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Socoder -> Off Topic -> The C64 Mini |
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 07:06 | |
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Pakz |
C64 mini anounced Linkage
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 07:06 | |
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GfK |
Clicks "order today" >> "coming soon". So.... can't order today. :/
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 07:23 | |
Jayenkai
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So... The keyboard's fake? .... Why bother at all, then? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 07:33 | |
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GfK |
I'm not sure if any of those games are anywhere the "best", either. One or two possibly, but mostly, not.
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 10:37 | |
Dabz
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And the award for the 2017 Worlds Worst Website To Browse On An iPhone goes tooooo.... *drum roll* TheC64.com Unfortunately they cannot be here this evening, so here’s a small statement from the fellas at theC64.com:- “I like eggy bread†And there we are... well done guys! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 15:06 | |
spinal
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If the keyboard was real, i'd consider it, but as it seems to not be, no way.
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| Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 16:19 | |
rockford
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No Uridium. No deal  They've got ParaDroid and Gribbly's Day Out, why not Braybrook's absolute finest hour? Hmmm... It says on the box that 64 games are included, but only shows 40 (and most of those aren't the best), so the other 24 must be really shite. I'm REALLY surprised that Heartland and Nodes of Yesod are on there - those games are fiercely protected by their owner. |
| Sat, 30 Sep 2017, 16:12 | |
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Jayenkai
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I dunno. I get the feeling that if it were the previous C64-TV-Doohickey company doing this, they'd've made that keyboard work!! This feels like it's going to be no more than an emulator, a Rasp-Pi, and a case... I'm not 100% sure why I'm thinking that, but I just can't shake it.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 30 Sep 2017, 17:24 | |
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GfK |
 This feels like it's going to be no more than an emulator, a Rasp-Pi, and a case...I'm not 100% sure why I'm thinking that, but I just can't shake it..  I honestly don't get these micro-replica computer/consoles. Especially one that has a keyboard that doesn't do anything. |
| Mon, 09 Oct 2017, 11:28 | |
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Pakz |
Amiga is on the mini also : https://www.generationamiga.com/2017/10/08/cloanto-and-retro-games-ltd-announce-release-of-amiga-mini-computer-in-2018/ Curious if it will be any good.
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| Mon, 09 Oct 2017, 11:38 | |
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Jayenkai
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I still like the Armiga form factor. https://www.armigaproject.com/ If I didn’t still have a working A600, I’d’ve bought one of those a long time ago! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Mon, 09 Oct 2017, 12:10 | |
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GfK |
Yet another new Amiga? Stick a Ferrari badge on a cowpat, and it's still a cowpat. The Amiga as we knew and loved it, is dead. It's time folks stopped bastardizing the name. Likewise Atari. |
| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 07:00 | |
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Jayenkai
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View on YouTube 8bit guy reviews, and opens up, the C64 mini. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 08:06 | |
steve_ancell
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I did have my eye on this, Linkage!, until I saw the f'ing pricetag. What I wanna know is what happened to the initial price of £150 - £170 when it was still in the kickstarter stage.
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 08:54 | |
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Jayenkai
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They’re selling the TheC64 joystick separately. Although it’s currently out of stock on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-C64-Joystick-Electronic-Games/dp/B079JCLP8W/ -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 09:05 | |
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steve_ancell
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Can a keyboard be plugged in to that, for indie devs I mean, or is it strictly just a games console? |update| -=-=- |update| And can you just type straight at the Ready prompt like a classic C64? |
| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 09:08 | |
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Jayenkai
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Yeah, you can plug in a USB keyboard to the C64 mini. You can also add disk images via a USB drive, but it's currently limited to one disk only, and it acts like a real C64 disk, so.. slow loading!!! The 8bit guy video shows all this, btw. He's quite in-depth. The only thing he doesn’t say is whether the joystick is crappy contacts, or proper micro switches.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 12:02 | |
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spinal
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Got one for my birthday. The joystick is possibly the worst I have ever used
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 13:01 | |
Jayenkai
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Oh, bugger... sorry to hear that.
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| Sat, 31 Mar 2018, 16:12 | |
rockford
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Spinal's next joystick challenge awaits...
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| Sun, 01 Apr 2018, 05:03 | |
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TomToad |
.d64 image: You can use quick save feature to save the .d64 image, so next time it loads faster, but there are only 4 slots for this. Still say it is easier to just download an emulator. |
| Sun, 01 Apr 2018, 05:38 | |
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Jayenkai
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Yes, that too is mentioned in the video.
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| Sun, 01 Apr 2018, 11:14 | |
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spinal
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I think, looking at peoples experience with joysticks, that individual drivers need to be written for every single one.
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| Sun, 01 Apr 2018, 11:29 | |
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Pakz |
I read someone posting that if you load a game from the menu first the fastloader wil be activated.
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| Sun, 01 Apr 2018, 13:13 | |
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spinal
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It looks more to me that it uses a save state for each games title screen, then it's back to emulated disk loading after that point.
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