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Offline Ghastly

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Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« on: August 27, 2010, 03:17:42 PM »
The first computer I ever owned was a Commodore 64 - purchased in ecstasy in 1984 when SubLogic realeased a version of "Flight Simulator II" for it since there was absolutely no way I afford one of the IBM PC's I was assembling and repairing at work. I spent countless hours at the helm of the beige box, Atari controller in hand :joystick: , flying between Boston and Block Island - all without ever coming out of the basement. 

Looks like later this fall, I'll be able to take to the virtual skies with my trusty companion once again !!!!   :airplane:

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/commodore-64-is-back-photos/460686?tag=nl.e589

Ain't nostalgia grand?  :cheers:

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2010, 03:21:32 PM »
I loved the realism of the graphics!  :D

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Offline Tigger29

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2010, 03:32:31 PM »
I miss crop-dusting.. why MS ever did away with that is beyond me...
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2010, 06:30:19 PM »
Quote from: usvi on August 27, 2010, 03:21:32 PM
I loved the realism of the graphics!  :D

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Offline MutleyBR

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2010, 07:02:53 PM »
You made me miss the Apple II and Nibble magazine, and those peeks and  pokes in Basic ....   :) :aok
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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2010, 08:59:30 PM »
Basically a laptop without a monitor incased in a Commodore 64 keyboard?  A little pricey.

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2010, 09:56:46 PM »
Quote from: usvi on August 27, 2010, 03:21:32 PM
I loved the realism of the graphics!  :D

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Dude, turn the frickin' graphics up!  :rofl

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2010, 01:21:07 AM »
Actually this is the screenshot usvi took before he photoshopped it:

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2010, 04:30:32 AM »
I feel old :old:

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2010, 04:48:29 AM »
Quote from: Tigger29 on August 28, 2010, 01:21:07 AM
Actually this is the screenshot usvi took before he photoshopped it:

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Wow, pony stalling at D200 in fronta you and he isnt even in your sights? Noob.
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Offline 007Rusty

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2010, 08:56:05 PM »
                             :rofl :rofl :rofl

Quote from: BrownBaron on August 29, 2010, 04:48:29 AM
Wow, pony stalling at D200 in fronta you and he isnt even in your sights? Noob.
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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2010, 03:07:55 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on August 29, 2010, 04:30:32 AM
I feel old :old:



You're old if you played this (which pre-dated sublogic flight sim....)


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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2010, 05:15:38 AM »
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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2010, 11:05:18 AM »
I wonder if it's going to be Commodore 64Gb this time
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Offline Tigger29

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Re: Yeah baby! - Aces High on a Commodore 64 !!!
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2010, 09:38:34 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on August 31, 2010, 11:05:18 AM
I wonder if it's going to be Commodore 64Gb this time

I was thinking Commodore 64bit.

Neat looking systems, but I have a feeling they'll cost WAY too much.
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