Thanks, I'll definitely check that Commodore one out. I think I'll have to read multiple books about this subject to fully appreciate it.
Currently reading The Story of the Computer, not the most inventive of titles and it's not great but its a good starting point. Was only cheap (as you'd guess) and goes into analogue computing too.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
It's got good reviews hasn't it. Noticed someone in the reviews mentioned a new edition covering the Amiga, but I don't see any proof of that.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
This was one of the online articles I was trying to remember, about cartridges and other design decisions in the early days of home consoles at Fairchild and Atari: http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge
(admittedly not quite what you asked for, which is probably why I couldn't remember enough about it to find it at the time)
― a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 22 August 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_c64?and%5B%5D=emulator%3Avice-resid&sin=
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
perhaps a more useful link:https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_c64?and%5B%5D=emulator%3Avice-resid&sin=&sort=-downloads
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
"Sex Mission (Disc 2 of 2, Side A)"
― JimD, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
They've released a full sized C64-mini. I'm so tempted but what can it really do that I can't already do with emulation? That keyboard though, ooooh.
― Ste, Friday, 20 December 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
If anyone used to play Dizzy games, there's a free new one :
https://yolkfolk.com/WonderfulDizzy/
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Monday, 21 December 2020 10:13 (three years ago) link
well that's my week sorted
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Monday, 21 December 2020 11:42 (three years ago) link
1984 llamasoft game gets update in 2021
https://llamasoftarchive.org/8bitgames/revenge-of-the-mutant-camels/
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair (81)
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Sonic on the C64 (needs RAM expansion) but wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGp4a00OeRs
More infohttps://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78945
― Ste, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link