Jet Set Willy
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 by MadIce | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Computers are my hobby since 1979. In that period there was no trace of DOS and CP/M was ruling. The first home computers started to appear. Sinclair, Commodore, Amstrad, Acorn, Atari. Just to name a few. And how about "Jet Set Willy", "Pssst!" and "Attack of the Mutant Camels"?
Here are some links to help you visit memory lane:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/company.php?offset=0&id=167&sort=name
http://www.emuunlim.com
http://www.retro-games.co.uk/museum/museum.htm
http://www.arhs.net/related/emulator+games
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Emulators
You know what I really would like? "Jet Set Willy" that runs on my Nokia.
What was your favorite game back in those days?
Here are some links to help you visit memory lane:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/company.php?offset=0&id=167&sort=name
http://www.emuunlim.com
http://www.retro-games.co.uk/museum/museum.htm
http://www.arhs.net/related/emulator+games
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Emulators
You know what I really would like? "Jet Set Willy" that runs on my Nokia.
What was your favorite game back in those days?
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Sugaree
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:54 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:54 PM
I could’ve cared less about computers back then. I was out having fun 
MadIce
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:05 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:05 PM
At that time I was having "way too much fun". 
Actually computers made me quit using drugs. I figured that if I really wanted to understand those things (I wanted to learn how to program) then I better keep a clear mind.
Actually computers made me quit using drugs. I figured that if I really wanted to understand those things (I wanted to learn how to program) then I better keep a clear mind.
Chickie
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:38 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:38 PM
Atari was fun. I played Pac-Man for the first time. Looking & downloading skins & themes relax me. It relieves the stessssssssssss.
I played Pac-Man for the first time. Looking & downloading skins & themes relax me. It relieves the stessssssssssss.
Chickie
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:48 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:48 PM
My fav games - Pac-Man, Pit Fall, Haunted House, Q-bert, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, & Centipede. Atari was fun. 
Peff
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:50 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:50 PM
I used to love playing Crystal Castles at the arcade...
I held (briefly) the Moon patrol record for the state of Alaska in 1982 or 83....
Stil have my commodore PET (before the Vic 20 and C64) as well as my Tandy Color Computer....
Ahhh....The memories....
I held (briefly) the Moon patrol record for the state of Alaska in 1982 or 83....
Stil have my commodore PET (before the Vic 20 and C64) as well as my Tandy Color Computer....
Ahhh....The memories....
Chris TH
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:12 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:12 PM
My first computer...
http://www.cate.com.au/download/m6800/index.html#Dream6800
Check these specs:
1k ROM - including and interpreted programming 'language' (CHIPOS)
1k of static RAM (with 256 bytes reserved for video display and 256 bytes for 'OS') so 512 *bytes* of program memory
64 x 32 dots B/W display (on a TV)
Hex Keypad
300 bd Cassette data storage
Built it when I was about 15/16 yo - it's still in the shed somewhere...
http://www.cate.com.au/download/m6800/index.html#Dream6800
Check these specs:
1k ROM - including and interpreted programming 'language' (CHIPOS)
1k of static RAM (with 256 bytes reserved for video display and 256 bytes for 'OS') so 512 *bytes* of program memory
64 x 32 dots B/W display (on a TV)
Hex Keypad
300 bd Cassette data storage
Built it when I was about 15/16 yo - it's still in the shed somewhere...
Bangkokboy
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:19 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:19 PM
"the temple of raaka-tu" running under cp/m on a northstar minicomputer.
Shame on MadIce for reminding me of my age!
Shame on MadIce for reminding me of my age!
kona0197
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:29 PM
funny thing is I have those games on my PC!
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:29 PM
| My fav games - Pac-Man, Pit Fall, Haunted House, Q-bert, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, & Centipede. Atari was fun. |
funny thing is I have those games on my PC!
Bangkokboy
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:41 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:41 PM
i'm still trying to get Jafo to upgrade my Imsai 8080. i think it ran at about 1.6 Mhz. it doesn't seem to handle dsl very well. 
MadIce
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:49 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:49 PM
Oh! And Manic Miner of course. The sequal of JSW.
NorthStar? I forgot about those. Don't start about those WS dot commands!
NorthStar? I forgot about those. Don't start about those WS dot commands!
MadIce
Reply #12 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:51 PM
Reply #12 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:51 PM
Bangkokboy: Try a 1200/75 acoustic modem. Or is that too fast?
MadIce
Reply #13 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:55 PM
Reply #13 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:55 PM
Hey! I suddenly remember those tables in fast food restaurants with a built-in pong, bricks or space invaders game.
Peff
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:55 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:55 PM
Z80 assembler (on CPM) was the first computer class I attended. We were lucky to be using terminals while others were still punch-carding their way...Seems like only yesterday....
MadIce
Reply #15 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:05 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:05 PM
Hehe, Peff. My first language was BASIC. Then I read somewhere that Z80 assembler produced the fastest programs. So, I figured I would learn that. No class. By own. I took me a year to write a program in it that actually did something usefull. Ah! Integer division routines. Or even worse. Floating point routines. No math processors in those days.
Actually, assembler still comes in handy for games programming and graphics optimization. Though I am not making my hands dirty a lot these days.
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Actually, assembler still comes in handy for games programming and graphics optimization. Though I am not making my hands dirty a lot these days.
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Peff
Reply #16 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:13 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:13 PM
Yes, MadIce, I still use it in my day to day work (586, that is)...But with hardware so cheap, nowdays, it's rare to have to use it often...
These youngsters have is sooo easy....I remember paying $1200 for a 2Meg harddrive (for my color computer)
As Kona say's...You could build two full PC's for that....
These youngsters have is sooo easy....I remember paying $1200 for a 2Meg harddrive (for my color computer)
As Kona say's...You could build two full PC's for that....
Jafo
Reply #17 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:22 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:22 PM
Still can run 'Commando' on a C64 emulator on my PC....and my first messing with comps had me creating a proggy in Basic that could calculate spoke lengths for building bicycle wheels.....[worked, too]....
MadIce
Reply #18 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:38 PM
Reply #18 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:38 PM
One of the programs I wrote in those days we used when playing Traveller - a role playing game by Games Designer's Workshop. In that game the scenario needed space maps which were generated by dice using complicated tables. It took ages to make these maps. That proggy did all that in a few minutes. It would give information about planet classes (water planet, dessert planet, gravity, etc.), political and economic system, population, etc. The map was in 3D! Well, almost. It also generated random planet names. One could even pronounce them and they sounded very SF.
It also generated random planet names. One could even pronounce them and they sounded very SF.
kona0197
Reply #19 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:45 PM
never have had a problem with what length I use. Damn that reminds me I have to buils a set of disc rims thursday...
Reply #19 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:45 PM
| Still can run 'Commando' on a C64 emulator on my PC....and my first messing with comps had me creating a proggy in Basic that could calculate spoke lengths for building bicycle wheels.....[worked, too].... |
never have had a problem with what length I use. Damn that reminds me I have to buils a set of disc rims thursday...
Jafo
Reply #20 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:16 PM
Reply #20 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:16 PM
Kona....when you build genuinely 'custom' wheels you need to 'roll your own' spokes....eg, 17" diameter rims/wheels with 27 spokes....18 cross 2 drive side and 9 radial left side dished to a 9 speed freewheel on Bullseye hubs....definitely 'non-standard'....
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:43 PM