Excerpts from "The Spectrum of Adventure" (Part 2) by Thomas A. Christie

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In this section: "Adventure 1" by Abersoft (1982)Excerpts 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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Start Again. (Original Hard Rock Song)

In my never ending/out of control hobby learning music production I'm wanting to experiment with live sound and using amps rather then just using Guitar Rig so this song is pretty simple.Production Time: 16 hours over a few weeks.

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Christmas Carols

Tom Christie and Santa Joe Moore welcome you to their "Traditionally Speaking" podcast on all things Christmas on both sides of the Atlantic. Christmas Carols.

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Secrets and Mysteries of the Heart 200 Route, chapters 11 & 12

In this section: The Earthquake House (Comrie), The Old Town Jail (Stirling), The First Haggis in Space (Dunning). "Secrets and Mysteries of the Heart 200 Route" by Thomas A. Christie and Julie Christie: Complete and Unabridged. This title is available as a physical book from www.extremispublishing.com and all good online retailers and independent booksellers worldwide.