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Commodore Plus/4 ? One of those new fancy computers. Bah you young kids, we had to make due with a Vic 20 - and we LIKED it. >> ^Reefie:

Upvote for the Commodore Plus/4, my first computer!

Was a bit unfair trying getting her to try and run a Commodore 64 tape, lol. At least it wasn't a disk. Could never remember the command to run a disk (mostly because we had a tape player for most of our C64's life) and still can't.

Upvote for the Commodore Plus/4, my first computer!

this song is the era of commodore 64 and mountain dew, well, when i heard it

>> ^deathcow:

This is pretty awesome.
I got into Judas Priest when I bought a JVC RC-M90 boombox in 1983 (p.s. I sold it this year for 3x the original cost : ) and the first tape I listened to was from my brother, who gave me "Screaming For Vengeance" on cassette.
I had a 4x4 foot "tapestry" of Screaming For Vengeance on my wall soon after and over the next few years filled out my cassette box with stuff going all the way back to this.
My favorite of all time (back then anyway) was the live version of Green Manalishi from Unleashed in the East. (I learned yesterday it was a cover, and Fleetwood Mac has a funky version of it.)
This old stuff has a character all its own.
I really liked the album "Point of Entry" which nobody else seemed to.
I made a killer Judas Priest logo on my Commodore 64.


Point of Entry is one of my faves. Desert Planes is such a great song. Same with Turning Circles.

This is pretty awesome.

I got into Judas Priest when I bought a JVC RC-M90 boombox in 1983 (p.s. I sold it this year for 3x the original cost : ) and the first tape I listened to was from my brother, who gave me "Screaming For Vengeance" on cassette.

I had a 4x4 foot "tapestry" of Screaming For Vengeance on my wall soon after and over the next few years filled out my cassette box with stuff going all the way back to this.

My favorite of all time (back then anyway) was the live version of Green Manalishi from Unleashed in the East. (I learned yesterday it was a cover, and Fleetwood Mac has a funky version of it.)

This old stuff has a character all its own.

I really liked the album "Point of Entry" which nobody else seemed to.

I made a killer Judas Priest logo on my Commodore 64.

Interesting. I was unaware of the Commodore 64 version, Mr. Sid!

Sweet links ant, thanks!

>> ^mrsid:

Not quite, it's the original version: Barbarian for the Commodore 64. Death Sword was a clone of that...


>> ^ant:

>> ^alcom:
That game the vid keeps keep cutting to is "Death Sword" for the Apple II! I used to play that on a monochrome monitor

Remember this one? http://www.virtualapple.org/conandisk.html ... I couldn't finish that last level.
http://www.virtualapple.org/deathsworddisk.html if you want to play Death Sword online.

>> ^alcom:

That game the vid keeps keep cutting to is "Death Sword" for the Apple II! I used to play that on a monochrome monitor


Not quite, it's the original version: Barbarian for the Commodore 64. Death Sword was a clone of that...

battlefield 3 = commodore 64
modern warfare 3 = apple iie

It's amazing how it almost seems like you can reach out and touch all those CGI characters and sets. Those guys really did a fantastic job with just commodore 64.

As far as Diakatana goes, that is why I think it was a good game, because I remember it and I remember enjoying a lot of parts. I played through at least twice, the second time using just the daikatana (for the most part) because if you remember, the more you used it the more powerful it became. It was fun smashing through hordes of enemies with a powerful sword. The other weapons were good and varied. You could also level up your attributes as you went along. The mythical greece and midieval norway levels were beautiful imo. It was like 4 smaller games rolled into one. Once the patch was out, your teammates didn't get in the way and sometimes helped out. The voice acting was more stereotypical versus actually racist and I think they were trying to inject some humor into it. There were a lot of secret areas to be found. I could go on, but thats enough about diakatana.

I found some positive reviews about Duke Nukem Forever so it's not all bad reviews: (these seem more like my experiences)

http://www.gamefront.com/duke-nukem-forever-review/
http://gamers-underground.com/content/978-review-duke-nukem-forever.html
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review/

And I think I was grumpy because I had a reaction to a wasp sting on my wrist which swelled up my hand and wrist bad enough I had to go to the hospital that day. I also couldn't play any more Duke


>> ^ponceleon:

You know, I can tell you that the fundamental thing that comes to mind about Daikatana was that it was entirely forgettable. I've been an avid gamer since BEFORE the Commodore 64, I've played the greats and I think back to games which were contemporaries of Daikatana, say Deus Ex and I can tell you every last detail about that game. Now, if you ask me about Planescape: Torment, another game that predates Daikatana, I can go on and on about why that game was amazing. Despite having played through all of Daikatana, all I have in my mind is the vague impression of a horribly put together game, poor (and arguably racist) voice acting, terribly outdated graphics for when it was released, drab design, unimaginative writing and a lot of broken promises.
What I mean by that last part was that there was a LOT that was promised in the development of the game that never happened. What was it? I can't remember worth a damn and that's the point. It was a minor blip that didn't live up to 1/10th of what John Romero promised and it certainly didn't make me his bitch.
I get what you are trying to say about Duke though. Hell, I even agree that it is something we NEED to play. But after watching videos and reviews, I really don't think it is a fluke that it is coming in at 40/50% reviews (at best). Like I said in another post, that moment where they compare Duke to that annoying uncle you thought was hilarious when you were 8, but now just see as sad and really unimaginative.
Again, I'll stand by Gearbox as well. We all wanted to see this mess and they did the work to bring it to us.
As for feeling like Mr. Grumpypants, no worries, I think DNF has made us ALL Mr. Grumpypants this week.

You know, I can tell you that the fundamental thing that comes to mind about Daikatana was that it was entirely forgettable. I've been an avid gamer since BEFORE the Commodore 64, I've played the greats and I think back to games which were contemporaries of Daikatana, say Deus Ex and I can tell you every last detail about that game. Now, if you ask me about Planescape: Torment, another game that predates Daikatana, I can go on and on about why that game was amazing. Despite having played through all of Daikatana, all I have in my mind is the vague impression of a horribly put together game, poor (and arguably racist) voice acting, terribly outdated graphics for when it was released, drab design, unimaginative writing and a lot of broken promises.

What I mean by that last part was that there was a LOT that was promised in the development of the game that never happened. What was it? I can't remember worth a damn and that's the point. It was a minor blip that didn't live up to 1/10th of what John Romero promised and it certainly didn't make me his bitch.

I get what you are trying to say about Duke though. Hell, I even agree that it is something we NEED to play. But after watching videos and reviews, I really don't think it is a fluke that it is coming in at 40/50% reviews (at best). Like I said in another post, that moment where they compare Duke to that annoying uncle you thought was hilarious when you were 8, but now just see as sad and really unimaginative.

Again, I'll stand by Gearbox as well. We all wanted to see this mess and they did the work to bring it to us.

As for feeling like Mr. Grumpypants, no worries, I think DNF has made us ALL Mr. Grumpypants this week.

>> ^grahamslam:

>> ^ponceleon:
Sorry Graham, but you had me until you defended Daikatana... Daikatana was horrible horrible horrible. In every way possible. Patch or no patch it was an embarrassment.
I will play DNF on my PC, but I'm going to wait till the price comes down (which I would give 3-5 weeks). No way am I paying $50 for this, history or no...

Explain to me why Daikatana was horrible in your opinion?
Price for a game is a matter of economics, not a matter of how good the game is or is not which is why I hate when people rate it according to price. Sure price can be an indicator of value, but if duke was priced at 10 bucks, would it all of a sudden be a 10 out of 10 game? No, but you would be happier you got to play the game for less money. If you had millions in the bank, you would probably care less if you paid $50 or $20 for the game, you just want to know how damn good the game is.
I understand your intention was just to simply say the game doesn't interest you at full price. The rant was just directed at the idiots who score games low because they didn't like it being released at full price. I think I need some sleep, I'm being mr grumpy pants.

They were indeed the days. I dont know what could rekindle that type of computing excitement : ) I went from Commodore 64 to Atari ST to PC (dos 3.3 days). Didnt get hands on Amiga time until about 1991 or so when I played Armageddon endlessly.

Hi Croccydile, mrsid has a suggestion for a better embed for your video below.
>> ^mrsid:

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
If your username is from the c64's sound chip, you might like this one (my favourite demo and on 9 votes...):
http://videosift.com/video/Commodore-64-Demo-Deus-Ex-Machina
Yeah, I know it of course...
May I suggest this embed? It has much better quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD234-SY_xg

One of us should suggest it to the owner, Mr. Croccydile. I just wanted it sifted because it's my favourite, not because it's mine. (edit: done)

There's some great stuff in your PQ btw
In reply to this comment by mrsid:
In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
If your username is from the c64's sound chip, you might like this one (my favourite demo and on 9 votes...):
http://videosift.com/video/Commodore-64-Demo-Deus-Ex-Machina

Yeah, I know it of course...
May I suggest this embed? It has much better quality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD234-SY_xg