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minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoLOAD"*",8,1 SEARCHING FOR * LOADING READY. RUN
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 days agoWe had multiple games on our floppies. All pirated and with miles of paper printouts showing which games were on which floppy. I think we had two legitimately bought games.
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoApparently we got our floppies for cheap because we just had a whole bunch of pirated floppies. Admittedly, some did have multiple games on them. That’s what LOAD"$",8 was for.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoI still remember using Windows machine for the first time after only having a Commodore 64 and Nintendos. I specifically remember thinking it was dumb because it didn’t have a cartridge slot.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoHaha! Now USB ports are sort of cartridge ports. Although I haven’t see a lot of software distributed on USB, there are some products.
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoI am also this old. C64 for life
minus-squareGrabthar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThis taught me many lessons in life, but the one I carry in my heart to this day is piracy.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoWe actually had a C 128. But we always booted into C 64 mode because that had all the good games. The only 128 game we had was some super complicated stealth bomber flight simulator. The manual was cool though.
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoDid anyone here use the L shift +O shorthand for load? I feel like I never see it mentioned anywhere
I’m this old:
LOAD"*",8,1 SEARCHING FOR * LOADING READY. RUNWe had multiple games on our floppies. All pirated and with miles of paper printouts showing which games were on which floppy.
I think we had two legitimately bought games.
Apparently we got our floppies for cheap because we just had a whole bunch of pirated floppies.
Admittedly, some did have multiple games on them. That’s what
LOAD"$",8was for.Sneakernet was great back then
I still remember using Windows machine for the first time after only having a Commodore 64 and Nintendos. I specifically remember thinking it was dumb because it didn’t have a cartridge slot.
Haha! Now USB ports are sort of cartridge ports. Although I haven’t see a lot of software distributed on USB, there are some products.
I remember that game, Samantha Fox right?
Yep. ”Samantha Fox Strip Poker”.
I am also this old. C64 for life
This taught me many lessons in life, but the one I carry in my heart to this day is piracy.
We actually had a C 128. But we always booted into C 64 mode because that had all the good games.
The only 128 game we had was some super complicated stealth bomber flight simulator. The manual was cool though.
Did anyone here use the L shift +O shorthand for load? I feel like I never see it mentioned anywhere
I don’t think I ever knew that.