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Oh geez... now I'm all hot and bothered

Writing my last post started me thinking about the C64... and I found this page detailing software releases over the years the C64 was hot (really, it was...)


I can remember PaperClip was my word processor, Bard's Tale I and II were my pastime.... and Gary Kitchen's Game Construction Kit was my hobby... yep, very cool stuff. And to think, I don't have it anymore... hmm... I should go fire up the Intellivision.
Published Friday, February 20, 2004 11:48 PM by Duncanma
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Avonelle Lovhaug said:

You didn't save your C64? I think we still have a C64 and/or a C128 lying around here somewhere. We play Galactic Conquest on it occasionally.

Ahhh, those were the days...
February 21, 2004 7:18 AM
 

denny said:

VIC 20, C=128,Amiga 500
had them all in the day....

I kinda wish some times that Bill and Co. had grabbed the Amiga and.... Amiga Windows 95!
February 21, 2004 9:22 AM
 

Scott Allen said:

I still have my TI-99/4A! I was always jealous of my friends C64 - it had better games, more magazine coverage, and seemed more "mainstream".
February 21, 2004 10:31 AM
 

Michael Swanson said:

Sounds like you need this: http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/direct2tv.shtml
February 21, 2004 4:29 PM
 

Tim Marman said:

Someone needs to re-make Mail Order Monsters...

http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId,9462

And Bruce Lee was pretty sweet too.

I had a TI-99 too. Played Tunnels of Doom a lot, I think the name was. And Hunt the Wampus. Those are the only two I remember.
February 21, 2004 9:08 PM
 

Randy Bouquet said:

Bard's Tale II rocked! I remeber going around town destroying everyone with my horn of fire! There was absolutely no better way to pass the time. I remeber sitting down for a few minutes to play before I went to bed and looking over a "few minutes later" to see the sun rising outside my window. :)

Tim, I agree, Bruce Lee was an awesome game as well.
February 21, 2004 10:04 PM
 

Duncan Mackenzie said:

Wow... Mail Order Monsters, I remember that one too... and I loved it!!!
February 21, 2004 10:11 PM
 

ShankuN's Blog said:

February 22, 2004 5:58 PM
 

ShankuN's Blog said:

February 22, 2004 5:59 PM
 

Mike Nichols said:

I used to really enjoy computers when I had my Commodore 64. You turn on the switch and you are ready to go. The games were simple enough to learn to play quickly so that you didn't have to waste your valuable time. Programming in BASIC and then compiling into P Code was just fine.

Now computers are so bloated with extra code that they need special hardware and high speeds to operate in real-time.
February 23, 2004 1:04 PM
 

Monty said:

I called home the other day to see if my Mom still had my old TRS-80 around. Unfortunately, and to my horror, she had dropped it off at the goodwill...
February 24, 2004 11:39 AM
 

Mike said:

A while ago I found the place where C64's go to retire...they are all keeping score at the local bowling lane!
February 24, 2004 12:13 PM
 

TrackBack said:

The CynicalBlog »
February 26, 2004 2:15 PM
 

Scott Jensen said:

I wrote it! Loren, you out there?

sjensen666@hotmail.com
March 23, 2004 3:17 PM
 

CheechMonger said:

Is Galactic Conquest still available anyplace, or has it disappeared like many things Commodore?

cheechmonger@removethis.hotmail.com
May 18, 2004 8:51 PM
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