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by Lozza
Tue May 15, 2012 6:30 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: William Shatner acknowledges the VIC-20
Replies: 5
Views: 1434

what a legend Mr Shatner is (check me profile pic !)

however.. whilst he may be acknowledging the Vic-20.. let us too.. acknowledge him.. and his astounding musical skills !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM

rock on Will ;)
by Lozza
Tue May 15, 2012 6:23 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: A history of Llamasoft
Replies: 13
Views: 2662

After browsing through more of twitter feed from Jeff I cam across this little gem, which has all the chunky Vic20 graphics and sounds mashed into an iPad game: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gridrunner/id502840657 if you turn the ipad (or iphone) on to its side - it reverts from the new version (w...
by Lozza
Sat May 08, 2010 3:46 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Island of Secrets Graphic Adventure
Replies: 48
Views: 20106

great game

awesome graphics

one of the best things i've seen on the Vic and adventures are right up my street !

superb.
by Lozza
Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:50 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vintage Computer Festival UK 2010
Replies: 24
Views: 6700

there are a couple of campsite options - also b&b options. but when you factor in taxis and time and hassle - their hotel thing seems the best bet £ 60 a night seems shit mind you, i kinda begrudge paying more than 30 notes a night - i only want a bed ! gonna have a look at the pubs now... ps - ...
by Lozza
Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:12 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vintage Computer Festival UK 2010
Replies: 24
Views: 6700

hey this is ticking some boxes - i put on music gigs about 4 times a week so i got my promoter head on and so i'm adopting a few rules about putting on a show ! - location. very appropriate ! the first national computer festival being held at the national museum of computing. good call. - transport....
by Lozza
Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Commodore Computer Club UK. Meeting - March.
Replies: 5
Views: 2639

pedro - ha ! my days of being a dumb drummer are behind me ! i am the evil record company in that particular instance

anders - thanks dude. i'm reading the thread right now... live on air !
by Lozza
Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:03 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Commodore Computer Club UK. Meeting - March.
Replies: 5
Views: 2639

oh what terrible timing - the llamasoft one was last weekend !

i suck !

what else is going on !?
by Lozza
Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:58 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Commodore Computer Club UK. Meeting - March.
Replies: 5
Views: 2639

never been to any kind of retro hook up i fancy a couple of them this year but this one unfortunately clashes with a tour i am doing in ireland (i have an album in the top 10 there woo) any others going on this year ? is this one going to happen later as well ? i can remember seeing things for back ...
by Lozza
Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:00 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Gamebase20 version 2!
Replies: 268
Views: 74261

thanks for Vic Avenger yes i noticed you could click 'extras' and then 'tap' and the game would work i just like double click ! there are some games which could possibly do with 2 entries e.g o level adventure has an arcade version and an adventure version this is an awesome piece of work, am catchi...
by Lozza
Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:21 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Gamebase20 version 2!
Replies: 268
Views: 74261

there are 1,023 games in the games folder the gamebase has entries for 1,647 1,023 are instantly playable with all the ram configurations and gamepath set up for us - superb ! within the Extras/Tap folder are 32 3K taps, 80 8k taps, 84 16k taps and 428 unexpanded taps. 624 in total 1647 entries minu...
by Lozza
Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:40 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Best 8bit Theme Music
Replies: 22
Views: 7212

same here Bacon, my path was Vic->C 64->Amiga, I used to play the Megadrive/Genesis at my mates house but for some reason it took me until I had my own kids and the Gamecube to entertain Nintendo... weird.. anyway : Classical fiends - I would like to know what this is called , I am assuming it is an...
by Lozza
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:40 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Links
Replies: 3
Views: 1452

Links

hey there, any chance of a Links section in this forum ?

i just found this place - http://www.vic20gamer.com/ via Borays site and i love the look of it.. just wondering how much other stuff is out there that i have missed ? not asking for anything fancy.. just a list of all we can find :) cheers !
by Lozza
Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:05 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic Match-up: Jeff Minter versus Tom Griner
Replies: 25
Views: 7139

ok so i've had a go on the Tom Griner selection. i've used the list which appears to be in date order and as you would expect - the game visuals improve from game to game.. but not always the gameplay. Guardian-Unspectacular sideways scroller clone - 5/10 Meteors-Asteroids clone-Not bad but no UFO c...
by Lozza
Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Very cool Vic20 demo released by WizNut at Streamparty 2009
Replies: 10
Views: 2633

superb.. i like the concept.. and a bit of politics at the end.. rock n roll
by Lozza
Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:33 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic Match-up: Jeff Minter versus Tom Griner
Replies: 25
Views: 7139

cool idea

here is a list of Tom Griner Vic games, i'm gonna try them over the next few days

Minter - Matrix is gonna be hard to beat for me. Psychedelia was great with headphones.