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A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Re: Anyone remember the "good ole days" of hardware?
02/27/12 11:15 PM
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> My first computer was a commodore VIC-20. The cassete player/recorder was not very
> compact...
Ditto. Loved the Scott Adam Adventures on cart though. Also it had some decent Arcade ports and 'clones'. Cosmic Cruncher was like a Pac-Man/Clean Sweep hybrid to me.
Prior to the PCjr I used my cousin's TRS-80 CoCo. I'd hack around with that, modding programs and using its cassette drive. Funny how the official term for those audio cassettes was "CompactCassette" since there were indeed more compact than say open reel-to-reel magnetic tape. But the recorder was much bigger. Though for the TRS-80 it was your usual Radio Shack cassette player/recorder.
Between computing sessions at my cousin's house I'd amaze them by seeing how many time I could flip the score in Space Invaders for their Atari 2600. I knew how to "fry" A2600 carts and knew how to get double-shots in Space Invaders through that kind of experimentation (hold down reset while turning the power on).
But once I got the PCjr he'd want to come on over and play around. Cool stuff. We both eventually got NES consoles and we also played and traded. Great weekend geeky gaming stuff! :-)
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
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