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Article #697739Re: Mid-month Ramble - April 2017
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 14:50
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 14:50
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 10:37:53 -0400, Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:20:05 -0400, Rin Stowleigh ><rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote: > >>I had it on cassette tape rather than cartridge, I think it might have >>come on both. Loading a game from cassette is an experience anyone >>who takes disk drives for granted should have! I think it took like >>10-15 minutes just to load the game into memory. > >I first used a cassette tape drive on my C-64 before upgrading to the >1541 disk drive. The only things I remember about the tape drive was >the slow loading speeds and the message PRESS PLAY ON TAPE. There's a youtube vid out there where a guy is comparing gameplay side by side on an actual C64 and a PC running an emulator. Even though the games play identical while running, he made the observation that it's more fun on the C64, because waiting for the game to load, hearing the burps and bleeps of the disk drive, etc. creates this sense of growing anticipation that makes the entire experience more fun once you actually get in the game. I thought this was a spot-on observation and something I hadn't thought a great deal about until he said it. It's one of the reasons some emulators build in options for artificial disk-load delays and noise, to emulate the original experience as soon as possible. Music composers and filmmakers swear by this concept too: the gradual build up of anticipation for a climactic event is a much bigger component of actual enjoyment than the climactic event itself. Only problem with cassette drives was that the build up of anticipation was a little TOO gradual! ;) I guess there is a sweet spot before the human brain gets exhausted by the delay, and starts to lose interest in the end goal.
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