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Re: Games of any sort
by Eldorion on Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:09 pm
Aw, dang, I was hoping Petty would post those words by accident. 
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Re: Games of any sort
by Pettytyrant101 on Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:16 pm
You will need to update your censor regularly Eldo where those hora (yeah that's right I've gone Old English on you) are concerned.
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Re: Games of any sort
by Saradoc on Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:23 pm
Ally wrote:it seems unlikely that a dwarf will ever say something that meaningful...
hehe, luv ya really Saras!
I am the meaning of the word meaningful! My middle name is meaningful!
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Re: Games of any sort
by Ally on Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:12 pm
Saradoc wrote:Ally wrote:it seems unlikely that a dwarf will ever say something that meaningful...
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Re: Games of any sort
by Pettytyrant101 on Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:46 pm
Commodore are launching the c64x! For those too young the c64 was the computer of choice in the 80's, competing with the zx spectrum (I was lucky enough to end up with both) it had a whopping 64k of memory and was 8-bit!
The new one is a bit better. Its basically a small pc in a copy of the original c64 case, complete with 'clicky' keyboard.
It will run win7 and have a built in c64 emulator (although I think they should include a Commodore Amiga emu too as winuae is a good program but a bit of a pain at times). It will have a dual-core Intel Atom D525 (normally used in notebooks) with a 1.8Ghz chip and nvidea graphics card and an optional blue ray player.
All for £364, ($595) which oddly enough means its £35 cheaper than the original was in the 80's! Inflation, what inflation!
The new one is a bit better. Its basically a small pc in a copy of the original c64 case, complete with 'clicky' keyboard.
It will run win7 and have a built in c64 emulator (although I think they should include a Commodore Amiga emu too as winuae is a good program but a bit of a pain at times). It will have a dual-core Intel Atom D525 (normally used in notebooks) with a 1.8Ghz chip and nvidea graphics card and an optional blue ray player.
All for £364, ($595) which oddly enough means its £35 cheaper than the original was in the 80's! Inflation, what inflation!
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Re: Games of any sort
by Ringdrotten on Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:52 pm
Pettytyrant101 wrote:
The new one is a bit better.
So it's 9 bits now?
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Re: Games of any sort
by Pettytyrant101 on Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:53 pm
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Re: Games of any sort
by Kafria on Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:36 pm
we had a spectrum with the squashy keys and my dad would write the games programes for us, had loads of silly homemade games ( a lot of educational ones maths questions and the like) I miss the way the coloured lines used o move up and down at the side of the screen when games where loading, seemed as if the computer was working a lot harder to make the game work!
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Re: Games of any sort
by Pettytyrant101 on Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:19 pm
You should get yourself over to the spectrum link on the edits thread Kafria. A whole world of nostalgia ready to play -Horace goes skiing anyone? No? Not even a game of Daley Thompsons Decathlon? Surely?
"I miss the way the coloured lines used o move up and down at the side of the screen when games where loading, seemed as if the computer was working a lot harder to make the game work!"-Kafria
Don't know if you ever played Grand Theft Auto Vice City on the Playstation 2 or xbox, it was set in the 80's and had this opening intro;
That game I was sold on from that moment on!
"I miss the way the coloured lines used o move up and down at the side of the screen when games where loading, seemed as if the computer was working a lot harder to make the game work!"-Kafria
Don't know if you ever played Grand Theft Auto Vice City on the Playstation 2 or xbox, it was set in the 80's and had this opening intro;
That game I was sold on from that moment on!
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Re: Games of any sort
by Ringdrotten on Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:46 am
Pettytyrant101 wrote:Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Great game
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Re: Games of any sort
by Saradoc on Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:06 pm
Never played Vice City, played san andreas though. Gave up pretty early on, it seemed impossible to complete- I'm gangster like that. Played Beatles: Rockband with friends last night, amazing game, and great fun! Much more social game to play than FIFA11- which my brother wants us to all play...!
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Re: Games of any sort
by Pettytyrant101 on Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:09 pm
I've loved every GTA since the original top down ones.
Not sure how I'd list them as favourites- out of the modern versions (modernish) it would prob be San Andreas for sheer scope and the rpg elements, vice city for setting, music, nostalgia and humour, and GTA4 for pure in world submersion. But I'd happily play any of them.
Not sure how I'd list them as favourites- out of the modern versions (modernish) it would prob be San Andreas for sheer scope and the rpg elements, vice city for setting, music, nostalgia and humour, and GTA4 for pure in world submersion. But I'd happily play any of them.
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Re: Games of any sort
by Ringdrotten on Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:25 pm
Never played San Andreas for some reason, but absolutely loved Vice City for the same reasons (without the nostalgia, obviously). Currently playing through GTA 4 for the first time (I'm a bit late to the party, I know ), and loving that as well. The humour is even better in GTA 4 I think, the Republican Space Rangers are priceless
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by Pettytyrant101 on Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:31 pm
Don't get me wrong- the humour in GTA4 isn't bad. Just in Vice City its more in the game, whereas in GTA4 its more on tv, on the radio and in cutscenes. The missions in Vice City were a lot funnier.
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