A deep dive into the early years of Sinclair User, the first all‑singing, all‑dancing ZX Spectrum magazine. This special mini‑series explores the magazine’s formative 1982–1983 era—long before Your Spectrum and Crash arrived to shake up the newsstand.
Across four episodes, I revisit the news, features, reviews, type‑ins, and quirky articles that defined Sinclair User: The Early Years.
In this episode, I cover the first six issues of the magazine, spanning April to September 1982. This was a pivotal moment in Spectrum history, when Sinclair User stood alone as the go‑to source for ZX Spectrum news, games, and community coverage. What did those early issues get right? What feels lost to time? Let’s find out.
0:00 Introduction & History
2:12 SU Issue 1
9:55 SU Issue 2
11:59 SU Issue 3
15:05 SU Issue 4
18:20 SU Issue 5
23:28 SU Issue 6
25:50 Spectrum User 1
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In part 2 of Sinclair User: The Early Years, we take another deep dive into the the first all‑singing, all‑dancing ZX Spectrum magazine. This special mini‑series explores the magazine’s formative 1982–1983 era—long before Your Spectrum and Crash arrived to shake up the newsstand.
Across four episodes, I will revisit the news, features, reviews, type‑ins, and quirky articles that defined Sinclair User: The Early Years.
In this episode, I cover issues 7 to 12 of the magazine, spanning October 1982 to March 1983. All the key news, articles, reviews, features and type-ins are covered as we document a pivotal time in Sinclair history as the popular ZX81 makes way for it's younger and much more successful brother, the ZX Spectrum.
0:00 Introduction & History
1:33 SU Issue 7
5:13 Spectrum User issue 2
11:03 SU Issue 8
16:00 Spectrum User issue 3
19:18 SU Issue 9
24:34 SU Issue 10
27:04 SU Issue 11
29:57 SU Issue 12
38:07 Outro
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