RE: A 1980's night in - Retro Sim fun on the Commodore 64.

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It's impressive that it still worked. I've not loaded anything off cassette in many years. I did get to play with some old consoles a while back. Things have really developed over 40 years, but then you would hope so. I think there was a racing game on the BBC Micro that just used black and white line graphics, but I don't think I had that one. Developers were pushing what the hardware could do. Elite was the ultimate on the Beeb.

Did your kids take a look? I guess they wouldn't be impressed. I think there's a C64 hardware emulator that comes with games on ROM. I have seen a BBC Micro emulator that runs in a browser and I think it can run the games.

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The kids have showed some interest, but I've not found a game that they really fancy yet. I've got some BASIC manuals so will see if there are any simple programs they can try. Their attention span is about as good as mine!

I remember Elite from primary school. We had hit running on a Acorn Electron if I remember correctly. To be honest I didn't really get computers back then so was a bit "meh" about them. Would have been nice to have got an interest back then ... but I'm guessing I was 7 or 8 so Action Man was still a massive deal!

I've looked at, but not tried an emulator called VICE which looks pretty good. It covers many of the Commadore platforms and there are loads of games available. It's on my Saturday morning "to do" list when the wife takes the girls out to gymnastics. I'll have to be double quick with the lawnmower!

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