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- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+32Load "*",8,1
- chronichyjinx, on 12/07/2007, -0/+16I pretty much owe this system my life, I wouldn't be this deep into computing if it wasn't for the C64! Happy Birthday C64!
- Minarchian, on 12/07/2007, -1/+16Having a C-64 and an Apple II was the best time I ever had waaay back when.
After reading this I'm going to see if I can find where I put them :)
PS... anyone remember M.U.L.E. ? - Gonz037, on 12/07/2007, -0/+12"Stay awhile.... Stayyy foreverrr"
- Trance750, on 12/07/2007, -1/+13Ah yes, the Commodore 64. Countless hours of my youth were spent in front of it. Good times, indeed.
- hypostatize, on 12/07/2007, -1/+12I used to run a Commodore BBS on mine. The Electric Bonfire (Run on DMBBS software). Hard drives were so expensive that I had like 8 floppy drives daisy chained together. Good times.
- PCjr, on 12/07/2007, -4/+15Vic-20 anyone?
- griz, on 12/07/2007, -0/+10The 128 had a "fast" mode that let you jump to 2Mhz if the screen was blanked. You could just hear the hamsters scrambling about in the case.
- griz, on 12/07/2007, -0/+10Lets not forget MLX and the countless hours keying in programs from the back of Compute's Gazette. Now that was hardcore!
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -2/+12SID was the greatest sound chip ever
PROVE ME WRONG - avengingturnip, on 12/07/2007, -2/+11And the Amiga! Don't forget the Amiga.
- Pimptastic, on 12/07/2007, -0/+9load "$",8
list - inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+9Poke 53281, 0
- Calculon, on 12/07/2007, -1/+1010 Print "You are a nerd!"
20 Goto 10
Seriously, the C64 started my love of computers! - Zlatty, on 12/07/2007, -1/+10Just a thought,I wonder if you can over clock a commodore 64....
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+8My best memory is playing The Bard's Tale II for what seemed like years and never beating the damn game.
I later vindicated that loss on the PC but it still is one of the longest RPG's I've ever played. - SanTe, on 12/07/2007, -0/+8Same here. The C=64 was the gateway drug that led to my IT career.
- dbug, on 12/07/2007, -0/+8sys 64738
- crapmatic, on 12/07/2007, -0/+8Ah, Vic-20... the little redheaded stepchild that no one wants to talk about. I enjoyed it for a year or two before I graduated to the C64.
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -1/+98 bit graphics ***** and GTFO
- jayhawk, on 12/07/2007, -0/+7turn off the monitor? you were rich. i had to turn off the TV. ;~)
- patbingsoup, on 12/07/2007, -0/+7I came across a commodore 128 this summer, ad boxes upon boxes of games, Gotta say Tapper or (Root Beer Tapper) is def my fav
- tehowe, on 12/07/2007, -0/+7Two words: Omega Race
- Kythas, on 12/07/2007, -0/+7Pirates!
Seven Cities of Gold
Elite
Lords of Conquest
M.U.L.E.
Archon
Ultima (all of them - started my love of RPGs)
The Bard's Tale
Wasteland
Oh, the memories and countless hours I spent on that thing. - GhostRidr, on 12/07/2007, -0/+7It sure blew the Apple II's sound away. I never could understand why people were buying Apple's then when my C64 ran circles around them--including graphics, which this article says were worse. Not hardly.
- dbug, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6Destroy him, my robots! :)
- GhostRidr, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6You could sorta--you either got an Epyx Fastloader cartridge, or a Warpspeed cartridge. Either one was essential to saving massive amounts of time.
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -1/+7"Stay a while...stay foreeeever!"
- strictnein, on 12/07/2007, -1/+7I know you're just trolling, but I agree with xsquirrel's sentiments.
Go DIAF - inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6Mail Order Monsters was so badass! You could create your monster and upgrade them and kill other ones. So much fun.
- chronichyjinx, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6The Great Gianna Sisters ruled.
- CeeJayDK, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6Raid on Bungling Bay :
http://www.c64.com/?type=1&id=1364
All c64 ever made (AFAIK) :
http://www.c64.com/ (heavily loaded right - and me posting this link probably won't help)
Andreas Wallström - the guy interviewed by CNN is from this site.
CCS64 is a great C64 emulator - It supports multiplayer games over the Internet so if you feel like a game , give me a shout)
http://www.computerbrains.com/ccs64/
sidplay2/w is the best SID player I have tried :
http://www.gsldata.se/c64/spw/
High Voltage SID Collection (a huge compilation of the best SID music)
http://www.hvsc.c64.org/
You can also find links to other players and plugins for foobar and winamp there.
I'm currently listening to Cybernoid.sid - song 1 of 2 - Great SID track. - inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+6I didn't own a disk drive at the time so my friend would bring over his 1541, load up Spy vs. Spy, then bring it back home. I would leave my computer on for days so I could keep playing it. I finally ended up getting a 1571 for Christmas.
- teknobryan, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5I totally agree. The SID sound is now more popular then ever.
- Pimptastic, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4mail order monsters. great now I have to break out the C64 this week and hope my disks aren't demagnitized.
- WRE3, on 12/07/2007, -1/+6How about some Mail Order Monsters or Racing Destrution Set. SYS49152,SYS63738
Fast Load Cartridge! Dragon Riders of Pern. Sniff Sniff...I'm old. - Changa, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5
Sys 64738 - teclo, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5And here I thought I was the only one...
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5I used to love racing on the moon with Racing Destruction Set. I wasted countless hours creating scenarios with Adventure Construction Set too!
- chadarizona, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5I loved Jumpman. If anyone remembers "Randomizer" and "Dragonslayer", he is truly a C64 geek
- bitterbug, on 12/07/2007, -1/+6Ah, the memories. You can get a massive set of games, music demos, etc. off BT. Check out Raid on Bungling Bay, by Spore's creator Will Wright.
- Kythas, on 12/07/2007, -0/+5My first computer was a VIC-20. Then I upgraded to the C-128. Skipped the whole C-64, though my dad did his Ph.D. dissertation on his C-64.
My dad still has his C-64 hooked up to his green monochrome monitor and plays Lords of Conquest on occassion. It's the only video game I've ever seen him play. - chsbrgr, on 12/08/2007, -0/+4I remember a prog called The Nibbler which was agonizingly slow ... at least an hour to copy a floppy.
IIRC "*" was the wildcard to load the first program on the disk. ",8" loaded basic progs into memory from drive 1 and ",8,1" loaded non-basic coded progs from drive 1. I thought my secondary drive was ",9" but 20 years later I'm not so sure. - inactive, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4I still enjoy a good game of M.U.L.E. on my C64 emulator from time to time. But it still doesn't compare to playing with three friends back in the 7th grade. Ah, good memories!
- Pimptastic, on 12/07/2007, -0/+3OPEN1,8,15,”N0:”DISKNAME,ID”:CLOSE 1
- SanTe, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4Ultimate Wizard for me, and Pinball Construction Set from Electronic Arts (now known as EA).
- reuscel, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4I cut my computing teeth on the C64. At 7 years old, nothing was funnier than the result of:
10 PRINT "BUTT"
20 GOTO 10
RUN - Nooze2k, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4%*
// Fast Load Cartridge FTW! - Klarth, on 12/07/2007, -0/+4Two words:
Machinae Supremacy. - venson, on 12/07/2007, -1/+5Happy Bday C64, I fondly remember sys 49152, sys 63738, & Load "*",8,2
I started with the Vic20, but sold it to get the C64. Remember riding my bike to the local computer store to get used copies of Compute! magazine so I could spend the next few hours typing out the programs listed.
I learned machine language on the C64. It is still sitting in my parents garage with all my floppies and the tape and drive. -
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