Lighting a candle
Happy days indeed!
Another 32 year old übergeek here.
All those endless sessions before the tube and occasional tape loading (t)error masochisms still fill me with pure joy.
Another vote for Knight Lore, Head over Heels, Manic Miner, Jet Set Willie, Chuckie Egg, Attic Attac, Jet Pac, Elite... Hm, how about Renegade, Penetrator, Ant Atack, Skool Daze, Green Beret, Match Day, Nebulus? :-)
I'm lighting a candle for my ZX Spectrum today ;-) and all those geniuses capable of fitting aforementioned games in 48k.
In those days kilobytes were at value, whereas today it is all about eye balls, attention spans, clicks per second etc. The whole game just got diverse and mature. I'm glad to be around maturing together with the computer and software market.
Thanks to my older brother for bringing in his vote for the gadget to arrive from Munich to Belgrade, which was a pioneer moment for the family (and my district) that got me infected with computers. Loving the experience ever since. :-)
Cheers to all Speccy-tekkies!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
