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Title: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: VAMPIRE 2? on April 09, 2011, 01:35:41 PM

well if your savvy enough, for the subtle upgrades....
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112510/new-commodore-64-nyt


I KNOW someone here will get this and submit pics playing AH  lol    :old:   :airplane:

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: Tigger29 on April 09, 2011, 02:40:13 PM

It's really nothing fancy... just a mini-ITX computer jammed into a housing that looks a lot like the old Commodore 64.

The system uses a Dual core Atom Processor and Ion2 graphics, so while it will perform better than a netbook would running aces high, it still wouldn't play it 'well'.

*For the record my 9" netbook runs aces high at about 4-5 FPS with all options at minimum.

Prices run $250 for a barebones system (case/keyboard only, no internals)... to $595 for their cheapest complete system.  I think their 'best' option is $900 which includes a blue-ray drive, 4GB of ram and a 1TB hard drive.

It also comes with Ubuntu Linux for now, however they will mail you their operating system (a version of Linux) along with their C64 emulating software as soon as it is available.  While not included, you can install Windows on to it if you want.

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: VAMPIRE 2? on April 09, 2011, 06:31:05 PM

I know,  iv'e just seen some comments about that old computer and thought some would get a kick out of it...    :neener:

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: SKColt on April 09, 2011, 08:21:33 PM

 I had flight sim software on my old C-64. One little Cessna flying in Kansas. I remember flying around, and suddenly the plane would freeze in mid air. A message would pop up... "Please remove diskette 1 and insert diskette 2". The drive would grind away and I was suddenly flying again.... :airplane:

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: LLogann on April 10, 2011, 02:34:03 AM

Has nothing to do with the 64 of old.

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: kvuo75 on April 10, 2011, 04:01:37 AM

Quote from: SKColt on April 09, 2011, 08:21:33 PM

I had flight sim software on my old C-64. One little Cessna flying in Kansas. I remember flying around, and suddenly the plane would freeze in mid air. A message would pop up... "Please remove diskette 1 and insert diskette 2". The drive would grind away and I was suddenly flying again.... :airplane:

scenery disks! I only had 2 of em, oregon and washington, and california and nevada, IIRC.. they worked for both FS2 and JET

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubLOGIC


bruce artwick   :salute

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: Harp00n on April 10, 2011, 06:07:41 AM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Flight_Simulator_1.0_short_animation.thumb.gif)

Early basetaking attempt  :D

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: ozrocker on April 10, 2011, 07:32:47 AM

I loved my C64. Had fast-boot (so called speed Dos,lol) was a toggle switch mounted on the top right of keyboard.                                                                                                                               Played Stealth fighter all the time back then,lol. A friend of mine had a 128 and Gunship.
THAT was a cool game. Pirates was another that was cool for the time era.
Load "*",8,1


                                                                                                        <S> Oz

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: Shuffler on April 11, 2011, 09:54:18 AM

I have a early Compaq Suitcase in working order. :D

Title: Re: Commodore 64 can play Aces High!
Post by: usvi on April 11, 2011, 01:20:14 PM

Wasteland was a fun RPG game for the C64,I had Gunship and Pirates too.M1 tank platoon was another of my favorites.

(http://www.artfulgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wl_002_comp.jpg)