In the summer of 1986, before the imminent release of the new Spectrum +2, #microhobby magazine speculated about its possible appearance, comparing it with that of other publications such as #sinclairuser and #yourcomputer
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Strip Logik (48k title) by Fuxoft - composed for demo
./s/StripLogik.ay
Title: Strip Logik (48k title)
Author: Fuxoft - composed for demo
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
Today is one of the less successful days of persistent debugging and little fruit.
Three Weeks In Paradise (128k title) by Nick Jones
./t/ThreeWeeksInParadise.ay?#0
Title: Three Weeks In Paradise (128k title)
Author: Nick Jones
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
#SpectrumNEXT Dev -- a group for both developers on the Next, and for those who wish to develop on the Next www.facebook.com/groups/Spect... #retrodev #homebrewgame #retrocomputing #zxspectrum #programming
Final Fight - Title (AY) by Unknown
./f/FinalFight.ay
Title: Final Fight - Title (AY)
Author: Unknown
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
Just saying this is the last week for you to secure a ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3… and who knows when (or even if!) there will be a new one?
Your ZX Spectrum Next will be all Speccies, including the Next, plus a Sinclair QL, and even a Commodore 64! And there is work on it being a ZX81, a Sam Coupé, or an Amstrad CPC…
And if you're into translucent plastic, the Magenta looks great!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0/posts/4444390
Just trying to take the temperature of the #zxspectrum community here. If I was to sell my boxed The Spectrum, which I have used 2 or 3 times, on Ebay would anyone be interested in buying it? What if I signed it with a little Chase HQ quote? Just wondering... #retrogaming
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (title) by Sound Images
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Title: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (title)
Author: Sound Images
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
Spy Hunter #minireview from #computerandvideogames magazine
From unreleased to unpreserved. Today we've recovered Bryan Robson's Super League - a hybrid board/video game for #Commodore64, #ZXSpectrum & #AmstradCPC. The Spectrum version survived, but the rest were missing... until now. Thanks to Colin Bell!
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/08/bryan-robsons-super-league-preserved/
From #yourcomputer magazine, 1984
Chase HQ - Title (AY & Beeper) by Jonathan Dunn
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Title: Chase HQ - Title (AY & Beeper)
Author: Jonathan Dunn
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
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@Sturmflut oh yeah, most computers that you were able to do serious work on were extremely expensive. Yes, #commodore64 and #zxspectrum were cheap but you weren't going to run your accounting firm or write novels on those. My mom had a #ibmpcat 286 that she used for work throughout the 1990s, long after it had become obsolete, until the need to use the Web and Microsoft Office got her to switch it out for a Pentium in like 2000 or so.
Hunchback - Start (Beeper) by C.F.Urquhart
./h/Hunchback.ay?#0
Title: Hunchback - Start (Beeper)
Author: C.F.Urquhart
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
Ahhhhh glorious!
God save Jon Ritman! (and Bernie Drummond, wherever he is)
This reminds me I've made no effort whatsoever to plug the beeper or the Yamaha chip.
#zenzx #zen80 #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #Spectrum #retrogaming
#emulator #golang #foss #retrocomputing
Hunchback The Adventure (48k Title) by Fred Gray
./h/Hunchback-TheAdventure.ay
Title: Hunchback The Adventure (48k Title)
Author: Fred Gray
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune
Nanananananana Batman
The .tap I have for this one didn't work in fast mode, but it did work in "accurate" mode. I'm going to try to devise a middle ground mode that might work relatively fast and with reasonable accuracy. This is ongoing work. Anyway, not a big deal because you can always load the .tap file slowly and then save a snapshot. Snapshots always work.