Amiga, Commodore and creativity

[Luzur]

The Spectrum next, unlike all other hardware kickstarters looks like a great a idea, and there's some respectable programmers of the time on board. I wish someone did the Amiga Next. Fully compatible with the old one, and offering new functionalities.

Spectrum games are shit though. But yeah an Amiga Next would be swell

 

[RuySan]

The Spectrum next, unlike all other hardware kickstarters looks like a great a idea, and there's some respectable programmers of the time on board. I wish someone did the Amiga Next. Fully compatible with the old one, and offering new functionalities.

Spectrum games are shit though. But yeah an Amiga Next would be swell

Spectrum games were mostly shit due to the design of the time, not the capabilities of the system (although colour clash was always a serious issue) but there was many, like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Chuckie Egg or Manic Miner who are still fun and playable today. If this new system eliminates the colour clash issue, it's possible to make some great games with those aesthetics. ´

 

[Luzur]

 

[Luzur]

The Spectrum next, unlike all other hardware kickstarters looks like a great a idea, and there's some respectable programmers of the time on board. I wish someone did the Amiga Next. Fully compatible with the old one, and offering new functionalities.

Spectrum games are shit though. But yeah an Amiga Next would be swell

Spectrum games were mostly shit due to the design of the time, not the capabilities of the system (although colour clash was always a serious issue) but there was many, like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Chuckie Egg or Manic Miner who are still fun and playable today. If this new system eliminates the colour clash issue, it's possible to make some great games with those aesthetics. ´

Ive had a real ZX Spectrum 48k computer some years ago, and i played games on it, but i still think those games would have been better on C64.

 

[RuySan]

Fake advertising. Every Amiga shop I went only had smelly nerds.

Ive had a real ZX Spectrum 48k computer some years ago, and i played games on it, but i still think those games would have been better on C64.

I never had a C64, but I still think ZX SPectrum graphics have a particular charm and you can tell them apart right away, specially when checking conversions comparisons in the 8bit years.

 

[octavius]

The C64 had better sound, but the colours were so drab and washed out that it was depressing, compared to the vibrant colours of the Speccy, colour clashes and all.
I remember gaming mags often saying that the gameplay of various games were better on the Speccy, but being British they may of course have been partial.

 

[Luzur]

The C64 had better sound, but the colours were so drab and washed out that it was depressing, compared to the vibrant colours of the Speccy, colour clashes and all.
I remember gaming mags often saying that the gameplay of various games were better on the Speccy, but being British they may of course have been partial.

i think the washed out thing was because people usually had their C64's plugged into a TV, i experienced that with a good "supported" Commodore monitor (later versions, like 1940 or 1942) you get very crisp colors and gfx.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

The C64 had better sound, but the colours were so drab and washed out that it was depressing, compared to the vibrant colours of the Speccy, colour clashes and all.
I remember gaming mags often saying that the gameplay of various games were better on the Speccy, but being British they may of course have been partial.

Custom color palettes completely corrected that issue for me, on C64 emulation at least. For example, I was annoyed that reds were never really red for me. They were kind of light brown or sometimes rust. I wanted deep red like something out of a Dario Argento horror film. Some friendly soul over on the english amiga board created a custom palette for me. Now it was TOO fucking deep red and looked like I had cut myself and arterially sprayed all over my screen. I ultimately just used the one that he used with his $1000 crt displays.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

RIP Charles Ingraham "Chuck" Peddle, at the age of 82.

He's the creator of the 6502 microprocessor and the Commodore PET, the precursors to the "Bread Box" (C-64) and passed away on December 15th.

We would not be here were it not for him.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

RIP Charles Ingraham "Chuck" Peddle, at the age of 82.

He's the creator of the 6502 microprocessor and the Commodore PET, the precursors to the "Bread Box" (C-64) and passed away on December 15th.

We would not be here were it not for him.

My brother extolled the virtues of the 6502 way back when and tried to get me to read Rodney Zaks books to learn how to code. He literally thought that the 6502 was all the processor anyone would ever need and people should concentrate on software from now on because hardware had reached its limits. lol.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Suchy]

 

[Luzur]

 

[Luzur]

The Age of Heroes (C64)

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** FEATURES **
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• Epic boss battles
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** CREDITS **

Programmed by Achim Volkers

Graphics & Design by Trevor 'Smila' Storey

Music & SFX by Saul Cross

Packaging artwork by Trevor 'Smila' Storey

Additional packaging design by Jason 'Kenz' Mackenzie

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[Luzur]

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Stuart Collier & Trevor Storey have teamed up once again and have recruited the musical talents of Saul Cross to bring you ROCKY MEMPHIS - THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS. Explore the ancient temple ruins on a quest to find the secret of the lost city of Atlantis! Use all your cunning and skill to search the rooms in the temple for clues, useful objects and hidden switches. Watch out for the deadly inhabitants of the temple including bats, scorpions and lethal boobytraps!

THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS will be released in the following formats for the C64:-

The COLLECTOR'S EDITION will be presented in a stunning fully printed glossy box that contains the game on floppy disk, artwork stickers, a deluxe art card, badges, glossy game artwork poster and a detailed printed map.

The PREMIUM PLUS DISK EDITION of the game is presented with full colour double-sided artwork in a clear plastic disk case.

The BUDGET DISK EDITION features a 5.25" floppy disk presented in a full colour glossy disk-sleeve with a glossy disk label and printed instruction booklet.

The C64 TAPE EDITION features the game on cassette tape presented with a glossy full colour double-sided tape inlay.

** THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS STORY **

For centuries men have searched for clues to the once great city of Atlantis. But in the heart of Africa, in the centre of a dried inner ocean the last remaining temples of Atlantis have remained. Water now replaced by sand, hidden from man for thousands of years. Yet on the other side of earth, in the new world lie clues waiting to be discovered. Clues that point the way to a temple in North Africa and possibly the path to Atlantis.

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· Intro & end sequences
· SD2IEC compatible

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Coding by Stuart Collier
Game Design & Graphics by Trevor Storey
Music by Saul Cross
Packaging Artwork by Trevor Storey

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[Daemongar]

Finally found an emulator friendly working copy of Deathlord for the C64 (the version linked works). I played the hell out of this game back in the day, but haven't touched it since. This game was 80% Ultima 3, 15% Wasteland, 5% I don't know what. Permadeath, always one wrong move away from game over. Remember backing up my char disk fairly regularly. A nice treat to play this with save states, as I could never finish the game - furthest I made it was to level 20 and everything was easy or impossible. Couldn't quite find the next place.

Including video of the Apple II version as I couldn't find a video of non-obnoxious people talking over the C64 game. This one is just the game, but the C64 version is better and worth playing for a C64 RPG masochist enthusiast.



The keys are not the same as Ultima IV - especially common functions like T - talk, which is repalced with O - orate.

Link to manual. You'll need it to get off the ground. Not your typical char classes, but a nice change.

 

[Luzur]

 

[Luzur]

The lord of Dragonspire - for the C64. Work in Progress. Will be released Via the Zzap64 2020 annual kickstarter. Then via www.psytronik.net

 

[Luzur]

 

[Luzur]

https://dmzarkivet.se/

Also Gustav Almström have updated his Datormagazin archive and now all the magazines that came out in total should be online for your viewing pleasure!

take my hand and lets go back to my 80's childhood bros