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This arrived in the mail today..

17 Comments Posted by Old School Game Blog on September 22, 2012

Hi guys,

Bought a few items off e-Bay the other day. You might think I bought stuff related to the Commodore 64/128 or the Amiga, but you are wrong.. I actually bought a nice bundle of Spectrum titles! I’ve got a sweet little ZX Spectrum as well, but unfortunately no tape or disk drive for it yet, but that will come. Here are two pictures of the lot!

Bundle of Spectrum titles (photo by Old School Game Blog)

Have a good weekend and thanks for reading!

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17 Responses to This arrived in the mail today..

Old School Game Blog September 22, 2012 at 18:53
Reblogged this on OGR.

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stiggyworld September 22, 2012 at 20:05
Fantastic, some great covers there. Just noticed you have Daley Thompsons Supertest and Decathalon….I bet your joystick is nervous

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- Old School Game Blog September 24, 2012 at 12:39
  Thanks mate. And you are absolutely right.. may joystick is trying to look invisible due to the upcoming onslaught! These kinds of games really wears out sticks like there is no tomorrow.
  
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moijk September 22, 2012 at 21:22
Time for some color clash action

Just bought a Spectrum+ myself too. not tried it yet though, since it lacks a psu.

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- Old School Game Blog September 24, 2012 at 12:41
  Heisann!
  
  Congratulations! Hope you’ll find a PSU soon.
  
  Are you enjoying your new monitor btw?
  
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The Heretic September 22, 2012 at 22:46
Seems like an awesome haul. I have to admit I have never heard of the ZX Spectrum.

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- Old School Game Blog September 24, 2012 at 12:41
  Hi my friend,
  
  It was more popular in Europe I think. Not as common in the US. Very happy with the haul!
  
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The Heretic September 22, 2012 at 22:46
Reblogged this on Words From The Heretic.

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- Old School Game Blog September 24, 2012 at 12:42
  Many thanks for reblogging my post.
  
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  - The Heretic September 24, 2012 at 14:20
    You’re welcome.
    
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Coder September 23, 2012 at 13:13
Classic games!

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- Old School Game Blog September 24, 2012 at 12:42
  Sure is! I’ve got some others as well.. will be fun to try them out. Also tempted to test out a few demos on the real thing. It is amazing what people can cram out of those Spectrums!
  
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pedja September 26, 2012 at 09:31
old school

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- Old School Game Blog October 4, 2012 at 18:26
  It doesn’t get (almost) more old-school than this. I don’t know about you, but I love the box-art on these old games.
  
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JetSetSkippy September 29, 2012 at 10:07
Nice to see these great classic titles have been given a good home; can I have Technician Ted for Christmas – cheers best mate ;-o

Tip: FF/REW the tapes for a good even tension, always rewind tape when not in use so the data (brown portion) not visible, protecting from potential damage. 25+ years old – precious O_O

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- Old School Game Blog October 4, 2012 at 18:10
  Hi there,
  
  Thanks for the info. That was helpful! I’ll be sure to FF/REW the tapes and rewind after use. That will probably give them a few more years. How long is the expected lifetime of a cassette btw?
  
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  - JetSetSkippy October 6, 2012 at 14:25
    Lifespan, I guess that largely depends on many factors such as storage, environment conditions, amount of usage, loss of magnetism, deterioration/physical change (stretch/shrinkage) of the medium – blah blah – supposedly 10 years but I’ve been happily using my Spectrum cassettes for the last 30 years no problems. Thanks god for the World of Spectrum repository though.
    
    I’ve been testing the Fuse Sinclair Spectrum Emulator on the Raspberry PI – Brilliant!
    
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