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=== ZX Microdrive ===
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The [[ZX Microdrive]] system was released in July 1983 and quickly became quite popular with the Spectrum user base due to the low cost of the drives, however, the actual media was very expensive for software publishers to use for mass market releases (by a factor of 10× compared to tape duplication). Furthermore, the cartridges themselves acquired a reputation for unreliability, and publishers were reluctant to [[Quality Assurance|QA]] each and every item shipped.<ref name="CRASH22">{{cite journal | title = Microdrive revisited | journal = CRASH | year = 1985 | month = November | issue = 22 | url = http://www.crashonline.org.uk/22/opinion.htm|accessdate = 2006-08-10}}</ref> Hence the main use became to complement tape releases, usually utilities and niche products like the ''Tasword'' [[word processing]] software and the aforementioned ''Trans Express''. No games are known to be exclusively released on Microdrive, but some companies allowed, and even aided, their software to be copied over. One such example was ''Rally Driver'' by Five Ways Software Ltd.<ref name="CRASH22" />
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