@therealfitz How did we all learn how to do stuff like that pre-Internet?
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Replying to @BWJones @therealfitz
Back then we used to talk to our neighbors, who played the same games.
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Replying to @albertcardona @therealfitz
In 1982, there were very few computers in our neighborhoods. Particularly in not wealthy neighborhoods. But I did have friends that we certainly talked about this stuff.
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Replying to @BWJones @therealfitz
By ~1988, Commodore64, MSX, Amstrad were not uncommon. Loading a game from tape gave us all time to talk. Games were played by one player and the rest watching and commenting. The social dynamics have changed to isolated players in their homes, chatting with faraway strangers.
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Replying to @albertcardona @therealfitz
True. Cassette tape players were the way it happened in 1988. I mowed extra lawns to earn the money for a Disk ][ drive, but could no way afford a color screen. I had the Monitor III which was in green and black.
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But, yeah… We’d gather around and take turns playing. Karateka! Though there were some rare head to head games, we could not afford the paddle game controllers for them.
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Replying to @BWJones @albertcardona
Karateka was great, but I was hooked on Lode Runner.
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Love you Brian, but there was Karateka and then there was The Way of The Exploding Fist. You haven’t lived until you’ve knocked a charging bull unconscious with a single well-timed punch. That’s all I’m saying.
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Can't argue with that. My other fave was a Text adventure (with still graphics) called The Institute. It was weirder than hell.
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