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Old 24 July 2003, 02:04 PM
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Just moved into a house and the ex-owners have left two boxes of orignal spectrum games.

All seem to be complete with boxes manuals and covers.

Would these be worth anything or should I just bin them.

Old 24 July 2003, 02:12 PM
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probably worth a fortune.

have a look on ebay to see how much they're going for.

saw a spectrum a while ago fetch more than it cost to buy brand new!
Old 24 July 2003, 02:35 PM
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I will give you a fiver for both boxes
Old 24 July 2003, 04:32 PM
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Had a look on ebay last night but didnt seem much.

Will compile a list later.

I had a BBC B so do not recognise many of these games.
Old 24 July 2003, 05:06 PM
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Sinclair sofware isn't worth much at all actually. Only stuff worth money is Ultimate titles, rarer bits and pieces like Shadow of the Unicorn (which came with a 64k rampack) and early Sinclair titles.

Drop me your list and I'll take a look if you like.

Steve.
Old 24 July 2003, 06:48 PM
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Yep I got a load of games and books, sold the books for a very tidy profit and gonna bundle up alot of the games but they dont fetch alot. Even spectrums themselves dont get alot of money, the stuff that is sought after are things like zx80s and jupiter ace's

Gary
Old 24 July 2003, 07:15 PM
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Anyone know anyone that may be able to fix my ZX spectrum+.
Kinda like the idea of cranking the retro black box back into action!
have loads of games, I was looking through them the other day..
(I was up in the attick looking for something totally un related)

Andy
Old 24 July 2003, 08:08 PM
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What's wrong with it? I have the service manuals.
Old 24 July 2003, 08:19 PM
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switch it on and you get black and grey bars on the tv, wont do anything else.
Happened after removing joystick adapter from rear slot whilst still switched on !

Andy
Old 24 July 2003, 08:26 PM
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I have a spec emulator and a 3000 game CD if anyone wants a selection on email. Name the game you want and I can send the emulator and ROM. You can find any Speccy game on the net if you look although I still have boxes upon boxes of original stuff including a ZX80, ZX81 and most of the Ultimate games. Maybe time to sell.

Remember the original Binatone
Old 24 July 2003, 10:18 PM
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Scooby-Doo:

I have this binatone console that came with a motorcycle game and a special controller. Very cool.

Steve.
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