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A real 8-Bit Christmas Greeting
John B \| 9:34 AM on 12.22.2008	4 comments

I really am fed up with the attitude by Destructoid's writers that the 8-bit generation of games started with and is restricted to the NES and similar consoles. The 8-bit generation started long before that.

So, here is a real 8-bit Christmas greeting.

Yes, it was really meant as an advertisement (perhaps the first real viral video for computers?) as you'll see at the very end, but you don't get more 8-bit than this.

To those who remember this from the 80s, enjoy the nostalgia -- and chuckle at the last segment.

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4 comments | showing # 1 to 4

ChronosWing

I never owned a c64 and I will admit my first foray into 8-bit aside from arcades was a nes for my 4th birthday. But I do respect the c64 and have played a few games on NOT emulators. Also I even changed my bios boot screen to the c64 boot screen for shits and giggles.

John B

I can't begin to tell you how many hours I wasted ... er ... spent playing games on the C64. I even made a few dozen SIDs, a musical precursor to our MIDIs and MP3s. I was a computer first and foremost, yes, but I still consider it to be the pinnacle of 8-bit gaming.

And consider that the music/animation in that video is from 1982, three years before the NES was released outside of Japan.

Jonathan Holmes

You'll get none of that attitude from me, John B. I am a C64 fan through and through.

Ever play the C64 version of Super Mario Bros? You should, because it has foxes.

John B

@Jon:

Okay, fair enough. "I really am fed up with the attitude by most of Destructoid's writers..." ;)

Can't say that I ever played SMB on the C64, but there were so many other awesome games. I'm still pissed that Europe gets the C64 through Virtual Console, but we don't. Grrrrrr....

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