SPECTRUM MEMORIES PART 1 Spectrum Memories Part 1: The first SpectrumI still to this day don't know where my Spectrum 48k+ bundle that I received for Christmas 1986 came from. It could have been Dixons. Or WH Smith. Or Harrods, for all I know. Certainly my parents ca...Posted by jdanddiet on Dec 17, 2010 20:19 (Dec 17, 2010 20:19) |
Spectrum Memories Part 1: The first Spectrum I still to this day don't know where my Spectrum 48k+ bundle that I received for Christmas 1986 came from. It could have been Dixons. Or WH Smith. Or Harrods, for all I know. Certainly my parents can't remember. My Dad says he can't remember what happened last week, let alone 24 years ago. As it was a bundle, it was all enclosed within a huge brown cardboard box that looked most impressive wrapped up in gaudy red and white coloured paper. Using a lone, un-chewed nail, the tape across the top of the box was excitedly slashed open to reveal the bountiful contents within. My eyes were first drawn to the mound of cassettes. Games! Lots of Games! This was, naturally, the reason I wanted a Spectrum - despite elucidations to my parents of its educational power - and the stack of Imagine titles compactly housed within the the box were eagerly clawed from their snug home. Whether by accident or design, the gloriously beguiling gold case edition of Alchemist lay on top. To the side lay more software, but not quite as exciting: these larger boxes contained those Spectrum bundle staples of Scrabble, Make-a-Chip, Survival and Tasword Two (a word-processor). Scrabble would have a significant future as an early "party" game; the others would not.  Next, in its own box, was the all-important cassette player, a mundane, yet vital gateway to the world of gaming delights. Then finally, the Spectrum itself, once more in its own box, a smooth, glossy, black and white cardboard picture of loveliness. It was hoisted aloft like some new-found messiah and I resisted the temptation to give it an un-manly hug. The machine of dreams was finally within my grasp; acceptance by my peers, a lifetime of videogaming pleasure mine to savour. Of course, it didn't work. |
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