The Laird's Lair

[TL]

Very smart lot and I like how it is all available to play. Need somewhere to store controllers though!

There actually is you just can't see it in the photo really, there are cradles at the sides of the unit. I wanted them all out for effect 

[nakamura]

Gotcha. I just hate untidy wires!

[DreamcastRIP]

Seeing both Speccys together like that made me reflect on the drastically different design philosophies of Sinclair and Amstrad.

Each had their pros and cons of course but to have the beautiful, small, sleek and minimalist design of Sinclair's with an extra bit of RAM and a disk drive added to end up so huge as an Amstad CPC was monstrous! Yes, I know Amstrad's Speccys had some additional ports but even so!

The rubber keyed Speccy may have been the most iconic design but for me Sinclair's 128k + was the ultimate Speccy overall when considering both form and function. Perhaps I'd have looked on the +3 more favourably if Amstrad had have used a normal 3.5" disk drive rather than the 'thing' from the CPC6128 with its godawful and more expensive diskettes. Yuck!

[TL]

Photos of the new Retro Lair:

[TrekMD]

That looks awesome! 

[zapiy]

Looks the bomb..

[Shadowrunner]

Nice looking setup 
If I wasn't so lazy I'd take pictures of my collection lol. Someday I will.

[Console Compulsive]

Nice collection

[dcultrapro]

nicely done, it was taking shape when I was there on Saturday but looks like its all finished and looking AWESOME!! This is my dream for a loft or basement when I get a proper house, having everything in my two bed flat and living with the wife makes it a bit difficult. All my games are in boxes. When I get my loft conversion I will have EVERYTHING on display and at least two TVs, one LCD for PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox original and one CRT for the older systems. CAN'T wait!!

But for now I'm happy to envy yours lol

[dougtitchmarsh]

Very nice collection Laird, looks like you're getting all settled in the new lair. Lairds Lair LOL

[onthinice]

Really Nice Laird!!!!

[guest5124]

Awesome collection! And another impressive Jaguar collection. I didn't realize there were boxes for Aircars and Spacewar 2000. Thanks for sharing those pics

[TL]

My pics are a bit out of date actually, added a fair bit since these were taken. I need to do some new ones really. I was planning to make a video and do a tour of the Laird's Lair! 

[guest5130]

Very nice. Loving all the Saturn and Jag stuff.

[64bitRuss]

Oh yeah nice set of games you have there!