Archive for March, 2004
Jumpman Jr. and the Commodore
My personal computing days have changed. I can remember so fondly putting in the tape into my Commodore 64 tape drive and waiting 20 minutes for a game such as Jumpman Jr. to load up. It’s a wonder I can wait 20 seconds for anything to load now.
I just got finished playing some classics on Mandrake 9.2. I setup the VICE emulator and downloaded some roms from http://www.c64.com. I can just see it now…. Seven Cities of Gold, Wizard of War… (wait was that Atari 2600?) Jordan vs. Bird, Bumpn’ Jump and tons of others…
It’s different though… I’m older, I’ve played those games a million times, and the play value wears off quicker… but what fun! Now I can increase the speed, take screen shots, and then write about it on the web when I am done. Yeah technology!