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Madballs ad, 1985 (lemmy.world)
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[–] 19 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I think they even made a Saturday morning cartoon about these things.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You're close:

    The toyline expanded into a franchise with a comic book series, two direct-to-video animated cartoons, and a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Did the Spectrum and Amstrad have much of a presence in the US, or was the game made for the UK market?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I mean I can say that on MobyGames every listed review (keeping in mind this is user-generated content and could be biased) is from a UK magazine, that they only have the UK box art, and that the listed releases are all from the UK. I'd err on "UK-exclusive" given that circumstantial evidence.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    I don't know how to switch accounts and fucked up my wife's entire persona she was building by commenting under her account. Instead of deleting the comments when I realised my mistake, I instead just switched accounts and left those comments there for her to find when she woke up. I claim to have planned to go back to delete them, but instead I was just gonna completely forget about them.

    I am so smart 🤓

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