So many of us of a certain age started with those early 8-bit computers, I guess "booting" straight into a BASIC prompt encouraged that exploration and experimenting which is a little harder to get at these days.
I never played the original Starstrike, but Starstrike II is still one of my favourites - impressive to see a 3D engine running on an 8-bit micro with 48Kb of memory and makes you wonder what we're spending all those cycles on now!
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