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by mingle
Sun May 28, 2017 7:40 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter
Replies: 130
Views: 32251

Re: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter

Wow, that looks about as comprehensive a Vic-20 reference as you'd ever find...

I wasn't aware of it until this thread re-emerged today.

I don't suppose there's any chance of getting a copy?

Cheers,

Mike.
by mingle
Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:47 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Games we want to see
Replies: 323
Views: 204013

Re: Games we want to see

I'm still waiting for H.E.R.O :-)

I'm willing to put some $$$ towards development if that will help things along.

Cheers,

Mike.
by mingle
Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: What's a fair price for a C64 nowadays?
Replies: 11
Views: 2491

Re: What's a fair price for a C64 nowadays?

I've looked around a fair bit, but no-one seems to have any old stuff lying around the the cupboard. Most of the old Vic-20 and C64s seem to be in the hands of collectors now and when they want to sell it's not for peanuts! Many years ago (10-15?) I used to do the rounds of s/h shops and recycling c...
by mingle
Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:31 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: What's a fair price for a C64 nowadays?
Replies: 11
Views: 2491

Re: What's a fair price for a C64 nowadays?

It seems to vary a great deal from country to country... I used to have about a dozen C64s and C64cs, which I sold off for about AUD$20-40 about 8 years ago. Now, you'd be lucky to get a good condition C64 for much less than AUD$100, a good 1541 would be about the same price. (AUD$100 ~ US$75) Cheer...
by mingle
Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:34 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: VIC20 games collections and multi-part .PRG questions...
Replies: 3
Views: 2131

VIC20 games collections and multi-part .PRG questions...

Hi Guys, Just a couple of quick questions: 1: I was looking for a definitive collection of all Vic 20 games and came across the TOSEC archives, which seem to have a pretty comprehensive collection. The only problem I have is that (when searching through the archive contents) there seem to be multipl...
by mingle
Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:44 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: SuperPET
Replies: 10
Views: 3496

Re: SuperPET

Great stuff. Thanks for the pictures. I think for $300 (here in Aus) that would be a real bargain.

Looks to be in good shape to.

Cheers,

Mike.
by mingle
Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:45 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New interpretation of Pitfall! for PAL Vic + 16K
Replies: 81
Views: 46501

Re: New interpretation of Pitfall! for PAL Vic + 16K

I know it's well over two years since the last post in this thread, but I have to congratulate you on this game - simply superb! The programming is par excellence, really neatly done. Now I just need you to get started on a couple more Activison conversions - Pitfall II and H.E.R.O! :-) Cheers, Mike.
by mingle
Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:17 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Games we want to see
Replies: 323
Views: 204013

Re: Games we want to see

I am missing those Activision classics for the VIC HERO Keystone Kapers I played HERO quite a bit on the C64 and I agree that it would make a very nice VIC-game. I drooled over magazine reviews of Keystone Kapers and was very envious of Atari 2600 owners. It was never converted to C64 either. I kno...
by mingle
Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:54 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Best original games on vic 20...
Replies: 5
Views: 2051

Re: Best original games on vic 20...

Boulder Dan, whilst a recent game, is pretty nifty in its own right...
by mingle
Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:45 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 656
Views: 356597

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

Self-explanatory: I port games for Vic. Cool - can you get to work on Boulder Dash ASAP? :-) Hi Guys, The Vic was my first computer, back in 1983 - I have many fond memories on getting huge high scores on Omega Race and Astroblitz. I had a simple unexpanded machine and cassette drive, which is why ...