New pics on front page

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sun May 03, 2009 3:30 am

I am too lazy to find the update thread, but I swapped out 30 pics on the front page (can you find them all?

)and removed the random links so it would load faster. I'll update the links page soon. I just had a little extra time tonight.

I just don't have the heart to replace some of the animated game pics. Now I am leaning more toward the vintage photographs. All the 30 new ones are either home pictures or ads. Let me know what you think.

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Sun May 03, 2009 5:09 am

Also, the mock-up screen shot of Zork running on a VIC-20 is now a reality!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:47 pm

Yeah, funny. You have to manually refresh the page to get rid of the cache, I guess. Some old images are still popping up...

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:18 am

If any of our members have interesting images of the VIC, please send them to me. I am interested in pics from the 80s or interesting modern images of the VIC in unusual places.

Below are some of my favorites from the new images (I won't add all of them for the sake of bandwidth):

(I stole most of these)

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:10 am

Jeff-20 wrote:

What game do you reckon these lads are playing? For some strange reason I wondered about that when I first saw the picture.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:41 pm

gklinger wrote:What game do you reckon these lads are playing? For some strange reason I wondered about that when I first saw the picture.

That's one of our members. We'll see if he remembers. Two player keyboard control in a cart? And the keys they're on seem odd for a game.

TNT · Post by **TNT** » Mon May 04, 2009 1:05 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:Two player keyboard control in a cart? And the keys they're on seem odd for a game.

It could be one player game as well. Jupiter Lander?

darkatx · Post by **darkatx** » Mon May 04, 2009 1:53 pm

That's me on the left and the two on the right are my cousins. I was over at his house for the New Year's Eve and we always found a way to share games - that one I'll never forget -Midnight Drive.

I was shifting gears and controlling speed - he was steering...had our games faces on man...lol

Golan, don't you recognize the ol' Canadian Pop Shoppe bottle on the corner there?

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:54 pm

darkatx wrote:That's me on the left and the two on the right are my cousins. I was over at his house for the New Year's Eve and we always found a way to share games - that one I'll never forget -Midnight Drive.

Midnight Drive. Now it makes sense.

I gotta tell you, this cooperative game playing impresses me. I wonder if your parents realized how lucky they were to have well mannered kids?

Golan, don't you recognize the ol' Canadian Pop Shoppe bottle on the corner there?

Ha! The Pop Shoppe. I haven't thought about that place in years. We use to go there after school to get candy or Mr. Freezes.

P.S. Your cousin has good taste in joysticks. Wico bat FTW!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:52 pm

I loved cooperative games! Remember the variation of space invaders for the atari 2600? One player moves the ship, the other fires. Or one player moves right, the other moves left and both can fire! All so fun!

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:30 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:I loved cooperative games!

You should make your next game a cooperative one.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:53 pm

I've thought about it before, but would most VIC owners have a willing second partner? hahaha.

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:07 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:I've thought about it before, but would most VIC owners have a willing second partner? hahaha.

I see a few regulars here in person often enough and I know we'd have a go and then there's user group meetings and expos etc. I say go for it.

I always thought it would be cool if there were flight simulator where one person piloted an aircraft and another acted as the navigator/weapons controller like in a two-seater fighter plane. Such a system could work if one player used the joystick and the other keyboard. How cool would that be?

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:24 pm

darkatx wrote:That's me on the left and the two on the right are my cousins. I was over at his house for the New Year's Eve and we always found a way to share games - that one I'll never forget -Midnight Drive.

I was shifting gears and controlling speed - he was steering...had our games faces on man...lol

That is so cool

. I wish I had an old picture of me using the VIC-20. I don't even have a picture of the VIC itself, only a photo of me playing the C64 and one of my older brother doing the same.

And I agree with Golan; the Wico bat is the best joystick. Ever.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:17 am

That's how my brother and I would play Star Voyager on the Atari 2600. And later Star Raiders, but it works better on Star Voyager. More balanced for both players.