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Colette, since I know how much you love both text adventure games and your iPhone, if you haven't yet downloaded Frotz, you should totally check it out -- http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=287653015&mt=8. It's free and it comes with a bunch of games, lets you download games directly from within the application, and even download new ones on your computer and push them up to the app. Also, http://www.legendsofzork.com/ is an interesting website that cropped up recently. It's similar to the old BBS game Legend of the Red Dragon (since reborn as a web game at http://www.lotgd.net/) and has been entertaining so far.
Jordan Mechner was the Prince of Persia guy. He has a website up where he's been posting his old journals from when he was making Prince of Persia as a blog. In the blog, he details how he did motion capture to enhance the animation and even has videos of the original footage he shot and you can totally see the prince in the movements that the "actor" makes. -- http://jordanmechner.com/old-journals/
BTW, I *was* referring specifically to the carts that I owned that were ripoffs. Not really of Atari games, but arcade games. Space Invaders was reborn as Avenger and Pac Man was the Commodore symbol eating dots and chasing around flying robots.
P.S. It was so awesome to hear Hexadecimal Genome as the credits again!
Jordan Mechner was the Prince of Persia guy. He has a website up where he's been posting his old journals from when he was making Prince of Persia as a blog. In the blog, he details how he did motion capture to enhance the animation and even has videos of the original footage he shot and you can totally see the prince in the movements that the "actor" makes. -- http://jordanmechner.com/old-journals/
BTW, I *was* referring specifically to the carts that I owned that were ripoffs. Not really of Atari games, but arcade games. Space Invaders was reborn as Avenger and Pac Man was the Commodore symbol eating dots and chasing around flying robots.
P.S. It was so awesome to hear Hexadecimal Genome as the credits again!
This is one of the most informative retroforce GO's I've ever listened to. Thanks for bogarting the mic and schooling us all on the Commodore 64, Conrad!
Awesome stuff!
Awesome stuff!
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@The Reborn: This podcast is insanely interesting to listen to even if you weren't alive at the time of the C64/never had one. I'm certainly enjoying hearing about something I never even knew existed as I was growing up, as my family never had a computer until I was well into my teenage years (mid-1990s). It's horizon-expanding and entertaining!
@The Reborn
As a gamer who is eight years post-Commodore 64, I really don't mind this podcast. It's still interesting and entertaining to listen to the crew toss around the subject. Plus, Retroforce panders to gamers my age enough anyway.
As a gamer who is eight years post-Commodore 64, I really don't mind this podcast. It's still interesting and entertaining to listen to the crew toss around the subject. Plus, Retroforce panders to gamers my age enough anyway.
I'm always wondering this, and I'm sure it's been answered before, but...
I just recently started listening to the podcasts (for some odd reason) and was wondering what on earth that incredible 8-bit music is that plays at the end of every Retroforce episode? Where is it from?
As a final note, I am incredibly excited for the Earthbound episode. I expect the best episode ever.
I just recently started listening to the podcasts (for some odd reason) and was wondering what on earth that incredible 8-bit music is that plays at the end of every Retroforce episode? Where is it from?
As a final note, I am incredibly excited for the Earthbound episode. I expect the best episode ever.
Stay tuned next week for some hot TRS-80 and Amstrad 464 discussion!
I think I still have my TRS-80 buried in my parents basement somewhere....
I think I still have my TRS-80 buried in my parents basement somewhere....
A Commodore 64 episode? Not now, I'm going to a speakeasy and then heading to a see a picture, a moving picture. I might listen tomorrow after me and my perfectly waxed mustache box a kangaroo.
Holy internet stardom Mattfans!
A great episode, made even greater when I heard my name and question(s). I was so excited I had to put my pepsi down. :D
I had to replay it back to make sure I wasn't hearing things. It's not unusual for a man of my age and relationship status to squeal in ecstasy this late at night in front of his PC, but it was particularly loud this evening I assure you. I suspect my roommate will struggle to look me in the eye come tomorrow morning.
Yaaaaay!
So can I really have all your autographs (pleases)? If that's too much of a problem I'll happily accept a group hug or even a lock of hair! O_o
Whom should I converse with to make this old man happy?
PS. Looking forward to the Earthbound episode next week. By coincidence I started playing it myself recently as it has never graced our European shores as a younger gentleman. Looking forward to hearing Mr Dyson's thoughts on it especially.
A great episode, made even greater when I heard my name and question(s). I was so excited I had to put my pepsi down. :D
I had to replay it back to make sure I wasn't hearing things. It's not unusual for a man of my age and relationship status to squeal in ecstasy this late at night in front of his PC, but it was particularly loud this evening I assure you. I suspect my roommate will struggle to look me in the eye come tomorrow morning.
Yaaaaay!
So can I really have all your autographs (pleases)? If that's too much of a problem I'll happily accept a group hug or even a lock of hair! O_o
Whom should I converse with to make this old man happy?
PS. Looking forward to the Earthbound episode next week. By coincidence I started playing it myself recently as it has never graced our European shores as a younger gentleman. Looking forward to hearing Mr Dyson's thoughts on it especially.
I grew up with the Amiga yself, I was born around the time when the C64 came around but never had a chance to see it or play it.
early show isn't all bad :3
early show isn't all bad :3
Whoa! Someone actually cares what I think! I love you. You can have as many autographs as you like, sir or madam.
RFGO! likes to try and cover all gaming the best we can. Since the show has no set date to end, we have to come up with new and interesting topics every week. There are plenty of people that wanted a C64 episode, so we had one. There are plenty of people that want an Amiga episode, so will have one.
Show suggestions and autograph requests can go to retroforce@destructoid.com
See, it's like magic!
RFGO! likes to try and cover all gaming the best we can. Since the show has no set date to end, we have to come up with new and interesting topics every week. There are plenty of people that wanted a C64 episode, so we had one. There are plenty of people that want an Amiga episode, so will have one.
Show suggestions and autograph requests can go to retroforce@destructoid.com
See, it's like magic!
Great episode.
Also. Quick comment.
If the next episode is Earthbound related..please invite Aaron Linde
Also. Quick comment.
If the next episode is Earthbound related..please invite Aaron Linde
Cool episode, interesting and informative. I missed the C64 era but got fully into the Amiga for many happy years.
I have to mention, though, that RFGO without Chad is kinda weird......like Star Wars without Han Solo, or LOTR without Gandalf: there`s plenty to like, and its a whole lot of, in this case retro-informative, fun, but......well, ya know. That's two weeks now without a medicinal dose of Concelmo-laugh :(
I have to mention, though, that RFGO without Chad is kinda weird......like Star Wars without Han Solo, or LOTR without Gandalf: there`s plenty to like, and its a whole lot of, in this case retro-informative, fun, but......well, ya know. That's two weeks now without a medicinal dose of Concelmo-laugh :(
I'm thrilled that the C64 podcast finally made it, but I'm a bit sad that my offer to be available for the podcast wasn't taken up. I'll bet that I'm older than all of you, and I wasted thousands upon thousands of hours with my C64, Epyx FastLoad cartridge (hacked with a power switch so that it didn't have to be pulled from the slot), and dual 1541 drives, followed by my C128 (with stereo SID chip modification) and dual 1571 drives. Oh, well. Maybe if there's another one in the future...
So, what does everything think is the best C64 theme music? "The Last Ninja" (level 1), "M.U.L.E.", and "Skate or Die" are probably my three most memorable themes.
@brosef:
Oh, really? So, what's the threshold for "retro" if the Commodore 64 is too old for a RFGO episode? {roll eyes}
So, what does everything think is the best C64 theme music? "The Last Ninja" (level 1), "M.U.L.E.", and "Skate or Die" are probably my three most memorable themes.
@brosef:
Oh, really? So, what's the threshold for "retro" if the Commodore 64 is too old for a RFGO episode? {roll eyes}
I just listened to the show! I only had my C 64 for a short time, it died in the middle of my first game of Raindow Islands...
I sometimes play the C 64 games at GameTap... I wish they had the Dizzy series...
I kinda freaked out when you all talked about the old Infocom games, since I've been playing them for a few days!
I sometimes play the C 64 games at GameTap... I wish they had the Dizzy series...
I kinda freaked out when you all talked about the old Infocom games, since I've been playing them for a few days!
Conrad: "Ghouls & Goblins isn't that hard to screw up. You load it up and you die."
That was hilarious.
That was hilarious.
Apropos fail, a lot of old episodes seem to be missing from the Archive. That makes me sad, because I want to go back and listen to a lot of them! If anyone could please fix this, that would be so awesome.
@LKM: There's a torrent available with the archives of RFGO. Check out this forum post, yo.
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