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by UKSteve
Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: Sinclair Misc
Topic: ZX81 inspired sci-fi comedy!
Replies: 0
Views: 1556

ZX81 inspired sci-fi comedy!

I hope I'm allowed to post this as a lurker, but you might be interested in my latest project, The Ambivalence Chronicles - a Sci-Fi Comedy in 8 Bits. It's the story of an ordinary retrogaming fan whose innocent purchase of a ZX81 leads him into a shady world of uplifted computers, time travel and r...
by UKSteve
Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:42 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
Replies: 5
Views: 3506

Re: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy

Nice find, thanks Rich!

I believe that was the game I was looking for, albeit not the actual Hitchhikers game - a Romulan Tyrant just attacked me with his light sabre... playing fast and loose with the tortuous Galactic Copyright laws there I think!
by UKSteve
Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:09 am
Forum: GAMES
Topic: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
Replies: 5
Views: 3506

Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy

Can somebody please put me out of my misery and tell me the Hitchhikers video game was released for the ZX81? I'm sure I remember playing it back in the day, and as it was just a text adventure, and the timing is right, it seems feasible, but the internet denies all knowledge of it. Does anybody hav...
by UKSteve
Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:46 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Starting out with a ZX81
Replies: 3
Views: 3921

Re: Starting out with a ZX81

Moggy wrote:Both will have the earlier ULA chip so unless modified will only be suitable for B/W CRT sets.
Really? Never expected that! What can I expect to see on a colour CRT?
by UKSteve
Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:51 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Starting out with a ZX81
Replies: 3
Views: 3921

Starting out with a ZX81

Hi all, In a moment of mid-life crisis I seem to have acquired a number of Sinclair computers recently. I'm hoping at some stage to have at least one functioning ZX81 and one functioning Spectrum; this being my first foray into retro computing since before it was retro, there may be some noob questi...