THE MAKING OF: FORMULA ONE

The phenomenon of the commercially available microprocessor was gripping older generations, too. Two such men were Peter Wheelhouse and George Munday, childhood friends having met at Leyton County High School in the mid-Fifties. “Outside of school, we were avid pinball players,” begins Peter, “and we went to local cafes and coffee shops to play on them most evenings.” As Peter and George grew up and matured, such pursuits remained high on their agenda. “We loved board games, and one of our favourites was called but it wasn’t an exclusive obsession. We were both early players of the new electronic games machines in pubs and cafes, such as ” With the pair often travelling across London to play new machines, it was inevitable that they would take an interest in home computing. “We both got Sinclair Spectrums quite soon after their release,” continues Peter. “When we visited each other at home, we’d often play games together, taking turns, with the other spectating and offering unwelcome advice and derision!” Two men in their late thirties enjoying an evening of may not sound too strange today, yet 35 years ago, with videogames roundly