¢ATARI 8-BIT MEMORIES¢with Colin Doyle¢¢¢ My favourite memories of 8-bit computing are numerous, but one recent memory involves my daughter Heather and a few of her school friends.¢¢ Heather's friends have been telling her for years about their computers (some are just games machines). Her best friend Jessica was always telling Heather about her latest games. Of course, Heather said nothing. One day Jessica came to play and she saw our computer, then she started playing the games. She seemed quite put out that we had most (or slight variations) of her games. And we didn't have to pay 25-40 pounds per game.¢¢ Anyway, Jessica had the big advantage where games were concerned in the form of "Lemmings". Then one day we went to AMS7 and Heather said "What's that game?" Of course it was "Brundles" by KE-Soft - needless to say, I bought it.¢¢ The next time Jessica came to play, Heather was conveniently playing Brundles. Jessica was quite shocked to see "the best game ever" being played on the "old Atari" and when Heather said "yes, it cost just 15 pounds and has ONE HUNDRED levels", that was the last straw for Jessica.¢¢ Heather is now convinced that we have the best computer ever invented and no longer is she made to feel that she has a second-rate computer when the other children are talking about their computer games.¢
