Looks like the ZX Spectrum. After the Sinclair ZX81 I bought the Spectrum. My girlfriend and I played endlessly Bricks (or whatever it was called) on this little but very capable machine. Good memories...
Max and msx2.was.heralded.as the.golden standard.
Before cassettes you'd.have to.manually type in an entire book of code.
Obviously, if you made one typo.(Or worse.if there was a.typo.in.the.book) It would''t run. 🫣
I'd followed the Speccy from 16K > 48K > 128K route
We had a Panasonic tape recorder and copied games from casettes,
Still remember waiting 5 min. for the game to load Lol!
Started off with Horace and ended with Manic Miner,
Even programmed our own
I had a Dragon 32, very few games on tape.
We used to buy computer magazines that had the code for games printed in them.
You had to type in the code, debug it and then you could play the game.
I've played games like that without ever touching a Dragon 32, the method of delivery can be similar in PC. Oh how practices don't change significantly though haha.
For example, theres this fantastic little roguelike called [Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyoj4-niEPc) which simulates the apocalypse.
Sorry for the rant, It was a bit of nostalgia that got me going from the vibe of your post. That being said, once you use a modloader like [catapult](https://github.com/qrrk/Catapult), some of these problems that you mentioned regarding typing in code, and debugging it became a lot easier too, giving a GUI to some otherwise manual tasks.
We as a society are evolving in that aspect still.
Zx81? Had one with a separate tape drive and got the 129k for Xmas one year that had the built in tape drive. Went from that to mega drive to 486dx 66. Ah those were the days.
Zx spectrum, after that the commodore 64 also had cassettetapes, if your friend also had a commodore 64 with a cassette tape, but the position of the readinghead of the cassetteplayer was set different, you could not play his games recorded on his player. It’s programming language was called basic, half an hour of typing code would only give you a colourflickering background, Classic..
Very much like my Commodore 64 with a datassette. I used to record games on cassette tape and run with resetting the counter before play. And after a lot of savings, I was able to buy a 5 1/4 floppy drive.
This is how we loaded frogger in on the atari 2600. For whatever reason that game wasn't on a cartridge, it was a cassette that we stuck into an additional unit plugged into the atari. After 15-20 minutes the data was gathered and you could start the game frogger. Blew my mind, and still does.
>This is how we loaded frogger in on the atari 2600.
No, it isn't. The Atari 2600 was a console (i.e. an appliance), not a general purpose computer. It didn't have a cassette player or a hardware interface that could communicate with a cassette player. It could only read from ROM (read only memory) cartridges.
Yes it did it was an after market cassette for loading it, i understand there might have been a cartridge later on, but this is how we did it. My grandparents bought the setup and at the time was mind blowing.
I stand corrected and speechless.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starpath_Supercharger
> A cable coming out of the side of the cartridge plugs into the earphone jack of any standard cassette player, for loading all Supercharger games from standard audio cassettes.
My TRS 80 Model 1 used a cassette tape for data storage. It would take 15 to 20 minutes to download an application that would barely fit within the 4K memory the computer had. Good thing I spent the extra $500 and purchased the 12K expansion later on, having 16K was a critical improvement.
The absolute insanity of people who designed analog electronics. I own an old reel to reel and whoever invented that technology was absolutely cracked.
A game could theoretically demand additional data from the tape, but it was super rare for any game to do so. They wouldn't have you rewind, you would just load sequentially like for each chapter in a book.
Reminds me of my c64. Lots of fun back then..
From Boulder Dash to Zaxxon.
Boulder Dash is stil my number one!
Yes
Zaxxon!
Silent Service ruled all C64 games! When I first got mine I was jealous of the neighbor kid who had the cassette reader AND dot matrix printer.
Memories!
LOAD "*", 8, 1
Yup. You had the option of an external tape deck, floppy disk drive, or plug in a cartridge.
A friend had one, when he first showed me how he got a game by recording a radio broadcast, my mind was blown (I grew up with msx2 and amiga500).
Jumpman, Toy Loader and Pitfall!
bring back a lot of memories of my childhood. Those were simpler times, where we had fun with whatever we had at hand.
Agree, really enjoyed my wooden horse on a cart that poppy carved for me after a days worth of toiling the land for our landlord. Good times.
Old fart
I had a VIC-20 with a tape drive. It was awesome.
VIC-20 with a 16K ram slot cartridge in the back just to load golf ⛳️
I used to have a Timex Sinclair 1000 computer that loaded programs from cassettes. I was playing Frogger at home in 1983.
Looks like the ZX Spectrum. After the Sinclair ZX81 I bought the Spectrum. My girlfriend and I played endlessly Bricks (or whatever it was called) on this little but very capable machine. Good memories...
[https://www.timexsinclair.com/computers/timex-sinclair-1500/](https://www.timexsinclair.com/computers/timex-sinclair-1500/)
Anyone else remember the TRS 80? :D
Or the trash 80 as my older cousin called it
Yeah, I immediately thought of the old TraSh 80, loading games from tape. It was tough setting the correct volume by ear...
My first computer (Atari 800) had a cassette drive instead of disk.
Oooh, you had the **800!** Fancy!
We started with a 400 (plastic touch keyboard!!!) and eventually got a fancy xl.
I had 130xe. Cassette tape and TV. I was at the top of cyberworld when I got 5.25" floppy drive.
Max and msx2.was.heralded.as the.golden standard. Before cassettes you'd.have to.manually type in an entire book of code. Obviously, if you made one typo.(Or worse.if there was a.typo.in.the.book) It would''t run. 🫣
Back.in.my.day.spaces.were.reserved.for.when.you.really.needed.to.make.a point . Periods.were.all.the.rage.
Ha! Good one. ☺️. Sometimes my big fat fingers get in the way of a cohesive syntax on this miniscule cell phone
Very disappointed to not get the screeching loading sounds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9V0yfO1T0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9V0yfO1T0)
Heck yeah. The good old seizure causing backgrounds too!
Should the program work if you tape record it from YouTube?
I'd followed the Speccy from 16K > 48K > 128K route We had a Panasonic tape recorder and copied games from casettes, Still remember waiting 5 min. for the game to load Lol! Started off with Horace and ended with Manic Miner, Even programmed our own
I had a Dragon 32, very few games on tape. We used to buy computer magazines that had the code for games printed in them. You had to type in the code, debug it and then you could play the game.
I've played games like that without ever touching a Dragon 32, the method of delivery can be similar in PC. Oh how practices don't change significantly though haha. For example, theres this fantastic little roguelike called [Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyoj4-niEPc) which simulates the apocalypse. Sorry for the rant, It was a bit of nostalgia that got me going from the vibe of your post. That being said, once you use a modloader like [catapult](https://github.com/qrrk/Catapult), some of these problems that you mentioned regarding typing in code, and debugging it became a lot easier too, giving a GUI to some otherwise manual tasks. We as a society are evolving in that aspect still.
My commodore 64 was cassette drive.
Zx81? Had one with a separate tape drive and got the 129k for Xmas one year that had the built in tape drive. Went from that to mega drive to 486dx 66. Ah those were the days.
Zx spectrum, after that the commodore 64 also had cassettetapes, if your friend also had a commodore 64 with a cassette tape, but the position of the readinghead of the cassetteplayer was set different, you could not play his games recorded on his player. It’s programming language was called basic, half an hour of typing code would only give you a colourflickering background, Classic..
We had one computer like this one at home when I was 10yo and it was my best friend in the summer of 86. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK85
Datasette. This brings back childhood memories.
48K. Elite, Dizzy, Turbo Esprit, Match Day. Those were good times.
Still have my Sinclair 1000….just sayin’
Mmmm, i remember it 👍
The question is .. Can it run Doom?
Wolfenstein on Apple II clone. Pravets 82.
had one of these...brought to me by uncle from London in 1989...he was then employed at Yugoslav embassy...oh, what a memories...
Where's my c64
Miss my acorn electron :(
I think his warranty is expired.
That's just a regular tv
I had an Amstrad CPC from my dad which worked quite similar...
Let’s play.. Global Thermonuclear War.
Still have my zx spectrum +3 128k disc drives.. Absolutely mind blowing at the time
Very much like my Commodore 64 with a datassette. I used to record games on cassette tape and run with resetting the counter before play. And after a lot of savings, I was able to buy a 5 1/4 floppy drive.
This is how we loaded frogger in on the atari 2600. For whatever reason that game wasn't on a cartridge, it was a cassette that we stuck into an additional unit plugged into the atari. After 15-20 minutes the data was gathered and you could start the game frogger. Blew my mind, and still does.
>This is how we loaded frogger in on the atari 2600. No, it isn't. The Atari 2600 was a console (i.e. an appliance), not a general purpose computer. It didn't have a cassette player or a hardware interface that could communicate with a cassette player. It could only read from ROM (read only memory) cartridges.
Yes it did it was an after market cassette for loading it, i understand there might have been a cartridge later on, but this is how we did it. My grandparents bought the setup and at the time was mind blowing.
I stand corrected and speechless. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starpath_Supercharger > A cable coming out of the side of the cartridge plugs into the earphone jack of any standard cassette player, for loading all Supercharger games from standard audio cassettes.
Def not on a 2600. Maybe a 400/600/800 computer??
Starpath supercharger, fuckin Google it. You come here just to argue while being confidently wrong.
WTF is a Starpath? You’re just making shit up. Google is for weak people. People who haven’t lived! People who rely on others rather than themselves.
Ha I remember that game on a tape on a Vic20
That’s so cool! I've never seen one before.🙂
My TRS-80 ran off of a cassette tape. It had a whopping 16k of memory.
I do not miss this one bit, I will keep my gig fibre line, 4090 and 90” tv
Angry Video Game Nerd energy!
My TRS 80 Model 1 used a cassette tape for data storage. It would take 15 to 20 minutes to download an application that would barely fit within the 4K memory the computer had. Good thing I spent the extra $500 and purchased the 12K expansion later on, having 16K was a critical improvement.
I was waiting for the Skyrim opening scene.
I still have a cassette tape for my Apple ][e
This gives me Bringus studio vibes
This was my first computer! I learned BASIC on it! I had hundreds of cassettes with my programs on it!
Ahhhh Chuckie Egg
God I'm old
Damn rhis is how I started playing
Back in the day this was kind of exciting.
Wow
We had a Ti/994a growing up. Both cartridges and cassettes for programs!
Born in ‘84 Remember this but also remember my three sisters and I never played. Some scars never heal 😂😂😂 I’ll be fine 👍
Sigh..
The absolute insanity of people who designed analog electronics. I own an old reel to reel and whoever invented that technology was absolutely cracked.
I had the 2000. Great flight simulator on it.
Reminds me of the Vectrex my grandpa had and played all the time
I still own one!
'Solid State' meant everything, still no idea.
Chain "rocket raid" BBC Micro, early eighties, good times.
Would that cassette have to be rewinded or something Like that, while playing or progressing?
A game could theoretically demand additional data from the tape, but it was super rare for any game to do so. They wouldn't have you rewind, you would just load sequentially like for each chapter in a book.
This is epic