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Article #624599Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:20
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:20
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On 2018-07-02, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: > On 27/06/2018 21:16, Mike Spencer wrote: > >> Well, I do occasionally use an emulator to play Civ I under MS-DOS 5. >> I guess that qualifies as "visit". > > I still play that on DOSBOX. It is still a great game although I > regularly beat it I never manage to get a high rating. > > I also still play the original Bard's Tale, X-Com and Amberstar on emulator. > > Those are the games I keep returning to. Modern platforms are so far > ahead in terms of graphics, speed and sound but some games have to be > played in the original form. Now I have to get my CP/M box working. I spent a lot of happy hours playing Ladder, a sort of Donkey Kong clone using ASCII characters on a 24x80 cursor-addressable terminal. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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