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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

The spectrum was coming out and Arctic immediately bombed me a spectrum and I taught...

The spectrum was coming out and Arctic immediately bombed me a spectrum and I taught myself how it worked by writing an unbelievably bad Space Invaders Clone, which was never released, but it taught me how to use it

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The spectrum was coming out
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and Arctic immediately bombed me a spectrum
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and I taught myself how it worked
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by writing an unbelievably bad Space Invaders Clone,
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which was never released, but it taught me how to use it.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:01
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
And I went on to writes Cosmic Debris, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And I went on to writes Cosmic Debris,
Totally unimaginative really, which Arctics sold again. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Totally unimaginative really, which Arctics sold again.
But this time on a pretty good royalty deal, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
But this time on a pretty good royalty deal,
So almost as soon as the spectrum came out, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So almost as soon as the spectrum came out,
We ripped off arcade games - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
We ripped off arcade games
We all went to the arcades - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
We all went to the arcades
And you'd have that instant connection - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And you'd have that instant connection
Or you'd have Defender except instead - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Or you'd have Defender except instead
So they did realize early on - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So they did realize early on
Instead of being in an arcade - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
Instead of being in an arcade
The game design for Chucka came about mostly nicking ideas - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
The game design for Chucka came about mostly nicking ideas
It's a cross between Space Panic, which is a platform, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
It's a cross between Space Panic, which is a platform,
I realized that you could do pixel movements on the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
I realized that you could do pixel movements on the
Pixel movement was an advantage just - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
Pixel movement was an advantage just
There's something about Jet Pack I think that made you feel - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
There's something about Jet Pack I think that made you...
Can I take that arcade experience Home with Me - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Can I take that arcade experience Home with Me
The Game as they were often known back then, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
The Game as they were often known back then,
Obviously the two stampers behind them, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Obviously the two stampers behind them,
So when they started to make ZX Spectrum games in the home, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So when they started to make ZX Spectrum games in the home,
To me, even if it's only in 16 K, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
To me, even if it's only in 16 K,