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And I just used to go down to the shop
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And I just used to go down to the shop and load it up on their computers, see what people...

And I just used to go down to the shop and load it up on their computers, see what people thought of my games before they were released

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And I just used to go down to the shop
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and load it up on their computers, see what people thought
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of my games before they were released.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:18
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Gracious Films

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Movie Summary

Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This film goes into all the finer details of how and why the ZX Spectrum was created, what impact the computer had as well as the various versions
So it was quite fun for that 'cause it was - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So it was quite fun for that 'cause it was
So the QA was going into the shop and letting people play it - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
So the QA was going into the shop and letting people play it
I'd already watched the, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
I'd already watched the,
A chap called Mark Butler - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
A chap called Mark Butler
And then it was a case of convincing Pete - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And then it was a case of convincing Pete
He'd be far better working with us - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
He'd be far better working with us
One day I went in and Ian Stewart was there - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
One day I went in and Ian Stewart was there
And he gave me the idea - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And he gave me the idea
I think Pete would've started this when the minor strike - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
I think Pete would've started this when the minor...
And I suppose we were a little bit brave putting, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
And I suppose we were a little bit brave putting, uh,
I think we've got in total about 13 minutes - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
I think we've got in total about 13 minutes
The villain of the piece, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
The villain of the piece,
Monty Mole has to get his coal for the winter - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Monty Mole has to get his coal for the winter
Now, once that happened, we started getting demos coming - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
Now, once that happened, we started getting demos coming
But what we were quite good at was identifying people - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
But what we were quite good at was identifying people
You may have noticed I'm actually wearing a classic Spectrum - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
You may have noticed I'm actually wearing a classic...
A very early street fighter esque game for the Spectrum. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
A very early street fighter esque game for the Spectrum.
It was just a really fun kung fu style game. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It was just a really fun kung fu style game.
They produced a game called Four D Time Gate, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
They produced a game called Four D Time Gate,
And I think that helped establish certainly Quicksilver - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And I think that helped establish certainly Quicksilver