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Article #624605Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:50
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:50
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On 2018-07-06, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: > On 05/07/2018 12:50, JimP wrote: > >> I stil have my d&d beige/brown booklets, and my 1e ad&d books. I added >> Traveller a few years ago. Haven't ha a chance to play them this >> century though. > > 1st edition. Wow. I have AD&D and 2e D&D. > >>> What was the conclusion of old vs new games? >> >> I haven't paid much attention as my sisters and I went to the arcade >> back then. Tempest and Centipede were our faves. Back around 1990 I >> bought a cd with centipede on it, and it almost ruined my computer. >> Not sure why, I don't think it was the early form of DirectX that >> caused the hiccups. > > Ahhhh Tempest. Loved that game, the spinner was surprisingly tactile, > like the tuning dial in old valve radios. I wasted a lot of money in > that Tempest machine. Me too. I finally posted high score at the local arcade. I heard there was an invisible level, but I never got that high. > I built a Raspberry Pi based MAME cabinet but is has a button and > joystick panel. I need to add a spinner so I can play Tempest > properly..... and a trackball for Marble Madness... and three extra > joysticks for Gauntlet.... I'd love to play Tempest again. I got hold of the ROMs out of an actual machine, as well as schematics. The only thing I need to get is a round tuit. As for Marble Madness, I could see whether my Amiga still fires up... -- /~\ 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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