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Adam The Axe
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Registered: Mar 2007
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The Scene as it was.
I was in The Scene, therefore, I know what went on in the C64 scene. I see TOP GROUPS listed over there on the side display and I see DD listed #2, okay, I can buy alittle of that, Robin was a good dude, but there was only 1 number UNO in all of the C64 scene... and as much as I hate to admit, it was ESI, ONLY. Far and away, this group did more for C64 than any group, ever. Fairlight and Red Sector were a close second but not even close to Eaglesoft. |
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Quote: Blah, it's so qazi (kindly refer to lemon64) to *hide*
Anyway Knoeki, I don't question your opinion, but just out of interest .. do you have no interest in c64 games, or do you simply take their availability for granted?
for the biggest part, no, I don't have too much intrest in c64 games. there's some nice games out there, some with great concepts, but imho most games are pure crap. Now, part of this is because of lazy/crappy coders, part because I just can't play most games with a joystick... I prefer a joypad really.
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Quoting knoekiI just can't play most games with a joystick... I prefer a joypad really.
Ah, the young generation. No appreciation for the weapons of the past. Joypads, bah.
If you haven't played Decathlon with a joystick, you are not considered worthy.
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BAR.
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 324 |
Quote: Quoting knoekiI just can't play most games with a joystick... I prefer a joypad really.
Ah, the young generation. No appreciation for the weapons of the past. Joypads, bah.
If you haven't played Decathlon with a joystick, you are not considered worthy.
Competition pro rules all others broke down..
There is a trick you can only do with the competition pro
in my eyes at the 100m qualifications.
Yes, the "NEW" YOUNG GENERATION... :(
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11360 |
actually for decathlon and similar games less "tight" joysticks like the quickshots can be used much better (holding the joystick upside down at its base and shaking that, instead of the other way around). |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
I remember that trick :-D |
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 90 |
Quote: *prepares for a flamewar*
okay, as the youngest person in the scene (born 1990), and joining the scene in 2006, I must say that I really don't give a shit about cracks. _IF_ I were to vote for a crack, it'd be more voting for the intro. and in that case, ESI has a fucking boring intro. Same goes for Triad (they do cool stuff now though, that makes up for it).
Yes, I know I wasn't there back then. I really, really, really wish I was, but the fact is I wasn't. I know you are all going to bitch now about how important all these groups where back in the day, but for me, a scrolltext and a crappy picture of an eagle that every 3 year old could have done better just isn't really interesting. Atleast Fairlight did something with raster effects, and they use MUSIC while others are just silent, or even worse, the "OMG-WE-ARE-TOO-LAME-TO-PUT-IN-A-TUNE" sawtooth wave sound or however the fuck you want to call it.
Now I'm not saying like "OMG MUZAK R TEH IMPOARTNAT LOLOLOL!!!1", but it DOES make something a bit more worth to watch at, Though I'll give an exception if the intro just has cool effects, but I see this rarely.
*hides*
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Well in the past size mattered! Fastest and smallest cracks was the shit, so many times the intro code was squized down to a minimum. Thats for the PAL-scene, the NTSC-scene didnt care for size at all. Dispite of the small size of the intro many groups did some realy great intros in no size at all; S451,TRIAD,Zetrex comes to mind here. So when you hear the great ol' sawtooth "wwwwoooooaaammmmm", think "size realy matter"! |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 946 |
Omega Man used whoaams too. Boy, could he code... |
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Pol Pot
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Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 24 |
ESI was great not just because they put out so many quality cracks but because they showed what a group should be like and also the released EagleTerm. For years all of us - and I mean ALL of us - in the scene used one version of EagleTerm or another. And if we didn't, we used a terminal program directly ripped off of EagleTerm.
There were other pirate groups who did harder cracks, had better intros, better BBS and distribution schemes, but ESI was and is the best of all time.
Strangely, I do not believe I ever met a member of ESI.
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11360 |
mmmh interisting, i've never heard about "Eagle Term" at all, pretty much everyone used "CCGMS" around here.... then ofcourse, i never called a board until the late 80s - but i DID have lots and lots of the really old stuff..mmh *shrug* someone upload it :) |
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SECRET MAN
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Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 336 |
I called the boards since 1987,but i used CCGMS.I never heard of Eagle Term.Or do you mean Nova Term....
Dave:Whats up with all the wares,which all the people uploaded?
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