Aphex Twin Speccy Is 30!

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum turns 30 today - one of the first affordable "computers" available, and the platform for some of the most memorable classic computer games of that era.

Fun fact: The artwork of the Aphex Twin Girl/Boy EP is made up of Spectrum keys and related artwork.

Loved my Spectrum. The games were so addictive. I used to spend mega hours on it.

Good times.

I remember being blown away with this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBk9hQQJDrQ

let me see... from 80s memory...

05 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: CLS

10 LET A = INT(RND*6)

20 INK A

30 PRINT "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPECCY ";

40 LET B = INT(RND*255)

50 BEEP 0.05,B

60 GOTO 10

Online Java Spectrum ZX Emulator:

http://www.twinbee.org/hob/

ELITE !!

my favourite games were Terminus:

and Firelord:

i loved terminus as well.

and lords of midnight.

and saboteur.

i still have a working speccy 48k