simon Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 I upgraded my (original rubber keyed) Spectrum from 16KB to a massive 48KB. Certainly the memory I bought (3rd party) went inside the machine. EDIT: I've still got a Spectrum btw. Not my original machine -- but a Spectrum + which I was given a couple of years ago. I'm expecting it to be worth $millions by the time my descendants auction it at Christies. Also a couple of years ago - I found my own original ZX Spectrum manual at 'Jurby Junk'. Complete with notes I had written in it back in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue kipper Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Can you have video games? If so, GT3 for PS2. For the computer, EA Football Manager 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Err, what's the difference between video games and computer games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Err, what's the difference between video games and computer games? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Computer games you play on your computer, videogames you play on a console such as a Playstation at a guess . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 So what about cross platform games? GTA3 itself, which is it? I've heard games called both video and computer, but never seen the line of discrimination drawn down the hardware they're played on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 So what about cross platform games? GTA3 itself, which is it? I've heard games called both video and computer, but never seen the line of discrimination drawn down the hardware they're played on. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What made me think I was right in my previous post was the title of a videogame (or computer game ) magazine called "Computer and Videogames" which reviewed games for PC and the various consoles. I don't know about the line between cross platform games, maybe you would refer to GTA 3 on Playstation as a videogame whilst if you owned it for your PC you would refer to it as a computer game. If you had it on both computer and Playstation then who knows?. This isn't something I've ever given much though to as you can probably tell . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 What made me think I was right in my previous post was the title of a videogame (or computer game ) magazine called "Computer and Videogames" which reviewed games for PC and the various consoles. Actually, C&VG was around a long time before home consoles and PC gaming. It sprung to life in the C64, Spectrum era and was strong in the Amiga/ST period. I might be wrong, but I don't believe they carried megadrive/nintendo reviews, although that's largely irrelevant as the magazine predated both of them. Where I think the distinction lies, is in the way games are described on the two sides of the Atlantic. Americans typically refer to it as the videogame industry, while Europeans traditionally call them computer games. As C&VG was a worldwide distribution, they probably kept the dual title to avoid having to print two completely different versions, instead of essentially the same magazine with a few articles changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shill Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 I always thought the term video gaming was a little strange. It's not as though you slip the old betamax in and start playing Tekken 4 is it like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 But refering to a ps2 title as a computer game isn't accurate either. Videogame fits the whole thing better than computer game for pc and console stuff. The original definition of video game that c&vg used to use was that if it plugged into your telly it was a video game, if it ran on your computer it was a computer game. The lines are more blurred now that you have cross platform games and consoles that are computer like. Lets just call them 'games' eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Eilte on the Beeb or Paradroid on C64.... or me stick & hoop in the back lane.. oh they don't make them like that anymore.... back in the good ole days when I.. yada.. yada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue kipper Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 OK after sparking off a mass debate I'd better step in here! When I said video games I meant games for consoles such as the PS2, XBox, Game Cube etc. Computer games are obviously for your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Ive heard both terms used before but just categorised them all into games used on both consoles and PCz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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