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Seems like the C64 cracking community was on fire in around 86-87>> ^deathcow:

I ditched the C64 about 1985 and went to the Atari ST, then ditched that in 1988 for IBM PC AT 8mhz (overclocked to TEN!) It's weird to see C64 stuff with 1989 dates!

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This is good. http://videosift.com/video/Commodore-64-Crack-Intro-Collection

I flew these same choppers on the Commodore 64 in a simulation called Gunship. Control over flying and shooting... I guess the xbox360 just can't handle it.

@maatc, Atari?? Really?? I do all my sifting on my trusty Commodore 64.

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In 1985 - I got an Apple IIe - Deathcow got a Commodore 64 - and so the war began.

Just remember, Apple had Ultima III and Wizardry way before it was ported to the 64.
>> ^deathcow:

dag is just still pissed about the commodore 64

dag is just still pissed about the commodore 64

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
4-bit if you want to get technical.
(and I do)

Erm, except that it's in the style of games on old home computers like the Spectrum/Commodore 64, or consoles like the ColecoVision.
All of those are 8 bit machines.
So 8 bit this is.


True enough, but they were 4-bit color which is what I was thinking of.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

4-bit if you want to get technical.
(and I do)


Erm, except that it's in the style of games on old home computers like the Spectrum/Commodore 64, or consoles like the ColecoVision.

All of those are 8 bit machines.

So 8 bit this is.

I cut my first BASIC programs on my friends VIC-20... I really hated the ?23? column display. My first purchased computer was a Commodore-64 which I could not have a warmer spot for in my heart, really loved it and learned to program on it. I got into modeming (about the same time as Dag did on his Apple-2e) and learned to write a BBS for the 1650 automodem.

Three of us local modemers (Dag not included) broke into the school district computer with our Commdores and Apples, and my C-64 ended up seized as evidence. I got it back quite a while later in a plastic bag with a lead seal. I was under 18 so I got a hand slap, and my partner in crime was over 18 and got beau coup community service.

Profesionally, later on I ended up getting hired by the people who ran the school district computer at that time.

I remember when this was popular, I was trading Commodore 64 warez with WizKid over 300 baud modems... we worked for HOURS to get a 32 kb file to transfer successfully.

College Humor steals videos from youtube now ?

Following the links in the original video, the artist name is Saitone, and he's using two Gameboy, not a Commodore 64. Might want to change your tags accordingly

Tags for this video have been changed from 'michael jackson thriller king pop geek C64 commadore' to 'michael jackson, thriller, king, pop, geek, C64, commodore 64' - edited by kronosposeidon

Did you guys have to embed videos with punch cards back then, after you connected with your lightning-fast 300 baud modems on your Commodore 64s? (Except for dag, of course. He was fetching coffee and LSD for Steve Jobs in his garage.)

Not as much as I used to, and sadly since I wish I had more time to play some of the stuff today. The earliest games I would play were on the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64.

I would agree though, I picked up Mass Effect now that its only $20 on Steam despite already having it on the 360... because I cannot stand playing a game like that with a controller. I have played just about every fps game from even before Wolfenstein 3D (Catacombs of the Abyss anyone?) to whats available now with a mouse and keyboard.

My Steam username is *cough* Croccydile but I have not really played Left4Dead since it got boring to me. I can only get a decent group for Expert with people I know at LANs.

Oh yeah, um, we do try to get in WC3 play at lans with most of what everyone likes to play... mostly tower defense maps and I think one called Seven Heroes?

I completely agree with those sticking up for the Mac here.

While I have posted elsewhere (the sub $1000 laptop sift most recently) that Mac has zero entry level pcs/laptops, the comparison you're making here is a little off base.

I just bought myself a sub $AU900 Dell laptop, with a 15" screen. The cheapest Mac Laptop with a screen that size is $2600. That's an insane divide, and one I cannot justify at all.

The gap you're showing here though is not as much, and you would have to start weighing up the pros of the Mac.

For me, I would LOOOOVE iLife. iMovie and iDVD, from my brief playing with them, run absolute bloody rings around Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker.

Having unix type OS under the hood would indeed make my coding tasks easier also (running local servers etc.).

So these things ARE worth a premium.

Are Macs better built and more reliable? Don't really think so, recently when being with some Mac users, one of their quite new Mac Book Pro's fan was whirring away maniacally. I mentioned how noisy the Mac was compared to the Dell I was using (which I couldn't even hear) and he said that the fan was about to die, and it was a really common issue with the Macs.

Right.

Buying a Mac is NOT 'simply fucking rediculous[sic]', it is a matter of choice. If a PC does all you want, then yeah, you can get a laptop for a lot less. BUT if you start to value some of the software that Macs have included with them, and having a unix backend, then you may start to think the extra dosh is worth it.

YOU don't want one.

Why do you feel the need to loudly justify yourself to everyone and try to shout down those that think Macs are worthwhile? Seems pretty juvenile, and the sort of thing I used to do when I was 9 about my ZX Spectrum compared to Commodore 64s.