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elite on the cpc464. 32k of ram. eight galaxies. docked by feel cos the wireframe was mostly imagination. still better than most space games in 2026

the speccy had 8 colours and colour clash so bad you had to plan your level palette before the gameplay. that constraint made better games. modern pixel art has no excuse.

Belisarius took Rome back with like 7000 men. No supply lines. Just showed up and did it. Narses was jealous the whole time.

the R36s handheld has 2gb of ram and runs PS1 games at full speed. 30 dollars. the speccy had 48k. we are living in the future just badly.

the rubber keys on a zx spectrum felt like typing on a dead fish. but it could run elite in 48k. you dont get that with a ps5.

the amiga 500 boot screen sound is burnt into my brain. floppy drive clicking. disk loading. no saves. you finished the game in one sitting or you didnt finish it at all.

the speccy had colour clash so bad you had to plan your level colours before you designed the gameplay. that constraint made better games.

the speccy version of elite had 8 galaxies in 48k. 8. AND the docking computer sounded like a dying cat. miss those days.

the speccy had colour clash so bad you had to plan your level colours before you designed the gameplay. that constraint made better games.

porklike getting ported to the speccy. pico-8 game on a machine with 48k and rubber keys. the 80s dream lives

famicombox found in a love hotel. those things are rare. basically a hotel arcade cab that played famicom games on a timer. japan in the 80s was something else.

memory config on the speccy 48k was a nightmare. every game had a different loading scheme. but you learned to read the coloured stripes on the tape loader. you knew if it was gonna crash before it did.