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Post by JMMREVIEW on Aug 4, 2017 13:18:53 GMT -5
Hi everyone I am starting a C64 series where I am going to make videos about some after market products, guides and take a look at some relevant games and some of my favourite games. This video is just a brief overview on the console itself so its for newcomers or people who haven't play it in a while (myself included!).
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Aug 4, 2017 16:47:37 GMT -5
This is my original patreon comment but I want to post it here so everyone can read it and reply if they like... I've been looking forward to this for a long time. Commodore 64 was my first experience with a game console. Allow me to reminisce: It was something my dad hooked up to the tv when I was too young to really understand anything of what was going on. Too young for video games even. He had got in in college maybe 12 years earlier. My first and only play session with it taught me that the buttons manipulated what was on screen, and I was all about pushing buttons just to see what they would do from then on. We got the Commodore back out when I was 8. I played it for a few months but quickly got board of it just because what was on my parents PC in 1996 was much more appealing. One day a friend (he wasn't my friend very long) came over and he wanted to take it apart. We did and damaged it beyond repair. It's not a story I like to tell but it's the hard truth, and the end of my time with the Commodore 64. I'm happy you got yours back. The emulation factor and the fact that I never formed a bond with any of the c64 games meant I was never nostalgic for it enough to track one down. Also While the C64 joystick is iconic, I'm pretty sure it's the Atari 2600 Joy stick that gets the most attention.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Aug 5, 2017 1:27:25 GMT -5
I'm glad the Atari was before my time the games are really basic but I wonder if I would say the same thing about the C64 if I was born a little later :$
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Aug 5, 2017 8:48:12 GMT -5
Looking back through my gaming history I can't stress the importance of the introduction of these older games while kids are still very young.
When I was 11 I was still playing NES when all my peers had N64 and PlayStation. Was always excited to see whatever game the wanted to play but when they came over the NES was pretty unimpressive. I don't blame them. Between GoldenEye, metal gear, and pokemon it was hard to pull yourself away from anything to play a decade old game back then.
Being born in 88 and not getting a current console (n64) until about the year 2000 forced me to play and grow to appreciate the titles that were outdated. I've noticed anything before 1997 is a blur. I wasn't a real gamer before then and much like my friends 17 years ago, picking up anything older than that feels like uncharted water today which is a big reason why I don't make more effort to play the classics that I've missed out on the last 20 years. Never played a single Mega Man or Castlvania. Not once went a round in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Now I don't want to. It seems archaic and trivial to hunt down these "classic" titles on word of mouth and or legacy.
Not sure where I'm going with this. I guess I'm admitting guilt. Sometimes graphics and gameplay make a big difference. Things can feel old, and without nostalgia attached it, it can be damn near impossible to appreciate a great ole game. You had to have been there I guess.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Aug 6, 2017 2:20:27 GMT -5
One thing you might be forgetting is no one really "got into" games back in the day, even back then you would pop the game in play for 5-10 mins then move onto another game. It's not like games now where you could have played for an hour and only setup you character and watched the first cut scene. I would spend more time loading games than I did playing them back in the day So I can go back and play an old game out of curiosity but it's not like I will "get into it" I will just play for about 5 mins, the odd time I get sucked in for about 30 mins like I did when I recently play Street Fighter 2 on the C64, I ended up completing the game.
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Aug 6, 2017 10:46:11 GMT -5
That's a good point. Only the obsessed maybe. Just goes to show how much Nintendo did. People insist you shouldn't die without playing the original game the Smash Bros were featured in. I'm talking about a long passive interest. There is a generation that swear Pac-man, Astroids, Space Invaders and Pong are essential must plays. Before Nintendo the industry considered video games the latest toy fad. All good games but if I were them I would be a little disappointed if I couldn't get into pong.... It's my concern that I get no enjoyment out of any games that certain out back in the day when I play them out of curiosity. I guess a part of me wants to love those 8 mega man games as much as my neighbor. Same way I want my nephew to give a damn about Halo and Goldeneye when all he's ever cared about was COD, Battlefield and Overwatch.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Aug 9, 2017 17:11:32 GMT -5
It begs the question, if Pong etc is really that good why can't any gamer enjoy it. I am willing to say it isn't that great. Even the most hardcore of Pong fans would find it hard to recommend playing it for any considerable amount of time without getting awkward looks. Most music is timeless but most games aren't, playing C64 games recently that I have 0 nostalgia for I find the ones with great music have me playing the longest if only to hear more of the soundtrack.
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Post by Blade Runner 07 on Aug 10, 2017 7:59:36 GMT -5
That's funny. I find myself following my ears more than anything when it comes to games I like playing. A soundtrack can make the difference between great and amazing.
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Post by JMMREVIEW on Aug 10, 2017 14:12:16 GMT -5
The C64 is well known for having some of the best 8-bit music ever. I am slowing starting to appreciate a good soundtrack more as I get older. I am not sure if I didn't care about the soundtrack as a kid or if I just didn't realise how much they are a part of the experience until I looked back at them.
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Post by Xargen on Aug 11, 2017 8:47:35 GMT -5
I've always been fond of game soundtracks... It seems harder to find soundtracks from modern games that really stand out and stick with you as well as the old games do... For me it's the Mega Drive/Genesis era of games that I'd say had the best soundtracks... The intro to Desert Strike, Contra Hard Corps, Road Rash. All great soundtracks on machines with such limited audio ability... Makes you wonder what sort of geniuses used to work in the gaming music industry
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