"Could YOU be a Software Star?" 🙂

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How many of you used a Nimbus in the past?

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Another throwback to something you could find on almost every issue of every game magazine back in the day: MAPS 🗺️

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The LINK 480Z was a 1982 microcomputer developed by Research Machines Ltd.

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Known as "The Last of the 8-bit Computers," the SAM Coupé was an outstanding system, yet outdated right from the start.

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Ah, the good old days when game magazines were around, with some actually decent printouts for you to try and have fun with. 🙂

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Memotech entered the computer market in 1983 with the MTX series - the MTX500 and MTX512.

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The Speccy is back - and it comes with Football Manager 2 🙂

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How many of you played Grand Prix Circuit?

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The Jupiter ACE was one of the few microcomputers of the early 1980's which used Forth programming language instead of BASIC.

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"Head Coach" was one of the most celebrated and well-received titles from the publisher I founded - Addictive Games 🙂

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The Enterprise series was an interesting addition to the British computer market in 1985!

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In 1983, Dragon Data released the Dragon 64, an upgrade of the 32.

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A rarely seen ad for my President game, from issue no. 18 of Amtix!

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How many of you remember the Dragon 32?

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Did you have ALL of these six games from "The Hit Squad"?

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One of the very early ads for the 1982 Football Manager game!

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