Great Games on a Word Processor? Amstrad PCW Stargliding

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On today's menu let's discover the joy of Joyce & go Stargliding with Gotek & the majestic Amstrad PCW, with the support of our friends at PCBWay.com - PCB assembly for only $30 + free shipping!
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@P5ychoFox 4 жыл бұрын

Goteks have sold out but I am getting another 5 ready. Please keep an eye on eBay (it should be a few weeks at least). Please send me a message if you’d like to reserve one.

@sautebroussailles 4 жыл бұрын

Ha. I just sent you a message on Ebay. Thanks for the heads up :-)

@00Skyfox 4 жыл бұрын

I like the screen name!😎

@SproutyPottedPlant 4 жыл бұрын

You’re the best!!!

@dan1981football 4 жыл бұрын

Sitting on my 3'inch floppy... LMAO Brilliant!!!

@gibbo9089 4 жыл бұрын

And it's got hard! 👍👍👍😂😂😂😜😜😜

@melomonster007 4 жыл бұрын

It's 5,25" when it's not floppy

@JohnSmith-xq1pz 4 жыл бұрын

So wrong yet so right lol

@CastleFamilyThe 4 жыл бұрын

Those 3” ones were rock hard, its the 5.25” guys that were the floppiest!

@willierants5880 4 жыл бұрын

IKR, and I thought it was going to be one of Puppyfractic's dog boners!

@DarrenLGoldsmith 4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually blown away by this. The graphics must have seemed incredible back in the day (they actually still look good now!)

@AndersEngerJensen 4 жыл бұрын

Delightful! Ladyfractic is totally awesome, you should feature her more! :D

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Unfortunately unlike me she has a real job but she'll be back! 👍🕹️

@chris8139 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he gets more views when she’s on....

@Peugeot306 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful wife!

@chriswaldrip2739 4 жыл бұрын

She needs her own channel... 😁

@benbaselet2026 4 жыл бұрын

@@chris8139 Check out the views with her in the thumbnail vs. others... :D

@oddjob465 4 жыл бұрын

I got here through 8-Bit Guy, stayed because of the wonderful narration of Hibernated and now I’m totally hooked because of your informative videos and witty humor!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Great to have you here! 👍🕹

@rlk54 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I am now subscribed to the 8-bit guy and Retro Recipes.

@R0n8urgundy 4 жыл бұрын

Im just gonna say what everyone else is just skirting around saying. Ladyfractic is one damn fine looking woman.

@toolzshed 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree 😊

@BuggSmasher 4 жыл бұрын

More importantly she knows her Hardware !

@buddyryanmckendrick6601 4 жыл бұрын

i had some wako knees when i've seen ashley. she is soooooo cute omg....i love ashley

@Peter-by3ox 4 жыл бұрын

she is stunningly beautiful

@sgtspite 4 жыл бұрын

Fitter than a Butchers Dog! 😜

@JonMichaelDeShazer 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Bjork reference by Ladyfractic! 😂😂😂

@namakudamono 4 жыл бұрын

I missed it, care to share, please?

@drewdane40 4 жыл бұрын

@@namakudamono 7:14 See also kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZuHebd51bXbaI0.html

@ChrisLeeW00 4 жыл бұрын

I think about that Bjork interview all the time, too.

@cms1138 4 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest here, Ladyfractic is an 11/10!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@thegenerousdegenerate9395 4 жыл бұрын

The squeaky sound is what put her over the top isn't it?

@DreadPirateRobbo 4 жыл бұрын

I think she's pretty awesome... but she's no soothing baritone.

@TomasGregovich 4 жыл бұрын

She's super awesome and gorgeous, you should ask her out.

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to ask my wife first

@Derisoireetsardonique 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes you should divorce on the spot! Ladyfractic and you have so much in common!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

@@Derisoireetsardonique BTW, Ladyfractic is my wife 😜

@Derisoireetsardonique 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes then I wish both of you a happy life together!

@joederr8010 4 жыл бұрын

I did inquire a while ago about the screwdriver sound fx and he did say Ladyfractic was the source, now I got to see her do it live! Awesome!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Confirmed!

@walterbenford 4 жыл бұрын

8:46 How many times have I thought, 'It lives there now.'?

@thegenerousdegenerate9395 4 жыл бұрын

Your amstrad was a TI-99 for me. I used to LOVE that old computer. Many many fond memories sitting at my fathers desk with him playing games together... Good times indeed.

@DarkDennis1961 2 жыл бұрын

I miss old computers. Back when they were fun

@Oli1974 4 күн бұрын

This soothing voice. He truly is the Bob Ross of computers.

@ljonesj 4 жыл бұрын

glad to see your wife being a good sport with your quibs and her willing to help you nee to see if there are any classic computers she wants for lady fratic recipes

@ljonesj 4 жыл бұрын

wow she was even being a good sport for you even being sick i know a lot people when sick dont want to do anything i know im one of them

@pauledwards8008 Жыл бұрын

Used to spend hours and hours on it in the 80s and had graphics progs like AMS Stopress and you could get a scanner and lightpen with software,I used to be up at 3am producing club newsletters. Fascinating watching them printing out!

@TheTetristom 4 жыл бұрын

Starglider was my favourite game, too. Thank you so much!

@skilgannon1971 4 жыл бұрын

Aw man I laughed so loud at Lady Fractic's Bjork impression - so cool :)

@Colin_Ames 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I like the fact that you enlisted the help of Ladyfractic, she’s obviously a competent technician. As for the machine itself, I was surprised to see how well it played games.

@P5ychoFox 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you finally got to play Starglider. Brilliant video Peri!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you!! 💾👍 (Where's the 3" disk emoji?!)

@dwinterx 4 жыл бұрын

Always thing fondly of Amstrad computers. Had a CPC464 with an external 3" drive and a few years later a 664 with the integrated 3" drive. All this talk of 3" disks brought back happy memories! :)

@babelfish_gaz_p9688 4 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ Sold loads of these when I worked at Dixons back in the 80's.. didn't know you could play games on them.. could have been another selling point! Love the crisp resolution the green screen provides when displaying graphics.

@oldhedders 4 жыл бұрын

This is sooooooooo nostalgic. My folks had one of these too. For some reason I found it more interesting than my speccy. Used to spend hours fiddling with it.

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Something to do with the hidden possibilities that made it tantalizing I think...

@RussCottier 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean “gnostalgic”? ;-)

@brandonmack111 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks lady fractic! That was a fun recipode!

@farpointgamingdirect 3 жыл бұрын

The innuendo is hilarious!

@LivingInAVan 4 жыл бұрын

You and your wife make an awesome couple! So great to see her on your videos! Content as usual is A+. And now we know the secret of your awesome sound effects.

@farpointstation 4 жыл бұрын

The Fractic family keeps growing - keep up the great work 👍

@BollingHolt 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! I still love how you include the ladies and the puppies! Always a nice touch.

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

What are we without women and dogs...?

@BollingHolt 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Exactly! :)

@bitoxic 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode! LadyFractic nailed it! 😀👍

@ThePsychoghost 4 жыл бұрын

This video is another great one and with Lady fractic involved I think it's a sweet thing that both of you share such a great hobby

@RalonsoF1 4 жыл бұрын

Good teamwork!! I just enjoy my free Saturday even more, when watching your videos, simply great!!

@AtaruMor0boshi 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting content, very entertaining for us geeks, and a very well produced video. As always, should I say...

@ghosthuntergr 4 жыл бұрын

Oh you have a fully working amstrad pcw and a wife that does the unscrewing? Lucky.... so lucky 😝

@respergu13 4 жыл бұрын

Just found this retro channel! Really enjoying your videos!👍👍

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome!! 👍🕹️

@metalheadmalta 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos... absolutely amazing every time!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot. 👍🕹

@RiccardoConturbia 4 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your videos and your music. Well done!

@davidpetrovic6624 4 жыл бұрын

Always watch your videos when Ladyfractic makes an appearance, cute and funny, lucky guy.

@dmackey828 4 жыл бұрын

Love the squeaks glass crashes and the puppy growl. :) OH and the video was good too.

@interghost 4 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at how they got these computers to run such great games, on such tiny memory! Cool episode guys ;)

@mrt1r 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I had no idea such a wealth of high quality games existed for this! Great video!

@willierants5880 4 жыл бұрын

Same, never had a clue and those graphics.

@SuchetB Жыл бұрын

There is something just awesome about my childhood era of gaming - green monochrome graphics just add to atmosphere - Love it 😍 thank you for sharing ⛩🎥🎬

@RetroRecipes Жыл бұрын

They really do!

@JohnnyZoltar 4 жыл бұрын

Lady Fractic is amazing with her skills.

@kevinedw2002 4 жыл бұрын

The PCW was a great computer - I have many happy memories of mine!

@lactobacillusprime 4 жыл бұрын

The Björk impression was very good!

@honeypower 4 жыл бұрын

Remember playing hitchhikers guide on my dad's old 386, good times

@SilvioTischer 4 жыл бұрын

So, i was 14 or 15 years old and my father had a Schneider CPC (german Version of the Amstrad PCW). I learned Logo on the Schneider in the Holidays i spend by him. Didnt know there are games for this machine. very nice

@merlinelmaje 4 жыл бұрын

THAT AGE green visuals, r so gorgeous as epic. i´ll never forget those beautiful machines..

@lactobacillusprime 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fabulous you got LadyFractic to be in the videos too! Love the banter and the interaction. :)

@BilisNegra 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, finally the day has come! Been looking forward to seeing this coming true for quite a while, since I knew it would be a thing at some point.

@fabioacrs 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting machine. Thanks for the video.

@Druman19 4 жыл бұрын

I just realized how awesome that bass line is in the outro music... Well done my dude.

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot. 👍🕹

@GamersUplink 4 жыл бұрын

I love this collaboration between the two of you as a couple. Awesome!

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot. 👍🕹

@francoisfritz198 3 жыл бұрын

as always good video and sweet memories, take care

@jj_and_the_jaysjays6316 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the PCW getting some love!!

@Dkentflyer 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video, happy Saturday to both you and the lovely lady fractic

@lee3521 4 жыл бұрын

Perifractic I would be worried about job security if I were you! LOL Lady Fractic did an excellent job!

@Vaskomyr 4 жыл бұрын

Love the gotek display, something very satisfying about seeing the titles as you scroll through them lol

@terranceclark3479 4 жыл бұрын

Wifey is going to take over, bro 💍💍 But seriously... all of us retro doods would consider ourselves extremely lucky to have a significant other who is so supportive of our gaming hobbies. 👍👍👍👍

@ColdRFusion 4 жыл бұрын

Well done LadyFractic! The new drive looks amazing :-)

@Xoferif 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see a Design-Design game get some love!

@davidcalpe3454 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, cool. I need one of this PCW Gotek!

@whitesonicex 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's sweet that you can produce content together for the same channel like this. Every video has the same chill, wholesome humorous feel and it's always something interesting. Keep it up, all three of you!

@RetroRecipes 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️

@frankyounow5442 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice and interesting video (not only because Ladyfractic.Her cute sound effects sound great).That was the first time I saw such a computer.

@FernandoelChachi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

@LunarJim69 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Keep up the good work.👍

@pedrodelacabra1855 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That mod was so awesome. Those games work amazingly well. Very cool. Ladyfractic is very capable. Squeaky screws! Very funny.

@chroniclesofthewildman 4 жыл бұрын

I've been away awhile and decided to check out a video. I was not disappointed! I was happy to see your wife is just as silly as you! I'll be watching more from your channel again.

@ggonzale69 4 жыл бұрын

As a (rare) American Atari ST kid, it’s really wild to see Starglider running on an 8080 CP/M word processor. Nice. Thank you PF!

@terrencecoccoli524 4 жыл бұрын

dude, love your channel...and wow, LadyFractic....you done good young man, youdone good !

@BertGrink 4 жыл бұрын

I am convinced that Lord and Lady Fractic are the most wholesome family on the entire internet. Oh and the PCW games look awesome; i was particularly impressed by the pacman game.

@Ramsis-SNES 4 жыл бұрын

10:10 OMG, what a stunning reveal, I never would have suspected that! :D You two are an amazing team, and Ladyfractic is an even more amazing team leader. 😂😂😂 Keep up the fantastic work, both of you (and Ashley, and Puppyfractic)! ^^

@gtcollection6933 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Love how everything is so spooky in that vid.... colors, setting, sounds, old hardware, even that voice tone of the host. Oh lalala gearing up for nightmares tonite :/

4 жыл бұрын

I just saw another video, wonderful channel!

@xiaochicash 4 жыл бұрын

1:30 I like how the dog begins eating it as if it is a treat

@MiguelAngelMoro 4 жыл бұрын

This is a dream come true! 😍😍😍

@geezerdiamond 4 жыл бұрын

Good choice with StarGlider; I had it on the Speccy and was one of my favourite games. My 6th Form college went all Amstrad with the 8256, 8512 and 9512 machines, so I have fond memories of them myself. Lovely to see your Mrs joining the team too. All the best.

@HisVirusness 4 жыл бұрын

Ladyfractic did such a great job!

@naiaradealmeidamarco 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing 🙆🏻‍♀️💕

@JohnnyWednesday 4 жыл бұрын

You all seem like really lovely people :) so nice to see you working together on the channel! all the best to you all :)

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny! 👍🕹️

@stephanthomas4628 3 жыл бұрын

Hi guys, stumbled across your channel a couple of days ago and became heavily nostalgic after watching some of your videos ..all that beautiful equipment from the days of my youth ! :o) - Ended up with a beautiful "like new" Amstrad PCW 8512 from an ebay auction where I spotted it accidentally..."Boxed, New old stock", everything untouched, amazing !!! ..looks like I have to come by from time to time...!

@CamdenBloke Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1980, so started with 5.25" disks before moving to 3.5", and also messed around with a machine that used 8" disks, (and also I have used zip disks, etc) but have never seen those 3" disks before.

@mikepettengill2706 4 жыл бұрын

amazing gaming action!

@cadburybunny 4 жыл бұрын

Phantastic!

@joey3232 4 жыл бұрын

great video!

@fueledbyregret 4 жыл бұрын

I had a 8256 given to me by my grandfather when I was about 6 or 7. I loved that thing so hard. Used to write all sorts of silly stories and make basic games.

@countzero1136 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. I love modding and updating old computers to make them useful 35 years after they were made :)

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

It's so fun!

@Retromicky82 4 жыл бұрын

It's awesome to see more of the wife. Always great to get the family together with retro. Has a kid I used to take tv's apart not knowing about the crts stored electricity. Lucky I didn't mess to far into them. Guy on a bootie in the 90s had a lot of these stacked up selling £20 each. I wasn't interested sadly at the time I had my windows 95

@Fozzedout 4 жыл бұрын

Aw dang! I had a 9256! I loved the PcW!

@wleon4068 3 жыл бұрын

First time viewer of you two. I like your content. I've subscribed.

@gee530 4 жыл бұрын

Highly entertaining and informal as usual. Great channel this! Back in the days I got asked to translate the manual for the CPC6128 from english to swedish . Totaly unofficial job, it was the local computer store in town that wanted a swedish version to give to their customers. I was supposed to come to the store after school to do it, but after just a few nights I gave up, it was way too much work and that discstation was already gnawing on my hand...

@RetroRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peri Chef I mean Per Gref!

@gee530 4 жыл бұрын

Retro Recipes yeah sorry, should've read informative, not informal 😂

@gullyfoyle6354 4 жыл бұрын

Brought back some memories!! ;) my dad also had a PCW in his office, and I used to play some games on it when he was off, "Livingstone", "Sol negro" etc...didn't know about the "Starglider" version till now!! looks really superb for the machine it was, graphically nothing to envy to the ST version BTW, well...almost. LOL

@drrev40 3 жыл бұрын

Joyce loves to play 👍

@highjim7778 4 жыл бұрын

Ladyfractic is like something from a fairy tale.

4 жыл бұрын

1:13 best moment ever ! hahaha

@buddyryanmckendrick6601 4 жыл бұрын

10:14 i LOVE the screwdriver chipmuck :D

@chriswarren9911 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a little late to this Amstrad PCW party, but thank you so much for this video. Finally, someone else who has fond memories of the 8256! It was the successor to the Speccy in our house - a shame about the lack of colour, but I loved it nonetheless. The endless hours spent messing around in CP/M and Mallard BASIC. We were big fans of the Microdesign suite of software (MicroDesign, ProSCAN and Tweak) which meant we could do pretty advanced desktop publishing for back in the day. I remember typing out a Pirate-themed text adventure BASIC listing from a magazine and using the GSX extensions from Mallard BASIC to add in illustrations I'd scanned from pirate books from the local library using ProSCAN! This sated my programming appetite until my Amiga A500 arrived a few years later.

@markorollo. 3 жыл бұрын

Im sure ive commented this before, but if there is one thing that gives me the nostalgias for my school days its these flippin word processors, they did cause the one and only time i got in trouble at school but i still have a soft spot for them lol

@stuartbergman5313 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting the capabilities of a word processor. My dad had put together one of our early computers that had a Z80 processor and used CPM. This was in the late 70's and it didn't have the graphics this thing had. I really enjoyed this nostalgic video.

@a4000bear 4 жыл бұрын

According to the commercial, it was available from Billy Guyatt's discount city....where I purchased my C-64 all those years ago! (Billy Guyatt's was a long defunct Australian home appliance store)