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What are your favorite old-school computers (Commodore, Atari, Amiga, etc.)? (lemmus.org)
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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had an Atari 520ST hand me down. North&South, Stuntcar Racer, Populous.. so many great games

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Me too! I had an STe.

Stuntcar Racer was awesome.
I also really liked Hunter but I only ever wondered around as I never really had a bloody clue as to what I was doing.

Mega Lo Mania was not too dissimilar to Populous

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I forgot about Mega Lo Mania! "Si Si, it's a not a gonna work". That was also an excellent game.

I don't remember Hunter, but I do remember not having a clue how to properly play many things! 😂

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I grew up on an Amiga 500. Looking back, my dad had a great taste in software, I had a lot of the classics.

The first game I ever played on that was Silkworm, and the one that impressed me most was Shadow of the Beast. Terrible gameplay, incredible visuals and sound that, imo, still hold up today.

I taught myself English by playing Sierra adventure games. Used to ask my dad what every word meant until he brought an English dictionary.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I have been wanting a bog-standard 486DX66 or DX100 for some time now. Just a standard tower, 16-32Mb of RAM, Winchester drive with DOS 6 and Windows 3.11, that kind of stuff.

Unfortunately, anything local is either broken, in parts, or both.

I do have a 386, but it’s just not the same.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I’m too young to have use them back in the day but I’m looking to get an Amstrad CPC eventually.

[–] mceldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Commodore64 with Maniac Mansion

[–] pomfritten@feddit.dk 1 points 7 months ago

The first microprocessor: https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/the-worlds-first-microprocessor-f-14-central-air-data-computer/

[–] Vodica@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

My first was Spectrum 48kb made in UK.