One of my recent retro game moments
from umbraroze@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 13:50
https://lemmy.world/post/14431323

A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I’ve grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it’s not even funny.

#retrogaming

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memphis@sopuli.xyz on 18 Apr 14:04 next collapse

I love photos like this. Looks cozy!

partial_accumen@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:06 next collapse

Pepsi, its the choice of a new generation (that is now staring down the barrel of retirement). But we’ll be taking our C64 with us. Retirement home Jumpman tournaments are gonna be awesome.

lost_tortie@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:16 next collapse

That keyboard… I want to touch it. Clack clack clack

turbowafflz@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:27 next collapse

That’s a commodore computer, their keyboards aren’t terrible but they’re kind of squishy and not the best

lost_tortie@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:34 next collapse

Squish squish squish!

umbraroze@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:46 collapse

I actually really like the C64 keyboards - not perfect by any means, but they are some of the best keyboards in the 8-bit computers, really.

Fun thing, I wrote one NaNoWriMo novel on a C64, so I don’t think the typing comfort is too much of an issue. Though for that experiment I actually used my C64C, because the low-profile case makes things a tiny bit more ergonomic. (I don’t use it that C64 specimen much for other purposes, because it has a busted/temperamental SID. The one in the picture is my C64G, which is one of the last models produced, basically C64C guts in a breadbin-style case.)

stanka@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 00:35 collapse

I recently got out my Vic-20, which of course has a very similar keyboard. Not low-profile at all, so it really forced me to have proper typist posture.

saltesc@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:32 collapse

Yes… You want to touch it…

But before clicking clack, tip it upside-,down and give it a couple bangs.

A whole new wooooorld! (Don’t you dare cover your mouth)

lost_tortie@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:35 collapse

blep! it’s in my mouth!

stanka@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 14:26 next collapse

Nice try Coca-Cola marketing, I’m on to you!

umbraroze@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 18:03 collapse

This actually gave me a pause. I guess a lot of marketing bullshit is actually about turning people into warring tribes. “This thing is trying to market X? Well damn you, I like Y! That is the best! Everyone, get Y!” …actually explains a lot about the perennial Console Wars: the companies like it as long as someone is winning. (…Jim Steph Sterling really was right, following game business for a moment is an easy way to become a critic of capitalism)

stanka@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 00:23 collapse

Everyone wants to be on the winning team. Our brains will make up all kinds of things to rationalize what we believe.

Also, I played and beat a burned PS1 “Pepsiman”, so I’m not sure where that puts me besides old.

ggnoredo@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 05:17 collapse

It isn’t “zero” sugar