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minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoLOAD"*",8,1 SEARCHING FOR * LOADING READY. RUN
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-216 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-up3·15 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"$",8 was for.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoI still remember using Windows machine for the first time after only having a Commodore 64 and Nintendos. I specifically remember thinking it was dumb because it didn’t have a cartridge slot.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoHaha! Now USB ports are sort of cartridge ports. Although I haven’t see a lot of software distributed on USB, there are some products.
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoI am also this old. C64 for life
minus-squareGrabthar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoThis taught me many lessons in life, but the one I carry in my heart to this day is piracy.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoWe actually had a C 128. But we always booted into C 64 mode because that had all the good games. The only 128 game we had was some super complicated stealth bomber flight simulator. The manual was cool though.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoI remember that game, Samantha Fox right?
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoDid anyone here use the L shift +O shorthand for load? I feel like I never see it mentioned anywhere
I’m this old:
LOAD"*",8,1 SEARCHING FOR * LOADING READY. RUNWe had multiple games on our floppies. All pirated and with miles of paper printouts showing which games were on which floppy.
I think we had two legitimately bought games.
Apparently we got our floppies for cheap because we just had a whole bunch of pirated floppies.
Admittedly, some did have multiple games on them. That’s what
LOAD"$",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 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.
I remember that game, Samantha Fox right?
Yep. ”Samantha Fox Strip Poker”.
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.