So Clive Sinclair has passed away

[Citizen's Nephew]

I must admit, the ZX81 then the Spectrum were my first Computers and set me of down the geek road

I guess it was the start of " backing up games " aswell

Who can forget

Football manager
Daley Thompsom Decathlon, batter those keys
Outrun ( which at that time was vastly better on the mega drive )
Italia 90 ( as outrun, the mega drive was just killing home computer games by then )

OutRun is still up there as one of the most influential driving games of all time. I think it made 4th just behind Gran Turismo. I've seen elements of outrun recycled in games like Need For Speed and even the Forza Horizon series. It's non-linear gameplay was revolutionary. Can't believe it was released in 1986.

I'm an obsessive collector of racing/driving games across all platforms and still play outrun a few times a month using an emulator on a PC.

I was a C64 owner so never had the connection with the Sinclair but the Mega Drive was fab!

Clive was way ahead of his time and a true technical revolutionary. I always wondered what a Sinclair/Jobs collaboration would have produced in the 90s. He will have influenced many gamers to go on to learn more about computing/coding/game development much like the Raspberry Pi is today.

If you're interested in tech then check out the drama Halt And Catch Fire set in 1983.