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I am!

Nice! 👊🏻

Thank you sir! 👊🏻

Same here!

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It's tough to impress kids with old-school tech!

Agree!

Absolutely agree! The effort and creativity from the developers often made all the difference, especially with the limitations of the time.

Absolutely, the C64 packed a lot of power for its time, and it’s incredible what people were able to create with it!

Those were the days! Printing Garfield comics must have been a blast, even with those pricey cartridges. Some things never change!

I've always had my door, I believe it is Ashton who is missing a door on his 1702. Happy New Year!

@FloppyDeepDive Yup, you're right. I watch so many of you fellow enthusiasts, I forgot who it was. Keep them coming! Happy New Year!

Right there with you. I watch them too.

True, it’s all about creativity with the tools of the time! 3D printing has definitely taken that to a whole new level.

Both systems have their unique charm, and I totally get the envy-C64’s software library was hard to ignore! It’s great that you experienced the best of both worlds. Dropzone is such a standout on the Atari, but C64’s sound capabilities were indeed next-level.

I understand - I'll keep that in mind for future videos! Thanks for letting me know.

I thought so! Happy New Year!

I hear you on that one. There’s something undeniably unique about the aesthetic of a classic dot-matrix print, even in the age of high-resolution printing.

@FloppyDeepDive I remember my Grandfather took a photo of my Grandmother and they put it on a T-Shirt at T-Shirt + in the mall in the mid 80's. The tranfer print was a dit matrix print out on heat transfer paper. I'd love to print some of my current 18 and higher Megapixel prints from my Canon cameras on color dot matrix. I think they would look so cool.

That would be cool!

Agree 👍🏻

Haha yes! Nothing beats that satisfying sound of the print head zipping back and forth. Those 80x models were absolute workhorses - the mechanical symphony of a dot matrix in action never gets old! Thumbs up for keeping these classics running. They just don't make printers with this much personality anymore.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Oh man, that quality jump was incredible right? The resolution and print speed difference between 9-pin and 24-pin was like night and day. Finally being able to get that near letter-quality output made such a huge difference for professional documents. Those were exciting times in printer tech!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Those classic LOAD commands bring back such great memories! Nothing like that magical sound of a C64 tape drive loading up your favorite game. And yes - Amiga forever indeed! The upgrade from swapping countless tapes on the C64 to that sweet Amiga floppy disk system was mind-blowing back in the day. Thanks for the meowy retrospective wishes - Kiitos from a fellow retro enthusiast! 🎮👍​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Print Shop was absolutely legendary! Making those banners and greeting cards felt like magic back then. The best part was that satisfying dot matrix printer sound as it slowly revealed your creation line by line. Such a groundbreaking program for its time!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@ I agree 100% there is a magical feel to it you just don’t get much anymore

@ is this your set up and equipment or did you find video of this?

This is my setup. I had it since I was a kid.

@@FloppyDeepDive that’s awesome my 1st pc was a Hewlett-Packard and played the heck out of prince of Persia on it

Love the retro gaming emojis! Merry Retro Christmas to you too! Those Print Shop memories just hit different during the holidays, don't they? 🎄 Keep that classic computing spirit alive! 💾

Thanks so much for sharing your nostalgic Commodore 64 memories from London! It's fantastic to hear from someone who experienced Karateka firsthand back in 1985. You're absolutely right - that game was groundbreaking for its time, and I love how you specifically called out not just the visuals but also the audio and intro sequence. Those were pretty revolutionary elements that really set Karateka apart from other games of that era. I do quite a few version comparison videos on my channel, so I'm really glad you're enjoying that style of content! The C64 was such a special machine, and getting one in '85 must have been incredibly exciting. Would love to hear more about your other favorite C64 games from that period if you'd like to share. Thanks for checking out my video - really appreciate the kind words and the personal connection you shared!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Be happy to share :-) - I played all 5 of the games you reviewed here - and the one that sticks out (in the U.K.) was Way of the Exploding Fist - the backgrounds were something else at the time - and the music...well...wow...especially the single player theme tune that sounded so peaceful Then Fist 2 came along - and was good in parts - but also a let-down - but again VERY atmospheric music The Last Ninja finally came along "at last" in Summer 1987 - and stunned me like the rest of the gaming world with its visuals - but again its MUSIC was incredible - although I must be the only one who preferred LN1 to LN2 (which just didn't "sit right" due to its modern setting - apart from the last 2 levels with the Shogun which beat LN1's last battle hands down!) Quite a few Arcade conversions I played on the C64 without ever having played (or first played) the Arcade versions - one in particular that struck me was Irem's "Ninja Spirit" - looking very different on the C64 to the Arcade - but IMO superior music One Arcade game that I DID play before the C64 version was SHINOBI around 1987 - very addictive - and the C64 was lacking music / and a so-so conversion P.S. I was 12 when I got my C64 - was a great time to be a kid in those days - especially with the likes of Ocean software and U.S. Gold imports P.P.S. - did you ever play the amazing "Samurai Warrior - the Battles of Usagi Yojimbo" ? By the makers of Exploding Fist - a sort of Action-adventure with a Samurai bunny - if you haven't - you MUST play it!

I completely agree with you about the incredible music in The Last Ninja-it truly set the standard for atmospheric soundtracks. Way of the Exploding Fist was a masterpiece too, with visuals that still hold up. As for Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo, I’ve played it, and it’s such a unique experience with that mix of action and strategy. The Samurai bunny concept is just genius! Thanks for sharing these awesome memories-it really was a golden time for gaming.

Golden time for gaming is absolutely true! One other C64 game I played around that time which blew me away - Kung Fu Master - the mid-80s was a time when nearly all gamers were crazy for Ninjas and Marital Arts

Merry Christmas, John! The Print Shop really was something special, and that dot-matrix chatter is forever etched in my memory. It’s amazing how those sounds bring back such vivid nostalgia!

Indeed! 👊🏻🤩

I did already here -Which is better? SMS vs. NES - Round 2! th-cam.com/video/NXjyg--PDZA/w-d-xo.html

Cool dad!