Retro Gamer

1985

There was plenty of While Christmas 1984 had brought gentle disappointment to some – Ultimate aside – the promise of gaming riches throughout 1985 was enticing even more people to the Sinclair computer. It was now virtually unknown for commercial games to feature any BASIC code, even the budget titles of companies such as Mastertronic. And while Sir Clive Sinclair himself may have bristled at the popularity of gaming on his computer, it undoubtedly helped sell the machine throughout Europe.

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