Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict

Shotgun Jimmy is a nasty piece of work. Ripping off drug dealers, killing policemen, he'd decapitate his own grandmother for a sack full of loot. Schizophrenic, psychopathic, his only friend is Mary the Shotgun - his trusty, reliable pump-action. But during a violent road-rage incident, something goes horribly wrong and Jimmy finds himself chained in shackles in a dark, grimy dungeon where he ponders over a deeply buried secret past...

SPECTRUM ADDICT: LOAD "FILM2" is a full-length documentary feature film which takes a detailed look at the ZX Spectrum, its history, developers, games and fans. A tribute to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, this is the second in a series and further explores the games, hardware, developers, homebrew scene and the future of the next generation... As well as veterans from the first film, we also interview legends such as Mel Croucher (Automata), Jon Ritman (Match Day, Head Over Heels), Gary Bracey (OCEAN Software), Fergus McNeill (Delta4), Nick Roberts (CRASH), Phil South (Your Sinclair) and Lyndon J. Sharp (WASP) amongst many others.

For the previous three years I’ve been interviewing heroic ZX Spectrum figures, be they programmers, designers, artists, musicians and publishers. It’s been a blast, an amazing rollercoaster ride of privilege and enjoyment! However, I filmed a lot. A LOT. I’ve got ninety minutes just on Jim Bagley. Seventy minutes on Rick Dickinson. All the lovely people interviewed just gave and gave, with wonderful anecdotes, stories about the industry, narratives and comedy moments - enough to make ten films... After watching Jackass (sorry!) recently, I noted they created a 2.5 and 3.5 – an extension of the original film including lots of previously unseen footage. I thought, “I wonder if I should do that?” so posed the question to the Spectrum community, and was flooded by positivity and urges to “do it”. “Are you Spectrummed out?” I asked. “You can never be Spectrummed out!” came the reply! So, here I present SPECTRUM ADDICT: THE LOST TAPES.