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Z80 was the CPU of the ZX Spectrum. Oh the memories...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

So many good machines: the Amstrad CPC range, a whole slew of Sega consoles, the early MSX stuff and of course the Tatung Einstein. 3 inch disk machines of the world unite!

Not to mention the world of CP/M business machines which was surprisingly large in the UK well into the late 80s, again thanks to Amstrad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW

All 8-bit computers manufactured in East Germany too (via the reverse enginered Z80 clone U880). For instance the KC85/2..4:

https://floooh.github.io/virtualkc/p010_kc85.html

An "Adrian's Digital Basement" episode about the KC85/3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9UNYFHuaE

You forgot about Donkey Kong (and Junior, and 3, and Mario Bros.)

Punch-Out!!

But most noteworthy is Galaga: Ran on 3, count 'em, 3, Z80's.

...also Pacman btw (the original arcade machine), and other 80's arcade machines like Pengo or Bomb Jack (notably Bomb Jack was two Z80 computers duct-taped together, the sound was handled by a separate Z80 board which controlled three AY-3-8910 sound chips).

My mobile computer of choice in school, the TI-83 series calculators.

Which still goes for full price today despite using an EOL chip.

And of course the TRS-80 and clones such as the Dick Smith System-80 that we had in Australia and New Zealand. Lots of good memories programing with EDTASM. I only had a cassette drive so if my code went wrong I usually had to hit reset and reload EDTASM and my code again from tape.

I thought it was used for the Game Boy, but apparently while there are many similarities they're basically incompatible[0].

0. https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=18335

It was also the CPU in my first computer--the Coleco ADAM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

I still have my copy of Programming the Z80 that I got as a kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Z80

Also the many unbranded MP3/"MP4" players that very widespread in the mid to late 2000s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1_MP3_player

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