Your favourite 'non-Amiga' machine of the 80's and 90's : Round 2! - Page 4

07 October 2007, 12:00

the SNES Mode7 make me happy!

woody57 · 07 October 2007, 15:07

I hear what your saying about emulation & HD set up's Hungry Horace

And without them the continued interest in retro would NOT be as significant as it is.

So I tried to answer this one based on hardware still used by my family as well, as opposed to virtual or other systems run ONLY by me from a purpose formated multi platform games PC.

I have to admit to my OWN satisfaction I am torn between C64 & Spectrum versions of certain old school games.....but then again for pure nostalgia MAME lets me run old atari 2600 mind melters like centipede so I am pushed to decide which gives me the biggest kick ...

Thats why I chose the number of household user option

matthew · 08 October 2007, 03:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by rorox

the SNES Mode7 make me happy!

Yeah, I can still remember seeing F-Zero and Pilotwings for the first time.

But I voted for the Spectrum as it was the first computer I ever owned.

Zetr0 · 08 October 2007, 04:26

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Originally Posted by oneshotdead

Yeah, I agree totally!

We should all fondly remember IG Farben and their wonderful Buna plant.

300,000 forced into slave labour, only 30,000 dead. Five execs were found guilty of mass murder, they got like seven or so years.

Oh, and I voted C64!

I just did a little read up on this, an I have to admit, it does indeed sound like a couple of company's i used to slave for!!

well we all know them chemical company's will try anything to exploit a new product... okay... in this instance they have kinda gone to far. kinda shity in the public relations department me thinks.

So i wonder whom makes the the plastic or holds the patent to the ABS plastic that goes into out beloved gaming and creative computers?

ohhhh lookie..... its BASF..... but hang on.... this was one of the larger conglomerate company's that were IG Farben......

Its amazing how its all intercalated these business isn't it ? I wonder what dubious past Kellogg's the cereal make would have? hmm

theres a whole quagmire of shit that happened back then, the truth is that not ALL of the sick people (on all of sides) were prosecuted... hmm i think persecuted would of been as fair...

and now we are back onto persecution.... lets string up Bill McEwan simply because i cannot stand his smug grin any longer....

sorry guys chuckling at the irony.... if it was't for BASF we would have less tapes to use on our spectrums or c64s'.... we wouldn't have ABS plastic ... saying that we would use something else that didn't yellow after a couple of years either!

and I thought Micro$oft was bad.....

wow way to political.. but them's the 80's for you.....

btw PSX for the WIN!!!!

Hungry Horace · 08 October 2007, 18:42

Quote:

if it was't for BASF we would have less tapes to use on our spectrums or c64s'.

lol, surely that should be past tense?

i use an ipod on my speccy now.... until i can afford to spend some money & time fitting it for CF card usage!

Qun Mang · 15 October 2007, 06:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

btw PSX for the WIN!!!!

More like PSX for the second place...

But don't feel too bad- my vote isn't even in the top three...

YoJoe! · 15 October 2007, 09:19

C64 lives forever!

Zetr0 · 15 October 2007, 14:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hungry Horace

lol, surely that should be past tense?

i use an ipod on my speccy now.... until i can afford to spend some money & time fitting it for CF card usage!

but but but...... how can you have an "R Tape Loading Error" using an ipood?

*snicker* i suppose it could be an "I pooed streaming error" *snicker*

Hungry Horace · 15 October 2007, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

but but but...... how can you have an "R Tape Loading Error" using an ipood?

what is this "ipood" of which you speak? not being 12 years old i've never heard of it

and its easy enough to get the error, hehe... just put a wierd EQ on!

woody.cool · 23 October 2007, 21:02

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Originally Posted by enzo

Hey! Commodore Plus/4 is not on the list! I vote for Plus/4!

I've already mentioned this - well, actually I mentioned the C16 but it's in the same family - the C16, C116, C264, C+4 were all in the same family of computers.

Lernatix · 18 November 2007, 17:44

Amstrad CPC for me,

I had both 64k and 128k versions.
Tape and disc drive models.
Green and colour screens.

My introduction to computer art.
(with Advanced Art Studio)

My first online experience @ 1200bps lol.

It was a 'can do anything' computer - a bit like the Amiga to follow.

Charlie · 18 November 2007, 17:50

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Jools · 29 November 2007, 01:26

i voted megadrive purely because it was the first gaming console i ever owned and had awesome games like roadrash and streets of rage.

the snes would be a close second since my mate had one of those and we used to alternate between playing mariokart and streets of rage.

fun times.

paranoid · 02 December 2007, 22:17

I had to go with the C64. It wasn't just a games console, though, and I certainly used it for a lot more than just games, but that seems an aside.

The PSX (and DC, et al.) had more advanced games, but was a far cry from the C64 in technology too. There's only one way to even compare them, and that's on the gaming experience itself: how much fun did I have playing games for each system, and for how long. I loved games on the 64 and for far more years than I even owned a PSX.

Mick_AKA · 04 December 2007, 01:13

Dreamcast FTMFW!

...as the Saturn did not make it

Jope · 04 December 2007, 08:42

C-64, my first love. :-D

zipper · 04 December 2007, 08:46

Atari 2600 from about ´79, still in working order and about 50 cartridges. ET rulez!

Merlin · 04 December 2007, 09:56

C64 for me, I spent WAY too much time as a kid on that machine. I had all of my games transferred to 5 1.4" floppy with the use of an Action Replay cartridge and loaded them from my 1541 drive.

If you don't like the C64, you never used it properly.....

Merlin

Merlin · 04 December 2007, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody.cool

I've already mentioned this - well, actually I mentioned the C16 but it's in the same family - the C16, C116, C264, C+4 were all in the same family of computers.

Yup, and they were all pants when compared to the C64 and 128, they never got enough support for these machines.

Merlin

Photon · 04 December 2007, 12:11

Easy. Dreamcast. By leaps and bounds.

View Poll Results: Which is your favourite GAMING system, or which would you have liked to own?
Amstrad CPC (All)	11	8.27%
Commodore 64/128	51	38.35%
Commodore VIC-20	1	0.75%
IBM PC/Compatible	6	4.51%
Nintendo Gameboy	2	1.50%
Nintendo SNES	11	8.27%
Sega Megadrive/Genesis	5	3.76%
Sega Dreamcast	10	7.52%
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (All)	17	12.78%
Sony Playstation	19	14.29%
Voters: 133. You may not vote on this poll

07 October 2007, 15:07	#62
woody57 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester Posts: 801	I thought this was a poll about REAL hardware ? I hear what your saying about emulation & HD set up's Hungry Horace And without them the continued interest in retro would NOT be as significant as it is. So I tried to answer this one based on hardware still used by my family as well, as opposed to virtual or other systems run ONLY by me from a purpose formated multi platform games PC. I have to admit to my OWN satisfaction I am torn between C64 & Spectrum versions of certain old school games.....but then again for pure nostalgia MAME lets me run old atari 2600 mind melters like centipede so I am pushed to decide which gives me the biggest kick ... Thats why I chose the number of household user option

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Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	http://www.symbos.de/ [ Show youtube player ] [ Show youtube player ] [ Show youtube player ] [ Show youtube player ] In case you thought it wasn't really running on real 8-bit hardware. SymZilla Last edited by Charlie; 18 November 2007 at 18:19.

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07 October 2007, 12:00	#61
rorox Posts: n/a	the SNES Mode7 make me happy!

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29 November 2007, 01:26	#73
Jools Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: London, United Kingdom, (missing Pompey) Age: 37 Posts: 31	i voted megadrive purely because it was the first gaming console i ever owned and had awesome games like roadrash and streets of rage. the snes would be a close second since my mate had one of those and we used to alternate between playing mariokart and streets of rage. fun times.

02 December 2007, 22:17	#74
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	I had to go with the C64. It wasn't just a games console, though, and I certainly used it for a lot more than just games, but that seems an aside. The PSX (and DC, et al.) had more advanced games, but was a far cry from the C64 in technology too. There's only one way to even compare them, and that's on the gaming experience itself: how much fun did I have playing games for each system, and for how long. I loved games on the 64 and for far more years than I even owned a PSX.

04 December 2007, 01:13	#75
Mick_AKA crusader of light Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Stone, Staffordshire. Posts: 1,151	Dreamcast FTMFW! ...as the Saturn did not make it

04 December 2007, 08:42	#76
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	C-64, my first love. :-D

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zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	Atari 2600 from about ´79, still in working order and about 50 cartridges. ET rulez!

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Merlin AmiBay MegaMod Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 62 Posts: 1,163	C64 for me, I spent WAY too much time as a kid on that machine. I had all of my games transferred to 5 1.4" floppy with the use of an Action Replay cartridge and loaded them from my 1541 drive. If you don't like the C64, you never used it properly..... Merlin

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Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Easy. Dreamcast. By leaps and bounds.

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