Legend.He is spot on about modern computers,everything is just so bloated.And where is the advance in 40 years,in the time it takes my £1000 laptop to boot itself after ANOTHER update I could have fired up the Spectrum and loaded Jet Set Fkg Willy.Absolute genius...first pocket calculator,pocket TV,the most iconic computer in the Spectrum, a true visionary.
There is truth in this - he certainly was the driving force that brought the beloved Speccy to market. The person that actually brought us Jet Set Willy was of course Matthew Smith, but without the platform Clive brought out, it would arguably have never existed (I say arguably, I'm assuming Smith would have used a C64 or other platform if the ZX hadn't been around). Whatever - it was a brilliant time to be around, the 80s, and the love we had for our machines back then (in my case the Speecy, then the ST, though it's fantastic that there was the C64 and the Amiga alongside) was unlike anything comparable since, at least for me it was :)
Steve jobs created hate, misery and greed, Sir clive created wonderful memories, joy and legendary hardware. there is no competition. hes right too, with just 48k those games had depth and were fun, now the average pc game is about 60gb, programmers today are very lazy.
A true innovator, along with Sir James Dyson, Sir Tim Berners lee, and Sir Jonathon Ive. Britain at it's best. From 1066 William the conqueror. Britain is now building an empire of knowledge than colonising continents.
I'm sorry, but does anybody really actually like this guy? To all you people saying "yeah, the guy is a legend, he made the spectrum", let me tell you, Clive Sinclair is at best indifferent towards you. This guy hated the fact that people decided they wanted to use the spectrum to have fun with as a cheap, accessible, programmable games machine. He says he's never played a single spectrum game? But obviously he'll put his 'recommendation' on the VEGA, just for the money of course. BTW, what an overpriced piece of crap. £100 for something that probably has a low frequency ARM cpu in? You can get an nvidia tablet that can do anything, for that price. And also, he says todays computers are powerful, yet unoptimised. Yeah Clive, it's not like a smartphone that fits in your pocket can browse the internet, take photo's, view photo's, shoot video, run word processing, spreadsheets, games, recording, basically any program you need with all communications etc etc etc. I mean, how disingenuous, cynical and pessimistic can you actually be? He's "not at all impressed by what is done with it", just as he was not impressed by what was done with the ZX spectrum. Just piss all over the generation of amazing games coders you (unwittingly) helped create. People who are far more creative than you, of course. All you did was put some microchips and roms, made by other people, on a PCB, then put it in a box with a rainbow logo on (and I'd be surprised if you even had any technical input into that). Then expected kids to somehow become little professors, instead of having fun playing games? I love the spectrum as much as anyone, but really that's all it is. Oh, and also he's an EU loving globalist. You can tell he loves the idea of driver-less cars and probably trans-humanism as well. Creepy bugger, if you ask me...
@@pferreira1983 Go on then: a legend.....why? Just one paragraph. Anything but "muh speccy lol" will be fine, really anything? What's so good about this creepy fucker?
They were often crap, but one thing Sinclair computers weren't is overpriced. Not sure what the EU rant has got to do with anything, probably says more about you than Sinclair.
@@billybong7394 Presumably you have a problem with the way he says he NEVER plays games in as much as he can't be seen to be wasting his time. I can relate to that. But from that I do not construe that he is just a c**t like Alan Sugar because it appears to me that he has a lot of time for other people. I know that from 1970 when I built my first amplifier kit and mucked it up. He sent out new replacements with a kind letter. I do not like the way he has been taken on a ride from some isolated pockets within the motoring industry. He should not have been hoodwinked into sending his money abroad. It would have been better if he invested his money at David Brown and got a two wheeled scooter on the road. Uncle Clive will always be a legend to me because he was an emancipator by putting things that were to that point not available anywhere in the world to common people.Like you and me . low distortion stereo amplifiers.But some people may not understand that and amplifiers are like computers anyway (for grown ups)
RIP Sir Clive.
RIP Sir Clive. We lost one of the giants
RIP Sir Clive, an utter legend. 😢
Legend.He is spot on about modern computers,everything is just so bloated.And where is the advance in 40 years,in the time it takes my £1000 laptop to boot itself after ANOTHER update I could have fired up the Spectrum and loaded Jet Set Fkg Willy.Absolute genius...first pocket calculator,pocket TV,the most iconic computer in the Spectrum, a true visionary.
Oh and in 1982 he was discussing the portable but didn't have the finance to fund it.Several years later....the Laptop.
Sir Clive: the father of a million childhoods.
My mate has met him and had a glass with him lol 🥂
a million broken dreams
I loved Sir Clive - always honest, considered answers, nothing glib. He always said what he meant, and, of course, a man well ahead of his times.
Good old Sir Clive, you're a legend man..
...and the person that brought us Jet Set Fucking Willy ;)
There is truth in this - he certainly was the driving force that brought the beloved Speccy to market. The person that actually brought us Jet Set Willy was of course Matthew Smith, but without the platform Clive brought out, it would arguably have never existed (I say arguably, I'm assuming Smith would have used a C64 or other platform if the ZX hadn't been around). Whatever - it was a brilliant time to be around, the 80s, and the love we had for our machines back then (in my case the Speecy, then the ST, though it's fantastic that there was the C64 and the Amiga alongside) was unlike anything comparable since, at least for me it was :)
rip clive, you were my childhood
I loved my spectrum
Guy is a true legend !
im realy sad hes gone.
That was great, kudos Spencer
Steve jobs created hate, misery and greed, Sir clive created wonderful memories, joy and legendary hardware. there is no competition. hes right too, with just 48k those games had depth and were fun, now the average pc game is about 60gb, programmers today are very lazy.
I was a jet set willy - and Sir Clive is a legend
He was right... people this days don't use all resources available.... so much more could be done!
A true innovator, along with Sir James Dyson, Sir Tim Berners lee, and Sir Jonathon Ive. Britain at it's best. From 1066 William the conqueror. Britain is now building an empire of knowledge than colonising continents.
My mate Neema has met Sir Clive Sinclair
zx spectrum 5million machines the founder of the uk games industry
This show used Rakohus' music without permission! He has a video talking about this.
8 colour marvels? 8? lol the Spectrum had 16 colours.
No, it had 8. It had 2 brightness levels.
@@leeosborne3793 8x2=16 colour palette lol
I hate what he stands for, but love his personality. Very intelligent mind.
Absolute nonsense for broke with windows with the telephone and very intelligent 176 I.Q., the late Sir Clive Sinclair.
I'm sorry, but does anybody really actually like this guy? To all you people saying "yeah, the guy is a legend, he made the spectrum", let me tell you, Clive Sinclair is at best indifferent towards you. This guy hated the fact that people decided they wanted to use the spectrum to have fun with as a cheap, accessible, programmable games machine. He says he's never played a single spectrum game? But obviously he'll put his 'recommendation' on the VEGA, just for the money of course. BTW, what an overpriced piece of crap. £100 for something that probably has a low frequency ARM cpu in? You can get an nvidia tablet that can do anything, for that price.
And also, he says todays computers are powerful, yet unoptimised. Yeah Clive, it's not like a smartphone that fits in your pocket can browse the internet, take photo's, view photo's, shoot video, run word processing, spreadsheets, games, recording, basically any program you need with all communications etc etc etc. I mean, how disingenuous, cynical and pessimistic can you actually be? He's "not at all impressed by what is done with it", just as he was not impressed by what was done with the ZX spectrum. Just piss all over the generation of amazing games coders you (unwittingly) helped create. People who are far more creative than you, of course. All you did was put some microchips and roms, made by other people, on a PCB, then put it in a box with a rainbow logo on (and I'd be surprised if you even had any technical input into that). Then expected kids to somehow become little professors, instead of having fun playing games? I love the spectrum as much as anyone, but really that's all it is.
Oh, and also he's an EU loving globalist. You can tell he loves the idea of driver-less cars and probably trans-humanism as well. Creepy bugger, if you ask me...
Bizarre rant!
Yep, the man is indeed a legend. Sorry I didn't take in a word after your apology.
@@pferreira1983 Go on then: a legend.....why? Just one paragraph. Anything but "muh speccy lol" will be fine, really anything? What's so good about this creepy fucker?
They were often crap, but one thing Sinclair computers weren't is overpriced. Not sure what the EU rant has got to do with anything, probably says more about you than Sinclair.
@@billybong7394 Presumably you have a problem with the way he says he NEVER plays games in as much as he can't be seen to be wasting his time. I can relate to that. But from that I do not construe that he is just a c**t like Alan Sugar because it appears to me that he has a lot of time for other people. I know that from 1970 when I built my first amplifier kit and mucked it up. He sent out new replacements with a kind letter. I do not like the way he has been taken on a ride from some isolated pockets within the motoring industry. He should not have been hoodwinked into sending his money abroad. It would have been better if he invested his money at David Brown and got a two wheeled scooter on the road. Uncle Clive will always be a legend to me because he was an emancipator by putting things that were to that point not available anywhere in the world to common people.Like you and me . low distortion stereo amplifiers.But some people may not understand that and amplifiers are like computers anyway (for grown ups)