computers ruled 1984. even i had one. my parents bought me an acorn electron for educational purposes and i spent the next four years playing bbc versions of arcade games. pac-man became ‘snapper’, donkey kong was ‘boxer’ and frogger was ‘hopper’.
my personal favourites were chuckie egg and burgertime. you couldn’t get burgertime for the acorn electron so i had to play it in arcades. chuckie egg was available for the electron but it didn’t work. you’d sit through about five minutes of alphanumeric screeching and then, no chuckie, no egg.
then there were the fabulously basic text adventure games. ‘sphinx adventure’. literally –
you cross the bridge. there’s a carrot.
>eat carrot.
you can see in the dark!
yes, really. and if you were a little brat like me…
you cross the bridge. there’s a carrot.
>shit
what is ‘shit’?
apollonia 6 – blue limousine
autumn – computer touch
billy ocean – syncopation
confection – put me on your playlist
duran duran – the reflex
klymaxx – video kid
midnight star – body snatchers
new edition – cool it now
phil oakey – together in electric dreams
pointer sisters – automatic
shannon – sweet somebody
wham – credit card baby
