God.
I could ramble on about this for hours, so I'll keep it short:
- C64! SID chip still sounds awesome today (check out Nectarine Demoscene radio for some "bangin' choons".)
- Amiga - absolutely legendary machine. Multitasking was fantastic enough, but Gunship 2000 on an AGA A1200 blew my nuts off.
- Acorn Archimedes - had a fantastic port of Lemmings and Lander (precursor to Virus?) was stunning at the time. The platform never really picked up enough steam to keep going though - damned shame.
If you're more of an arcade dweller, then you'll want to at least swivel your eyeballs at these guys. The Heart Of Gaming
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Originally posted by unixman View PostWish I had kept a few of the old mags, just for chuckles. My dad and I had loads lying around.
Also got quite a few of PC Pro from the mid 90s to early 00s, but I'm thinking of getting rid of those - they're extremely bulky, and almost all there is in there is just reviews of a parade of PC clones and articles on migrating to Exchange Server or suchlike gubbins. The programming columns often had some good algorithmic stuff in them, but I can't really justify the storage space for three pages out of a 500 page magazine which don't contain anything I couldn't find in ten seconds with Google. And most of those 500 pages are just adverts for said clones.
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Looking at those magazine archives makes me want to read the old magazines again.
Makes you recall the pleasure of opening a new issue.
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Originally posted by unixman View PostWish I had kept a few of the old mags, just for chuckles. My dad and I had loads lying around.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostA good few issues of Your Computer, along with many other old mags, are available at the Internet Archive: The Computer Magazine Archives
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Originally posted by b0redom View PostOr you could just get one of these:
X-Arcade Tankstick Unbreakable Arcade Stick, Relive Arcade Classics. | Xgaming X-Arcade
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostWould love to buy a genuine Missile Command arcade machine. that is one game that cannot be emulated properly because of the controls.
X-Arcade Tankstick Unbreakable Arcade Stick, Relive Arcade Classics. | Xgaming X-Arcade
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostWould love to buy a genuine Missile Command arcade machine. that is one game that cannot be emulated properly because of the controls.
I remember the ball was quite heavy in the hand. Like the weight of a snooker ball.Last edited by unixman; 26 August 2015, 08:41.
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Originally posted by unixman View PostSome home computer manuals are available in PDF. Eg the programming guide that came with the Dragon 32 is here. It was an excellent book, one of the best things about the machine.
BASIC Manual
You can also read reviews of various systems from Your Computer, entire issues of which are available on line (forget URL).
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