Skyhigh 11 ch24 Searching for Old C64 Games
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searching for old c64 games
the c64 scene is dying.... or....
well ofcoz the scene isn't dying, but it
is a fact that the game-scene isn't that
productive anymore.
back in da good old times a lot of games
where made and sold/spreaded to the c64
scene.
today the game-producing industry doesnt
release so many games. further, is about
85% of the games released today, low-
budget shit games...
i sometimes wonder what the newcommers
think about games released today.i think
they, just like me, find them boring.
but.....
what about all the old classic games ??
i think most of the newcommers haven't
even seen a lot of the best old games.
think about titles like :
elite
impossible mission i + ii
rambo
commando
uridium
defender of the crown
paradroid
wizball
giana sisters
international karate +
myth
bombuzal
choplifter
delta
cybernoid i + ii
armalyte
io
sentinel
zork
barbarian i + ii
terra cresta
ever heard of'em ?? maybe not all, but
some.. most of these titles are much
better than the ones from 1993-1994.
(maybe the gfx today is better, but the
gameplay often sucks major dick!!)
and now to da point. today most swappers
just wants to spread new cracks. in my
eyes this is a big mistake...
why not build up your collection with
older quality releases, instead of the
shitty low-budget games of today???
i myself would prefer a small collection
instead of 700 disks full of shit...
furthermore i think sceners 'deserves'
to get the best...
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i know atleast 2 guys who're trying to
build up a 'c64 library'. as a matter of
fact i have both represented in this
chapter.
may i present
steve of laser -&- the collector
i will not write more for now, but let
these two gentlemen tell their own story
the first one will be steve of laser..
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ok everybody read this and wise up .....
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once upon a time there was a computer
called the c64 (or c128 according to
flavour) and not only that but many
people used to have fun with this so
called computer cracking games and
swapping with various people .....
many crackers have come and gone, some
never to be heard of again but many of
those crackers had a common goal .....
ian of fusion (a group from 1988 to
1989) once said it all with the
following statement "cracking is about
giving people the chance to own a game
they otherwise wouldn't have" .....
who remembers the head librarian of
eaglesoft ????? i certainly do and when
i went to new york and met both him and
prowl i was truly amazed at the sheer
quantity of games he had .....
the head librarian had one desire and
that was to create a "library" of c64
software which was unrivalled by
anyone else in existence .....
who remembers madall ????? who also
remembers janitor ????? both smart guys
madall stated once "what matters in the
end is that you've got the game and
that it works" ..... janitor said once
"forget speed, burn your modem, just
create perfect cracks" .....
however a short while ago i returned to
the c64 scene after a brief sojourn in
st/amiga land to find a pitiful crazy
situation where everyone only cared
about speed and votes in the mags .....
now there is very little new software
coming out and everyone seems to spend
all their time whingeing or creating
yet more and more demos and superfluous
crap .....
now with the current new games outlook
looking bleak you may consider getting
rid of your trusty commodore despite
the fact that it may have given you
many years of pleasure .....
let's face it you're just copping out,
who's going to show potential c64
owners what's on offer huh ?????
now you do have an alternative however
remember head librarian's theory and
dream ????? well i'm going to take it
all a little bit further by collating
the world's largest library of c64
software so come one day if you want a
game chances are i'll have it .....
don't kid yourself you've get all the
games there are i've got 2000 games on
one list and yet 2000 more to go on the
list ..... only 4000 games and by my
best guess there should in excess of
10000 games available !!!!!
now many games i've got are frozen or
simply badly cracked/crunched or non-
trained or whatever so quite simply i
will re-do many games and crack many of
the frozen ones .....
so when you get a game cracked by laser
it may well not be a 'new ware' but it
won't be my problem it'll be yours and
after all if you only want new wares
you could be doing a lot of waiting in
the future .....
i'm not interested in people's opinions
on this subject i'm just voicing mine,
because if the c64 is to live we have
to make of what it has to offer right
now and create a future for it that we
can be proud of and bring new users
into the c64 scene .....
examples of recently cracked 'classic'
games are heavy metal paradroid+5
(yes +5!) and knight games levelpacked
to only half a side !!!!!
now you have a choice you can get in
touch and swap both old and new games
(i'm only sending the old ones to those
who ask for them, so people aren't
inundated with stuff they already have)
or you can sit there and wait for the
new games (sure christmas is coming but
i don't see that many games for the c64
on the horizon) .....
most games on my list are far superior
to their previous incarnation and mega
trained etc .....
so there's my dream .....
1.create perfect cracks
2.create the world's largest 64 library
3.and most important enjoy !!!!!
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in case you're wondering (for those of
half a brain) i am indeed steve who
used to be in zenith and am back with
an attitude .....
if you want to trade call or write :-
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remember piracy is about fun and about
friendship and i salute those cool
pirates past and present who have gone
out to prove worthy of that idiom .....
ian (ccs,fusion)
nik (bcs,ikari)
ironfist (laser,pe#1,zenith,boyz)
paul (sigma,bouncy bytes)
phil (sigma,bouncy bytes)
andy+andy (dcs,rsi)
tom (the management)
sonny (danish gold)
ixion+janitor (triad)
dawsy (genesis project)
frank (electric boyz,laser)
oahawhool (fbr)
ninja+chad (fbr)
head librarian (eaglesoft)
prowl (eaglesoft)
hendy (breaker boys,zenith,dcs)
ric (laser)
ian+mic (triad)
strider+hobbit (fairlight)
madall+jeff smart (triad)
nosah (zenith,dcs)
paul (medway boys)
jester (laser)
jj the breaker (ucf)
tim+mike (laser)
dom+perv (loftysoft)
derbyshire ram (dom,illusion)
and lastly to tom+quill for starting me
on the road to c64 piracy all those so
many years ago when i was proud of the
fact i had 10 originals and thought
that was a lot !!!!! .....
so when the games run out who you gonna
call ????? so you see my point of view
i hope and will probably agree it kinda
makes sense .....
imagine a world with new 64 games .....
steve of laser .....
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the next one will as mentioned above be
the collector
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from:
the collector
(antitracks archivist)
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hi friends !
this is the collector, who is the
archivist of antitrack/legend/f4cg.
the software-companies don't produce
any fantastic proggies for the c64 any
longer. i think it is logical that
there soon won't be any new software.
that's why i'm trying to get in contact
with other collectors of software all
over the world to widen my collection
to a c64-documentation.
i think it is about time to search for
new as well as for old software for our
"loved machine". i don't emphasis the
latest news.i'm also looking forward to
getting oldies which i was longing for
a long time.
i don't belong to any group. i'm the
archivist of antitracks/legend/f4cg and
with this job i've enough to do,
especially to keep our collection "up
to date".
i'm only collecting games + utls, but
no demos or mags, though i like to
spend a look on them. but that's
enough! i can't spend more time with
this kind of stuff.
i don't mind if you give my addy + list
to your+friends, who are also interested
in swapping oldies. i would even ask
you to do so !!
since i'm a passionate collector, i
prefer to swap about 3-80 discs per
time. sendings of 1-2 discs are not so
interesting as far as the time or
stamp-payment is concerned.
please send me your game-list +
utls-list as well as your wanted-list
(if you have one!?). please tell me as
well whether you have a printer or not.
i think we should swap at least once
per month.
i'm looking forward to hearing from you,
bye, bye!
the collector (o.t.e.!)
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epilogue.
i think it's a very good idea to create
such a library of the c64 games..
and i would advice these 2 dudes to get
in contact, and in that way help each-
other...
finally i must tell you that the text
from steve of laser was earlier brought
in the great dutch mag MAGNESS by groove
d-signs. but it was send to me by steve
with the intention to use it in skyhigh
aswell...
my last words to you will be, to think
about the past instead of denying it...
get back to a high quality. and why not
start by getting sum old classics dusted
off and played again???
remember
we all have a great scene-history,
don't destroy it...
BIZ KID
