SPECTRUM FOREVER

MARK HOWLETT [AKA LORD ARSE]

SPECTRUM SUPERFAN MARK HAS BEEN A SPECCY ADDICT SINCE 1984

I got it as a Christmas present way back in 1984 from my parents. There were so many great games for the Speccy, it’s hard to only pick a few favourites, like Matthew Smith’s superb and . I must have spent weeks just seeing how far I could travel in that mansion. And – not just a technical marvel but a wonderful adventure/strategy game to boot. I still regard this as one of the best computer games of all time. It’s not difficult to see why the Spectrum was so important in the history of the British gaming industry. It’s still popular today because it was such a formative part of so many of our lives growing up, and thanks to a large online community, we can still reminisce about the good old days when life was simple and we! And because there’s still so much of an interest, people are still producing fanzines, games, hardware, even brand-new models.”