How to turn your PC or Mac into a lean, mean retro gaming machine

Introduction and choice of platformsBefore the IBM PC changed the computer world forever, for many the pinnacle of personal computing was the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro. For gamers these computers defined the first screen generation. As an object of desire the ZX81 may not have won any design awards, but for many it was their first true computer.Anyone who would love a trip down 8-bit memory lane can take one thanks to a range of emulators that have been developing for