Growing up in the early 80s personal computers had just come on the scene in terms of people actually being able to have one in their house. My first

Who remembers the Commodore 64? How I used to get 255 lives…

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Growing up in the early 80s personal computers had just come on the scene in terms of people actually being able to have one in their house.

My first experience with a home computer was with the Sinclair ZX81 with its membrane keyboard, black and white display and awesome screen flicker when plugged into our television.

I loved Video Games and the Arcade Games at the time were nothing like we see today, they were simple two dimensional side scroller shoot-em-ups which was an area where the Commodore C64 excelled.

As an aside, there is a wonderful documentary called “From Bedrooms to Billions” which details the history of the English Video Games Industry. The documentary is enjoyable as it pays particular attention to the fledgling C64 and Spectrum games industry in the early 1980s.

Back to the Commodore C64; So once I got my hands on a few games I realised that it was theoretically possible to get into the code and give myself a few more lives.

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