Re: Did EGA Save PC Gaming?

On 22/07/2024 16:09, Zaghadka wrote:

To "PC" game, because these were also contemporary "personal computers,"
you had a C=64, Atari ST, Amiga, or Speccy (thanks JAB!). An MSX in
Japan. That's what kept enthusiasm going. I never accepted IBM ownership
of the term. To call them the source of PC gaming in the 80's is, IMHO,
silly. I regard the Z-80, the 6502, and the Motorolla 68000 as primary
contributors to continuity of computer gaming. IBM was for work. The
80286 was simply not a gaming chip. The 8086 was a footnote.

I can't say it's something that's ever bothered me as in the 80's the term personal computer wasn't really used here but instead home computer. Also when I hear the term PC I actually don't think of 'personal computer' as such but instead an IBM compatible which isn't a laptop even that that's also a PC, or is it. I think I've confused myself now!