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"Metroid" was originally released in Japan on August 6th, 1986. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Metroid franchise! Happy Birthday, Samus Aran! All Your History is doing a retrospective on it right now, go check it out!
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I've been having a couple of strange itches recently that I don't know if I'll be able to scratch.
One is that I've really been wanting to get out to my Grandmother's cottage in Nippissing this year. However, my new work schedule being so erratic and the inability to take vacation for the first 6 months (which I have to respect, I am in that probationary period, after all), I don't think I'll be able to make it out there this year. :(
The other is a little easier, but I discovered that the LCD TV doesn't like it much. I want to unearth my old C64 and play through all my old games again. After picking up the Humble Indie Bundle 3 (and getting the 2nd pack for free!) I've been wanting to play old games that play similarly to VVVVVV, specifically a strange, odd game called The Dark Tower. This is apparently the lesser-known of the two "Dark Tower" games on the C64 since everyone knows Dark Castle which had some awesome stone-throwing mechanics. The music from Dark Tower has been stuck in my head for awhile. (go back to that Lemon64 link, click "Listen" under the Music column, and select tune 1.)
The tricky thing with the Commodore 64 is that the output of the computer runs to an RF Adapter, and these things are old and introduce lots of static to the signal (especially with all the radio frequencies floating through the air these days). The LCD screen reads this as interference and so it doesn't show anything. The old CRT TV has no problem displaying it, but it's fuzzy as all heck. I did manage to get the VICE emulator working on the Kubuntu laptop with perfect sound emulation too, but alas, it has no joystick to truly enjoy the games. (I get this feeling I'm repeating myself.) I guess the next step would be to try to get the C64 emulator working on the PC which has an Xbox controller attached to it. Closest I could get to a true C64 controller. :)
I sound like I'm repeating myself... have I said this before? :P
I'm sure I haven't said this before -- There was a Short Circuit game? To only hear about this now (and not when I was such a Johnny 5 Fanboy), this is just blowing my mind! (And they have a neat chiptune of the opening track, too, track #4.)
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If you're wondering about my work schedule, it turns out I will be going to the Beaches, but for next week (i.e. starting on Friday) I'll be going to the Newmarket location for a week, then on to The Beaches until the end of September. Then, I will be back at Bloor West Village "permanently". I'll put out more info later on. :)
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I've been having a couple of strange itches recently that I don't know if I'll be able to scratch.
One is that I've really been wanting to get out to my Grandmother's cottage in Nippissing this year. However, my new work schedule being so erratic and the inability to take vacation for the first 6 months (which I have to respect, I am in that probationary period, after all), I don't think I'll be able to make it out there this year. :(
The other is a little easier, but I discovered that the LCD TV doesn't like it much. I want to unearth my old C64 and play through all my old games again. After picking up the Humble Indie Bundle 3 (and getting the 2nd pack for free!) I've been wanting to play old games that play similarly to VVVVVV, specifically a strange, odd game called The Dark Tower. This is apparently the lesser-known of the two "Dark Tower" games on the C64 since everyone knows Dark Castle which had some awesome stone-throwing mechanics. The music from Dark Tower has been stuck in my head for awhile. (go back to that Lemon64 link, click "Listen" under the Music column, and select tune 1.)
The tricky thing with the Commodore 64 is that the output of the computer runs to an RF Adapter, and these things are old and introduce lots of static to the signal (especially with all the radio frequencies floating through the air these days). The LCD screen reads this as interference and so it doesn't show anything. The old CRT TV has no problem displaying it, but it's fuzzy as all heck. I did manage to get the VICE emulator working on the Kubuntu laptop with perfect sound emulation too, but alas, it has no joystick to truly enjoy the games. (I get this feeling I'm repeating myself.) I guess the next step would be to try to get the C64 emulator working on the PC which has an Xbox controller attached to it. Closest I could get to a true C64 controller. :)
I sound like I'm repeating myself... have I said this before? :P
I'm sure I haven't said this before -- There was a Short Circuit game? To only hear about this now (and not when I was such a Johnny 5 Fanboy), this is just blowing my mind! (And they have a neat chiptune of the opening track, too, track #4.)
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If you're wondering about my work schedule, it turns out I will be going to the Beaches, but for next week (i.e. starting on Friday) I'll be going to the Newmarket location for a week, then on to The Beaches until the end of September. Then, I will be back at Bloor West Village "permanently". I'll put out more info later on. :)