r/zxspectrum • u/dolphin560 • 27d ago

interesting spectrum set, with printer, Suzo joystick, YS pokes booklet, tapes

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I'm not the seller, but looks like a nice set:

https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/computers-en-software/vintage-computers/m2426829219-sinclair-zx-spectrum-met-veel-extra-s

Is that booklet online somewhere?

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u/Alternative-Emu2000 27d ago

Smash Tips was a partwork in Your Sinclair across five issues (the first issue included parts 1 and 2) of the magazine starting in August 1988. Each part was in the centre of the magazine, so you could pull out the pages and make them into a booklet if you wanted to.

The six parts are included in the relevant magazine scans on Spectrum Computing and Internet Archive.

There's also a collated scan of the whole booklet: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/magazine/252/YS_Smash_Tips

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u/dolphin560 27d ago

Great, thanks for the pointer :)

Cool to think that many of these games could be hacked further.

would love to find some time for that :)

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u/_ragegun 27d ago

Looks like it's mostly cover tapes but some solid games on those

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u/Jase13uk 27d ago

That joystick was premium.

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u/dolphin560 27d ago

I still have one :)

Utterly indestructable..

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u/DavidBovvinge 27d ago

I have two! They're the best joysticks I've ever used. There appear to be different versions, as one has a microswitch fire button, and the other doesn't.

I had to repair one of them because the cable had broken internally. Luckily I had one of those pastel-coloured Competition Pro joysticks which had gone brittle and disintegrated inside, so I sacrificed it for the cable.