Is The 8-Bit VIC-20 Better Second Time Round?

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I had a VIC-20 as a kid in the 80s but I didn't really get on with it.
Now, in 2024, I've got an original 8-Bit VIC again, but will it be better this time?
Retro gaming on original hardware. New and classic games plus some programming fun!
00:00 Intro
00:35 My computers in the 80s
01:33 My new original Vic20
02:56 Avenger
04:44 Omega Race
06:19 GORF
07:56 Jelly Monsters V Pacman
08:36 Defender - AtariSoft
08:58 Galaxian - AtariSoft
09:24 Donkey Kong - AtariSoft
09:54 Programming and Hi-Res Graphics
11:36 Cheese And Onion - TFW8B / Misfit
12:59 Penultimate+2 - TFW8B
13:51 Gridrunner
14:16 Nibbler 2
14:48 Closing Thoughts
TFW8B : The Future Was 8 Bit

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4 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 19

@lactobacillusprime 4 месяца назад

The cartridges like the penultimate really make life on the Vic a whole lot better these days.

@pixel_fandango 4 месяца назад

It's really good. Apart from the great content, it's useful not to have to keep swapping cartridges. I worry about stressing the components too much.

@mustangj0hn Месяц назад

The Vic was my first computer, had a Downsway 16K RAM pack. The sound was great for me, especially the Llamasoft games, like LaserZone and HellGate. Happy memories.😃

@pixel_fandango Месяц назад

I do remember plugging a 16k ram pack into a VIC was much less nerve wracking than doing the same with a ZX81.

@VIC-20 2 месяца назад

Give the Super Expander cart language extensions a go! Lots of great graphics and sound commands like the ZX81 & BBC

@pixel_fandango 2 месяца назад

Interesting. Cheers.

@enverhaase8562 3 месяца назад

3:15 This is crazy, adjusting cartridge screen positioning using cursor keys. It was just some "agreed contract' , most cartridges would allow for that. Pinball Spectacular only allows this in attract mode, not when the instructions are scrolling by. The reason is different X/Y default offset values in the PAL/NTSC VIC chip registers. Unbelievable how crude the user experiences at the time were, what developers could get away with. I mean, same default values for the VIC chips should have been a priority and if you do need a workaround, then make PAL/NTSC detection and auto-adjustment the norm. Shaking my head... and appreciating how much more brushed-up the C64 turned out. No more crazy memory layout variants depending on the available memory. Just fully-loaded with 64kB, perfect for loading the software into RAM rather than just the program's state. Perfect for pirating software, too.

@tarstarkusz 27 дней назад

How could you have possibly been disappointed by the Vic if you got the Vic after having a zx81?

@pixel_fandango 27 дней назад

There's no doubt it was a big step up from a ZX81 in almost every way - but I think the not particularly crisp 22 column text was my first on-screen impression of the VIC and it was a bit underwhelming.

@CallousCoder Месяц назад

This was my first computer and I had a love hate relationship with it. I loved it because I had a computer and could learn to program. I hated it because it was such a useless machine compared to the C64. Later I luckily got a C64 and for me that always feels as the first "Real" computer.

@pixel_fandango Месяц назад

I completely understand that.