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utee94

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« Reply #84 on: January 29, 2022, 10:36:02 AM »
Yup I definitely played those games, and I recall you talking about the one you created.

It's interesting and not all that surprising, because I too wrote a similar game, but it was a Lunar Lander knockoff.  I did when I had my Atari 400 and it was definitely written in BASIC, I didn't learn Pascal until a few years later.  I was able to save it permanently on my tape drive and reload it whenever I wanted to fire it up again, which was a big deal! :)


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« Reply #85 on: January 29, 2022, 10:37:14 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on January 29, 2022, 10:21:19 AM


I said screw that, and immediately started working on writing a version of this game for the Apple IIgs. I can't recall whether it was in BASIC or in Pascal, but it incorporated terrain, three different weapon sizes, wind, etc.
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« Reply #86 on: January 29, 2022, 10:39:42 AM »
You can't spell geek without EE.
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« Reply #87 on: January 29, 2022, 11:37:47 AM »
Oh man, I remember a game like that.  It wasn't tanks, just different-colored bases and you'd try to kill the others with crazy weapons by gauging the arc of the shot, etc.

We played that for hours!!! 

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(Scorched Earth!!!!)
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« Reply #88 on: January 29, 2022, 02:58:12 PM »
Which one famously had that "All your base are belong to us"?
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« Reply #89 on: January 29, 2022, 03:16:13 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on January 29, 2022, 10:36:02 AM
Yup I definitely played those games, and I recall you talking about the one you created.

It's interesting and not all that surprising, because I too wrote a similar game, but it was a Lunar Lander knockoff.  I did when I had my Atari 400 and it was definitely written in BASIC, I didn't learn Pascal until a few years later.  I was able to save it permanently on my tape drive and reload it whenever I wanted to fire it up again, which was a big deal! :)




I remember the tape drive on my Commodore 64... Everyone other than the two of us probably doesn't realize that it was a standard cassette tape lol...

You could reload it whenever you wanted, as long as you let the tape run for ~25 minutes to advance to the point where it was stored!
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« Reply #90 on: January 29, 2022, 04:05:22 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on January 29, 2022, 03:16:13 PM
I remember the tape drive on my Commodore 64... Everyone other than the two of us probably doesn't realize that it was a standard cassette tape lol...

You could reload it whenever you wanted, as long as you let the tape run for ~25 minutes to advance to the point where it was stored!

Ha!  Indeed.


Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on January 29, 2022, 02:58:12 PM
Which one famously had that "All your base are belong to us"?

It was called "Zero Wing" but I don't recall ever playing it, I was pretty much done with video games by 1992, other than playing Doom on my PC.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #91 on: January 30, 2022, 09:00:41 AM »
One fellow somewhat forgotten in US histories is Charles Martel.  Had it not been for him, we might all be Muslims today.

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Charles had a grandson is is far better known than he is.  Spain was totally recovered in 1492, a year more known for another event.  There later was a significant battle for Vienna that may have led to the croissant, or not.  
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« Reply #92 on: January 30, 2022, 09:05:38 AM »
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« Reply #93 on: January 30, 2022, 09:32:32 AM »
Didn't Eiffel's company erect the statue of liberty or sum such?
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« Reply #94 on: January 30, 2022, 09:56:13 AM »
The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess.
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« Reply #95 on: January 30, 2022, 12:25:13 PM »
I wish they'd paint Lady Liberty bronze, so we could see how that looks for awhile.  I guess it's not smart to spend the money, knowing how temporary it would be.
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« Reply #96 on: January 30, 2022, 12:26:16 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on January 30, 2022, 09:00:41 AM
One fellow somewhat forgotten in US histories is Charles Martel.  Had it not been for him, we might all be Muslims today.

I always love ideas like this.  You guys may be Muslims in this alternate reality, but I'd still be an atheist.  
Or dead....depending on how orthodox you were.
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« Reply #97 on: January 30, 2022, 12:38:42 PM »
Fro would be parading around in a burqa, either voluntarily or involuntarily. 
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