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How programmers in 1980s Czechoslovakia used games to mock the regime
            
            
            
            
            
            
       
           
          
                                               
                 
                 
                  
                 
                    
            
            Written by                        Jan Velinger
                        
            
                                  
                 
                                  
              
      
      
                 
            
            
            
            
                
                
            
            
                
                                 
                
                    Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:10                
                                
                             
            
                        PCs were almost impossible to get in 1980s Czechoslovakia but microcomputers proved a different matter. As so-called micros were slowly smuggled into the country and hobby programming quickly caught on, enthusiasts soon coded all manner of computer games. Under the radar of the authorities, some subtly - and others rather daringly – mocked the socialist regime.
 
                         
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                    