Life is just a game Part 1.

I thought I would look back at my gaming memories over the years. I am of an age when I remember 'Space Invaders' arriving in pubs and arcades, but Two of my favourites were 'Missile Command', and 'Crazy Climber'.
I had a home 'Pong' console in 1977, but it was 6 years later, in 1983 and the arrival of a 'ZX Spectrum', that changed my gaming experience forever. Around this time. There were a lot of 'Computers' around, all with games sold in shops. One of my mates borrowed a 'Dragon 32' which I thought was the 'Bees Knees'. Then another mate said you either need a 'BBC model B' or a 'ZX spectrum' to be ahead of the pack. He also said that he already had a 'ZX Spectrum', and could copy some of his games for me. With this thought in toe, and the fact that the 'Spectrum' was about half the price of the 'BBC model B', my mind was made up. The next hurdle was actually being able to get One. There were both 16K and 48K versions, for which I needed the latter to play all available games. On a trip to 'Walsall'. Most places had 16K versions but not 48K. Then after all seemed lost. I arrived in 'Dixons' who had just had a batch of the 48K version and the rest is history. It was £110 I think, and I also had to purchase an £11 'Cassette Recorder' to load the games. The first games I bought were 'Super Spy' and 'Flight Simulator'. My mate then did me copies of 'Jetpack',ZZoom','Chuckie Egg', 'Lunar Jetman', 'Ah Diddums', 'Scrabble', 'The Hobbit', 'Inca Curse', and 'Penetrator'. This gave me a good game selection to start me off, and more importantly hours of fun.
I must have had over 150 games eventually, but 2 really stood out. The football game 'Match Day', and a golf came 'The Open'. Both were so playable, and stood the test of time. Even when I upgraded to a 128K 'Spectrum' now with proper keys and a built in 'Cassette Player'. I always went back to play those 2 games more than any others.