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HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« on: January 04, 2012, 09:50:16 am »
10 ? "Happy birthday C-64"
20 goto 10

Man so many memories on that old machine. You ask a kid today about peeks and pokes, and they will think your talking about the Kardashians or something.

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/01/03/commodore-64-computer-30th-birthday?hpt=hp_c2

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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 09:12:19 pm »
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Don't ask me why I still remember that.  But anyhow it was a great machine for it's time.

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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 11:46:17 pm »
Poke 1024 was the first character location on the screen.

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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 05:45:34 am »
I thought the best game was Raid on Bungling Bay.  Good times.

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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 08:03:17 am »
I spent many an hour playing Pirates. I picked up the newer version for tje PC .Just not as good as the C64 version
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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012, 11:41:37 am »
I only use a Comodore vic 20. But I do remember it. Also the Apple computer with a mouse and windows (before MS).

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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2012, 09:26:18 pm »
Tandy 1000 was my first pc. GOD dos sucked! 2 days of what was then called codeing but it was really what you have to do to make the program or game work.  Disney Black cauldren was my first pc game . Good game damn hard to play even by todays standard. The refresh rate on the screen you could follow each line as it was "painted on the screen" took atleast 15 min to display an immage. I miss it  :-[
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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 07:17:53 am »
Thinking of first games. One I saved up for to buy for my apple was Warp Factor.  It was the game that caused all the legal problems for ADB.  Thus it was the first version of SFC. Used SFB rules and had ships from star wars and battlestar in it.
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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2012, 10:20:42 pm »
Thinking of first games. One I saved up for to buy for my apple was Warp Factor.  It was the game that caused all the legal problems for ADB.  Thus it was the first version of SFC. Used SFB rules and had ships from star wars and battlestar in it.

Oh how funny !! :laugh: :laugh: Now use of those 2 worlds in the mix of trek gets persons put on the black list of bad ideas.  :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2012, 11:07:54 pm »
Thinking of first games. One I saved up for to buy for my apple was Warp Factor.  It was the game that caused all the legal problems for ADB.  Thus it was the first version of SFC. Used SFB rules and had ships from star wars and battlestar in it.



http://www.retrocpu.com/apple-ii/games/t/the_warp_factor




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Re: HAppy Birthday C-64. 3o years old.
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2012, 11:12:24 pm »
Thinking of first games. One I saved up for to buy for my apple was Warp Factor.  It was the game that caused all the legal problems for ADB.  Thus it was the first version of SFC. Used SFB rules and had ships from star wars and battlestar in it.



http://www.retrocpu.com/apple-ii/games/t/the_warp_factor
Ohh that reminds me of the old starwars game  Hell Tron soon after was in the mix  :laugh: Damn them old days!



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