INFLATION NATION
Dear Retro Gamer,
Whilst having a catch-up on your fantastic magazine, issue 231 to be specific, something dawned on me as I was reading Hot Topic. My cousin, whose dad had chosen an A500 as the family computer, was very much in the minority. Seven-year-old me didn’t really register that I knew no one else who owned one. I’d spent hours playing Street Fighter II Turbo, all the Dizzy games and Speedball 2 to name but a few, with no idea about what a privilege it was.
It got me thinking about what our parents were spending on computers back then, inflation adjusted. Darran’s point about the A500 being a hideously expensive machine was bang on – £499 in 1988 in today’s money equates to £1,711 pounds (respect for my uncle instantly shot up!) I also realised that when my dad excitedly presented me with a brand-new
