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So many good machines: the Amstrad CPC range, a whole slew of Sega consoles, the early MSX stuff and of course the Tatung Einstein. 3 inch disk machines of the world unite!



All 8-bit computers manufactured in East Germany too (via the reverse enginered Z80 clone U880). For instance the KC85/2..4:

https://floooh.github.io/virtualkc/p010_kc85.html

An "Adrian's Digital Basement" episode about the KC85/3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9UNYFHuaE


Not to mention the world of CP/M business machines which was surprisingly large in the UK well into the late 80s, again thanks to Amstrad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW


You forgot about Donkey Kong (and Junior, and 3, and Mario Bros.)

Punch-Out!!

But most noteworthy is Galaga: Ran on 3, count 'em, 3, Z80's.


...also Pacman btw (the original arcade machine), and other 80's arcade machines like Pengo or Bomb Jack (notably Bomb Jack was two Z80 computers duct-taped together, the sound was handled by a separate Z80 board which controlled three AY-3-8910 sound chips).


My mobile computer of choice in school, the TI-83 series calculators.


Which still goes for full price today despite using an EOL chip.




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