I've been thinking about this for a while. My gaming started on the Sinclair Spectrum 48k with rubber keys and I upgraded until the 128k +2A with the built in tape recorder.
Had thousands of games for it, largely due to the ease of pirating and the two Sinclair magazines I used to purchase usually came with games as well. If I'm going to have to pick a character that was a favourite or just represented this era of gaming for me, it would have to be Dizzy.
Looking back, or just trying to remember though, it wasn't one of my favourite games, too f'n hard. Games that did hold my attention though, were Chequered Flag, an F1 (ahem) sim, Tracksuit Manager, an international football manager sim, ATV Simulator, Ninja Scooter Simulator - so annoyed when I thought I'd completed the game only to find it just looped back to the beginning, Zzoomm, Minder - essentially an Elite lite game. 2 football games ruled the roost for me, one I can't remember the name, but the screen was a large pitch, the players were squares and you passed with the number keys, shot with the 's' key. Took seconds too load and was addictive fun. The other was Footballer of the Year, both 1 & 2, though I preferred 1. You had chances too score from assorted scenarios, if you had the money to buy chances and you would try to earn them by gambling and getting transferred. Crashed far too often, but it wasted hours of my life.
That's part 1 covered...
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