Commodore 64

branie · 18-03-2010 12:21pm #1

Anyone here have this computer when they were younger?

old_aussie · 18-03-2010 12:24pm

Yes, I did and I've still got it. Huge half meg ram and all the accessories.

Oafley Jones · 18-03-2010 12:30pm

branie wrote: »

Anyone here have this computer when they were younger?

First computer when I was wee lad. It's probably what made me obsessed with technology. I still remember waiting anxiously for Wheeling Wally to load, only for it to fail and give up and use a cartridge instead. Some of those games were pretty weird, such as the one where you had to defend teeth against tooth decay.

We'll be seeing another commodore 64 fairly soon...
http://gizmodo.com/5496112/the-return-of-the-commodore-64

Melodeon · 19-03-2010 12:33am

Yes indeed, Boulder Dash was a particular favourite, as was carefully typing (in BASIC) and debugging Jeff Minter games from various magazines at the time.

xyz1 · 19-03-2010 8:35pm

Bloody commodore kids,

Amstrad CPC 464 FTW!

omerin · 19-03-2010 8:42pm

i had one, used to love playing last ninja. turning and adjusting the screw used to do my head in at times!

x in the city · 21-03-2010 5:46pm

thing on a spring had me hooked, whatever the hell it was about....

speccy for me tho.

lord lucan · 21-03-2010 5:47pm

Had one too. My dad bought it with the intention of it being an educational tool but all we wanted to do was play games!:p

Games we had off the top of my head are;

Tooth Invaders
Zaxxon
Pole Position
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wheeling Wally

Great days!:)

Marty McFly · 23-03-2010 12:24am

yeh i had one as a kid loved it used to be mad for paperboy on it and some other monster truck game i had.

lizardfudge · 23-03-2010 1:06am

Loved my C64.

Especially the Dizzy games.

A great site for info on C64 games is http://www.lemon64.com/

lord lucan · 23-03-2010 2:47am

lizardfudge wrote: »

Loved my C64.

Especially the Dizzy games.

A great site for info on C64 games is http://www.lemon64.com/

Thanks so much for the link,i've been playing Wheelin' Wallie and Hunchback all night! Great stuff!:):)

DeadSkin · 23-03-2010 10:26pm

lizardfudge wrote: »

Loved my C64.

Especially the Dizzy games.

A great site for info on C64 games is http://www.lemon64.com/

Without that link I wouldn't have fully remembered the names of the 2 coolest games for the Commodore, Midnight Resistance & Silk Worm.

I worked my ass off for a whole summer and paid it off weekly. Longest summer ever.

lizardfudge · 24-03-2010 12:04am

There's also one for the Amiga for those of us who upgraded:

http://www.lemonamiga.com/

WindSock · 24-03-2010 10:27am

Ah Boulder Dash I remember that. And Jet Set Willy, Spy Hunter, Beach Head (I think) and another about a witch I think was called Elvira Rides Out.

old_aussie · 24-03-2010 10:32am

Melodeon wrote: »

Yes indeed, Boulder Dash was a particular favourite, as was carefully typing (in BASIC) and debugging Jeff Minter games from various magazines at the time.

Wasted months of my life playing Boulder Dash.

lizardfudge · 24-03-2010 11:18am

Trailblazer was a great one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXsxd8O7eU

Royal Seahawk · 25-03-2010 2:58pm

Flimbo's Quest anyone?

MickShamrock · 30-03-2010 4:21pm

Yes. My first console. Probably still have it somewhere.

sellerbarry · 31-03-2010 12:11am

You lucky people. My first was the vic 20. Remember that eh? A year earlier than the 64. My watch had mor ram. Lol

http://oldcomputers.net/vic20.html:D

FunnyStuff · 31-03-2010 12:33am

Outrun Europa, brilliant !!!

sellerbarry · 31-03-2010 12:40am

remember doing this every week.?

http://www.64apocalypse.com/images/cvg/cvg32.htm

sellerbarry · 31-03-2010 12:42am

http://www.64apocalypse.com/images/cvg/cvg32.htm

pawrick · 31-03-2010 12:46am

Still have mine at home with the T2 box - I think something is broken though as I gave it to my nephew yrs back for a bit and then it stopped - I forget if it was the C64 itself or the tape loader.

still have about 20 games in perfect condition etc. might drag it out of the press the next time i visit home.

loved New Zealand story (only game I could do well at due the cheat of sticking a paper over the C64 and pressing all the keys together)

Nemesis was also a game I played a lot.

Any one remember GW Basic? (i think that's what it was called) hours typing out lines of code to get a fecking ball to bounce!

lizardfudge · 31-03-2010 1:27am

My C64 was the pack that came with the light gun.

It was a bit ****.

lord lucan · 31-03-2010 1:31am

We had one of these:

Think it's still up in my parents gaff.

lord lucan · 31-03-2010 1:33am

pawrick wrote: »

Any one remember GW Basic? (i think that's what it was called) hours typing out lines of code to get a fecking ball to bounce!

It still gives me nightmares. We thought we were at the cutting edge of computer technology inputting all the code!:D

bonerm · 31-03-2010 8:56am

lord lucan wrote: »

We had one of these:

Think it's still up in my parents gaff.

Ah yes! I see it even has autofire lock-button at the base there. Nice. I think we had 2x of them but they were in all black with red triggers.

We got our C64 in Xmas 1985 and I remember being blown away by it like nothing else since (possibly my first time using the internet coming close).

There was a demotape on it that showed off the computers abilities (graphics , sounds, functions etc) and the one thing on it that I thought was great was this demo clip that I guess was meant to be played on a loop in retail stores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVVtOOZPuGM

That Christmas I would just watch this again and again in sheer amazement. Ah, simpler times!

sellerbarry · 31-03-2010 11:47am

Here's a few memories.;)

http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~schooten/software/Vgrabs.html

Holmer · 01-04-2010 7:00pm

Flimbo's Quest had such awesome music!
Also loved:
Midnight Resistance
Turrican
Dragonninja
Operation Wolf
Barbarian
Haven't checked that link, but Jeff Minter was the Llamasoft guy, right? He was always in Commodore Format magazine, 'Llamas in space' and all those games. I bought that magazine religiously, with the free tape every month, you'd sometimes (very rarely) get a great game on it.

DeadSkin · 01-04-2010 10:13pm

lizardfudge wrote: »

My C64 was the pack that came with the light gun.

It was a bit ****.

Ha, I remember shooting pigeons or ducks with that yoke.

I was also hooked on pitstop, grand prix game. The tyres wolud change a lighter shade as they lost grip. You had to do a pitstop and change tyres one by one, great stuff.

Was also a fan of Ghost 'n' Goblins.

BluesBerry · 05-04-2010 7:24pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0msxihp1fFQ

Commodore 64

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