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Glenn Gipson · January 6th, 2005, 09:36 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4145965.stm

Imran Zaidi · January 6th, 2005, 09:46 PM

Sequels everywhere, even in computers!

I loved my old Commodore 64! I think Ghostbusters was my favorite game. I still remember what a revelation it was to move from games on tape to floppy disks - those were exciting times. And then I remember saving up for ages to buy an Amiga. The color and music was way ahead of its time.

Tegan Mackay · January 6th, 2005, 10:01 PM

As a devout Amigahead from 86 to 94, let me say:
Please, stay dead, Commodore.

There have been dozens of these rumours and half-starts over the years, and its just time to put it all behind us.

had a 1000, a beefed 2000, and a crummy 3000,
and did Umatic/toaster work. It was all we had under 100k.
I believed the networking issues would be worked out.
I wore my Amiga TShirt collection with pride.

<shudder>

But no matter how good NewTek was, or Dan Silva,
or Videoscape, CBM did not deserve the users it had.

Commodore does not understand anything but box sales
and has total disinterest in the developer/user community.

btw, I worked at Creative in Redondo - if you ever run into anyone
who was a manager there, pop 'em in the mouth for me.
I'll owe you 20 bucks. ;-)

Joshua Starnes · January 7th, 2005, 11:40 AM

Man, I'm having Commodore 64 flashbacks. Back then, we had it hooked up to an old TV. Did some of my first writing on the word processor and out onto the old dot matrix printers. Those were the days.

Had a Commodore 128 for a bit too, but all of my fond childhood memories were for the old 64. That and my Intellevision.

Imran Zaidi · January 7th, 2005, 01:35 PM

Remember the Vic 20? The weakling predecessor of the C64? Nowhere near as good as the big bad C64, which had a staggering 64k of RAM!

10 Print "The Commodore 64 Rocked"
20 Goto 10

RUN

Marco Leavitt · January 7th, 2005, 02:42 PM

Long live the Vic 20! The thing had no hard drive. Remember when magazines used to print pages and pages of code that had to be typed in manually? Then you'd get to the end and find out that you made a typo in the second line. Really dating ourselves here. Let's not forget the Commodore dot matrix printer they came out with too. There weren't enough dots to have a hanging tail on any of the characters so the p, g, and q were all raised a line. It looked so weird!

Joshua Starnes · January 7th, 2005, 03:09 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Marco Leavitt : Long live the Vic 20! The thing had no hard drive. Remember when magazines used to print pages and pages of code that had to be typed in manually? Then you'd get to the end and find out that you made a typo in the second line. Really dating ourselves here. Let's not forget the Commodore dot matrix printer they came out with too. There weren't enough dots to have a hanging tail on any of the characters so the p, g, and q were all raised a line. It looked so weird! -->>>

Yeah, I remember - I used to type in some of the games, and then go through line by line to check the mistakes when it wouldn't run the first time. Of course, then you only play the game once or twice before getting bored with it and going back to playing store bought games on their enormous 10 ft. square floppy disks.

Marco Leavitt · January 7th, 2005, 03:13 PM

I was really jealous of you fancy types with the disk drive! I had one of those cassette drives.

Dylan Couper · January 7th, 2005, 09:03 PM

Iwant cassette drives to come back...

And Daisywheel printers.

Glenn Gipson · January 8th, 2005, 03:27 PM

My favorite C64 Games:

Karteka
Bruce Lee
Spy vs. Spy
Asylum
Diamond Mines
The Forbidden Forrest (awesome game)

and so many others...that I can't even remember them...I do remember those damn 2nd joystick ports would always break.

Imran Zaidi · January 8th, 2005, 03:35 PM

Don't forget Elite and Impossible Mission!

Dylan Couper · January 8th, 2005, 04:14 PM

Glenn, do you mean Karateka?
If so, yeah, I enjoyed that one too.

I've always been fond of Paratrooper, and it's many knock offs.

Glenn Gipson · January 8th, 2005, 04:46 PM

Yeah, I meant to write Karateka.

January 6th, 2005, 09:36 PM	#1
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	Commodore Computers may rise again http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4145965.stm

January 6th, 2005, 10:01 PM	#3
Tegan Mackay New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 11	Die Amiga Die! As a devout Amigahead from 86 to 94, let me say: Please, stay dead, Commodore. There have been dozens of these rumours and half-starts over the years, and its just time to put it all behind us. had a 1000, a beefed 2000, and a crummy 3000, and did Umatic/toaster work. It was all we had under 100k. I believed the networking issues would be worked out. I wore my Amiga TShirt collection with pride. <shudder> But no matter how good NewTek was, or Dan Silva, or Videoscape, CBM did not deserve the users it had. Commodore does not understand anything but box sales and has total disinterest in the developer/user community. btw, I worked at Creative in Redondo - if you ever run into anyone who was a manager there, pop 'em in the mouth for me. I'll owe you 20 bucks. ;-)

January 7th, 2005, 09:03 PM	#9
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Iwant cassette drives to come back... And Daisywheel printers. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

January 8th, 2005, 04:14 PM	#12
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Glenn, do you mean Karateka? If so, yeah, I enjoyed that one too. I've always been fond of Paratrooper, and it's many knock offs. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

January 6th, 2005, 09:46 PM	#2
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	Sequels everywhere, even in computers! I loved my old Commodore 64! I think Ghostbusters was my favorite game. I still remember what a revelation it was to move from games on tape to floppy disks - those were exciting times. And then I remember saving up for ages to buy an Amiga. The color and music was way ahead of its time.

January 7th, 2005, 11:40 AM	#4
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	Man, I'm having Commodore 64 flashbacks. Back then, we had it hooked up to an old TV. Did some of my first writing on the word processor and out onto the old dot matrix printers. Those were the days. Had a Commodore 128 for a bit too, but all of my fond childhood memories were for the old 64. That and my Intellevision.

January 7th, 2005, 01:35 PM	#5
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	Remember the Vic 20? The weakling predecessor of the C64? Nowhere near as good as the big bad C64, which had a staggering 64k of RAM! 10 Print "The Commodore 64 Rocked" 20 Goto 10 RUN

January 7th, 2005, 02:42 PM	#6
Marco Leavitt Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Albany, NY 12210 Posts: 2,652	Long live the Vic 20! The thing had no hard drive. Remember when magazines used to print pages and pages of code that had to be typed in manually? Then you'd get to the end and find out that you made a typo in the second line. Really dating ourselves here. Let's not forget the Commodore dot matrix printer they came out with too. There weren't enough dots to have a hanging tail on any of the characters so the p, g, and q were all raised a line. It looked so weird!

January 7th, 2005, 03:09 PM	#7
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	<<<-- Originally posted by Marco Leavitt : Long live the Vic 20! The thing had no hard drive. Remember when magazines used to print pages and pages of code that had to be typed in manually? Then you'd get to the end and find out that you made a typo in the second line. Really dating ourselves here. Let's not forget the Commodore dot matrix printer they came out with too. There weren't enough dots to have a hanging tail on any of the characters so the p, g, and q were all raised a line. It looked so weird! -->>> Yeah, I remember - I used to type in some of the games, and then go through line by line to check the mistakes when it wouldn't run the first time. Of course, then you only play the game once or twice before getting bored with it and going back to playing store bought games on their enormous 10 ft. square floppy disks.

January 7th, 2005, 03:13 PM	#8
Marco Leavitt Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Albany, NY 12210 Posts: 2,652	I was really jealous of you fancy types with the disk drive! I had one of those cassette drives.

January 8th, 2005, 03:27 PM	#10
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	My favorite C64 Games: Karteka Bruce Lee Spy vs. Spy Asylum Diamond Mines The Forbidden Forrest (awesome game) and so many others...that I can't even remember them...I do remember those damn 2nd joystick ports would always break.

January 8th, 2005, 03:35 PM	#11
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	Don't forget Elite and Impossible Mission!

January 8th, 2005, 04:46 PM	#13
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	Yeah, I meant to write Karateka.