ZX Spectrum launched on this day in 1982

Never saw one in the US. Looks similar to the Commodore 64 for us yanks.

We bought our 11 year old his first on Xmas '82. He still has a collection of Spectrums and Ataris and sundry add-ons that he brought over with him. We spent that first Christmas and Boxing day trying to get Hangman to work.
Back then, you'd buy a weekly publication of games which needed to be typed in only to find half the time there were typos in the code. A correction would be in next weeks pub.

I had one of those! Not sure where it went: I suspect I loaned it to a friend and it never came back.
I managed to persuade the company i worked for to acquire and IBM PC about that time so the spectrum seemed rather basic (no pun intended).

Back then, you'd buy a weekly publication of games which needed to be typed in only to find half the time there were typos in the code. A correction would be in next weeks pub

This were intend "typos", to force you to buy the next publication :)

Spectrum? Luxury. When I were lad we had to make do with ZX80.