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Here I have 3 computers that all sold very well in the UK and all came out in 1982 (I think)
The one on the far right, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was the cheapest computer of the lot and had a great array of games. It was also by far the smallest and best looking of all three systems.
The Commodore 64 (middle) was vastly superior to the ZX Spectrum and had support for a disk drive, however it was for more expensive.
However much the commodore and spectrum owners hated each other, they could all agree on one thing:
The owners of the third system on the far left, the BBC Micro, they were dicks.
It was the most expensive of all three systems and has only 32k which was less than it's counterparts. It was made by acorn for the BBC's computer literacy project in order to help kids learn to program.
However, in '84, the BBC Micro changed the face of gaming forever... 'Elite' was released. This was the first ever 3D free world flying game.
If you're interested, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWoF5uVgbA
Whichever you think is best, you can agree that they were all pretty cool in their own ways
The one on the far right, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was the cheapest computer of the lot and had a great array of games. It was also by far the smallest and best looking of all three systems.
The Commodore 64 (middle) was vastly superior to the ZX Spectrum and had support for a disk drive, however it was for more expensive.
However much the commodore and spectrum owners hated each other, they could all agree on one thing:
The owners of the third system on the far left, the BBC Micro, they were dicks.
It was the most expensive of all three systems and has only 32k which was less than it's counterparts. It was made by acorn for the BBC's computer literacy project in order to help kids learn to program.
However, in '84, the BBC Micro changed the face of gaming forever... 'Elite' was released. This was the first ever 3D free world flying game.
If you're interested, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWoF5uVgbA
Whichever you think is best, you can agree that they were all pretty cool in their own ways
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How true! Don't want to blow my own trumpet too much (as I was there at this very time in the 80s) but there was indeed rivaly between C64 and ZX Spectrum owners back in the 80s. Remember it well and the "playground debates" of the reliative merits of the C64 or ZX Speccy. As for the BBC? At school in the 80s if you owned one of those you were considered the "School swat" or "Teachers' Pet". Intrestingly some of this transferred over to the later machines, namely the Amiga and Atari ST.
The rivalry was sometimes also refleced in the computer magazines of the era btw. Again some of it carried across over to the Amiga/ST machines.
All 3 have their merits really when you think about it. The C64 with its sound chip and video trickery, the ZX Spectrum for being the right system at the right price at the right time and the BBC Micro which was highly expandable (useful for electronic-type projects) and fast with no m$ basic.
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The rivalry was sometimes also refleced in the computer magazines of the era btw. Again some of it carried across over to the Amiga/ST machines.
All 3 have their merits really when you think about it. The C64 with its sound chip and video trickery, the ZX Spectrum for being the right system at the right price at the right time and the BBC Micro which was highly expandable (useful for electronic-type projects) and fast with no m$ basic.
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*nods it does indeed! I remember the joysticks as well whereas (e.g.) the C64 used only simple 'digital' style joysticks. BTW this might be an intresting read! (Hope computer catalogue, c.1984).
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