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NOSTALGIA
By Commodore Free
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I suppose we should raise the
question why are we nostalgic to
Commodore, why do some of us get so
angry when someone says my XYZ is
better then your Commodore because
it has ZZZZZ
I question myself many times why it
is I preferred Commodore to the
Spectrum, the Dragon 32, the Oric or
any other number of 8-bit systems. I
suppose I was subconsciously drugged
by the marketing department of
Commodore, although the press seemed
to be all over the Vic20 and the
colour graphics and real typewriter
look and feel meant to me it was a
winner over the Spectrum.
The Commodore 64 won me over firstly
because I already had a Vic20 and it
looked the same (physically) but the
sound processor and hardware sprites
seemed to be something special, I
wasn't technically aware why this
was; only that it sounded better
then any other 8-bit system and some
of the games looked bright and
colourful!
Would I have made the same choice
now if these machines were lined up
side by side and I had the benefit
of hindsight; I have asked this
myself a number of times, I know
some spectrum games were better and
never released on the Commodore 64
same for the Amstrad and Oric etc.
The BBC micro had a superb version
of defender and I am still wowed
when playing this version. Even
tanks on the Atari 2600 seemed
better than the Commodore version,
however I would have still picked
the C64. I am not saying mine is
better than yours but the SID sound
to me is special, the colour pallet
of the C64 while not perfect is well
thought out and immediately
noticeable when you see a screen
shot you realise it's a C64
Nostalgia can mean a number of
things to a number of people, it's a
childhood look back with rose tinted
glasses for me, and I have no shame
admitting that, yes some games on
other systems were better some coin
op conversions were poor on the C64
and yes it had problems with the
slow tape drive (not to mention the
expense) and a proprietary tape unit
and slowwwww loading times, (well
until speed loaders came out.) I
played Elite on the BBC and never
liked any other version! the C64{SHIFT-*}s
conversion was slow and flickery and
quite poor.
Sitting with the family for tea,
nights over at grandparents getting
away with murder and stopping up all
night, these are all nostalgic
memories, fondness, my only problem
with Commodore was the Amiga 4000
this machine should have been so
much more, and I wish now I
purchased my friends 3000 instead of
a new 4000, or had at least re read
some of the reviews of the launch.
Did Commodore get it right all the
time
NO! many times they failed and
fudged systems due to time
restraints or expense, that's down
to the management of the company,
but when I see the Commodore logo I
am drawn to whatever it is to find
out more.
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