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Commodore 64 reincarnated on a chip
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| December 20, 2004
| John Markoff
Posted on 12/20/2004 8:22:38 AM PST by holymoly
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I still have a Commodore 64C. (And three 1541 disk drives, including my original VIC-1541 in the tan case. I had a VIC-20 before the C-64). Too bad I lack the space to set it up.
"Pirates!" and "Elite" just aren't the same on the PC.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:22:40 AM PST
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
WHY???????????????..........
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:25:57 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
To: holymoly
Cool chick: builds/races modified dirt racers and computer chips. All for fun!
To: holymoly
Great story - why America is such a great place for people with a great idea and lots of work ethic...
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:28:59 AM PST
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: holymoly
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:29:29 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: holymoly
I still have mine. And software for a GUI. I don't know how they did that with 64k.
To: holymoly
Buy one here:
C64 at QVC
Cool product and fantastic story about the designer!
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:31:56 AM PST
by
whd23
To: holymoly
I loved my Commodore 64. As a writer, in economic terms it provided the greatest amount of utility -- i.e., the ability to revised without retyping -- I could then imagine. I wrote a book that was later published on mine!
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:33:04 AM PST
by
Jagman
To: CaptRon
If your disk drive doesn't have its own CPU and RAM... you just aren't a real man!
C= Forever.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:33:04 AM PST
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: holymoly
They have the same thing for Intellivision.
You can buy it for 19.95 and it has all the most popular games on a chip and it's just one controller you plug into the TV.
I thought about getting one.
To: holymoly
I think the new "all in one" handheld systems are great. There are several for Atari, a couple of Chinese knockoffs for Nintendo, and this one. Even my 7 year old nephew, who's great at all of the major gaming systems (Xbox, PS2, GC) loves these things.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:34:58 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: whd23
Awesome It's got Jumpman! Definately one of the best home computer games EVER!
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:36:01 AM PST
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: CaptRon
"Elite" was cool.
It still is.
The owner/author (Ian Bell) has released it to the public domain. "Elite" (EGA) & "Elite Plus" (VGA) for the PC may be downloaded from his site:
Ian Bell's Elite Pages
Elite Home Page - PC (Download)
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:37:00 AM PST
by
holymoly
(Merry Christmas! http://tinyurl.com/5mxvw)
To: HamiltonJay
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:39:31 AM PST
by
Shellback Chuck
(Hey John, whose your daddy?)
To: holymoly
There is a story behind every electronic gadget sold on the QVC shopping channel. Irony moment. QVC's studios are in Commodore's former corporate HQ in West Chester, Pa.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:39:31 AM PST
by
Tribune7
To: holymoly
I used to play a great tactical level military game on the C64 called "Combat Leader" - I'd love to get a copy that would run in one of these devices, or that would run on a PC.
Likewise a late '80s Mac game called "Strategic Conquest"
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:39:35 AM PST
by
LouD
To: holymoly
Too bad I tossed my old C64 years ago...It would of been fun to get it out again to play some of those old games. Heck I'll buy her system..sounds like it could be fun.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:39:47 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Elvis van Foster
Was the GUI called Geoworks or somesuch as that? I had a 128...
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:41:28 AM PST
by
Tennessee_Bob
(Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?)
To: Shellback Chuck
Well Zaxxon was an Arcade game (full size) that got ported to the home systems... Jumpman, if memory serves (and I could be wrong) was built for the home systems explicitely.
LOADRUNNER was also a classic! Best part was making your own levels!
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:42:09 AM PST
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: HamiltonJay
wholly smoke! Jumpman, never thought I'd see that again. lol
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:44:00 AM PST
by
Texas_Jarhead
(I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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