Advent Calendar




*Advent Calendar*

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
    This Advent Calendar complements the Documentary Christmas Special - a forty-minute-long video celebrating the Speccy Christmases of the 1980's, featuring all the big games, the hype, the music and the magazines. Well worth a look, it's viewable on YouTube and also downloadable in high-quality video.
    Whilst the documentary hopes to rekindle memories of Christmases gone by, the pre-Christmas hype cycle in particular, this Advent Calendar is a much more personal affair. Not only is it filled with old games and Speccy memories, but also tales from my own childhood Christmases when I was growing up with my Spectrum. I think I've distilled every single memory I have into a few hundred words each day for you to enjoy.
    You'll also find a few YouTube videos on each page featuring some of the games, plus old television clips and music videos from the same time-frame. Some of them are a bit off the wall, but hopefully there's something for everybody! If you watched the telly or listened to the radio during the '80s, you might be in for a bit of a surprise.
    Naturally, this Advent Calendar comes complete with tacky synthetic pressed chocolates, just like all the others. As a bonus, these are completely fat free!
    So what's behind today's door?

PICK A DAY:

24) The Best Christmas
23) King Of Christmas
22) Traditions
21) OutRun
20) Crash
19) Batman '88
18) Driller
17) Chase H.Q.
16) Afterburner
15) Space Harrier
14) Your Sinclair
13) Pre-Spectrum
12) Board Games
11) 720 Degrees
10) Commando
9) Power Drift
8) Super Hang On
7) Sinclair User
6) Ironman
5) Hard Drivin'
4) Operation Wolf
3) Gauntlet
2) R-Type
1) Robocop