JAMESTALKALOT MOVIES: January 2012

Tuesday 31 January 2012

Amstrad CPC 464 Game Collection (Part 1) Come relive some 80s Game Heaven

This is what's left of my Amstrad CPC 464 Game Collection (original collection from my childhood). I sold a lot of these games in the late 80s to raise money for an Atari ST but still had a lot left. In the end I went for the Amiga 500 instead (video for that next)

Notice my Amstrad still works? They don't make things built to last like that anymore. Take that Xbox 360! (I've had 7 of those to date:P). There's been thousands of hours played on this by my whole family and friends back in the day. I think I got this when I was 10 or 11. (I'm 37 now) Green screen because it was £100 less at the time and tape because it was cheaper also (the floppy version failed to take off anyway). All my friends had all the other 8 bit computers (Speccy, C64, Atari 800Xl...) so I played games on them all as a kid.

I hope you enjoyed looking through these again with me. They sure bring back a lot of good memories for me of being a kid in the 80s. See you soon with some gaming action from the early 90s. Let the good times roll! AMIGA 500 BABY! Bring it!

I wish I had not sold games like Last Ninja 2 as well as countless others. But that money raised did go towards an other era of classic game heaven.

I can't say I miss the days of entering pokes though for game cheats :P Hours and they failed to work at times :P.. If nothing else it got me typing lightning fast :D.

Loved text adventures! Kentillia was the first one I played! Lord of the Rings had the worst tape loading in the history of games though :P

The music is from the superb Saboteur 2, Aliens (Electric Dreams version although I have the US Gold version as well) and Knight Tyme.

I filmed this video about a year ago but have only got around to uploading it. Lots more coming... Through the years of Video Games to the present day!

Enjoy the nostalgia! Feel free to comment! I would love to hear about your 8 bit memories and your fave 8bit games on whatever 8 bit system you had!

Thumb up this video please! Because lets be honest? 8 bit old school 80s games rocked so hard!

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