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clonmult said:
monthefish said:
Long shot here, but did anyone else have one of these?
Very long shot.You may have been one of the 7 people who bought one in the country.
It could display up to 16 colours (as long as they were purple or green).
Yes, in a desperate attempt to be different, we bought a Dragon 32. It cost a heck of a lot of money, and, as a gaming machine, was awful. Dreadful colour pallette - in fact, if I recall, it was higher res if you played games in black and white? With some you had either colour or hi res.
Mine was an Xmas present with the "Chess" cartridge. My dad beat it on the first 4 levels which was pretty impressive as I only beat it on level 1. He did stay up until stupid o'clock playing level 4.
I also remember having no lid on my cassette deck as I was forever messing around with the tape head alignment because if a mate copied you a game, chances are you'd have to get your little philips screwdriver out and piss about until it loaded.
Most of the games were actually Basic, meaning they could be easily copied, and you could mess around with credits screens etc. Hours of fun.
I completed the "Pitfall" game on it as well, took bloody ages and got quicker and quicker until it gave up.
Sadly, compared to my friends ZX Spectrums or Vic20s / C64s, it was a big brown turd. My parents still have it in the loft.
Mine was an Xmas present with the "Chess" cartridge. My dad beat it on the first 4 levels which was pretty impressive as I only beat it on level 1. He did stay up until stupid o'clock playing level 4.
I also remember having no lid on my cassette deck as I was forever messing around with the tape head alignment because if a mate copied you a game, chances are you'd have to get your little philips screwdriver out and piss about until it loaded.
Most of the games were actually Basic, meaning they could be easily copied, and you could mess around with credits screens etc. Hours of fun.
I completed the "Pitfall" game on it as well, took bloody ages and got quicker and quicker until it gave up.
Sadly, compared to my friends ZX Spectrums or Vic20s / C64s, it was a big brown turd. My parents still have it in the loft.
NismoGT said:
As for the game below my Grandad has got one (Red, Mario & Luigi game) and it still works. He found it on one of his coaches in the early 90s and no one claimed it. Will have to post a picture up next time I'm at his place.
Why have I never noticed this thread before? Its blooming amazing!
SeanyD said:
A couple of my early toys...
Edited by SeanyD on Thursday 21st January 10:12[/footnote]
[footnote]Edited by andrewrob on Thursday 21st January 15:36Anyone remember this? Used to freak me out as a kid, still watched it mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpkDg4Y0m8&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpkDg4Y0m8&fea...
Alex said:
clonmult said:
monthefish said:
Long shot here, but did anyone else have one of these?
Very long shot.You may have been one of the 7 people who bought one in the country.
It could display up to 16 colours (as long as they were purple or green).
I just remember that I didn't know anyone back at school in the early 80s who ever wanted one of those, let alone actually owned one.
clonmult said:
It was? For what, one week? The best sellers back in the day were the ZX81, Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC and the BBC B. Any ideas what the overall figures were for any of those platforms?
I just remember that I didn't know anyone back at school in the early 80s who ever wanted one of those, let alone actually owned one.
Interesting article on the history of the Dragon 32:I just remember that I didn't know anyone back at school in the early 80s who ever wanted one of those, let alone actually owned one.
http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index.php?title=D...
At one point, they were producing 10,000 units a week in their Welsh factory.
ker noseybonk? No idea what program he was on, there are some vids on youtube, horrifying stuff!
GregE240 said:
Yes, in a desperate attempt to be different, we bought a Dragon 32. It cost a heck of a lot of money, and, as a gaming machine, was awful. Dreadful colour pallette - in fact, if I recall, it was higher res if you played games in black and white?
Not uncommon - the bit mapped graphics on the Commodore 64 offered twice the horizontal resolution in monochrome mode as in multi-colour. Actually, it was a little bit more complicated than that, in that you could have a different background colour for each 8x8 region in high res mode and a different palette of four colours for each 4x8 region in multi-colour mode. You basically used the same chunk of mapped memory using either one bit per pixel for on/off or two bits per pixel for colour 0/1/2/3 
andy400 said:
I've always wanted one of these - Siku Mega-Lifter:
They still make them, but I keep talking myself out of buying one, reminding myself that I'm an adult. However, I now have a son and the excuse I need.
That's awesome. Imagine one of them on your desk They still make them, but I keep talking myself out of buying one, reminding myself that I'm an adult. However, I now have a son and the excuse I need.
I'd be finding myself things to pick up
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