, 48k, and 128k verdions. The games on their website are definitely disappointing, though. No Jet Set Willy, no Atic Attack, no Trans Am no Bruce Lee? Very poor list of games indeed. But at least you can put your own games on it, which I am definitely going to be doing. I am definitely going to pick one up though, despite this. Thanks, John for the video. I didn't even know this was a thing. I knew about the Spectrum next, but that didn't interest me. But this certainly does.
i want one 😭😭
The preorders are only for Europe?
The video explains ;)
Nice
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Thanks ✌
I still play my original Spectrum to this day. Some games of course are dated but there's still plenty of classics in there. I'm pleased to see they've done a decent thing of offering some good games on there.
For anyone that isn't familiar with the catalgoue, of course Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and the pre-Rare Ultimate games like Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf are a must.
One game in that collection you absolutely must play is Lords of Midnight - you'll probably be confused to start with but stick with it - it was WAY ahead of it's time by being an early true tactical game and it is WELL worth learning it.
Thanks for the comment and information. I am constantly learning more about this computer all the time.