1. The Ghost Chamber
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    23 Sep '15 18:20
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    But its all relative surely, one cannot study art and harmony and counterpoint and chess and medicine and horticulture and zoology and philosophy and geology and aeronautics etc etc
    It's true, i now regret saying i sought intellectual superiority. I should have stuck with world domination.
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    24 Sep '15 09:431 edit
    Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
    It's true, i now regret saying i sought intellectual superiority. I should have stuck with world domination.
    Now we are talkin. Did you ever have a ZX Spectrum? There was a game for it called Dictator where you were the dictator of a banana Republic. You could give power to the secret police, create private militia, emancipate the peasants and let the Americans or Russkies build a naval base. The goal was to siphon off as much money into a swiss bank account. You would have liked it. I kept getting assassination attemps.
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    24 Sep '15 10:16
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    Now we are talkin. Did you ever have a ZX Spectrum? There was a game for it called Dictator where you were the dictator of a banana Republic. You could give power to the secret police, create private militia, emancipate the peasants and let the Americans or Russkies build a naval base. The goal was to siphon off as much money into a swiss bank account. You would have liked it. I kept getting assassination attemps.
    I did have a 48K Spectrum, but don't recall having played that game. (Sounds great though). i remember only Hungry Horace, Manic Miner and some game where you had to jump over crocodiles.
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    24 Sep '15 10:431 edit
    Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
    I did have a 48K Spectrum, but don't recall having played that game. (Sounds great though). i remember only Hungry Horace, Manic Miner and some game where you had to jump over crocodiles.
    a yes classics! you can play most of them online I think 😀

    http://torinak.com/qaop#!dictator

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    24 Sep '15 15:38
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    a yes classics! you can play most of them online I think 😀

    http://torinak.com/qaop#!dictator

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    Thanks. That link brought back memories. (Especially the sound effects).

    About 15 years ago i still had my old Spectrum in the back of a cupboard. On a nostalgic whim i decided to set it up and see if it still worked. It didn't. 🙁
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    24 Sep '15 16:571 edit
    Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
    Thanks. That link brought back memories. (Especially the sound effects).

    About 15 years ago i still had my old Spectrum in the back of a cupboard. On a nostalgic whim i decided to set it up and see if it still worked. It didn't. 🙁
    It never worked? what a great pity, i always remember the sound of the tape recorder. I spent about three days typing in some code for a horse racing game and could not get it to work 🙁 I Survived about four assassination attempts last try 😀😀😀
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    24 Sep '15 17:08
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    It never worked? what a great pity, i always remember the sound of the tape recorder. I spent about three days typing in some code for a horse racing game and could not get it to work 🙁 I Survived about four assassination attempts last try 😀😀😀
    Sir, you are constituted from Teflon.
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    25 Sep '15 06:02
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    a yes classics! you can play most of them online I think 😀

    http://torinak.com/qaop#!dictator

    awe man, Load ""
    Is that link definitely working? Doesn't seem to on an iPad.
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    25 Sep '15 06:04
    Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
    I did have a 48K Spectrum, but don't recall having played that game. (Sounds great though). i remember only Hungry Horace, Manic Miner and some game where you had to jump over crocodiles.
    A friend had a Commodore 64, we used to play loads of games on it, I remember one call Elite which was space game where you travelled from planet to planet trading and shooting pirates on the way. I remember it being awesome at the time.
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    25 Sep '15 07:38
    Originally posted by divegeester
    A friend had a Commodore 64, we used to play loads of games on it, I remember one call Elite which was space game where you travelled from planet to planet trading and shooting pirates on the way. I remember it being awesome at the time.
    Yes, my cousin had a Commodore 64 and i was always a little jealous that the games were better than the ones i had on the Spectrum.
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    25 Sep '15 11:35
    Originally posted by divegeester
    Is that link definitely working? Doesn't seem to on an iPad.
    You bought an overrated and over priced tablet and it doesn't work? whats with that dude?
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    25 Sep '15 11:361 edit
    Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
    Yes, my cousin had a Commodore 64 and i was always a little jealous that the games were better than the ones i had on the Spectrum.
    Until the Specky 128K made it look like a calculator 😛
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    25 Sep '15 11:47
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    Until the Specky 128K made it look like a calculator 😛
    I bought my son an Atari then a spectrum 128k
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    25 Sep '15 11:58
    Originally posted by redbadger
    I bought my son an Atari then a spectrum 128k
    yes they were awesome for the time 😀
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    25 Sep '15 12:38
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    You bought an overrated and over priced tablet and it doesn't work? whats with that dude?
    Why do you have to be such an irredeemable toss-pot all the time? Take a day off occasionally.
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