Commodore 16 & The Worst Video Game? - Computerphile 

Yes the flashing cursor is rather odd. Probably used valuable CPU cycles that.

@@maxusboostus The TED chip has support for hardware cursor, so unlike on C64, flashing it was essentially free. It's just that it looks totally out of place. The programmer should have hidden it below the screen (you cant disable it entirely) by writing $FF to $FF0C and $FF0D

I see, Thank you vytah , I wonder if some clever demo coder could use it as some form of hardware sprite, although it would probably have its position locked to a 8x8 grid and would probably be blinking all the time!

spectrum..... omg

Release the tiger!

Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit 🍌🍇

@@olivertv6175 lol get that eggplant away from me!!! :p

@anchor Bait i think thats the sketch im locking fore! Do you have a name or a link????

@@laban123321 yeah, just do a RU-vid search for "self defense against fruit" it's a monty python deal. Enjoy! :)

Not familiar with those joysticks in particular but I presume the issue was with power management. After a quick web search I found a pinout for the joystick connector which shows it has power, ground, 4 Joystick connection (direction), an 'A' button connection, and a Data connection. Presumably the reason removing a joystick actually killed the TED chip is because removing it would cause a spike in board power which the TED chip and power supply weren't able to properly handle (on a modern system power is smoothed and there's quite a few safeties to ensure a power spike won't cause an issue). The C16 would presumably detect the presence of a joystick by detecting if the joysticks power/ground circuit was complete so it could have also been a bug in the TED chip causing it to freak out when the connection was interrupted.

works for me

He said "far more successful than its larger brother", referring to the Plus/4. I'm not sure if it's even accurate, as 40% of sold computers from the 264 line were the Plus/4s. I'd say C16 sold better in some markets, C116 in others and Plus4 in others, but there's no clear winner.

I'm glad someone asked this, that's what I thought, but the reply makes sense.

I thought of A2600's E.T. as well.

ET did not cause the crash of the "entire" Western games industry. Only the Yank one.

@@jasejj that's just people and their America-centric views. But I agree, that was my first thought when I read the quote, too.

Hey, totally my fault >Sean - should be good now - I'm blaming RU-vid Studio Beta...

Ah well known story that one: according to the author himself, it has been written in one week without any reference about C16, and that's the classic destiny for all the 1st generation C16 conversions by Elite; on the other hand, to convert Paperboy, has been hired a C16 experienced coder like Jörg Dierks.

@@d3m0no That's a bit of an urban myth that lingers over the Internet. E.T. was overproduced in a saturated market, then the surplus was thrown in a ditch in the desert. Making poor logistical and accounting decisions doesn't equate to a game being bad. E.T. was bad, but there is far more awkward stuff you can find from those days.

What elements of Star Trek? The teleport we probably can't have because physics, warp drive that is questionable too, or a socialist society? :D yeah, I don't think the future is gonna be like what Star Trek depicted :P

@@99Kuromaru I hope you can see my answer. RU-vid is all too fond of deceptive censorship.

Yes Man I have heard of it, and I never said it’s irrelevant. It wasn’t that popular.

Forgetting about PUBG? No surprise, everyone else did too.