Had a zx81 as well, bought from our next door neighbour for £20. It did absolutely nothing.
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Holy grail for me was getting two tape copies ‘phasing’ in sync, recording it and then pause chopping bits back into the original, remember Can you handle it was a fave. Took hours, and so repetitive made it hard to listen to it at all afterwards.
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You’ve nailed what making a track is like there heh…
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Hours and £££s wasted on this in 1983/4. Rather than alternatively bashing the buttons, you could achieve incredible results by pulling your jumper sleeve over your hand and then rubbing the buttons in a polishing stylee.
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I remember those!!! They had the big one and the small one. best advert ever. A very ocd friend had one and he kept it on the shelf spotless. Until i got my hands on it on purpose just to rile him up.
The graphics on that were next level
Mind blowing in 1984!
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Used to love a bit of Gauntlet too, it got well hectic 
“The Wizard has entered the game…”
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Greatest football ever.
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Remember this being the official league football for a few years in the late 70’s/ early 80’s. Used in a few Football League Cup finals around this time.
Somebody at school had a plastic copy of it, the red stripe wore off in no time on tarmac playgrounds.
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Spent umpteen hrs of a holiday in Rhyl in summer '86 in front of one of these.
Machine guns, oil slicks & a classic Peter Gunn theme tune 
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I remember the one you could sit down in, like a x wing cockpit.
“Yaaaaah hooooo” … “You’re all clear, kid”
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Spy hunter was absolute class! Getting down the narrow hedgerows to become a boat 
Out run was ace too as was this
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Remember getting the stunt cycle for my 8th birthday. One of my favourite ever toys.
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Yes! The audio was amazing. The feeling that you were on that laser gun in the Millennium Falcon was priceless.
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Out Run was indeed ace, living the dream as an 11yo in Northern England by racing a red Ferrari through California with a hot Blonde in the passenger seat lol.
Also spent many hrs and 10pees playing Space Harrier, Commando & Double Dragon in the arcades.
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Always wanted that!
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Loved Outrun on my ZX. Also, a helicopter game which I can’t remember the name of for the life of me. Happy, yet simple, days.
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