Back to the Amiga 500 Batman Pack 30 years later

pczone.co.uk:

I, like many of you I’d assume, grew up in England in the 80’s as one of those kids who would stand in the line at Boots or Curry’s or WHSmiths, standing on my tip toes to just catch a glimpse of the latest “computer” on display. On a good day, I may even get to have a go if the bigger kids didn’t push in first.

The growth that we have seen in this industry over the years is exceptionally remarkable. Today the technology has become more accessible and affordable. Computers have become true source of entertainment and platforms like Stan James are leading the way. It is such a broad platform with so many interesting games and offers, keeping you on your toes.

Being from a working class family, to actually own one felt beyond reach. Back then, if you wanted something you saved for it, for months or longer.

Thanks to my older Brother John, we eventually enjoyed owning an Acorn Electron, and later he brought me a Spectrum +3 for my birthday, which I cherished.

Time and technology marches on and after a year or so, I was lusting after a new machine. There I was again, older now, popping into Boots or WHSmith, on the walk home from Secondary School, perving with my friends at, not the top shelf magazines (well maybe sometimes) but at the “actual game play” screenshots on the back of game boxes or in computer magazines, of the graphics of the Commodore Amiga 500.

We couldn’t possibly imagine graphics could ever get anymore realistic than this. They looked almost photo realistic. 

Screenshots of driving games and flight simulators really grabbed my attention, and any game that had screen shots from the Spectrum AND an Amiga on the back of the same box really made a compelling case for an upgrade.

The quest began. I helped my friends