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Wikipedia lists Knightlore as being published in 1984, which means Zaxxon beat it by 2 years...

There's also Q*bert - likewise from 1982 - as well as Congo Bongo and Sinbad Mystery , which were both released in 1983.

Knightlore might have been the first isometric 3D multiscreen action adventure game, though.

I noticed a while back that (amongst other things) my Atari 800XL (not my photo) had yellowed badly, but that the 1050 disk drive (again, not mine), which was part of the same bundle and appeared to use the same beige plastic still looked "as new". I doubt varying exposure to daylight could account for all of this.

Interestingly, my year-old keyboard has a white plastic case and keys. However, plastics that appear identical to the naked eye, aren't always so similar when viewed with IR.

Bye!

No, the Wii will play Gamecube games in hardware because it is a smaller version of the gamecube with a different controller. It is how nintendo is going to get you to spend $250 on something you already own, add a nifty (external hardware required ((IE, its not built into the console))) controller.

I'm just kidding after all, Nintendo has never tried to sell you something, slightly repackaged, over again, and again, and again

I was 8 or 9. Father had an Enterprise 64 home computer.
No permanent storage device(tape recorder). Just the computer and an IS-BASIC cartridge.

My first program that I remember was an alarm clock. I remember setting it with my brother and sister and then pretending we were asleep so we could wait for it :)
Next was a dice-throwing game, complete with graphics, and a failed attempt at a space shoot'em up. And then we got a tape recorder and I started playing games :)

So I guess my advice is "don't install any games". And have QBasic or something installed, and a good, simple book on it somewhere accessible.

How cool is that? :)

Apple ][, ][+, and ][e used the brackets. the //c (like the ///) was diagonal.

(and I know this because I had one!)

the "//c" text is at the upper right of the system.

also, if you look carefully at the system, you'll also note the slanted buttons and lights above the keyboard to go along with the logo -- the slant is at the same angle!

Apple ][, ][+, and ][e used the brackets. the //c (like the ///) was diagonal.

(and I know this because I had one!)

the "//c" text is at the upper right of the system.

also, if you look carefully at the system, you'll also note the slanted buttons and lights above the keyboard to go along with the logo -- the slant is at the same angle!

Backwards compatibility for the SNES was also available through a third party periphal. Also, Nintendo themselves released a very cool product called the Super GameBoy, which allowed the SNES to play GameBoy games in color, albeit still with a four-color palette.

• A mercury delay line driver and receiver from LEO 2
• A PSU from LEO 3
• Acorns, all working:
  • Atom with econet
  • BBC model A serial no 509, with documentation and software
  • BBC model B with econet
  • 6502 second processor for BBC
  • Electron
  • R140
  • R260, with documentation and software (power supply unit dead)
• Sinclairs, all working
  • 6 assorted early Sinclair calculators
  • ZX80
  • ZX81
  • QL, with documentation and software
  • ICL OPD - original designer's prototype, with documentation and software
  • Z88, with documentation and software
• Two Jupiter Aces, including one which was unfinished when the company went bankrupt (ir works, but has no case)
• Memotech keyboard for Jupiter Ace (manufacturer's prototype, nicely badged but doesn't and probably never did work, never went into production)
• Memotech MTX 512, working
• Newbrain AD, with documentation still in shrink-wrap, working
• Enterprise 64, working
• Oric 1, working
• Psion Organiser II
• Microwriter, working, with documentation
• Apricot PC, (charcoal, with 10MB hard disk!), working, with software and some documentation
• Dragon 32, working
• IBM badged Tadpole RS6000 laptop, hard disk is dodgy.

I've also got a late model 32k Commodore PET with dual disk drives, but as it isn't British made I don't think of it as part of my collection and will happily swap it for an interesting early British machine.

Yes, I know this is all pretty ggeky. But this is part of our history - in my opinion an important part of our history - and these machines are being thrown into dustbins all the time. Somebody needs to preserve them. So if anyon'e got a Nascom, or an Acorn Model 1 or Acorn Cambridge Workstation that they don't want, let me know.

LOAD "*", 8, 1
LOADING
READY.

Ahh, the sweet sounds of a Commodore 1541!

Actaully, it was a 6510, not 8502 (or 6502)

Vic-20 = 6502
C-64 = 6510
C-128 = 8502 + Z80

I spent many hours working on my C-128 with a soldering iron, and I don't recall seeing any 6510s in there. If you want a second opinion you can also look here or hier.

But thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you.