Console History

[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

23 hours ago, MrBiron said:

Amstrad CPC 464 (yes I know it's a computer)

 

I think these early ones counted as a hybrid, considering we had to load a tape and wait 10-20 minutes for the game to load! 🤣

[MrBiron 1,453]

7 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:

 

I think these early ones counted as a hybrid, considering we had to load a tape and wait 10-20 minutes for the game to load! 🤣

And people moan about the loading times on modern games 🤣

[phil bottle 9,755]

You should have tried Dark Star on Commodore 64. Half an hour to load and if you died you had to reload. I played it twice. 

C64 had cartridges though and International Soccer and I can't remember the name of the Basketball one, but they both loaded immediately.

[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

On 6/1/2021 at 5:07 PM, phil bottle said:

C64 had cartridges though and International Soccer and I can't remember the name of the Basketball one, but they both loaded immediately.

 

I still think if they solve the plastic environmental issue, then we could have a weird cartridge revival as everyone will want to have tangible things to own before you know it. Such a good feeling when the Mega Drive game was ready straight away too.

 

Because of this thread I've now gone back to ebay to find some more games to add to the backlog to try out! Even my lad wants me to get Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 now.