Game Consoles Atari Video Computer System In 1979 I finally bought an Atari Video Computer System after years of admiring it from magazine adverts. With Combat, Space Invaders and Asteroids, it transformed home gaming and became the last console I would own for decades.
Game Consoles Videomaster Star Chess The Videomaster Star Chess looked like the ultimate blend of chess and space combat. After weeks of saving, I finally bought one, only to discover that the futuristic battles promised in the adverts were much slower and less exciting than I had imagined.
Photography My Second Camera In the late 1970s I bought my second camera, a Kodak 110 model with a folding handle and dual-lens system. It captured family events, holidays and special occasions, although many of the prints and negatives have since been lost to time.
Game Consoles Binatone TV Master MK 6 The Binatone TV Master MK 6 brought shooting games and a light gun into my living room in 1978. Connected to my little black and white portable TV, it felt futuristic — until curiosity got the better of me and I broke the gun taking it apart.
Game Consoles Binatone TV Master MK IV In 1977 I bought a Binatone TV Master MK IV, my first games console. Connected to a 12" black and white portable TV, its simple Pong-style games felt futuristic at the time and marked my first step into home gaming.
My Tech Story 1975-1977 New House, New “Life” and Nothing Much Else After my parents split up, we moved into a house that never really felt like home. I spent more time out with friends than indoors, with only a lonely record player and old albums by The Platters and Neil Sedaka filling the silence of an otherwise empty front room.
