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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 18, 2015 8:18:08 GMT
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Lord Ba'al
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jul 18, 2015 11:26:11 GMT
That is awesome! And it's not April fools day.  |
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Post by Qetesh on Jul 18, 2015 17:51:42 GMT
Hmmmm, I wonder if it will take off.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 8:08:45 GMT
Will I be able to plug in my old controller?  (I don't know why i choosed this smile - but there are so many to choose from now, it's really hard to decide which one is the right one). |
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Post by 13thGeneral on Jul 21, 2015 13:47:34 GMT
That's awesome. I hope it does well. I may consider getting one to test as an early adopter; which I never do.
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 21, 2015 14:45:25 GMT
There is a link to a wired article www.wired.com/2015/07/commodore-smartphone/www.commodore-pet.com/ - official site. Reading about it, the phone is just a standard Android phone and the emulators are just existing ones VICE C64 emulator and the Uae4All2-SDL Amiga emulator. It will be the games available that will make or break it - Still I wish them luck.  |
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 21, 2015 14:47:29 GMT
I had a VIC 20 (Well my dad did) and a Amiga-500 (all mine)
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Post by colin22cans on Jul 21, 2015 16:31:05 GMT
Looks like a decently priced reasonably high end Android device. £200 for that tech is pretty good.  |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jul 21, 2015 16:51:59 GMT
I must say I'm not too sure about playing amiga games on a phone as opposed to on a device with a proper screen and such. But I expect it will run standard adf files. If so you can find plenty on thegamearchives.com, or on myriad of other sites.
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 23, 2015 10:57:13 GMT
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Post by morsealworth on Jul 23, 2015 11:07:32 GMT
Hey? Where's the Dune? I'm talking about the one that was called the first Dune and followed the book. It was awesome and the sound was just divine!
I mean, who doesn't like this:
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jul 23, 2015 11:35:29 GMT
I miss Railroad Tycoon.
And Pirates!
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Lord Ba'al
Supreme Deity
Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jul 23, 2015 22:34:45 GMT
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 24, 2015 6:04:40 GMT
Hey? Where's the Dune? I'm talking about the one that was called the first Dune and followed the book. It was awesome and the sound was just divine! I mean, who doesn't like this: I think their game list was questionable. |
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 24, 2015 6:13:44 GMT
Some of my favourites in no particular order
Monkey Island 1&2 (so many disks!)
Sensible soccer
Cannon fodder
Speedball 2
Megalomania
Populous1&2
Escape from colditz
Moonstone
Rick Dangerous
Syndicate
Flashback
Another world
Alien Breed
North and South
Loads more I've probably forgotten about!
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Post by morsealworth on Jul 24, 2015 6:14:24 GMT
I think their game list was questionable. That's the point. Even disregarding the Spice Opera (which was awesome), I can't take seriously a rating that doesn't include Dune: The Building of a Dynasty. While Spice Opera was just a good adaptation of the book, this one was genre defining. And such occasions are so rare you can count them with fingers of two hands at most. |
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 24, 2015 6:17:04 GMT
I think their game list was questionable. That's the point. Even disregarding the Spice Opera (which was awesome), I can't take seriously a rating that doesn't include Dune: The Building of a Dynasty. While Spice Opera was just a good adaptation of the book, this one was genre defining. And such occasions are so rare you can count them with fingers of two hands at most. It's probably the opinion of a few of them from the office, or an old list, it's all opinions at the end of the day. Don't think they provided a source did they? |
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 24, 2015 6:22:06 GMT
Isn't it amazing the entertainment we got from these games when you look back at their simplicity.
I hate to say it, but a lot of the popularity of Amiga games was probably down to what got cracked copied and past on. i.e word of mouth. And the excellent magazines sold around the time.
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Post by morsealworth on Jul 24, 2015 6:25:51 GMT
It's not all opinions. It's a matter of competence. If you're going to be press, at least try to know what you're writing about. I'm sick and tired of this kind of shit.
I mean, forgetting a big hit is forgivable to people who didn't see it becoming a hit (by living in other country/other time, for example). But disregarding a revolution in the industry?
Reminds me of my favorite quite from Kin-dza-dza I posted earlier:
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Post by Spiderweb on Jul 24, 2015 7:29:46 GMT
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