Bought mine in May 1983 ! best machine I have ever worked with, happy memories (I,m now 66 yrs old)

Brilliant! My first computer was a Dragon 32 too, so many memories flooding back!

My first ever home computer? I still have great memories of its awesome keyboard. My favourite games were "Chuckie Egg". "Cuthbert in the Jungle" and "Time Bandit". Great days...

I've got one. I loved Quest. My Dad was a QC inspector on the machine!

Loved the Video, brought Back so many memories

Cool thing about the Dragon is that it's compatible with software for the Tandy CoCo.

My second computer after the ZX81. Richer kids at school had the BBC Micro. Got my Dragon with 2 joysticks and the Defense Game. Bought a voice synth cartridge for it at some point. I loved it but it was also disappointing due to the lack of colours and resolution (the BBC kids laughed at it) but it helped with my O level computing. Cousin had the Spectrum. Happy days.

cheers mate.

That's the Spectrum I got as well; my dad swapped a Cortina for it. Loved it tho- great video!

Again, excellent haul, your friend really hooked you up! It looks great and plays great, too. I would want to rig some sort of joystick for it, as well as the cables you mentioned. Love how you lined over to the phone and made it play the .wav programs.

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, yeah he did for sure ! Yeah I need to get myself a joystick for it. Might try to mod a controller for it, if I can find enough info about how they work LOL

Great post!

@Luis45ccs

4 жыл бұрын

Hi

Manufactured In Wales Hence The Dragon, A Joystick Would Be A Good Addition ... !

Great addition matey and even better to get any kind of box with it.. you sound happier to have one now than you probably did when first owning it back in the 80s.. lol

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcus, yes I'm really happy to have got the box with it, it should tidy up well :) Yeah I am really happy to have got one again even though I hated it when I was a kid LOL

@andy6576

9 жыл бұрын

Hey Marcus! I used to be a subscriber to your YT channel and was gutted it disappeared. Do you still have an internet presence with reviews and/or videos?

@XFile2708

9 жыл бұрын

Jamie Williamson Hi Jamie - unfortunately I don't do anything like that anymore - im still a part of the community with watching and commenting on videos but apart from that im happy being the other side of the fence :)

@JohnnyBareToes1

9 жыл бұрын

***** :( The place hasn't been the same since you left Marcus

@andy6576

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well, like Stigsworld said, it's not the same without you, Marcus, and you really ARE missed, but happiness is all and I'd rather you be content than stressed-out by internet idiots. Good to know you're still in the scene, though, and while I've got you I've got a couple of questions: 1) Do you still have your awesome arcade cab? (I was always jealous of that!) 2) Did you ever complete your UK Megadrive collection?

You're finally re-united! You would always reference this item in other videos too. Great to see one found its way back into your hands :D

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

It's been a long time but so great to have one again, a very nostalgic time for me :)

Another tip - the polystyrene can be cut in half and then slotted over the top of the Dragon and then put your portable tv on top of that. Hey presto....you've got an IBM :)

Nice, this thing was super exotic also here in Austria. ;-)

Better than the Specy though. :) That box is in good condition really too

Not so bad after all,at least it have better keyboard then ZX machines.

The Dragon was my first home computer, which I received for Christmas back in December 1983. I bought another one on e-Bay about 12 years ago and although it hasn't been used since, it worked at the time. Out of interest, what set up in terms of screen and connection worked best for you?

Oh I'm going to get my Dragon back out now, thanks :D

Great looking unit, Chuckie Egg is an excellent game to demo the system too. These are pretty much a Tandy Coco clone, don't think many made it down here, as we had the Coco's.

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

I'm really happy with it. Yeah Chuckie egg is addictive as hell, great fun. Yeah I knew that they are basically a Coco although I had never heard of the coco back in the day,

ive just read that these are compatible with most Tandy TRS-80 colour computer software and vice versa

Isn't it odd how every Dragon 32 had a crease in the name sticker to the right? Mine did and every one I've ever seen has it too....and here it is again in this video.

Very cool computer! I've seen few of these popping up at Finnish auction site too. Never heard of it back in the day though.

@cosmic25sheep

10 жыл бұрын

The first computer I owned. Some very happy memories. There where some great games such as Speed Racer, Donkey Kong, Manic Miner and Buzzard Bait.

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

nick clark Sweet. I can't wait to try out all the great games that I missed out on back in the 80's

My congratulations, Although it was a long time ago, I will see if you have new updates on your channel. Please find another box to keep the box, so I have it, I managed to buy one of the latest Dragon TANO from California Digital, and I am very happy, completely new, it even smelled like new incrible, of course it came wrapped in another box. Reinforce the original box a little.

my cousin gave me one of these in 1986 after he got a nes i still have it in my old room at my mums havent played it in 30 years i wonder if it still works ?

2 people own a C16

I had one of these and thought it was ace. I got top score ever in one of the games and my name was printed in Dragon User. No idea what game is was but it was a pac-man-esque maze game. Then one day i saw "Way Of The Exploding Fist" on the Spectrum and that was that. Paper round money saved + Dragon sold = Spectrum 48k and Way Of The Exploding Fist swiftly followed by Bruce Lee.

I solved the problem with video, my kbd is sick ... I must clean it seriously ... my last issue concern the .CAS ... thanks

Wow, I used to have one of these, unlike you I really loved mine when I had it when I was young. I had the flight sim that you talk about that wouldn't load for you, and it was pretty dam fun actually, the interesting thing was I had two analogue stick (up and down only) controllers to go with the game, I think you needed them to play it though I don't know.

I found one in a junk shop a few weeks ago, it was just computer unit and I paid £1 for it. I have no power unit so I can't test it.

hello how do i find the start end and exec values of a game - machine code game???? there was a program for the dragon in 2001 which listed these values but i cant remember the name of it - does any 1 know it at all???? thanks

I think you Dragon loads games at a higher speed but if you could get a new set of ROMS which would allow you to output and saves as SPDIF signals and input SPDIF signals to facilitate saving and loading from a digital cassette deck possibly a MARANTZ DCC900 and using DCC90 tapes, just a suggestion.

Awesome!! I spent so many hours on mine! I created the worlds worst ever flight sim, lol The magnificent 6809E! omg I am getting jealous, LOL :)

My next door neighbour had the Dragon32

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

Sweet, did you ever get to play on it ?

@PaniniMattGFC1893

10 жыл бұрын

i can,t remember

@andy6576

9 жыл бұрын

***** Great story, bro. Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself. Blame it on me having two teenage stepsons...

Later in chuckie egg does the bird in the cage fly out? i'm pretty sure i was terrified of it as a child

@JohnnyBareToes1

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah it does, or maybe if you take too long to clear the screen but it definitely comes out of it's cage at some point lol

@xXTheoLinuxXx

7 жыл бұрын

In level 9 it does :) The levels are the same without the enemies (execept for the big bird). In level 17 you got them both.. In Level 25 you got the big bird and more enemies.. :) Which was unplayable for me :P

Incredible ! I still have my genuine Dragon 32 and I want to use it again ... so can you explain the way you connect your monitor? I downloaded few games but the file format is .CAS .. I don't know how to read them with my Iphone? Sorry for my poor English ... Thanks

@Luis45ccs

4 жыл бұрын

You have to convert them to Wav or mp3.

hello the program word proc from dragon user - i typed it in and it shows an sn error upon saving a file on xroar - but on a real dragon 32 it shows an fs error - why are these error messages different does any1 know why theyre different ???? i saved the program at different addresses to both disc and tape

@Luis45ccs

4 жыл бұрын

150 FS File Spec is Disk System, SN is Syntax error, You have no disk system