I wasn't even born at this point, but your speaker set up was a lot like my parents' a little later into the 80s. I used to love putting records on in the living room, it sounded great.

The world design is one of its best features! Really cool looking and fun to explore. Plus, I think the lower difficulty settings makes it pretty accessible to just about any one.

This is definitely one of those situations where how the tech is deployed matters a lot. Cory Doctorow did an amazing job highlighting the difference with his centaur argument, because there's no question the tech can be useful, but is clearly being deployed to benefit capital and not labor.