Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers

Saturation point, and Nintendo and Sega, were just around the corner

Feature  Remember the excitement of leafing through a catalog for home computer bargains? Or perhaps gazing longingly at festive tech displays in Britain's WH Smith (or ComputerLand if you lived Stateside)? Take a step back to 1984 and the last great hurrah of the home computer.…