RetroGaming @lemmy.world macniel @feddit.org 3mo ago

C64 Retro Battlestation

I can assure you this retro Battlestation is fully operational.

It also includes, not depicted or easily seeable, a sd2iec adapter, an Exos V3 module and a 154i floppy disk.

Time to play some Rainbow Arts classics!

And Bubble Bobble

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Quickshot!

The greatest joystick ever made, ever, period. Ever.

Such a classic! I had one with my ZX Spectrum.
- They always used to break for us, and we'd have to go back to the trusty Competition Pro:
  
  Mine always misalign after a while, so that I can't get input when I push the stick forward.
  
  I just ordered a sega master system controller, should be fully compatible.
  
  The Competition Pro is great :)
- Sure it may be great, but for jump and guns/runs? Feels rather awkward:/
  
  It's a classic joystick, and works fine. I was being hyperbolic purely in the name of nostalgia. :)
LOAD “JUMPMAN”,8,1
🥲 Memmmmmmmmmories…
- That's mostly the reason why I gathered the pieces :)
Play some M.U.L.E. for me
- I will certainly put it on the list :)
- instinctively starts headbanging to the rad soundtrack
"Mission accomplished... Congratulations!"
I can here your monitor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne-09Bs_bRo
- Yeah me too, that is after I figured out that the volume control is the wrong way e.g. turning it anticlockwise increase the volume while turning it clockwise reduces the volume:D
Could we get a closer look at that keyboard/terminal? I've been thinking about picking one up to toy with lately
- Sure thing.
  
  What are you mostly interested in about it?
  
  Mostly the triple usage of each button, I find that concept super fascinating. I know we've kept some of it with the modifier keys but it's not the same lol
  
  Edit to add: Thank you for the picture! I gotta go poke around the docs for this bad boy a bit to glean some more info off those buttons
Oh damn I remember those keyboards, I remember my friend absolutely pounding on one like Chick Corea on a meth rage... Didn't even affect it

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