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# very appropriate
as anything with sinclair written on it was arse.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:37, archived)
# except for the C5
which was soooo crap it was actually cool.
(I helped save b3ta! Hugo Rune, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:38, archived)
# The ZX-81
though technically crap, is in fact notable for being the first sub £100 computer, thus bringing computers to the masses.

(anyone with any sense saved up for a VIC-20 though :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:40, archived)
# i think you'll find
thet the speccy was far superiour to the C64 and was the most popular home computer of that time, so ner!
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:42, archived)
# I
had both and they both had there strengths and weaknesses.Funny thing is the excuses by the c64 and the speccy were better than each other are exactly the same excuses why the ps2 is better than the xbox....how little things change....
(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:44, archived)
# Well I prefer the Gamecube...
...although it is shaping up to be the Amstrad of the modern day. Bah.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:46, archived)
# PS2, Gamecube and Xbox
are all too similar to each other, and have loads of the same games. There's not much to make you choose one over the others.

(I helped save b3ta! Craymen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:52, archived)
# Gamecube wins.
Why? Super. Monkey. Ball. Enough said.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:53, archived)
# Ahem
The Guinness Book of Records officially lists the C64 as the biggest selling single model of computer in history, with over 22 million units sold world wide.

Plus it has better graphics and sound. Oh and better games too.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:45, archived)
# Hey,
I had a speccy and it ruled. But I came from a poor family and we could only afford dirt to eat and I had to sell a leg to buy the speccy. There was no way that I could have owned one of your fancy "VIC-20"'s..
(I helped save b3ta! Hugo Rune, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:44, archived)
# VIC-20
was the ZX-81 competitor, C64 was the Spectrum competitor. Get your computer generations right, man!
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:49, archived)
# Hey, I was only 10 or something.
I dont really give a shite you know ;)
shyte, must get back to work
(I helped save b3ta! Hugo Rune, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:51, archived)
# Well, OK
but its my specialist subject, you see. If I was on mastermind, i'd get... oooh... lots in that round.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:52, archived)
# i had one
it roooooooled
edit: a c5 that is
(I helped save b3ta! huggybear, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:42, archived)
# c5
Okay this is a reposted image - but there's a reason :
The Police c5 I used is a genuine police vehicle. This is not a joke.
I think it's in Leeds, or somewere like that.

(I helped save b3ta! wonko the sane, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:53, archived)
# Controvertial...
Although the ONE decent computer Sir Clive invented didn't even have Sinclair on it! (the Cambridge Computer Z88)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:39, archived)
# nobody
I repeat, NOBODY cusses the Sinclair.
His computers were great (except the SAM... massive flop) and he's also a top poker player.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:44, archived)
# He didn't invent or make the SAM
it was created by a third party spectrum peripherals manufacturor, in an attempt to fill a non-existant niche market gap (nobody wanted another 8 bit computer at that time).

(although its scarcity means its a computer I'd love to have in my collection).
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:46, archived)
# too much knowledge there!
It was released around about the time that Your Sinclair juggled its last joystick.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:48, archived)
# Oh
I know my computer and videogames history. Thats how sad I am :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:50, archived)
# speaking of rare computers
I knew someone who had the Amstrad console. The GX4000 or something similair. Now that IS rare.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:52, archived)
# I've got the box for one of those
It was used to send me an Atari 2600 in. Odd really, the box for one of the most rare consoles in the world being used as packaging for one of the most common ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:53, archived)
# Also...
There actually were more games than just "Burning Rubber" for it. Amazing! I've never seen anyone with a GX4000 and any other games than Burning Rubber (which was the pack-in title).

I think it was marginally more successful than the C64GS though.. (C64 with no keyboard).
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:02, archived)
# Oh dear
another year, another spectrum v commodore argument
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 12:58, archived)
# You replied to the wrong bit
that wasn't a spectrum vs. commodore bit, that was an "I know all about the Sam Coupe" bit :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:00, archived)
# a very niche argument
I think you'll find. :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:02, archived)
# Oh yes. But I'm a very strange individual, you see.
Ask me anything about old computers, and I probably know it :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:04, archived)
# why was chase HQ so dissapointing on my c64?
.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:17, archived)
# Because it wasn't programmed very well
This is one of the few cases where the spectrum version was better.

Also, catering for the "lowest common denominator", the graphics were translated directly from the spectrum version, so appear much flatter and monochrome than most C64 games of that era.

However, Outrun Europa and Stunt Car Racer are both great racing games for the '64.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:19, archived)