Comments on: Micro Men http://justinpickard.net/2009/10/micro-men/ « Nostalgia for the Future » Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://justinpickard.net/2009/10/micro-men/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 James Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:40:14 +0000 http://justinpickard.net/?p=1794#comment-2117 I had a ZX81 first (with 16K RAM pack that wobbled and lost the memory), then I had a BBC Micro. A lot of my friends had Spectrum or Commodores and would say that there were no good games for the BBC. Meanwhile I was learning to code in BBC Basic. Eventually Elite and Revs came along, both awesome games, but the show definitely got it right about the divide. I can't help wondering, was Sinclair really that obsessed with design and electric cars?! Also I though of Apple: Sinclair wanted the design and a low price. Acorn wanted capability. Apple want design and capability. There's probably a triangle in there somewhere. Very entertaining. I had a ZX81 first (with 16K RAM pack that wobbled and lost the memory), then I had a BBC Micro. A lot of my friends had Spectrum or Commodores and would say that there were no good games for the BBC. Meanwhile I was learning to code in BBC Basic. Eventually Elite and Revs came along, both awesome games, but the show definitely got it right about the divide.

I can’t help wondering, was Sinclair really that obsessed with design and electric cars?!

Also I though of Apple: Sinclair wanted the design and a low price. Acorn wanted capability. Apple want design and capability. There’s probably a triangle in there somewhere.

Very entertaining.

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