Commodore Apocalypse

beardfreak · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 11:12 am Post subject: How dead is the C64 ?

Pretty dead sadly ... only fond memories ... RIP in little friend :cry:

Chain · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject:

Check out www.c64audio.com its still kicking and every couple of years someone pops up with this great about making a calculator or digital watch with the C64 built in too.. A bit like the Amstrad phone that has a spectrum built in. The edge did a little bit about it this month.. Although not very informative it does sort of tell the tale.. Not worth money to collectors more for the people who used to code it etc in the 80's and 90's

Ahhh fond memories..

kernal · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:50 pm Post subject:

I was wondering how many people still use a real C64 these days? My setup has been packed away for eons, and will probably remain so. Every now and then I do dip into one of my '64 CDs for a brief period of rememberance, which lasts maybe an hour or so.

The emulation accuracy is about 99% now, and even better now the colour bleed of a cheap monitor/TV is now emulated.

I can't imagine coding something for release these days (be it commercial or just to spread). I can see myself knocking up a quick demo in years to come, just for the sake of seeing if I can remember how to program the thing :)

beardfreak · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:01 am Post subject:

The innocence and buzz of those days was remarkable. It was definetly a special time to live through. The home game market exploded and we were there!

beardfreak · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:32 am Post subject:

see - told you it was dead :wink:

Chain · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject:

Cheeky bugga.. ;)

I'll have to send you some of the audio CD's I picked up a couple of months ago.. yes yes.. C64 remixes but still some are very well done ;)

Watch your letter box for 20,000 cd's (REVENGE!!)

beardfreak · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :lol:

Richard · Full Member Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 9 Location: UK

[quote="kernal"]I was wondering how many people still use a real C64 these days? My setup has been packed away for eons, and will probably remain so. Every now and then I do dip into one of my '64 CDs for a brief period of rememberance, which lasts maybe an hour or so.

The emulation accuracy is about 99% now, and even better now the colour bleed of a cheap monitor/TV is now emulated.

I can't imagine coding something for release these days (be it commercial or just to spread). I can see myself knocking up a quick demo in years to come, just for the sake of seeing if I can remember how to program the thing :)[/quote]

I still own a Commodore 64. It's still alive and I have a big collection of tapes, since I been buying these online on a UK retro store. However, most of the time when I programmed stuff for the scene, I used various cross-platform tools ;)

The C64 scene is still alive, but not as alive as it used to be in the 1990's

face276 · Guest

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All of that and I still dont get it.

face276 · Guest

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Okay I get that but where is all of this going?