Commentary Rich: Would you like to learn more about great machines like the Speccy, or the Acorn Electron (which is the one that really sucked)? Then you should definitely check out our friends over at the Retro Hour Podcast. Rob: As you can see from the vile slur above, loyalties last aeons (Rich is ancient). Sides were chosen (sometimes inadvertantly by our parents) and battle-lines were drawn. You had your machine and you fought its case, oftentimes blindly (and almost certainly in my case). As an Electron user, I often felt like a second-class citizen. Whilst it was a joyous experience having an "educational" machine in the house, it was pretty clear when it came down to the bone that as a gaming machine it struggled to compare to the Speccy or C64 on pretty much any level (colour-clashing graphics aside). It brought gaming into the house though and I fondly remember playing a whole host of not-quite official versions of popular arcade games (Zany Kong Junior was and will remain awesome in my mind) and for that I'm very grateful. So thank you Acorn, for shovelling your unwanted stock to D-D-D-Dixons!
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