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It wasn't a Commandore 64, it was a COMMODORE 64!
Yes, this is a thread about the classic computer of ages, before we had all these fancy "PCs" and what have you. Of course, to my generation it's a source of hazily-remembered nostalgia, considering that it was already on it's way out when we started coming of age, but I had a Commodore 64 for some time of my childhood. I remember playing Rick Dangerous with it, and even trying to program a little gamelette of my own. (A Space Invaders variant, basically. The programming effort proceeded remarkably well considering I was 10 years old or so, but in the end it didn't work and I didn't know why.)
But anyway, one thing I remember is that many people had a habit of calling it "Commandore 64". Goddammit, it's not a Commandore - it's a Commodore! I realize this is not one of the most burning subjects, but I bet some people still remember their "Commandore".  WTF caused the particular "Commandore" word twisting, anyway? Was "Commando" that popular a game with C64? Also, did people say "Commandore" outside Finland?
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August 12, 2003, 12:55
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Nope, it was called a Commodore. And we thank them from bringing us the Amiga.
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August 12, 2003, 13:18
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Is this a spam thread, or a rant thread?
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August 12, 2003, 13:22
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It appears to be both.
I loved my Commodore-64. I remember playing...
Pirates!
Ultima V
Strike Fleet
Silent Service (I think that was the name)
Pool of Radiance
Dragons of Krynn
That thing went through 3 disk drives in 4 years, though. 
-Arrian
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August 12, 2003, 13:22
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I've heard commandore too. Actually I think that is what I used to call it. 
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August 12, 2003, 13:26
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My first video game console was the Atari 2600 . . . .
Joust
Pac-Man
Q-Bert
Pitfall!
Donkey Kong
DigDug
Asteroids
Grand Prix (I think?)
Cops and Robbers (or whatever it was called)
And a dozen others I had that I can't recall that I played on Atari 2600.
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August 12, 2003, 13:34
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Frogger?
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August 12, 2003, 14:09
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favourite games (they were also released on other computers such as apple and PC) But the C64 had excellent sound and graphics. Better than Apple at the time.
Bard's Tale
Wasteland
Autoduel
Ultima III and IV
Pool of Radiance
Bruce Lee
Beachhead 1 and 2
Archon
Summer and Winter games
Jumpman jr.
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August 12, 2003, 14:12
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Re: It wasn't a Commandore 64, it was a COMMODORE 64!
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August 12, 2003, 15:36
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Re: It wasn't a Commandore 64, it was a COMMODORE 64!
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Originally posted by Stefu
But anyway, one thing I remember is that many people had a habit of calling it "Commandore 64
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You're kidding right? 
I've always called it Commodore, never heard anyone call it something else...
How old where you guys, when you got your first computer? I was only 6... One of the games I played the most, was Boulder Dash... 
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August 12, 2003, 15:54
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Funny, I got my C-64 at the age of six also. I don't remember the first game I played, though.
-Arrian
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August 12, 2003, 16:09
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I don't know if I did at the time when I was a C64 freak, but I do hate the sound of the word "Commandore" now. Fortunately all senseful people called it "Kuuslankku" ("six-board") anyway. But Stefu, from this moment onwards you will be my mortal enemy for reminding me of the existence of that vile word.
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August 12, 2003, 16:13
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What's a commandore? Oh, never mind, this is for geeks.
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August 12, 2003, 16:31
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I remember the thrill of upgrading to a C-64 from the earlier model. I was impressed.
I actually had a 5 1/4 floppy drive to attach to it. And one of those cassette decks. The ones that would take 60 minutes to load a tiny game program. Which would fail to load and you'd have to reload it again and again.
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August 12, 2003, 16:32
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Oooh, I almost forgot: The Seven Cities of Gold.
I remember the tape player thingy, but do not recall ever using it. The 5 1/4 drive was pretty much it for me. I remember Ultima V having a ridiculous number of disks (like 8).
-Arrian
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August 12, 2003, 16:57
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August 12, 2003, 17:40
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No one played Elite? The best game ever. Took 15 minutes to load on tape. When I bought a drive it took only about two. Wow, that was fast!
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August 12, 2003, 17:48
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Amazingly I tidied my wardrobe out today and took my C64 & Amiga to to tip 
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August 12, 2003, 17:49
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For nostalgia's sake: this is what Apolyton would look like if C64's were still the big thing...
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August 12, 2003, 17:56
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I just did a google searcg for "Commandore 64". A very high percentage of the results were in Scandinavian and Dutch. A mystery indeed.
I didn't have a Commandore/Commodore but I played quite al ot at a friends house. The favourites were some ninja game I've forgotten the name of and Green Beret.
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August 12, 2003, 17:59
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For nostalgia's sake: this is what Apolyton would look like if C64's were still the big thing...
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Nice one... except the Opera thingy 
We didn't have a mouse and diskdrive until I was 8, so I mostly only knew how to use joystick and tape-drive
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August 12, 2003, 18:00
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I kind of used to call it Commandore 64 too..  . But only for a little while!
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August 12, 2003, 18:02
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Nice one... except the Opera thingy
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Well, if Commodore was still THE thing, there wouldn't be an IE, so I'd say the Opera thingy is quite realistic
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August 12, 2003, 18:16
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Well, I'd bet on Netscape instead of Opera if there was no IE.
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August 12, 2003, 18:18
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I had my C-64 up until about 8 years ago. Sure, the IBM PS/1 had better games, but some of my C-64 games were classics. Pool of Radience 
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August 12, 2003, 18:21
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Originally posted by Arrian
Ultima V
Pool of Radiance
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Two of the most awesome computer RPGs ever made.
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August 12, 2003, 19:37
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We started out with a tape drive. I remember games like Bruce Lee used to take about 30 mintues to load. You had to be careful not to bump it, or make any sudden movements or the game wouldn't load
going from a tape to the floppy disc was like heaven on earth. What a world of difference.
And yes I forgot Seven cities of gold. That game kicks all ass.
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August 12, 2003, 20:06
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Nope, it was called a Commodore. And we thank them from bringing us the Amiga.
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Yeah, unfortunately they also managed to ruin it
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August 12, 2003, 21:33
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nobody played Paradroids?
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August 13, 2003, 05:18
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Originally posted by Dissident
We started out with a tape drive. I remember games like Bruce Lee used to take about 30 mintues to load. You had to be careful not to bump it, or make any sudden movements or the game wouldn't load
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Oh yeah, I remember that game... lots of hours was spent on this one...
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