Yeah it's hard to tell, my guess is a Spectrum 128 +2 (the one with a built in cassette deck)

Yes sorry Tregaurd, Tregar was what I thought he was called for many years only realising with the recent re-shows - I guess the old names just to burned in !

The whole energy thing is a bit suspect I think, also back on floating white skulls again have you noticed sometimes if they're taking too long, even while life force is draining, it stops before they lose too much energy and off flies the life force meter and up pops a white floating skull to hurry them instead!

Just having a think, trying to remember back in the day (when fumbling Dungeoneers annoyed me rather than be my favourite as they are now) for gripes and I recalled this one that seems odd now.

I never used to like how when they picked up some food with the life force face displayed, it used to reset but before disappearing offscreen would start going down again.  Usually just those 'helmet eye brow protectors' or whatever they were   coming off - It was as if you could never quite have full energy.

Sounds stupid I know but I do recall that bugging me back then, obviously I see now that the whole energy thing was just something to hurry you along - as I mentioned on another thread, Tregars 'Bad TV Warning!'

Yes, trying to read all the newer postings to get 'up to date'

Gives Alex a banana to put in his knapsack

and if you were being like Tregar you'd say "TAKE THE FOOD TEAM" in a firm voice - and I've have to take it even if I had loads of energy!  

I was watching another episode on Challenge last evening with a friend round.  We got talking about various aspects of the game and some of the things in retrospect that seemed funny now, such as how the life force warning came on whenever you they were doddering/stalling around and Tregard should really have been saying "Bad TV Warning!" so they knew why they were being hurried up.

The thing that made me laugh most though - probably because of our particular humour - was our talk about the 'Floating white skulls'.  We guessed how they were probably controlled by someone using a trackball or something who often had to work hard to make sure the dungeoneers didn't actually quite walk into it! (anyone know for sure how they were controlled?) and we also so flickery in that way like a videoed tv screen.  I suggested that the computer that generated the skulls was possibly out of signal sync with the main picture but when they saw it they decided not to fix it as it made it appear even more 'spooky'  

A few moments later the floating skull re-appeared and my friend commented "It's the **'Refresh Rate Wraith' **again".  I don't know, it's probably just me but I just found it really funny and just somehow so apt!

I think 'Refresh Rate Wraith' should be the new official name of this monster!