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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
13 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games: 1977

Let's start this long journey from the year of the Trinity: 1977, when the first home computers were released.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
12 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games and Platforms - Part 1: 1977-1982

If you own a computer today, it's either a PC or a Mac. Instead, not too many years ago, the world was full of crazy, tiny - and marvelous - machines called home computers. They had fancy names such as Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800, BBC Micro, Amiga, Atari ST, and more. It was the golden age of 8-bit and 16-bit technology.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
12 September 2017, 4:02 pm

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Did Commodore, more than Apple, contribute to the birth of the personal computer?

In 1980 Steve Jobs had an interview with the Wall Street Journal, claiming: "When we invented the personal computer, we created a new kind of bicycle”. In the box placed in the middle of the title, you can read: “Steve Jobs invented the first personal computer in 1976 with his partner Steve Wozniak”.

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