I borrowed a 16k Spectrum for a couple of weeks from a friends older brother to try it out when I was around 14. I hadn't got my C64 at that time and the family computer was still a Vic 20, which I wasn't allowed on very much because we only had the one telly in the house that was colour. I borrowed my sisters black and white and tried programming the Spectrum with some magazine listings because I had no games for it. Not a pleasant experience and I just wanted to get back on the Vic 20 in all honesty.
I loved them all and I'm glad I grew up in that era. But pushed for a fave then Vic-20 for the win as that was my first and much loved computer
I had wonderful years with my Vic 20, C64 and Amiga's back in the day. I even had a C16 at one point, which was good fun for drawing pictures using the inbuilt graphics commands. Neither the C64 or the Vic had them without an expansion cartridge. I never owned a Plus 4, however. Don't think I missed much.
Commodore fan all the way - I wouldn't have even considered trying to make a Spectrum looking game :-)
considering the game i'm making feels more akin to a classic game using modern principles, sort of. secrets,easter egg's,story plot,cheats ... still has that old skool jank,16 color limit though.