Saturday, May 22, 2004
Hey, Hey, 16k. What Does That Get You Today?
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 10:00 AM
Off topic-weekend-retro time. Do the names ZX Spectrum, ZX 81, Dragon Vic, Oric1, Commodore 64, Amstrad, Acorn Electron and BBC Micro mean anything to you? In a musical mood? Then you may wish to point your browser here for a cheerfully nostalgia rousing chorus of " Hey, hey, 16k"
Please note, some of the animations at the root site may be less than G rated/U rated.
"…Then five minutes with finger crossed, hoping not to witness the terror, of a tape loading error." Ah, those were they days! The scary thing is that I have played nearly every game mentioned in that song. 8O A well spent youth I think! :lol:
So, if you're in the mood for more classic gaming after this, and are near Milwaukee in the US, then the Mid West Gaming Classic event may be just the thing for you. It's on today and tomorrow at the Brookfield Sheraton Hotel.
And if you're STILL interested in retro gaming, and want to do some hard-core hacking, there's a yearly contest to write a game within a constrained amount of space. Last year's competition was for 1K or 4K. Meaning that the program code for the games was only permitted to occupy either one or four kilobytes of memory! The 2003 winners are shown here. The 2004 contest will be announced in a couple weeks, so if you're interested, keep an eye out!
So, who's for another chorus of "Hey, hey, 16k. What does that get you today"? :mrgreen:
Please note, some of the animations at the root site may be less than G rated/U rated.
"…Then five minutes with finger crossed, hoping not to witness the terror, of a tape loading error." Ah, those were they days! The scary thing is that I have played nearly every game mentioned in that song. 8O A well spent youth I think! :lol:
So, if you're in the mood for more classic gaming after this, and are near Milwaukee in the US, then the Mid West Gaming Classic event may be just the thing for you. It's on today and tomorrow at the Brookfield Sheraton Hotel.
And if you're STILL interested in retro gaming, and want to do some hard-core hacking, there's a yearly contest to write a game within a constrained amount of space. Last year's competition was for 1K or 4K. Meaning that the program code for the games was only permitted to occupy either one or four kilobytes of memory! The 2003 winners are shown here. The 2004 contest will be announced in a couple weeks, so if you're interested, keep an eye out!
So, who's for another chorus of "Hey, hey, 16k. What does that get you today"? :mrgreen:
