Threw away my Commodore 64 today

[BoondockSaint]

I've slowly been clearing out my parents attic for them and the other day I came across my C64 stuff. I hooked everything up but couldn't get it to work. I tried fucking around with it but the drive was shot. I think I remember it stopping working before I put it up there. So, out in the trash it went with a few hundred games. I remember how excited I was when I got it for Christmas. And then I saw a Sears catalog online a few months ago from 83 or 84 when I got it and that fucker was like $700 for everything. I never knew it was that much. I told my father and he said he must have been drunk to spend that much money on me.

http://www.cnspace.net/cge/commodore64/c64.gif

[drusilla]

damn i remember mine. i used to play congo bongo all the time on that thing. i miss that game.

[OGC]

damn i remember mine. i used to play congo bongo all the time on that thing. i miss that game.

A few months ago I found my old Radio Shack Color computer in a corner of my basement. I pulled it out, hooked it up to a tv (hah !) and powered up with the "Dungeons of Daggorath" game. It actually worked. I was so excited. I showed it to my kids, they laughed at the crappy graphics, yawned at the slow play, and went back to their wii.

[K.C.]

Oddly enough, my Xbox is fucking dead, but my original NES from '85 still works like a charm.

I barely have an issue loading games (which was a big problem, because of the horizontal game slot), after giving each game a nice scrubbing with Q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol.

Played a rousing game of Castlevania III a couple days ago.


I vaguely remember playing a Commodore 64 about 10 years ago or so...better than the ColecoVision and the god-awful IntelliVision, but no match for the Atari 2600 (especially when they started releasing the Atari Porn games...nothing like a game where the object is to get General Custard to the Injun woman so he can rape her for points...yeah, that really existed).

[furie]

mine is still at my parent's house.

[Mike Teacher]

Commodore site (http://www.commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm#Commodore%2064%20Picture%20Galler y:)

That page has a lot of cool info/history; scroll to bottom for a picture gallery of what looks like just about every product they put out.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Commodore64_350px.jpg

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/c64terminator.jpg

This was the state of computing when T2 came out?

[TheMojoPin]

My dad still has our old Commodore 64 and our awesome Amiga in safe storage, and wehn we last tried them out a few years ago they still worked. My brother and I were hooked on the C64 back in the 80's...I remember having like 30 floppies that had at least a dozen games on each.

Shit, what were the commands?

Load "*", 1, 2 or something like that? And then "Run?"

[jonyrotn]

a Sears catalog
When I was a kid this is the closest I ever got to ANY video game system..Unfortunatley, sears didn't take food stamps..

[Fallon]

In the ice hockey game.

Shoot the puck.
Pause the game.
Unpause.
Goal.

Worked every time!

[CruelCircus]

Beachhead and Blue Max.

Awesome.

[usoilworker]

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!. you threw it out oh holey jesus. Now that i've had a heart attack. Mine still works :(... iv'e been collecting games and software when ever i come accross it. Aswell i pick up old units from time to time for spare parts. They are verry prone to static caused death. I love my 64 as well as my old amigo 3000. that has since gone to the grave yard but there are still some fond memories

[Sheeplovr]

http://www.the-commodore-zone.com/articlelive/content_images/game_pottypigeon_crowther.gif

Potty Pigeon F.T.W.

[Thebazile78]

.......
Shit, what were the commands?

Load "*", 1, 2 or something like that? And then "Run?"

The command line to boot up a disk was LOAD "*",8, 1 (or ,2 depending on whether you used a floppy or tape drive) ... all those hours of "Lords of Conquest" and "Mail Order Monsters (http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D154)" in our basement beat out "Potty Pigeon" ... until we started to fight about how to play "Mail Order Monsters":

http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/mail_order_monsters_02.gif

Beastfu was the worst basic ability, unless you had the T-Rex. Then it ruled.

I really miss "Lords of Conquest (http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D154)" ... I get my fix from Sid Meier's "Civilization" games now.

And I think, of the 4 of us, I was the only one who enjoyed "Ultimate Wizard (http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D154)"

Now I'm all nostalgic...*sigh*

[Thebazile78]

Beachhead and Blue Max.

Awesome.

We had "Beachhead" on one of those multi-game disks that our dad kept bringing home.

[Sheeplovr]

com 64 is the reason why EA is so giant now

who would think the same people who made those old games now make all the sports games and more

[walking joint]

i had the 128...not sure what the difference was, but I would have to type go64 or something like that and then run to get to the 64 version.

had a bunch of games for it, but the wrestling game was my favorite. Summer/Winter Games was pretty cool also.

[Gvac]

I had a computer class my senior year of high school and we had to program a simple game on the Commodore 64 and save it on cassette tape.

Seriously.

[oldladyfacepuncher]

You should've sold it. Amazon link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000FHHSDU/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1212255096&sr=8-1). Ebay link (http://cgi.ebay.com/COMMODORE-64-COMPLEThttp://cgi.ebay.com/COMMODORE-64-COMPLETE-SYSTEM-C64-Hardware-Software_W0QQitemZ200228254905QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4 193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemE-SYSTEM-C64-Hardware-Software_W0QQitemZ200228254905QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4 193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[Thebazile78]

i had the 128...not sure what the difference was, but I would have to type go64 or something like that and then run to get to the 64 version.

had a bunch of games for it, but the wrestling game was my favorite. Summer/Winter Games was pretty cool also.

The C64 had a 64KB of RAM while the 128 had a 128KB of RAM. So...technically, the 128 was faster.

[Dougie Brootal]

i think you guys are all a little confused ... its NINTENDO 64, nintendo ...:bye:

[DiabloSammich]

I guess I wasn't cool enough for the Commodore 64.


I got the Commodore VIC20. It had a game where you were a toothbrush running around a horrble looking set of teeth chasing plaque. Swear to Jesus.

[Reephdweller]

I had a computer class my senior year of high school and we had to program a simple game on the Commodore 64 and save it on cassette tape.

Seriously.


Damn, I had that too in HS and I remember using the cassette tapes for it also.

[PanterA]

I played just about every game on the commodore but I used to LOVE the Olympic Game. They had games on that thing that wasnt even olympic events! If I'm remembering correctly they had like a log throw, cliff diving, and that old redneck game where 2 people have to stand on a floating log. Some shit like that. All I know is my cousin and I would just play tourney after tourney.

[Devo37]

Download old c64 games. (http://www.c64games.com/)

i used to love Summer Games & Winter Games!!!

remember Pirate's Toolbox for copying stuff? i felt like such a hacker using that program!

[Chigworthy]

I played just about every game on the commodore but I used to LOVE the Olympic Game. They had games on that thing that wasnt even olympic events! If I'm remembering correctly they had like a log throw, cliff diving, and that old redneck game where 2 people have to stand on a floating log. Some shit like that. All I know is my cousin and I would just play tourney after tourney.

I loved the cliff diving. You could bounce those little bastards right off the rocks.

[BoondockSaint]

Download old c64 games. (http://www.c64games.com/)

i used to love Summer Games & Winter Games!!!

remember Pirate's Toolbox for copying stuff? i felt like such a hacker using that program!



Wow. Pirate's Toolbox. I also remember using a hole punch to make single sided disks double sided.

[usoilworker]

the 128 was considered more the busines machine then the c64. It had a faster clock speed and 128k of adressable ram. think it was in 4 banks . The 128 could run in 64 mode as well as cp/m mode. There is still a market for the c64 and paripharils i've recently bought a joystick that had c64 games on it but with a little tweeking you can attach a hard drive and keyboard and basicaly have a 64 system minus some of the serial comunications. If your intrested in visiting your roots VICE is the name of an emulator program that does a good job of running old c64 disk images as well as other devices used with the 64. There is a small group of individuals that have there systems attached to the internet for calling into to experience the old bbses of late. SYNCterm is a good pc terminal program to use for conecting to the bbs's that are online it supports the comodore graphics in 40 or 80 colum mode.

[Reynolds]

I had a computer class my senior year of high school and we had to program a simple game on the Commodore 64 and save it on cassette tape.

Seriously.

I took a qbasic class and got addicted to that stupid gorilla throwing bananas at perfect angles game, what the fuck was the name of it, anyone know?

[Lawson]

Wow. Pirate's Toolbox. I also remember using a hole punch to make single sided disks double sided.

Hahaha... Thanks, I haven't though of the hole punch trick in about 100 years... too funny. I have this dream of building an entertainment room/computer room where all my old games and computers are hooked up to large screen theater setup... then again I have this dream of owning a Ferrari... :laugh:

[Yosammity]

[QUOTE=Thebazile78;1741202]The command line to boot up a disk was LOAD "*",8, 1 (or ,2 depending on whether you used a floppy or tape drive) ... all those hours of "Lords of Conquest" and "Mail Order Monsters (http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D154)" in our basement beat out "Potty Pigeon" ... until we started to fight about how to play "Mail Order Monsters":[QUOTE]

Mail Order Monsters was the best! Really the precursor of the Pokemon games to come years later.

[Sheeplovr]

i used to try to make the floppy drive to make a genie like in weird science as well





it didnt work

[celery]

I'm getting a C64, just to invite Mafia Life Chris over to play some hockey.

Linger Longer...

[BeerBandit]

Beachhead was good. Space Taxi was great!