Speccy

It's a while since I wrote anything for the Speccy, so I wouldn't know.

TETRIS (Mirrorsoft) Yes, it's the game that makes Amiga and ST owners look at your Spectrum with real jealousy, 'cos the Speccy version of this classic Russian reaction-tester out performs the 16-bit ports every time.

Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a 'map' of the adventure as you move around.

Developers wasted no time making games for the Speccy.

[…] perhaps being taunted as "speccy" or "four eyes" or "blindy".

2004, Bennett-Levy et al, Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy Her schoolmates called her "speccy four-eyes" and hid her glasses. She grew up feeling there was something wrong with her as a person.

You came in for a quiet pint and a speccy bigot was getting ready to hit you.