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    Skiing & Horse Racing

    in ColecoVision / Adam

    Posted · Edited by LiqMatrix

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    I am very late to the party, but holy downhill Batman, Skiing '83 is absolutely incredible work! As a kid I always dreamt of playing that game completely unaware that single screenshot was just a mockup at the time. Your design decisions are brilliant. The movement does not feel mechanical or stiff, but quite natural and the slo-mo action on hard turns is the best decision you could have made for this game. I've been playing freds72's 'Snow!' for the Pico-8 virtual console over the last few years as it looks and feels like what a modern interpretation of the ColecoVision skiing game would be like imo. Then I did a search to see if anyone ever took a stab at it on the real hardware. What a nice surprise! Do you have any plans to expand upon it?

     

    Regardless, fully appreciate your hard work on this!

    Thinking of getting a Commodore 64 computer, what's a fair price?

    in Commodore 8-bit Computers

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    55 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

    I cannot recommend enough that people become hoarders like me.  I worry very little about current pricing on things like the Commodore 64, Amiga, and the TI-99/4A 😜

    Long gone are the days of the late 1990s to early 2000s when you could pick most of this stuff up for just a few dollars if anything at all. It's insane. I am very glad emulation has become near perfect so I can still enjoy the games and apps I loved as a kid. My best deal on a C64 was in Southwest Florida in the early 00s at a Salvation Army (that location closed years ago). It was a mint-in-box C64 complete with a Commodore printer. I paid a whole $3.00. The lady looked at me because I had this shocked look on my face when she told me how much. I certainly didn't complain. Years later I found it a good home, but man what a deal!

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    Lunar Patrol

    in Atari 7800

    Posted · Edited by LiqMatrix

    Awesome! I never understood why one would need a Lunar/Moon Patrol and then... the movie AD ASTRA lunar fight scene answered that for me. Best part of that movie imo.

     

     

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    Some VBXE stuff

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by LiqMatrix

    3 hours ago, DrVenkman said:

    My iPhone doesn’t like CRT screens at all by default. I paid something like $2 for an app called DSLR Camera. That app lets you set and lock shutter speed, exposure, equivalent film speed, etc. Very useful for snaps of CRTs.

    Interesting. My wife's iPad Pro auto syncs with every CRT I've thrown at it. I suppose the cameras are different? Although, I've only tried a few CRT models so far.

    Eye of the Beholder for the C64 released today!

    in Commodore 8-bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by LiqMatrix

    14 hours ago, LatchKeyKid said:

    I've been following this for years and it's one of two homebrew game ports that I've been most looking forward to in the c64 retro community with the other being the port of Limbo to the system.

     

    Exactly my thoughts as well. This and Limbo look amazing.

     

    For the unaware you can download the Limbo demo here: https://www.protovision.games/games/limbo.php?language=en

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    Groovybee 7800 Games Reviewed!

    in Atari 7800

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    I'm a little slow in my middle aged brain. I have found all the roms mentioned above (Apple Snaffle really is a lot of fun & maddening at the same time), but Monster eludes me. I've searched multiple archives and nothing. Any clues would be great. On another note, I had completely forgotten about Space Panic (that brain again, work damnit!). Not a lot of arcades had that one, where I lived, back in the day. It's one of the few games I preferred on the ColecoVision over the arcade original.

    My new 7800

    in Atari 7800

    Posted · Edited by LiqMatrix

    That whole area between Sarasota and Fort Myers is still old Florida and not overdeveloped yet (although it's getting there). Before Hurricane Charley hit years ago there used to be some amazing thrift stores/garage sales and I would pick up mint-in-box C64 systems with all peripherals for less than $10. I also found a mint TurboGrafx-16 with all peripherals and a bunch of games for less than $10 as well. I haven't been in that area for many years, but it looks like there are still treasures to be found. Congrats on your find.

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