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Review from the perspective of a casual collector of video games: is the C64 worth buying today? A short run-down of the history, pros and cons of the games and system, what to look for and be aware of when buying, as well as some of the other 8-bit computers from Jack Tramiel era Commodore. Turrican II Nebulus Bounder Sanxion Stunt Car Racer SimCity Epyx Summer Games Leaderboard Frogger Ms. Pac-Man Outrun Street Fighter II

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Review from the perspective of a somewhat casual collector: is the 1000 series worth collecting today? A run-down of the history, pros and cons of the systems and games, what to look for and be aware of when buying. The PCjr may have failed, by Tandy? Tandy ruled. There are functions I wanted to talk about but ran out of time, like the ability to run in Hercules mode, further Deskmate and TL-related features and the upgrade options, but alas. Lots more information and troubleshooting at: www.oldskool.org LHX Attack Chopper Lemmings Out Run Thexder Firehawk Zeliard Arkanoid Also check out the Maxis games of the time, the Tandy versions are spectacular - SimCity, SimEarth, SimAnt etc

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Review from the perspective of a casual collector of video games: is the first “PC”, the IBM 5150, worth buying today? A run-down of the history, pros and cons of the system and games, what to look for and be aware of when buying, as well as some of the other 8-bit computers and revisions in the 5150 lineage. MS-DOS has never been so fine. Paratrooper Alley Cat PC-Man Pharaoh’s Tomb Wheel of Fortune Ikari Warriors Arkanoid Set the Hostages Free Battlezone Galaxian Game footage recorded using CGA composite-out with a mic directed toward the PC speaker! Lots more information and troubleshooting at: www.ibm5150.net

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