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Retro gamer, Commodore enthusiast, lover and hate technology at the same time.

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POLYBIUS on Steam POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR. 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action are set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR ...

Here is my reminder to you to play Polybius by Llamasoft in VR. Today. store.steampowered.com/app/906120/P...

26.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I remember my expectations of this game being very high because I loved the movie. But the game never lived up to it.

12.10.2025 20:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Soft Scrolling In C64 Text Mode
YouTube video by The Highlander71 Soft Scrolling In C64 Text Mode

Soft scrolling in text mode is always such a mystery so I am attempting with this video to explain the ins and outs. It's a work in progress, so I'll come back to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-YZ...

10.10.2025 20:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's too late now. The magic of seeing that Dino eat a branch off the tree was impressive when it was new. Not so much now.
Alien is from 1979(!). I love to (re)watch it, but let's face it: it's old now. But if you want to see Sigourney Weaver in the smallest unrevealing underware possible, watch.

06.10.2025 14:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looks like it! Just like parallax...needs a read of the manual

30.09.2025 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Here's yet anothert title that escaped my attention. It reminds me of Barnsley Badger.

30.09.2025 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I just looked up a Rob Plays video on youtube of 8 years(!) ago. I found my own comment saying that I'd never played the game....eight years....

28.09.2025 09:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Honest admission: never played this. But it looks really good. Reminds me of Space Rogue a little. With the mixed flying and on-foot stuff. Nice.
But: "Your a real man now"? Come on..

28.09.2025 08:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

On the U64 on turbo mode this actually turned into a playable game. I uploaded a video to youtube and got flagged for copyright. C64 Driller sid tune is copyrighted :)

26.09.2025 13:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm so watching this. I've already read about the original mountain man it was based on. This guy was doublehard.

17.09.2025 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

same

17.09.2025 06:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's very wholesome. Is the movie any good?

16.09.2025 14:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Jeremiah Johnson Nod Of Approval....learned something today.

16.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Damn I was sure that guy was from the Grizzly Adams trailer. But I guess he's not.

16.09.2025 13:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You're not telling me that the guy from the Grizzly Adams trailer actually was Robert Redford...right?

16.09.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I know! I know! This second game is starting to look really nice. And I'm not a fan of isometric games.

13.09.2025 21:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

....oh the burning pigs are in level 2 of pig quest.

11.09.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I bought navy seals off hayesmaker. He had a better copy that he kept for himself. I bought Pig Quest as a pre-order which took I think 4 years before it was delivered

11.09.2025 13:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I like the burning pigs

10.09.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Nah I've got through Level 1. I am still mentally preparing myself for level 2. I need to be able to shut off all my body's responses to irritation and frustration to do it.

10.09.2025 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you have a memory, you can do it. I did it, and my memory ain't so good.

10.09.2025 11:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I liked this game so much I bought a cartridge off hayesmaker a while ago. Good game...

10.09.2025 11:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I used my Wii Classic controller and my Nunchuck64 gadget. You need a proper tool to finish the game comfortably.

06.09.2025 21:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Finished level 1...still working on level 2, hoping to finish the game before part 2 comes out!

06.09.2025 11:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I have a Chromebook. ChromeOS on a device that is hardly more than a glorified phone with a keyboard. I discovered today that it can run Linux on a container. I'm running VSCode with Acme assembler and VICE now. Why did I not know this sooner? Very pleased :)

05.09.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Musketeer (C64) by Psytronik Software An excellent swashbuckling action-adventure for the C64!

It's out, friends! It's out! Four American dollars or your regional equivalent. Just picked it up and bout to give it whirl on the ole Kung Fu Flash. psytronik.itch.io/musketeer

18.08.2025 19:01 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

I love it! It's great.

18.08.2025 21:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
C64 - Quod Init Exit IIo - New Release
YouTube video by The Highlander71 C64 - Quod Init Exit IIo - New Release

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfI0...
Waaaayyyyy aheadh of you

18.08.2025 07:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not quite sure if I have always really understood this. But when you bank out the Kernal ROM on a Commodore 64 to copy in sprite data or a custom character set for instance, it is important to bank the ROM back in. An NMI might occur that calls a Kernal routine causing a crash.

10.08.2025 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's Tom!

07.08.2025 20:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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