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As a continuation of my post about the ZX Spectrum, it is a reflection of the times we live in that it doesn’t sound frivolous anymore to buy a computer to play games. Not so in the eighties. At the time excuses to buy a personal computer ranged from the obvious – to help the kids do the homework – to the far-fetched – organize recipes.

The sordid little secret was that most people just played games with it. Deep down parents knew it and we knew it. And another revolution happened under false pretenses just under our fingers, all in the name of seriousness. Deja vu all over.