Two of my favourite games, ever. In the box, next to each other. Thats fate #retrogaming#pickups
Tag: Commodore 64
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1998 zzap! C64/amiga Christmas special
No video games at carboot, but did manage to pick up this magazine from 1998 zzap! C64/amiga Christmas special
I forgot. Thought releases was this gen. Has 4 pages full of them #zzap! Wizard’s Lair was ace
Zzap! Gold medal award . I played this loads
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Its Alive… Commodore 64 fixed and ready to play
Following lots of reading from the many amazing websites (*, thank you) and poking around inside the machine, reseating chips & cables & checking the IC, everything was pointing to faulty ram. So I ordered 4 ram chips from ebay (just a few quid) and they arrived today.
Thankfully the ram chips had sockets so they could be replaced without having to switch on my soldering iron, just pull out and carefully replace.
(The ram already in the machine was of all different makes, so I am not sure if they were original and if the ram sockets had been installed later on. Mega result, as saved me a lot of time.)I took the machine apart, and began replacing the ram chips one by one. Cycling on/off between each ram chip replacement. After ram chip number 7 I found the culprit ..YYYYYEESSSSS
Had it running fine for 30 mins, no problems. Plugged in a Kempston Joystick and loaded ‘Turrican‘ and ‘Chase HQ‘. Both played great.
Computer connected via RF so picture quality was poor, so I need to invest in a better tv connection method.Breadbin back from the gaming graveyard
*source site used to help me diagnose the fault, Ray Carlsen’s Home Page
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Breadbin enters the collection, C64 awesomeness
Yes just managed to get hold a Commodore 64 to add to the collection, I have been wanting one of this for a while. Held out for the breadbin version, as to me this is the C64. So excited to give it a try, it was bought with a small fault, but I am hopeful (fingers crossed ) that I will be able to sort it out.
bring on some Ballblazer, Boulderdash, Bruce Lee, Impossible Mission, Kikstart 2, Green Beret, Thing on a Spring, Last Ninja 2 and one of my favs Dropzone
I also need to check out how I can connect some form of current media storage to it, i.e. SD memory card or IDE device.
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Retro Gamer Mag, volumes
Retro Gamer Mag, volumes
Posted by ZXSpectrum16k ⋅ June 17, 2012 ⋅ Leave a commentFiled UnderCommodore 64, Magazine, retro, Retro Gamer, video games, ZXSpectrum
I picked these up from WHSMITHS whilst I was in town, loving the zxspectrum cover. I subscribe to the monthly magazine which is an absolute must read, but I always forget to pick up these add-ons (I really should look at getting them via the ipad, but I just love the feel of the pages).
three Random pages from each magazine
Retro Gamer Collection Volume 6
- pg 35, The Making of MS. Pac-Man
- pg 141, The Making of: Starquake
- pg 200, Attack of the Clones (Retro Gamer reveals the many great games that were based on classic arcade hits)
The ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 Book, 30th Anniversary
- pg 22 The Spectrum Legends (track down several classic spectrum coders to find out just what made the machine so wonderful)
- pg 91 The ultimate Hero: A Complete History of Sabreman
- p70 The Making of ZZAP!64
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