Christmas 1985 was supposed to be different in our house. Not because of any grand plans, mind you, but because my dad had pulled a proper blinder and somehow convinced my mum to let him buy a Nintendo Entertainment System. This was the same woman who thought our ZX Spectrum was “quite enough computer for one household, thank you very much,” so getting her to agree to another gaming machine must have required negotiations worthy…
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