arfchrist those computers were shit.. My inner child is still amazed by modern games
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Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:26,
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those computers were ace!as a developer I am much more amazed by what they could make those tiny processors and virtually no memory do then than what can be done today!
There were a lot of shit games, but some excellent tricks were performed for the bigger games: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29#Technical_innovations
(There were a lot of shit games, but some excellent tricks were performed for the bigger games: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29#Technical_innovations
Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:30,
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true, true..I kind of prefer the days when games were made by one man and his dog, rather than these flashy multi-million pound productions.
I work for a hosting company, we got a new customer a while back called Frontier Developments, looked at the name on the credit card, David Braben.. had a bit of a nerdgasm :D
(I work for a hosting company, we got a new customer a while back called Frontier Developments, looked at the name on the credit card, David Braben.. had a bit of a nerdgasm :D
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Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:32,
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top!Did you watch Micro Men on BBC Four?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:34,
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no, I keep missing thatdon't suppose it's on iplayer anymore
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Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:35,
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no but I expect it's somewhere Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:36,
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^ what she saidthe Speccy was a masterpiece of pushing the envelope
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emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:34,
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Elite makes me widdle with joy
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 18 Mar 2011, 11:43,
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