How old are you .......go back way back does anyone remember the commodore 64 ??????

[Bill]

If you do, maybe you can help

I seem to remember a screen saver for the 64 it was a little man that was marooned on an island, he would carry on his life when you were not using your computer fishing, sleeping making bonfirtes etc I think it was called something Harry Anyone remember this, is there something similar for the pc

Thanks
Bill

[gorbie]

I hope you're planning on putting in on a C64 and not yer PC right? :)

Ever see the web browser and GUI that is still actively developed for the C64? It's amazing what can be done with old hardware - I think they were even trying to port it to the NES.

http://www.sics.se/contiki/

[paak]

C64? not that old...gosh, I remember the c64, tandy 1000, vic20, timex sinclairs...even vaguely remember the Altair when it was first introduced....lol...and I'm really not that old :-)

I sortof remember the 'harry' and, the more popular Leisure Suit Larry game haha

I think theres a site - www.c64.org (http://www.c64.org) ?

[NoMaz]

was it Johhny castaway?

look here: http://www.gnudawn.co.uk/johnny/

[The_Dave]

Its not that old, I had an atari when they first came out. Tennis/pingpong anyone.

[SaskSask]

lol yeah I remember that screen saver!

[trinity]

I remember playing Space invaders, it was a table top sort of video game. The first actual computer I touched used 5 1/4" floppies (and man they WERE floppy) and you had to type in commands like "load" "8" "*1" "run" etc. My experience with the internet only goes as far back as the ARCHIE archive server and Veronica, also gophers and BBS/usenet systems like alt.barney.die.die, also I remember posting to alt.wesleycrusher.die.die
I do remember when the systems Commodore64, Vic20, Tandy etc came out but I didn't have any friends or family with money enough to own one.

[oldnugly]

i go a little further back than that. does anyone remember the abacus.

[nasoj007]

I had an old Vic 20 with cassette tapes instead of floppy disks. High tech it was :)

[love_my_baby_girl]

Anyone remember the game Wizzard or jumpman junior or the summer/winther games? I guess you can buy something to put in your pc to make you play them old c64 games

[wookiee]

OMG...yeah they are old, those came out in the late 80's, so yes people they are too old....they are like 20 years old..get with the program....Vic 20's are not that much older either....I remember these systems.
Anybody who says there not old, must be old them selves or are in denial..:rofl:

[wookiee]

[quote=wookiee;142610]OMG...yeah they are old, those came out in the late 80's.


Sorry I stand corrected the C64 was released in 1982...even older..

[kaj27]

This was amongst my first PC experience.....

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

[NoseToTheGrind]

I remember when the very first PONG game came out....just a little blip on the screen, baaack and forrth...back...and forrrth...LOL...I to this day still have a ColecoVision game system, with about 10 games....still works too. I miss Pascal Emersons and Consumers distributing, man I bought alot of games from both places.

[mizunderstood]

anyone remember the virtual boy?? lol I loved that thing till it was recalled for casuing seizures! lol though i still have mine in its big black box! hehe

[bigmatt506]

man i dont remeber half of that but i do remember how crappy the nes power glove was it looked so cool but then you tried to use it and it was the worst remote ever made any one rememember the nes power glove lol .

[Phatm]

I'm gonna go back to missile command on the atari 2600 ...

[maddmaxstar]

I can remember waking up early before dawn on school days so I could get in an hour or so of Xevious or Phoenix for the 2600 on the Atari 7800.

My parents were cheap, they bought us an Atari 7800 instead of an NES because the games were 20$ each versus 70$ each... but that was because the NES games were *worth* that much more. :P

But that said, I have many fond memories of childhood in going to flea markets and coming home sometimes with Boxes full of 2600 games that we'd bought for 1-2$ a game and playing them all. Crackpots anyone? Yar's Revenge?

On the other hand, trying to fill that NES void as a kid is probably why I'm so into retro gaming. Yes, I do have a Power Glove.... and a grey Zapper, and a power pad, and ROB the robot, and...

(Oh, and a Vic20 was also my first computer. :P)