The amazing Sonic with C64 performance!


...and he does seem to have quite a belly. I guess he ate Tails or something.

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(loff, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:54, archived)

!
yay!

You actually could get sim city for the c64.
Tried to play it on my newly aquired emulator, but I can't get the control settings to work.
Damnit.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:56, archived)

You could get it for the BBC as well
or at least, I've found a game called Sim City for the BBC...

Also found something mentioning lemmings, but that can't be Lemmings as we know and love it, surely?
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:01, archived)

you could get lemmings
on really really old stuff.
Including the commodore64.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:02, archived)

Yeah
I should download and try it...

We own a BBC, so we're covered - it's just busted, finally gave up the ghost. I started computing on that thing 20 years ago come august!
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:05, archived)

*cat
that's about all I remember.
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:09, archived)

yup
I've been relearning this week thanks to an emulator... the biggest thing's been trying to readjust to how the keys were laid out because the emulators (rightly) don't try and re-align all the keystrokes with PC ones.
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:14, archived)

*fx int,int
would disable all the keys, ahhh, it's all flooding back!
do you know what the eeprom slot on the left hand side of the keyboard was for? did you ever see one that was populated?
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:16, archived)

see one?
I had one... the slot was for a ZIF socket, allowing simple rom upgrades - I saved up and bought one with my pocket money so I could swap roms with my mates, once my dad saw how useful these extra roms were he bought us an upgrade board so we had the full 16 roms and sideways ram... :)
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:27, archived)

woah
snap it'll be about 20 years this xmas for me an aal

loved the beast
( WhB is not a plumber, he's a free gas engineer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:10, archived)

If you ever need an old computer
there is always www.vintagecomputer.co.uk
(thursley, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:12, archived)

coo, ta
don't think we'll ever get it going again, and the disks got ravaged by spiders... but it's a nice bit of kit to have for fun.

I heard of someone rebuilding a PC inside an ST case, I wonder if it could be done into a BBC one?
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:16, archived)

sim
city was fitted into 20k

imagine trying to do that now

I heard the reason sim city could work was the processor in a bbc was shit hot and megafast compared to c64 an speccy
( WhB is not a plumber, he's a free gas engineer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:12, archived)

compared to a speccy, yeah
but it was the exact same as the C64 one.
( JustHere, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:15, archived)

Looks like
vib ribbon
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:57, archived)

haha
that game is just too silly for words.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:58, archived)

Vib Ribbon rocks.
I tried using Vib Ribbon with Andrew WK (don't ask). Totally insane, as expected.
(loff, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:00, archived)

Andrew Wk is a prick. 100%
FACT
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:01, archived)

vib ribbon?
andrew wk?
what the hell are you people on about? are you talking welsh?
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:03, archived)

yes
Andrew Wk is welsh for 'Cock faced fanny badger'
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:04, archived)

I can well believe it
is it pronounced 'arbitrary loft insulation gogogoch'?
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:07, archived)

nope
there's not enough spit for welsh.
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:05, archived)

actually
it's more that there were too many vowels.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:06, archived)

i know
i suppose i should learn it, seen as i am welsh.
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:09, archived)

considering i'm not welsh
i feel i know too much.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:11, archived)

( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:13, archived)

I'll have you up for descrimination!
Forcing your English grammar onto me!
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:16, archived)

I'll stop now, I just thought it was time that mr pedantic showed himself again :)
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:18, archived)

i'll let you off for that one
as it was intentional on my part.
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:21, archived)

being welsh
the first sentence was correct.
Like, innit butt.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN dreary cunt, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:17, archived)

that's right
boyo
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:18, archived)

*asks*
i just felt like being an arse
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:02, archived)

*answer*
I asked some teenie magazine guy if I could have their Andrew WK promo CD. Needless to say, he was happy to give it away. Dunno why I asked, though...
(loff, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:05, archived)

I've dug out my old MD
I've become addicted to Sonic3 & knuckles... damn good platformer.
(Canazza, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:57, archived)

the power
supply on our snes has just bollocksed up. must. have. mariokart. fix.
*shakes and dribbles a bit*
( stouffer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 21:59, archived)

download Snes 9x
And get mario kart (I know I have, only emulated SNES game you need)
(Canazza, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:00, archived)

have you tried
emulators? Not so good for multiplayer I guess, but easily available
( barnesy, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:00, archived)

i've got one, but
something just feels wrong about it.
( stouffer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:01, archived)

the point of a console
is it's on a TV which you and mates can gatehr around.
Emulators just dont do it for me.
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:04, archived)

actually
Zsnes and Snes 9x have netplay
(Canazza, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:01, archived)

oooh
didn't know that! Sounds good.
( barnesy, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:03, archived)

me
and my mate used to have epic battles on FIFA soccer .........ahh the memories :)
( Tedmus, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:02, archived)

omg
sonic 3 and knuckles r0x0r
that was the best game
( The Incredible... accident free since, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:03, archived)

I dug out my NES
and Duck Hunt with the light gun, Yay!
(dfa1986, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:08, archived)

and now
I'm gonna get my Dreamcast and Shenmue out!
(dfa1986, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:10, archived)

I spent
an hour last night playing sonic 1 reached 6 1 with 4 crystals

ah the memories
( WhB is not a plumber, he's a free gas engineer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:14, archived)

Shenmue !!!!
fucking ace game !
( Tedmus, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:18, archived)

DAMN
RIGHT!!!
(dfa1986, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:49, archived)

haha!
looks more like an Acorn Electron version though
( munkt0n, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:01, archived)

ah, the
acorn electron. them were the days. *sighs*
( stouffer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:03, archived)

I've noticed something about old consoles
When you first get them, and you're about 7 or 8 (I know I got my c64 when I was 5) - you play them, you finish them, then you forget them. (or you find them too hard and give up or cheat)
10 years down the line, you're 18 and you're going to uni and you dig out your old console and get right back into it, but this time, when you complete them, you go back and do it all over again (and without cheating... for the most part)

Is that too sad or what?
(Canazza, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:07, archived)

nah
its what life is aal aboot, lookin back on yer past :)
( WhB is not a plumber, he's a free gas engineer, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 22:15, archived)