Excerpts from "The Spectrum of Adventure" (Part 1) by Thomas A. Christie
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In this section: IntroductionExcerpts from "The Spectrum of Adventure" by Thomas A. ChristieThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the most popular home computers in British history, selling over five million units in its 1980s heyday.Amongst the thousands of titles released for the Spectrum during its lifetime, the text adventure game was to emerge as one of the most significant genres on the system.Covering 100 games in all, this book celebrates the Spectrum’s thriving interactive fiction scene of the eighties, chronicling the achievements of major publishers as well as independent developers from the machine’s launch in 1982 until the end of the decade in 1989."The Spectrum of Adventure" is Copyright ©2016 Thomas A. Christie, all rights reserved, and is published by Extremis Publishing Ltd.This title is available as a physical book from www.extremispublishing.com and all good online retailers and independent booksellers worldwide.
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Thanks to everyone involved in this, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to participate in this video. Betto "The Ninja Drummer" Cardoso - Brazil (http://bit.ly/2lonyPB) Aires Pereira - Venezuela (http://bit.ly/2D7j0nJ) Quist - USA (http://bit.ly/1RbAQ8V) Pierre Edel - France|Russia (http://bit.ly/2oW8qeo) Ana Rucner - Croatia (http://bit.ly/2oPOuuj) Andrea Giuffredi - Italy (http://bit.ly/2FhI01B) Sunny ST - Nepal (http://bit.ly/2HerLPq) Todor Tchobanov - Bulgaria (http://bit.ly/2Hbto07) Mahesh Raghvan - India (http://bit.ly/2tsgTeQ) Charlie Parra - Peru (http://bit.ly/2uVimdq) Aris (Larisa Ciortan) - Romania (http://bit.ly/2I8n3nq) Dean Brockdorff - Australia (http://bit.ly/2Ia35IX) Funtwo - South Korea (http://bit.ly/2FuVxlH) Nino Jazz - Angola (http://bit.ly/2Ft0jjI) samuraiguitarist - Canada (http://bit.ly/2uNHyiE) Davey Pollitt - England (http://bit.ly/2IaV7PV) Cesar Huesca - Mexico (http://bit.ly/2FomqV2) The Choir: (From top left to bottom right) Rasyid Agam - Indonesia Vanessa Dias - Portugal Renzo Belfanti - Argentina Phelipe Argentini - Brazil Gean Chujutalli - Peru Melike Kobalas, Ekin Erdem, Irmak Baran - Turkey Vishal Chopra - Malaysia Luis Pérez - Mexico Mimi Vanden - France Bohdan Dovhal - Ukraine Ira Sergeevna Audio Mixing & Mastering: Andre Antunes
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