Re: Did EGA Save PC Gaming?

On 22/07/2024 16:10, Zaghadka wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:37:37 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
 

On 21/07/2024 21:52, Zaghadka wrote:

Any computer game enthusiast was playing on something else. Usually a
C=64. Atari ST. Amiga. Something like that. PCs sucked.

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Don't forget the Specky 48k (no it's not for playing games honest dad)
which was in play in Europe and particularly the UK. Then was was always
the BBC micro but only if you one one of the rich kids!
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When my upgrade time came it was a toss up between the Atari or Amiga,
the thought of getting a PC never even crossed my mind.
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I didn't. Well, sort of. I remembered the Speccy after I hit "post."
 By the time I replied to Mike S., I had remembered the MSX as well.
 

In the UK the home market was dominated by the Specky with the C64 in a distance second. Then you had a smattering of things like the Dragon 32 and Vic 20. Those where the days when I'd excitedly go down the newsagent to see if this month's Crash Magazine was out. None of that pretend educational stuff, just games reviews.
The shame was that it was only a few years later that it had all gone wrong  and was sold off. It's interesting to think what would have happened if Clive Sinclair instead of chasing the likes of the QL and C5 had followed Commodore and also developed a better 16bit games machine. Still probably ultimately doomed because of PC's but better than what happened.