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by barrkel 779 days ago
A tape drive was a standard accessory for the Commodore 64. Almost all games were on tape.

The Amstrad CPC 464 had a tape drive integrated into the chassis (the 6128 used a 3" floppy - not 3" 1/4, a 3" disk).

In the UK and Ireland, in the late 80s, the majority of games software in computer shops was for these two platforms (much cheaper than a PC), with a handful floppy disk stuff for PCs. Consoles came in from the toy shop side rather than the computer shop side.

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My Mattel Aquarius had a tape drive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Aquarius