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WELCOME!
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Every owner of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, in any of its forms, should remember one of the most entertaining computer magazines ever published: Your Sinclair. YS ran as Your Spectrum for a couple of years before being relaunched as Your Sinclair at Christmas 1985.
YS ran until 1993 and outlasted all the other Spectrum magazines that were sold at the time. During this time various breakthroughs in game design arose that we now all take for granted in these days of multi-megabyte memory, multicolour graphics home computer systems.
The YS Rock'n'Roll Years aims to relive those days, so sit back, relax, and indulge yourself into some serious nostalgia.
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ISSUE TABLE |
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Specials: 2004 RetroGamer Special
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CONTENTS |
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WHAT'S NEW |
The Documentary Videos
Ten chapters (1982-1990 + Xmas) available - total length 1h50m19s
LAST UPDATED: 27th August 2010
1990 OUT NOW!
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You can now get email and RSS alerts to monitor these updates.
You can also get other alerts, including Tipshop and Sinclair-related videos appearing on Google Video and YouTube.
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 27th August 2010 : The 1990 documentary chapter is now available for download! It's exactly nine minutes long, and covers the accelerating decay of the Speccy scene. See the rise of corporatism! The flood of football games! The wave of puzzle games! And how Amstrad ignores the Spectrum whilst other companies try to succeed it!
Ahem. Don't worry, it's not too depressing - there's some good stuff to see in this chapter. Enjoy! Total playing time is now 1h50m.
4th August 2010 : Matthew Wilson has sent in the letter he received with his YS badge after getting a letter published in the magazine. I've added it to the Memorabilia page.
17th June 2010 : Been having a few ideas whilst my network has been down. The first was the Daily Fix, and now the YSRnRY Mobile Edition - a stripped-down version of this website for mobile phone users. Point your phone's web browser at http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/m/ in order to view all the reviews and previews that are on this site, indexed by letter and magazine issue. This is my first crack at a mobile website and have no idea what's expected of one, so it's all a bit bog standard - any ideas or suggestions welcome. I'm pretty sure there must be a way of jazzing it up a little!
13th June 2010 : Two YS cover badges have been added to the Memorabilia page, courtesy of Stephen Foster.
8th June 2010 : Introducing the Daily YS Fix - every day a review or preview is selected from a YS issue that was published in the current month, giving a seasonal taster of the Speccy scene way-back-when, together with a healthy slice of YS-ness. A nice way to start your day. Or your lunch. Or end your day.
30th January 2010 : High quality versions of the regular documentary chapters (1982-1989) are now available via BitTorrent and YouTube. More details on the Documentary Downloads page.
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