I thought
it was excellent. I've been chatting to someone in off-topic who's friend supplied the fake electronics for it.
The 'woman' behind the bar in the pub was actually Sophie Wilson who designed the RISC chip and worked on the Acorn boards at the time that Micro Men was set.
She was a man then though.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:17,
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The 'woman' behind the bar in the pub was actually Sophie Wilson who designed the RISC chip and worked on the Acorn boards at the time that Micro Men was set.
She was a man then though.
Indeed.
I wanted to find out who did the music for the bit when Acorn get the BBC contract and have a pissup.
It was "A Fifth of Beethoven" apparently. I also saw it the next night on Family Guy when they go ice skating.
Turns out the bloke who recorded it also wrote the Family Guy theme tune.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:27,
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It was "A Fifth of Beethoven" apparently. I also saw it the next night on Family Guy when they go ice skating.
Turns out the bloke who recorded it also wrote the Family Guy theme tune.
Loved it
It was a bit of a nostalgia fest.
I actually went to an Earl's Court computer show in the early 80s and visited the Acorn stand.
I bought Defender, before they had to change its name to Planetoid.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:30,
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I actually went to an Earl's Court computer show in the early 80s and visited the Acorn stand.
I bought Defender, before they had to change its name to Planetoid.
Surely
Stargate?
I too used to go to lots of those sorts of things. I was (am) a proper geek.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:32,
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I too used to go to lots of those sorts of things. I was (am) a proper geek.
Ahhh
Defender.
I had most of my youth wasted on that game, and I only 'clocked' it once.
It actually prompted me to make a MAME machine, which sadly I had to break up when I moved house. I did a 'Frank Spencer' and made it too big to get out of the bloody door.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:37,
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I had most of my youth wasted on that game, and I only 'clocked' it once.
It actually prompted me to make a MAME machine, which sadly I had to break up when I moved house. I did a 'Frank Spencer' and made it too big to get out of the bloody door.
I still have my original BBC model B, but I don't play it on it any more
(it eventually fucks up the return key and has to be repaired)
I was rubbish at the Williams arcade version. Marble Madness was my arcade machine of choice.
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Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:39,
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I was rubbish at the Williams arcade version. Marble Madness was my arcade machine of choice.