Dispelling A Myth.

Von Smallhausen · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:33

There are rumours that I wallow in a 1980s time warp but I would like to dispel that myth by showing you a recent purchase off e-bay.

A Commodore 64 with a mind blowing 64k of RAM, fast cassette loading and quality games such as Parallax and Spyhunter. ( shown ) It was one of my first computers .... in the 1980s

£32 very well spent.

Amiga next.

Anyone else remember these little beauts ?

Styles · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:37

I was all but a child

Mr Nice · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:37

Brings a tear to my eye.

Get yourself a BBC Micro and then play Chucky Egg till your eyes bleed.

/find the ladder to loft......

Memphis · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:37

Never had one, but I do remember my friends one.

Oh and there is a hoooge retro thread in Console Gaming.

Jofujofu · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:38

Awesome machine! Great memories!

Paul

Efour · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:38

C64 was for noobs. Sinclair all the way.

Von Smallhausen · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:40

Efour2 said:
C64 was for noobs. Sinclair all the way.

Sacriledge, no less !

Sling your hook rubber key boy !

Brizzles · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:41

I remember the C64

My first was the " legendary " Sinclair ZX81, fond memories.

More "seconds per frame" than FPS.

Reppyboyo · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:42

Amiga A500 my first, oh the memories.

crystaline · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:43

C64, I played 'Blue Meanies'

Looong time ago.

Hades · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:51

crystaline said:
C64, I played 'Blue Meanies'

Looong time ago.

Blue Meanies was on the Vic20 I think?

And to the OP, that's a later revision C64

Von Smallhausen · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:52

Hades said:
Blue Meanies was on the Vic20 I think?

And to the OP, that's a later revision C64

It is indeed. The original was more rounded and similar to the Vic 20 and C16.

My first computer incidentally was the Commodore 16+4, about 1985.

Skunkworks · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:54

Nice one VS! Get a copy of Decathalon, then we'll see what that joystick is made of.

Grandmaster Fap! · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:54

Ahh awsome machine, fond memories along side my speccy 48k which strangely had some design fault that meant it over heated, a cure was placing a glass of cold water on the top of it

Von Smallhausen · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:55

Skunkworks said:
Nice one VS! Get a copy of Decathalon, then we'll see what that joystick is made of.

I went through a few Quick Shots with that game.

I have just found a cartridge game ... instant play ... Navy Seals. :cool:

Pookie Bear · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:56

Hades said:
Blue Meanies was on the Vic20 I think?

And to the OP, that's a later revision C64

Ahh, the Vic20......Radar Rat Race!

And the C64...my original love. The Hobbit, Twin Kingdom Valley, Airwolf, Ghosts and Goblins (when it worked!) - the list could go on and on

MasterMike · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:58

I've been looking to buy my childhood computers recently - I'd need a Sinclair ZX Spectrum (tiny little thing with rubber keys) and an Amiga 500. I remember the day I upgraded the Amiga to 1MB of RAM; that was an historic day for gaming.

Adam_151 · 27 Sep 2006 at 18:59

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Freefaller · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:06

All my friends had them at school - I was awfully jealous.

I then got my hands on a 286 - 16mhz - 4mb RAM - 20mb HDD beast of a machine - didn't have any games for it though

malfunkshun · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:06

sweet, you got the 80s mullet etc to go with it?

Sinclair pour le win though. Horace and the Spiders?, Dizzy? Hardcore :cool: