Comments on: LEGENDS OF GAMING: NUMBER ONE - MATTHEW SMITH

By: mobiletone

mobiletone — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:34:40 +0000

[[happy memories of tape to tape copying]]

10 print; PS3 FTW
20 goto 10
RUN

JetPac was my favorite, and Ant Attack.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:47:10 +0000

@ seedaripper

It was even worse when you’d ever so carefully types hours of Machine code on the ZX81 ( 0 rem &^Â£%Â£$%”^” etc ) only to forget to save before attempting to run, D’oh !

Mind you, it was even more amazing when it actually did work first time

By: Three Speech

Three Speech — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:08:44 +0000

@ seedaripper - happened to me on my zx81. i spent hours typing on that flipping keypad to try and make a monopoly game, pressed enter finally and nothing happened. Gutted.

By: seedaripper1973

seedaripper1973 — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:52:12 +0000

nice one mr jimmy and lads..made me smile about my mispent youth (and made me remember about all of the bloody hours i spent,typing a a 5 page program into my vic20/speccy to have one sodding typo bugger the lot!) ah well…kids dont know theyre born

By: s-goat

s-goat — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:54:13 +0000

Manic Miner would be a great title for PSN- it was my ever first game…ahhhhhh memories.trying to do each level perfectly-the start of a lifetimes OCD..I used to get Crash and later Zzap 64.I remember counting down the days til it came out and how destroyed i was if it was ever late.. The younguns dont know they’re born these days with all their HD online interweb gubbins
Wherever he is I just hope Matthew Smith knows how much entertainment and fun he gave to people through his game and how much of a legend he is. Manic miner started a lifelong obsession with me that im glad ive got- feel sorry for people with no obsessive interests to take their minds of lifes cruel realities of impending and ever encroaching slide into poor health and then the inevitability of death.

By: Wisdom Wanderer

Wisdom Wanderer — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:46:54 +0000

Very nice read. I look forward to the next one.

By: MrJimmy

MrJimmy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:41:54 +0000

Yep I met Jeff Minter at Waterloo Station told him I had copies of all his games cos I was a skint kid, shorty after that he started knocking stuff out really cheap - what a hero.

Also you all must see this:

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

By: Three Speech

Three Speech — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:23:09 +0000

@ Lee - Jeff Minter is a genius!

By: Lee Richards

Lee Richards — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:07:57 +0000

You’ve got me thinking about Jeff Minter now and Attack Of The Mutant Camels!

By: Dan (BBRodriguez)

Dan (BBRodriguez) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:53:40 +0000

@ d33p,

Thanks for the link!!!!

I’ve come over all unecessary!

Cheers mate.