HomeUnited KingdomI’ve just spent 4 minutes listening to the loading screen of a Spectrum game just for a nostalgic hit. What do you do to get a rose coloured fix?
I remember completing it with a mate back when I was like 8. I recently tried it with my son on the RetroPie, and we got our arses kicked. Never felt older…
Yeah that would do it for me too… the sights & sounds from much of my early teens.
Its modern nostalgia, but I still cannot walk around a corner and haven’t been able to for like 20 years without imagining I’m drifting a la outrun 2 / ridge racer.
I’ll even walk at an angle like I’m the car.
Lunar Jetman was better, but wouldn’t run on a 16k machine….
The jackass music takes me right back to being a teenager & watching it on the living room TV late at night then my mum would come in & go not jackass again, she was a posh lady loved the opera, ballet etc but was not beneath her to laugh at jackass
Happy memories of a time that’s sadly gone
The Super Mario World theme 😍
The FF7 OST absolutely does it for me. Nothing else comes close.
I watch the title sequence for Star Trek: TNG/VOY or the Halo 3 title screen.
I watch 80s and 90s adverts and TV opening themes on YouTube.
No better way to make yourself feel like a sad,old fart.
On a similar theme, I’ve still got my Amstrad CPC 464.
Loved the spectrum, They loading noise enhanced the anticipation haha, the old intros for orion and touchstone films always gives a warm nostalgic feeling, as do old arcades like golden axe and double dragon
Blimey. That’s a blast from the past. Reminds me of Manic Miner and cheat code 6031769. Can’t believe I remember that after 40 years.
Right, what about Horice?
The Spectrum was fantastic. Atic Atac, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Scuba Dive, The Hobbit, Elite, Football Manager, etc.
I loved Jet Pac. I’ve since got it set up on an emulator on a Pi, mapped it to a PS3 controller, and played it (and many other retro games) at work on an 84 inch Surface Hub.
It was incredible.
Wish I still had my SNES. Some of the gameplay was incredible. Never had a Sega megadrive but remember playing Streets of Rage with my buddy, Sonic and some other fighting game with my Uncle. Don’t game anymore but seems like now you need a powerful rig and there are subscription and pay-to-play features. Lame!
The closest i have is (downloading and) playing the original farcry.
Although I can (painfully) recall the sound of a tape-cassette “squealing” while it interprets data, the original farcry takes me back to times when you don’t need to go through multiple launchers, you don’t need an internet connection, or a shit ton of spare hard drive space. Just hit play and seconds later (not minutes 😳) you are playing the game.
As an aside, it may be an “old person opinion” but I’m convinced that gamers from the spectrum and commodore 64 era gained patience and some kind of organic “mindfulness”.
OP has it right with “rose coloured” (especially when compared with modern times).
– Slightly irrelevant old person reminiscing ahead….
My memories are listening to that squeal while waiting for _at least_ five minutes for the game to be recognised. If they didnt “take” you would have to rewind the tape and try again (lol anyone who “knows” will feel that pain 🤣)
The best thing is that a lot of the games were kinda “ironman mode”. If you were lucky enough to get to the end of level boss and die, you may have to restart the entire level. No F5 quick save lol.
Damn… Fun times, but especially in hindsight, so fucking frustrating 😆
Nowadays I’ll casually play a game (that takes _gigabytes_ of hard drive space 😱) and if I’m stuck I’ll just pause and go on the internet (via my mobile phone!) for a hint or solution.
As far as I remember, blue and yellow bands meant the game wasn’t going to load properly…
Amiga, speed ball 2. Awesome
Only 4 minutes? Did you press fast forward instead of play on the cassette player?
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There will be an online version somewhere- search and play!!
>I’ve just spent 4 minutes listening to the loading screen of a Spectrum game
Oh sweet beautiful music.
[It’s the OST for Gunstar Heroes on the Megadrive for me](https://youtu.be/U-PJc9s8RHA?si=OukM6CYG8d-3q0bF)
I remember completing it with a mate back when I was like 8. I recently tried it with my son on the RetroPie, and we got our arses kicked. Never felt older…
Yeah that would do it for me too… the sights & sounds from much of my early teens.
I do much the same. C64 games mostly.
[Monty On The Run](https://youtu.be/jAyDCti2XAc?si=WqYz8HyW3TQHsutB)
[Asterix and the Magic Cauldron](https://youtu.be/sS6jVfPv4Sc?si=0FGIwxr6yt-h7NUV)
[Suicide Express](https://youtu.be/ljZzZlASclU?si=nidKjZ7IhIZAriUA)
If not those, then rewatching classic cartoons like Thundercats, Defenders of the Earth or films like Labyrinth or Willow.
*sigh*
Me and friend of mine did this on DMT once and it was one of the best experiences ever.
Listen to Puff the Magic Dragon, takes me back to the late 80s song time in infant school
Reminds me of[Jet Set Willy!!](https://torinak.com/qaop/play/jetsetwilly)
Its modern nostalgia, but I still cannot walk around a corner and haven’t been able to for like 20 years without imagining I’m drifting a la outrun 2 / ridge racer.
I’ll even walk at an angle like I’m the car.
Lunar Jetman was better, but wouldn’t run on a 16k machine….
The jackass music takes me right back to being a teenager & watching it on the living room TV late at night then my mum would come in & go not jackass again, she was a posh lady loved the opera, ballet etc but was not beneath her to laugh at jackass
Happy memories of a time that’s sadly gone
The Super Mario World theme 😍
The FF7 OST absolutely does it for me. Nothing else comes close.
I watch the title sequence for Star Trek: TNG/VOY or the Halo 3 title screen.
I watch 80s and 90s adverts and TV opening themes on YouTube.
No better way to make yourself feel like a sad,old fart.
On a similar theme, I’ve still got my Amstrad CPC 464.
This is peak rose tinted nostalgia glasses: https://youtu.be/LRYdU0NXYMc?si=v-6-FHYrdVajIMjL
The [Ultimate Soccer Manager 98 music](https://youtu.be/v1XiYSOiG8s?si=_tl9y56Dm8AWaiV7)
The game cube loading screen
“Doo-doo-doo-doo, whoooosh, doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo.”
Loved the spectrum, They loading noise enhanced the anticipation haha, the old intros for orion and touchstone films always gives a warm nostalgic feeling, as do old arcades like golden axe and double dragon
Blimey. That’s a blast from the past.
Reminds me of Manic Miner and cheat code 6031769. Can’t believe I remember that after 40 years.
Right, what about Horice?
The Spectrum was fantastic. Atic Atac, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, Scuba Dive, The Hobbit, Elite, Football Manager, etc.
Great memories.
[RIGHT HERE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub747pprmJ8)…
Have you ever, ever felt like this. Strange things happening, are you going round the twist!
Shows from my childhood
I play [Chuckie Egg](https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/25/Disc002-ChuckieEgg.ssd&noseek).
I did the same with the C64 Robocop theme a short while back, one of my favourites. Hits me in the feels every time!
https://youtu.be/RFgXGw_kXpc
Old game music it has to be Sonic the Hedgehog 3 or Street Fighter 2 music.
[Manic Miner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUK_Wa9cHTY) <3
[those fucking strings at the start holy shit ](https://youtu.be/BHg14wwgtbY?si=xJqar7zKBG5CrNxc)
I think the Follin brothers made a pact from the devil because some of the stuff they did with the SID chip was pure witchcraft
[also this prog-rock banger on the nes](https://youtu.be/4_gObHt1uZA?si=0AmBx2JkoIQcfzng)
I loved Jet Pac. I’ve since got it set up on an emulator on a Pi, mapped it to a PS3 controller, and played it (and many other retro games) at work on an 84 inch Surface Hub.
It was incredible.
Wish I still had my SNES. Some of the gameplay was incredible. Never had a Sega megadrive but remember playing Streets of Rage with my buddy, Sonic and some other fighting game with my Uncle. Don’t game anymore but seems like now you need a powerful rig and there are subscription and pay-to-play features. Lame!
[Elite C64](https://youtu.be/4lKKy3l_5YI?si=TeJz-K3ZUKKMooUi) not the greatest music but the game was fantastic.
The closest i have is (downloading and) playing the original farcry.
Although I can (painfully) recall the sound of a tape-cassette “squealing” while it interprets data, the original farcry takes me back to times when you don’t need to go through multiple launchers, you don’t need an internet connection, or a shit ton of spare hard drive space.
Just hit play and seconds later (not minutes 😳) you are playing the game.
As an aside, it may be an “old person opinion” but I’m convinced that gamers from the spectrum and commodore 64 era gained patience and some kind of organic “mindfulness”.
OP has it right with “rose coloured” (especially when compared with modern times).
– Slightly irrelevant old person reminiscing ahead….
My memories are listening to that squeal while waiting for _at least_ five minutes for the game to be recognised. If they didnt “take” you would have to rewind the tape and try again (lol anyone who “knows” will feel that pain 🤣)
The best thing is that a lot of the games were kinda “ironman mode”. If you were lucky enough to get to the end of level boss and die, you may have to restart the entire level. No F5 quick save lol.
Damn… Fun times, but especially in hindsight, so fucking frustrating 😆
Nowadays I’ll casually play a game (that takes _gigabytes_ of hard drive space 😱) and if I’m stuck I’ll just pause and go on the internet (via my mobile phone!) for a hint or solution.
As far as I remember, blue and yellow bands meant the game wasn’t going to load properly…
Amiga, speed ball 2. Awesome
Only 4 minutes? Did you press fast forward instead of play on the cassette player?