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POPSCommodore on the bridge!
But the C-64 (and its other versions) inspired a generation of gamers and programmers. The song Hey, Hey, 16k sums up the UK nostalgia, and I even found a YouTube video series featuring "Sid/Pic" player. These files were pretty much what MP3s were a million years ago, since actual music took up too much space. I recall having a file of the chorus to "Break on Through" by The Doors on a floppy, and it took up most of its capacity (even though it was a mono recording with loads of distortion). The age of the C-64 was driven home to me when a friend of mine showed me a huge collection of Commodore programs and an emulator that he'd downloaded from a shady part of the internet. The whole file pile could fit on a single CD, and that constituted over 5,000 programs and games. His piracy (I'm not sure how much of the stuff constituted legitimate "abandonware," and besides, those who would take action don't want to call it piracy anymore, anyway) was driven by a desire to let his kids play wit
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POPSShufflepuck Cafe resource for classic Mac games Anyone else remember Shufflepuck Cafe? I actually first played it on the Amiga, in glorious 32 colors, but it stands as such a wonderful title involving kinetics, colorful characters, and all-'round great gameplay presented in a lovely atmosphere. This LiveJournal community uses Shufflepuck as a starting point, and has a few choice links to great Mac abandonware sites. Get your retro on!
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