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Best Retro Console?
Ond:
In the late 80's I had a job working in a college where I basically managed all the AV and computer equipment for students. One day all these boxes were delivered containing Apple II e computers. I set up a 'Lab' for students to use these green screen Apple's mainly for word processing classes in Zardax which came on 5 1/4 floppies.
In the afternoon when it was quiet I'd sit in my glass walled office playing on my Commodore 64. I'm sure the students could hear the amazing sounds of the C64 as they pecked away on their Apples :lol.
I also had one of the first Amiga 1000s when they came out, that thing was incredible. It would be quite a few years before PCs matched the overall capability of that machine.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: Ond on April 01, 2021, 05:54:47 pm ---In the late 80's I had a job working in a college where I basically managed all the AV and computer equipment for students. One day all these boxes were delivered containing Apple II e computers. I set up a 'Lab' for students to use these green screen Apple's mainly for word processing classes in Zardax which came on 5 1/4 floppies.
In the afternoon when it was quiet I'd sit in my glass walled office playing on my Commodore 64. I'm sure the students could hear the amazing sounds of the C64 as they pecked away on their Apples :lol.
I also had one of the first Amiga 1000s when they came out, that thing was incredible. It would be quite a few years before PCs matched the overall capability of that machine.
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HA!
I remember playing Eye of the beholder on my buddies $2500 Dos machine he got for college because he was going for computer science then showing him eye of the beholder on my $500 amiga 500.
he was just like: ???
he couldn't believe how good it looked.
nexusmtz:
--- Quote from: Ond on April 01, 2021, 05:54:47 pm ---I also had one of the first Amiga 1000s when they came out, that thing was incredible. It would be quite a few years before PCs matched the overall capability of that machine.
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Still kick myself for doing the trade-in offer for the Amiga 2000, but at least I kept that one.
Grasshopper:
The first computer I owned was a ZX81. Unfortunately, it was pretty much unusable due to Sinclair's terrible quality control. You had just about enough time to load a short program from audio tape before it would crash due to overheating which was very frustrating. I got it replaced several times, but the fault was never fixed. So I gave up and asked for a refund.
I used the refunded money to purchase a second-hand Acorn Atom, and never looked back. It was awesome compared to the ZX81. It remains my favourite computer to this day.
I then sold the Atom a couple of years later to fund the purchase of a BBC Micro. It's a decision I still regret to this day, particularly because Atoms now go for silly money on Ebay. The BBC Micro was also an awesome machine, and objectively better than the Atom in every way. But I'll always have a soft spot for the Acorn Atom as it was my first real computer.
Many years later, and a few weeks before Commodore went bust, I bought an Amiga 1200. It was a great machine, but with hindsight, I wish I'd bought an Amiga earlier during the platform's heyday.
Eventually, when it became clear that Commodore wasn't going to be resurrected, I reluctantly bought a PC. And I've mostly used boring generic PCs and Laptop's ever since.
KenToad:
--- Quote from: nipsmg on April 01, 2021, 07:12:36 am ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 27, 2021, 05:21:54 pm --- Even so, the graphics, sound, and especially play control of the NES were a huge leap above the C64 and other home computers of the day.
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Woah woah woah. SOUND?! You’re dead wrong on sound. The C64’s SID chip was far superior to the NES’s sound capabilities. It’s one of the reasons why some games I enjoyed MORE on the C64 than the NES. More simultaneous sounds, awesome synth capabilities, speech synthesis, etc.
NES for the W ongraphics? Absolutely , no question.. but C64 has the edge on sound.
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?t=430442
Go listen to paperboy or commando’s soundtrack on c64, they were dope.
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I'll give them a listen at some point. The article you linked has the NES having more sound channels, while the C64 had fewer channels that could be manipulated to produce a wider range of tones.
Given the number of classic music tracks on the NES, I still can only imagine that the C64 has potentially better sound. It's like if you give Josh Bell an off-the-shelf violin and some amateur violinist a Stradivarius. Who would you rather listen to?
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