For those who remember the Transatlantic Races: Sad to hear that Yvon DuHamel passed away Aug 17 aged 81 (apologies if this has been posted previously, but I couldn't find mention of it) https://www.cycleworld.com/story/mo...nday Best 082921 - Microsoft&utm_medium=email
My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum. Not the original with a tiny 16K memory; I had the massive 48K model!
So you'd enter the inn, and be informed who was present, say, Loki, Gobshite, Mary, and asked what you were going to do. Then Mary walked across and slapped you, and your face went red.
Popular Sinclair Spectrum interactive story game 'Valhalla'. For which the writers knew their audience.