Spectrum makes a comeback

From: Sue & Francois <fauradon_at_frontiernet.net>
Date: Sat Feb 9 00:38:09 2002

I'm sorry did I miss something? I don't see why anyone on this list would be
exited with this new (ahem) deVice.
If you are really desperate to play Speccy games there are a gazillion of
emulators on the net available for free and the ROMs are there too for the
same amount.
Why on earth would anyone be interested in PAYING for a hardware platform
(other than the real thing :) that would allow you to be charged for every
game download? Oh and on top of that you can only keep the game for a
limited amount of time, now let's talk about bit rot :)
This is not a good idea, this a very not good idea. now if it was a system
like a game boy and you would be allowed to keep the games indefinitelly
then it might (yes might) have some value.
But for my part, even though I think the hardawre is kinda cool, I think
that banking on this to make a sale is way dumb. I'm sorry can I use your
Genesis I need to call my banker to see if I cvan play the next game of
Golden axe.
Cool Hardware bad gimmick.
Francois


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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: Spectrum makes a comeback


> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Gareth Knight wrote:
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> > The Sinclair Spectrum is being relaunched by Amstrad as part of their
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> > http://www.amstrad.com/ams121101/emp_games.html
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> That's too cool. I must have one.
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