Amiga, Commodore and creativity

[DraQ]

I haven't seen a QuickShot joystick (like the one on the left) in over a decade.

I have one exactly like that. Although it's damaged and lost some of its functionality, it worked well enough to be fully usable last time I checked it.

 

[rpgcodexusername]

That is hilarious,
by the time your game loads the train would have reached its destination

 

[piydek]

I was just searching for some images and by accident i found this:

Oh, the long past golden years of my early manhood. *tear*

 

[piydek]

Does anyone remember this game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcTQarRrTjM&feature=related

The guy playing it makes it look easy, but it was freaking hard.

 

[piydek]

Hell, I used to play the shit out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOXR008V2I&feature=related

amazing music.

 

[piydek]

And for anyone digging this kind of stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiPdjbsiQqM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIGo7roLPK8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5oYZmQnoI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YE4G3ze-E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6buyCvj_Y&feature=related

 

[Gerrard]

And for anyone digging this kind of stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiPdjbsiQqM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIGo7roLPK8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5oYZmQnoI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YE4G3ze-E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6buyCvj_Y&feature=related

Also, from Suchy's link I found out that new Immortal CD is coming up, fuck yeah.

 

[Luzur]

got a box of mixed Amiga disks (some 150+ pirates games) today, along with the "boxed game i can throw in too for free since it just collecting dust here" the seller offered me, turns out its this one:

for Spectrum 48k.

totally worthless for me since i dont own one anymore.

(ignore the copyright in the middle, i got the pic from the internet.)

 

[Suchy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcD7LMDNG0w
Immersion of a sidescroller.
Dumb jokes aside, the concept is actually p. neat.

 

[Fowyr]

Maybe one day I will have such awesome collection of old computers. Pity, I have almost nothing non-PC from time before ultimate PC victory. Only several Spectrum clones and parts of soviet computers and periphery.
And this

with C64 interface.
Luzur, I like what people like you still exists.

 

[Luzur]

Luzur, I like what people like you still exists.

...okay.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Hell, I used to play the shit out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOXR008V2I&feature=related

amazing music.

"This video has been removed by the user. :/"

 

[Luzur]

Hell, I used to play the shit out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOXR008V2I&feature=related

amazing music.

"This video has been removed by the user. :/"

works for me, International Karate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO5bTdbXZAw

 

[piydek]

Hell, I used to play the shit out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOXR008V2I&feature=related

amazing music.

"This video has been removed by the user. :/"

Strange, for me it displays normally playthrough of "International karate" for C64 on Opera browser.

Anyway, that Hubbard speech was very nice to see. I'm lucky enough to have been part of the C64/Amiga community (wasn't creating anything though) in the second half of 80s and first half of the 90s in Croatia and i really remember that even as a user i felt completely what Hubbard is talking about - freedom, creativity and pioneering spirit of everyone in the scene in those days. Programmers, musicians, designers - everyone. It was really a platform that somehow felt like more than just a computer - because of both, possibilities of the hardware and community together. It's true what Hubbard said (in terms of sound, but i think it was a general thing) that PCs in the early Amiga days seemed like funny, retarded machines and companies like Microsoft and IBM felt like they had no clue what they're doing - at least in terms of multimedia.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Strange, it works now.

YouTube having the painters in again, I guess...

 

[Exmit]

I wonder if great SP games like this will ever come back. They had no grinding , no levels, no time wasting. You just get into the game and have fun.

And having fun is where it is all about , amirite?

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

I wish Newcomer would finally get released...

 

[Alex]

I have been playing the extended version while waiting for the new one. If you haven't played it yet like me, I figure it will certainly last at least until the Ultimate version is released.

 

[piydek]

You just get into the game and have fun.

This is exactly what i miss the most. Games on C64 and Amiga used to be just pure fun. get into the game, have challenge, good gameplay and lots of fun. Those games needed nothing from the outside because the gameplay itself was very fun and very addictive. That quality is almost impossible to find today.

 

[made]

Isn't that what the whole casual game craze is all about? Trine, Braid, Portal, that plants game, etc. all pretty much fit that bill. Perhaps not challenge, but that's relative anyway.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Cortex Command? Soldat? Firefight? I Wanna Be The Guy?

 

[Luzur]

i never was much for casual games on the C64 and Amiga, sure i played Monty on the run, Cauldron and Samantha Strip Poker like the rest of you guys, but my main game where the RPG's and strategy games.

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

i never was much for casual games on the C64 and Amiga, sure i played Monty on the run, Cauldron and Samantha Strip Poker like the rest of you guys, but my main game where the RPG's and strategy games.

Toss in Paradroid and a few others, but pretty much the same for me.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

i never was much for casual games on the C64 and Amiga, sure i played Monty on the run, Cauldron and Samantha Strip Poker like the rest of you guys, but my main game where the RPG's and strategy games.

I played mostly "casual" games on my C64 as I didn't have a disk drive and the only original games that came out were some masochistic platformers, shooters, etc.
And when it comes to pirated games on cassettes, all were compilations. It wasn't possible to buy a cassette with a full flight simulator, RPG, tactical or strategic game.

 

[lisac2k]

TBH, I have been playing everything on c64 back then. I wasn't selective at all.

The taste comes with years.