now these were the days (c64 game content).

Post » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:17 pm

just astonishing to think that you could produce a gaming masterpiece with 64k of memory to play with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_xlxYJmjfI

beautiful graphics (full of character and soul) and a wonderful game to play also (as well as tough to complete).

now before anyone offers to get me my pipe/slippers e.t.c i love modern gaming too (especially the elder scrolls games),but just watching this video just brings back good memories for me (miss my commodore 64).

if anyone is interested here's a modern day remake of head over heels (that will work on modern pc's) http://retrospec.sgn.net/games/hoh/

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Angel Torres
 
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Post » Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:50 pm

I don't miss having to switch floppies back and forth and waiting for the game to load....some came with 5 or 6 disks!

still remember... load"*",8,1... though
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Post » Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:26 pm

My favorite c64 game was Test Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5amACWohc

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Post » Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:04 am


Ah yes, the Gran Turismo of it's day. Such pretty cars in the menu :lmao:

I was more into Formula 1 games back then :hehe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmGUzuSW5PU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfc_Ugki5U

And flying games i have always loved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_-zZd9ppc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=059zzI6sdxo

I also had that Head Over Heels, but i was too young to understand it. Couldn't read english, so the manual was useless too :shrug:
Same thing with Elite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltsqeUbPuEM But maybe i can make up for that with Elite Dangerous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygTgA_Y-m2Q
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Post » Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:20 pm

I'm right there with you. Only I already have my slippers. I remember Head Over Heels, that game was tough.

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Post » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:47 pm


At risk of starting a Four Yorkshiremen style conversation, I used to dream about having a floppy drive: using cassettes for loading (and, worse, saving) was the stuff of nightmares. Unfortunately the cost of a floppy drive way way out of my ability to afford on meagre pocket money, typically being in the region of £400 for a fairly basic one plus its controller: God knows how much that is in today's money, but approximately... a lot.

I recall the Commode 64 itself wasn't cheap, around £350, which was getting on for twice the usual price of a home computer of the era. Maybe I'm just bitter because I had a Dragon: great CPU, enough memory, but the graphics were pants, the sound worse and the Microsoft BASIC laughable.
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