i was in the attic, and found this big box! it contained my c64, i picked it up and since sunday i'm playing them good old games, like outrun, giana sisters, chopper, frogger, space invaders etc. etc. if ya played, whats your fav. game ? The Good Ol'days !!!
Fort Apocalypse was probably my favorite. To many to really name. Swarm. Omega Race. Jump-man. I had or may still have hundreds of them. I started with the VIC-20. Capt. Kirk was right. http://gaming.trekpulse.com/platforms/shatnervic.mpg Got my first 300 baud modem. Cutting edge. Started to visit these new things called bulletin boards. I soon moved on to the C-64 for it's abilities even though I still loved the VIC-20. Then I thought, maybe instead of spending all that money calling long distance to other BBS's, I would set one up myself. I ran a BBS on a C-64 for about 5 years in the mid 80's. The software was called C-Net. We soon moved up to the new 1200 baud modem. Callers could connect at 1200bps or 300bps and bump it to almost 400bps. Wow. The final main BBS system was. 1 - C-64. 1 - Commodore Monitor. 6 - 1541 5&1/4 floppy drives. About 160 kilobytes each. 1 - SFD 1001 5&1/4 floppy double side double density drive. 1 megabytes. 1 - 1581 3.5 floppy double side single density drive. 800 kilobytes. That was one kick-ass BBS system with it's almost 2.5 megabytes of storage. People would call from all over the world to check out [bold]The Zen Machine BBS[/bold]. I still have. 2 VIC-20's 2 C-64's 1 SX-64 1 C-128 2 Monitors 8 floppy drives. 2 cassette drives. 30+ cartridges. 300+ floppy disc's. 50+ tapes. Books. Etc. The name of the BBS came from a song by Utopia (Todd Rundgren) [bold]The Zen Machine[/bold] Each forum on the BBS was also named after another song from that same album called [bold]POV[/bold]. You're always finding out About the things that people never talk about I didn't ask to know But now I'm compensating as I go I know the script I'm in I'm only thoughts of heaven trapped in flesh and skin And from the world of men I try to tighten up the code again And the code is a play A play is a song A song is a film A film is a dance Boot me up on the Zen Machine Log me onto the Zen Machine Load me down Everybody get ready Hook me into the Zen Machine Sharing time on the Zen Machine Load me up Everybody get ready Sometimes it's clear to me Then for a moment I'm in timeless ecstasy There are no reasons why And everyone's a passer-by But when they've gone to bed A fire's burning on the screen and in my head And on a windy day You can smell it from a mile away And the smell is a note A note is a taste A taste is a hue A hue is a touch