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Post by spannernick on Nov 21, 2018 17:02:57 GMT
Introduce Yourself and let's find out abit about the people here.. My name is Nick from London, UK, my family call me Spanner(Spannernick), it's a nickname I got when I was a kid, I hated it then cause I was different to the other kids at school and I got bullied alot and they thought I was a bit of a tool and a idiot but now I use it cause its the name I use online and use it now cause I like to make things and work out how things work, my wife thought it was a cool name so started to call me Spanner or Span. I got a C64 in 1984 when it came out in the UK, I loved it, 2 games came with it one was Hover Bovver by Jeff Minter (I Like the music, I love Jeff's games..  ),and the other was Crazy Kong by Supersoft (I have both of them still on cassette), use to play the C64 on a Black and White TV made by Ferguson.. . I used a Commodore Pet before that, most of the games I would buy would be the budget titles with my pocket money(£3.50 a week) and buy the ZZap64 mags cause of the free cassette on the cover and they were only a £1(One Pound). I did have a friend who had a C64 and he had most of the US Gold games and would try and copy them using a portable tape to tape cassette recorder, some worked and some didn't.. When I found out about TheC64 Mini I thought it was a brilliant idea, but was not sure about at first but came around to it, there is nothing on the market like it, well there was the C64DTV and thats is the same idea but its housed in the Joystick, I class TheC64 Mini as a upgrade to the C64DTV, if you think about it ,it is, it uses the same joystick and I like it.. I do collect old(Retro) computers from the 80s and 90s so I do have a C64(still), Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Atari and others. I am on YouTube under the name Retro Nuts, been on there for about 10 years now, I am one of the original YouTubers, I used YouTube before Google bought it. I do like making videos when I can, sometime I can't cause of my disability(Autism, Dyslexic, Arthritis and so on, well we are all normal but just different...  ) Well thats me what about you.. You don't have to write about yourself as much as I did, I just wanted you to know Who Was Behind The Nickname, Spannernick.. |
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Post by ShaneRMonroe on Nov 21, 2018 18:01:43 GMT
Shane R. Monroe located in Phoenix, AZ USA.
I was the host of the popular internet radio show "RetroGaming Radio" and currently host the podcast "Passenger Seat Radio". I was also the co-host of the popular "Dual Screen Radio" with Chris Hentschel where we talked about Nintendo DS.
I've done both game development (Amiga/PC - Dark Unicorn Productions) and professional web application development.
First computer exposed to: TRS-80 Model III (16k). First owned: Commodore Vic-20. Computer heritage: Vic-20, C64, C64C, C128, C128D, Amiga 500, Amiga 2000, Amiga 4000 w/Toaster, Amiga CD32+SX1, and then finally PC.
Big into classic video game emulation (early consoles, computers and arcade).
Secondary fact: hold a second degree black belt in the Korean marital art Tang Soo Do.
Enough about me ... next!
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Post by gurce on Nov 22, 2018 4:02:36 GMT
Gurce Isikyildiz - Sydney Australia
Always felt a strong emotional connection to the c64, ever since dad bought it when I was 8 years old.
I'm a coder 9 to 5, as for the spare time, a bit of music, a bit of singing, and when time permits, enjoying my c64 mini ;-) Will have to learn how to be a dad soon, that should be fun... :-)
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Post by kugelblitz on Nov 22, 2018 20:19:52 GMT
Boris Schneider-Johne, Landshut, Germany
C64 Owner since 1983, co-author (with Karsten Schramm) of fastloader "Hypraload" in 1984, magazine editor (64'er, Power Play) and translator (Murder on the Missisippi, Maniac Mansion). Also did some cracking back in the old days, but better not talk about that.
Losing interest in the C64 Mini because obviously it is on an older VICE build, does not really keep the spirit of the VICE GPL license and has some rather serious bugs (HDMI CEC) that make me wish for a final Combian 3.0 build to start configuring that Raspberry Pi 3b+ again...
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Post by crispin on Nov 23, 2018 5:24:47 GMT
I am Crispinophur from ~Serenia~ of better known ~Daventry~.
As 8-bit mAGIcian, I am in a quest of bringing back AGI world to our bread bin homeland, part of Annwn, ~The Worlds~ .
It is just part of the bigger quest and parts of it are written in ~Hantur yn Serenia~ and Timbucus' ~The incantation of VapourWare~ prophecy.
Shadrack, known as Shadow of Harlin, used Sands of Time to separate our worlds.
But in this game, I am some other entity.Darko Bednjanec - Zagreb, Croatia.
Graphic designer, graphician, comics artist, retro-archaeologist, C64 addict, ascii art and pixel art lover.
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Post by mdkdc on Nov 24, 2018 0:12:36 GMT
Kevin - mdkdc - Montana USA
I love buying all of these older systems ColecoVision, C64 to Dreamcast, Xbox. BUT... new C64 Mini is one of the best systems ever! To many items to look at!
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Post by deerwings on Nov 25, 2018 5:47:56 GMT
Shawn - Canada
Nothing as cool or as special as some of the guys above me. Born with a Timex Sinclair Z80 in my hand, moved up to a Commodore 64 and later, the IBM Compatibles vine all the way up to my current machine now.
Mostly a tinkerer, I tend to find ways to make things do things when I can, or help others when I know how to do what they're looking to do. No written magazines, no developed games, not even a radio show or YouTube persona though someday I'd like to be.
But what I lack in credentials, I can make up for in enthusiasm for many of the great things these machines have brought us through the years! A lot of the magic we've lost with the machines we have these days. The wonderment of the games we were playing, the imagination, the sparkle, the amazement when we discovered something new it could do that we never knew it could do before.
All of this, being recaptured with the Retro Market these days. But what's Retro for some people, is History for us, and I'm proud to be a piece of it!
Currently living in Canada, but I was a world Traveller in my single digit years.
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habboy
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8 Bit Veteran
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Post by habboy on Dec 4, 2018 16:48:42 GMT
Hi;
Im Shane, from Canada.
I actually wasnt a C64 enthusiast in the day...I was an 8 Bit Atari user!! (800x and 130xe)
I have a couple Atari 8 bits that I have used for years and have gone the emulation route as well to re-live the classics.
I just got a C64 Mini as I think its the cleanest / best way to get those old games and I am looking forward to getting into it!!
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Post by ShaneRMonroe on Dec 5, 2018 16:00:44 GMT
HI, glad I found a board online for the Mini. I do not use or support the use of Facebook, so a proper forum is appreciated. In any case, great potential for this device. Glad there's a forum. -Zippy dec'018 I am with you, my friend. I'd rather chop off a digit before using Facebook.  |
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Post by maxframes on Dec 7, 2018 18:29:00 GMT
My name is Francesco and I'm from Italy. I got my first personal computer in 1984 and it was a Commodore VIC-20. The next step was a Commodore 64. I have a small collection of vintage 8 bit machines including those two. I have recently developed an arcade game for the VIC-20 called Pyrotech ( web site - post on the Denial forum). I have contributed the XVIC and X64 Italian symbolic keyboard layouts to VICE. I got The C64 Mini as a present. Nice to meet you guys. |
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Post by howlinalan on Dec 9, 2018 4:00:10 GMT
Hi folks, I’m Alan Reed from the US. I’m probably mostly known as the author of the C64 file browser “NAV” and as one of the developers of DotBASIC+. I’d kind of dropped out of the C64 scene until someone contacted me on Facebook and informed me that a lot of folks were using my C64 software with the Mini to browse disk images. Curiosity piqued, I went round and bought a C64 Mini to see what the fuss is about. Now I’m hooked!
I started off with a VIC-20 in 1981, graduating to a C64 in 1984. I continued to play and code on my Commodores until just a few years ago when I donated or sold most of my collection. Although I still have a few nice systems tucked away for safe keeping, these days the C64 Mini is how I’m enjoying some quality Commodore time. I simply don’t have space for a big C= setup, the Mini lets me easily get my fix.
Next!
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consolcwby
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C~64 Mini for Christmas! Can't wait to play the Sid Albums! :D
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Post by consolcwby on Dec 12, 2018 0:53:00 GMT
Hey, my name is Mike, and I was consolcwby on QLink! So, everybody start ducking!!1! xD
Amazingly, my first computer (1982) was a TI99/4A and I switched to the C~64 on the first week of December 1984. I remember since that was the week I went to see the Nutcracker at the Wang Center in Boston. (I wanted to stay home and play Michael Crichton's AMAZON! lol) I was erm, kind of a 'guru' on QLink's file section due to my propensity to ARC multiple disks together. Amazingly, I was the PITA who ordered Romulan Ale and Ghach at the Red Dragon Inn. Good times those! Well, glad to see new faces!
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Post by vonmeer on Dec 21, 2018 21:21:21 GMT
Hello I'm vonmeer from Montana, a semi-retired ceo and full times game addict. I started with the Atari 400 in the start of the 80s, then 800xl before getting an IBM by the early 90s...but my friends all had Commodore 64s and tons of GAMES. I fondly remember playing games at their houses like Impossible Mission but my favorites were the "Dungeon Adventure" games like Telengard, the Temple of Apshai and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons games. I loved Ultima as well but those table-top style dungeons were the best.
When I saw that the C64 mini comes with Gateway to Apshai, The Temple of Apshai Trilogy and Sword of Fargoal I was hooked. I'm really interested in reclaiming the games I had in my youth as so many are available legally and free.
I''ve seen what to buy, got my C64 for under $50 a "lag free" power adapter, powered 7 usb port hub, a HP Keyboard and Mouse (will it even recognize the mouse?) and a Sandisk 32gb USB drive to upgrade the firmware and add new games. Eventually I'll pick up another controller but for now I'm just hoping to play some solo games.
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Post by speccy on Dec 23, 2018 15:01:09 GMT
Hello am Simon,from near London u.k..bought c64 mini a few weeks ago and really glad I did. Am new to commodore but have enjoyed the Vic-20 a fun computer in the past.
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Post by oldcoder on Dec 25, 2018 18:13:37 GMT
Hi There,
Another old timer here. I used to write games for Vic-20 and C-64 back in the early 80's. Also did stuff on Atari's (400's / 800's). All 6502 stuff back in the day (Still have my copy of Levanthal's 6502 book, along with Zak's Z-80, best books). Worked with Broderbund, Synapse, Net, Omtech back then.
Author: Targon, Speed Skier, Targon 64, Adventures of Alexander The Creep.
Hopefully I can answer a few programming questions and help folks out.
Cheers, Andy
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Post by crispin on Dec 25, 2018 21:25:47 GMT
Hi There,
Another old timer here. I used to write games for Vic-20 and C-64 back in the early 80's. Also did stuff on Atari's (400's / 800's). All 6502 stuff back in the day (Still have my copy of Levanthal's 6502 book, along with Zak's Z-80, best books). Worked with Broderbund, Synapse, Net, Omtech back then.
Author: Targon, Speed Skier, Targon 64, Adventures of Alexander The Creep.
Hopefully I can answer a few programming questions and help folks out.
Cheers, Andy
Welcome here and *respect* - I do remember Targon and Speed Skier! At Atari 800XL iirc of my old friend, that just called me! |
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Post by commodore64bob on Dec 27, 2018 19:58:40 GMT
WOW! . My name is Bob. Nice to meet you all. I just opened my C64 mini on Christmas morning. I wasn't able to play with it until yesterday. The C64 mini is so close to the original. It is kind of crazy actually. I could just turn on my original C64, but to be using the C64 mini on a modern TV, would not really be possible with the original now. I can't wait to dig out all of my old C64 books. I am going to be very busy. I actually think that I will have to boot up my original C64 to find the hundreds of games that I created myself back in the day. As I find them, and as I remember them, I will for sure post them on this forum. I remember some that I created. Carnival Coin Toss. Traffic Intersection Lights, that I actually perfected the real life timing for. I have many books with many easy and fun programs. I will post them all here soon.
In the future, I wonder if we will be able to add a cartridge attachment to the C64 mini. I still have all of my C64 cartridge games. I still play them on my original C64.
Has anyone found a way of putting floppy disk programs onto the C64 yet? We all need a floppy disk drive too. HA! This is very strange still talking about floppy disk drives.
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Post by crispin on Dec 27, 2018 21:35:28 GMT
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Post by virtualsky on Dec 29, 2018 0:27:49 GMT
By the way, I guess I should post a little bit about myself: My name is David and I've been a Commodore 64 and 128 user since 1983, after getting my C64 as a Christmas present from my parents. On my second year at college, my parents upgraded me to a C128 in 1987, so my younger brother could keep the C64 with him at home. The first time I ever touched a computer was in 8th grade elementary school. Our class had a Commodore PET on loan from the local high school. The class took turns playing on the PET, mostly Space Invaders. I was hooked! From that point on, I wanted to learn how computers worked. The next year, my uncle bought his family a VIC-20 and loaned it to us for a week or two. My parents wanted to see if I really was interested in computers, which they found out I was. I used that VIC-20 every spare minute I had for the time we had it. In 1982, I stared high school and, as if it were planned out by the good Lord Himself, my homeroom that year was in the school's PET lab! However, I had to wait until the next school year before I could sign up for any computer classes. But, in the mean-time, there was a television program on TVOntario (an educational channel) called "Bit's and Bytes", which taught the basics of micro-computers. What ever was covered on the program, I was able to try out in homeroom on the PETs, as I would show up to school early to get a chance to play on the machines before classes began. After all of these years, I still have my C128 hooked up and ready to go on a moment's notice. I also have a blog, where I've been sharing my thoughts, experiences and much of what I continue to learn about my beloved Commodore computers. Feel free stop in and say "hi" sometime! David. I Still Adore My 64 |
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lucifer43
Armalyt
Load "*",8,1 is a powerful line of code
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Post by lucifer43 on Jan 21, 2019 8:03:44 GMT
Hi,
Cyril from France 43 years old
Love retrogaming and had not a C64 but an Amstrad in 1985, my cousin got a C64 and when the mini come out It was a great appeal to me!
I have some old system like Nes and Megadrive and enjoy gaming since Im 6 years old witch an Atari 2600.
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Post by loafmeister on Jan 22, 2019 14:34:24 GMT
Rob from Canada, was a c64 user back in the day (along with pretty much all the main North American consoles and PCs lol). I'm having a lot of fun reexperiencing thec64 mini, the devs have done an excellent job. My main interest is digital pinball, been involved in the various with emulation in general a close second and it's been fun to re-experience the c64 pinball games. But it's not just about pinball as I still love to play lode runner, rescue on fractalus and many other of the great classics which really are timeless!
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howei
Creatures
Loderunner
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Post by howei on Jan 24, 2019 10:11:51 GMT
Hello world
I was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1964. I loved playing at Arcades in the early '80s. Much money went into machines like missile command, Donkey kong, Pengo, Asteroids and so on. Then i bought a C64 and loved playing games like Loderunner, Space Taxi, Jumpman, Ultima 3 and 4, Bards Tale 1,2,3, and all AD&D games (I am a AD&D player and Dungeon master since 1980) Later on Amiga, PC games
I put my C64mini in a little case to make it portable. All fine, but now i am searching for a keyboard that fits into the case (max. 25cm). Have not found one till now. |
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Post by veiner87 on Jan 24, 2019 11:44:01 GMT
Hello world
I was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1964. I loved playing at Arcades in the early '80s. Much money went into machines like missile command, Donkey kong, Pengo, Asteroids and so on. Then i bought a C64 and loved playing games like Loderunner, Space Taxi, Jumpman, Ultima 3 and 4, Bards Tale 1,2,3, and all AD&D games (I am a AD&D player and Dungeon master since 1980) Later on Amiga, PC games
I put my C64mini in a little case to make it portable. All fine, but now i am searching for a keyboard that fits into the case (max. 25cm). Have not found one till now. I'm using something like this and it works flawlessly with my c64 Mini. goo.gl/images/U2x4Z3 |
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Post by tjheikki on Jan 28, 2019 9:58:29 GMT
Greetings from Finland!
1983 I could only afford a second hand VIC-20, envious to those whose parents bought them C-64s.. A couple of years later the C-64, only then starting to learn assembly. Later sold that and bought a C-64C due to moving, then C-128D (my first with a disk drive, wow that was cool), Amiga 500, Amiga 3000UX (the Unix flavor, my first **IX machine) - finally this TheC64Mini thingy! Hadn't much cared about all these C-64 emulator boxes (have real working machines anyway) but happened to notice this beautifully real looking one on Black Friday sale, and found out one can run pretty much any games from USB sticks, thought it would be a quite more carriable addition to my pile of C-64s (even more than the "portable" SX-64) and got one. All good, expect the keyboard should be real (size is perfect, I don't want a bigger one with real keyboard), and the stock joystick naturally sucks (as expected).
Professionally I'm nowadays an IoT/embedded generalist, officially coder but very close to hardware (which I actually studied), soldering protos and test jigs almost daily. Let's see how much time I can devote on this, dreaming of a TheC64 Mini with real keyboard, LiPo batteries inside, a small LCD display on the bottom, D-9 connectors, SD card and USB connectors on back... Everything I sure could do, but with daily job, family and old house no free time to talk about.
br, Turo
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Post by anochrism on Feb 3, 2019 22:05:52 GMT
My Names Rob, From Falkirk, Scotland, but now living in Glasgow. I was an Atari 2600 and Intellivision user in the 80's-Early 90's, and got my first C64 around 1991/2. I still have my C64 and all the games I bought on cassette, still in storage in my childhood home. Planning on getting them all transferred home, when I can get space for them!
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Post by wigyori on Feb 12, 2019 17:07:47 GMT
Zoltan here - OpenWrt maintainer for mxs/sunxi (and an upcoming new target). I've arrived with the aim to provide a more open firmware for this lovely board, as a free-time project, so no guarantees (First C64 in '88 until '93, then a C128DCR from ~2006, ish.) Regards, -w- |
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HeadOverHeals
BASIC
Yes, I know my username is spelt differently to the game ;-)
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Post by HeadOverHeals on Mar 18, 2019 7:04:29 GMT
Hi All, I am Ben, from Victoria, Australia. I am a long term C64 user and love the C64 Mini I am also an avid tinkerer and have already moved the C64 Mini PCB into a custom made box with dual DP9 ports and UART port. Currently working through game transfers and learning Linux commands on the run |
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Post by pixies on Jun 1, 2019 14:14:36 GMT
Hello folks! My name is Shavana, the name Pixies stems from online peeps I am from Ohio and I grew up playing the C64 as a child. I would remember getting up and playing games like Battleship, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy as well as games like Jumpman. As you can see, Jumpman is/was one of my favorite games which is why I have it as my avatar! I bought my the C64 mini this past thursday after seeing most of my favorite games. I have heard you can upload some games to the mini, but I am learning how to do that ^^ |
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hayzeus
BASIC
Pirates have stolen all my christite :|
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Post by hayzeus on Jul 13, 2019 23:01:36 GMT
Hello all... Joey here. BC Canada. Long time C64 enthusiast. It was the first computer I ever owned, and I saved with a paper route (remember paper routes?) for a year before I could afford the system. LOVED it, and of course nostalgia reigns supreme. I bought the C64 mini, and I'm having a great time.
I definitely have some novice questions, but I'm going to head over to the other sub-forums in an attempt to ensure my questions hit the correct forums.
My top 5 games, in no order:
Mule
Archon
Paradroid
Lode Runner
Seven Cities of Gold
Below the Root
Spelunker
Okay fine... top 7... baker's half dozen?
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Post by Everything C64 on Sept 4, 2019 16:53:03 GMT
Hi, my name is John and I'm from Cornwall, United Kingdom. I own several Commodore 64 computers + a C64 Mini.
Looking forward to using the forum on a regular basis and making new friends.
Cheers ... John.
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),and the other was Crazy Kong by Supersoft (I have both of them still on cassette), use to play the C64 on a Black and White TV made by Ferguson.. 
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