Commodore 64 Owners

[JaxRed]

Who used to own a C-64? My first home computer. Fondly remembered. Favorite game was Choplifter, but soon got into productivity software, like Paperback Writer. Got me started into databases which led me to a second career that's been going for 20 years.

I drove from Wichita Falls to Dallas to buy one at the unheard of price of $595 when they came out.

[RichRed]

I used to play Super Bowl Sunday like crazy. The '81 Bengals were an offensive juggernaut and David Verser, of all people, was unstoppable.

http://www.gb64.com/Screenshots/S/Super_Bowl_Sunday.png

[westofyou]

My first "system"

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_jKV2UsMfx0/UPrVtZanhsI/AAAAAAAAAr8/QBFBAjCJOos/s1600/compaq386.jpg

[wolfboy]

My first computer as well. Best games ever. Loved all the zork games; Defender of the Crown; Pirates!; Legacy of the Ancients; and so many others.

[JaxRed]

Man... said it was my favorite and then got the name wrong. It was Fort Apocalypse

[KronoRed]

Not the 64, I started with a garage sale bargain..Commodore PET

http://www.computercloset.org/Commodore_PET_2001-32.jpg

[Yachtzee]

I remember the first computer my dad brought home. The monitor had a 4 color display, which was a big deal at the time. Spent many an hour playing text based games. My favorites were Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Leather Goddesses of Phobos.

[wolfboy]

I remember the first computer my dad brought home. The monitor had a 4 color display, which was a big deal at the time. Spent many an hour playing text based games. My favorites were Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Leather Goddesses of Phobos.

Infocom games were so darn awesome.

[Spazzrico]

I've just changed my avatar in honor of this thread. ALthough I am Spazzrico here and just about anywhere else on the web, I used to be Jumpman over at the WOXY boards.

Anyway, the Commodore 64 was my first system. I probably should have learned to do more with it, but for me it was really just a game platform, as I was pretty young.

Run "JUMPMAN", 8,1

I had a ton of games but only a few I remember well

Jumpman
Summer Games 1 and 2
Wintergames
Leaderboard Golf
Beach Head II
Pitstop
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Escape

[JaxRed]

I remember Jumpman, And the Summer/Winter Games and Beach Head. They were great.

[bigredmechanism]

Beach Head.

Sounds like a fun game.

[reds1869]

Loved my C64. I played a ton of Championship Baseball.

[sonny]

I've just changed my avatar in honor of this thread. ALthough I am Spazzrico here and just about anywhere else on the web, I used to be Jumpman over at the WOXY boards.



Anyway, the Commodore 64 was my first system. I probably should have learned to do more with it, but for me it was really just a game platform, as I was pretty young.



Run "JUMPMAN", 8,1



I had a ton of games but only a few I remember well



Jumpman

Summer Games 1 and 2

Wintergames

Leaderboard Golf

Beach Head II

Pitstop

Yie Ar Kung Fu

Escape


All great games. I also spent quite a few hours on Skate or Die and Chuck Yeager's flight simulator.

[Raisor]

In third grade, which would have been in 1981 or so, I learned programming on a 64.

[RFS62]

My first "system"

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_jKV2UsMfx0/UPrVtZanhsI/AAAAAAAAAr8/QBFBAjCJOos/s1600/compaq386.jpg


That was my third computer

[OesterPoster]

Still have mine, though I don't know if it works. I've been meaning to plug it in and see if I can remember how to Load "menu", 8, 1. Or was it load "*", 8, 1?

I had a ton of games, Paperboy, Winter Games, Summer Games, Pitstop, Baseball, Gauntlet, but my all-time favorites were Supercycle, California Games, and Street Sports Basketball. It had 3-on-3 basketball on a street court. I remember naming my 3 man team members Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, and the 3-point gunner Kiki Vandeweghe.

Epyx was the king of computer games back then. Kind of stinks that they went belly-up and missed out on the transformation to cartridge style games in the '90s. I had these controllers made by Epyx too, and they kicked butt compared to the old Atari-style joysticks.

http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-16281-0-22390900-1387793177.jpg

[sonny]

Still have mine, though I don't know if it works. I've been meaning to plug it in and see if I can remember how to Load "menu", 8, 1. Or was it load "*", 8, 1?

I had a ton of games, Paperboy, Winter Games, Summer Games, Pitstop, Baseball, Gauntlet, but my all-time favorites were Supercycle, California Games, and Street Sports Basketball. It had 3-on-3 basketball on a street court. I remember naming my 3 man team members Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, and the 3-point gunner Kiki Vandeweghe.

Epyx was the king of computer games back then. Kind of stinks that they went belly-up and missed out on the transformation to cartridge style games in the '90s. I had these controllers made by Epyx too, and they kicked butt compared to the old Atari-style joysticks.

http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-16281-0-22390900-1387793177.jpg


It was LOAD "*" ,8,1

RUN

And then wait 5 minutes on the load screen.

[Spazzrico]

It was LOAD "*" ,8,1

RUN

And then wait 5 minutes on the load screen.


Wait, I think it was LOAD "$" ,8,1 for the menu.

[JaxRed]

The C64 had a dedicated monitor called the 1902. But I have a recollection you could run it to a TV also