hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (12/31/90)
might find it interesting. Remember the rumored C64GS we kept hearing
about and all the Amiga people were condeming as a bad idea at this
day at age? There were all sorts of specs rumors flying about.
Well, guess what? It DOES exist and is on sale. In europe, of course,
where C64 games are still being made. I read about it in the brittish
mag ZZap64. (Which, oddly enough, also carries Amiga stuff) Apparently
it is nothing more than a C64 with a cartridge port as it's only means
of loading software. The GS stands for Game System and it is designed
to compete with the Nintendo crowds. The carts, I believe, can be up
to 128K in size. The UK game company OCEAN is standing behind the new
machine 100% and has announced that all future games for the C64 from
them will be in cartridge format only save for those they can't do in
cart form because of license agreements with Nintendo.
The article didn't mention much about Specs, just that it was being
released in time for the Christmas rush. It was displayed at the UK
Comdex along with the new CDTV. Commodore UK Officials had some
surprising things to say on several subjects. Over there, they are not
upset about the Game Machine image of the Amiga or C64. In fact, that
A500 box in the UK shows nothing but GAME screen shots on it's cover!
Believe it or not, Deluxe Paint II is still sold over there at an
amazing rate. Commodowith their A590 Hard Disk!
The differences in attitude between the US and UK is amazing
sometimes.
-Moriland
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\X/ "Only Amiga Makes It Possible." | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edusbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) (01/01/91)
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes: > > I know this isn't really Amiga related, but I thought you guys > might find it interesting. Remember the rumored C64GS we kept hearing > about and all the Amiga people were condeming as a bad idea at this > day at age? There were all sorts of specs rumors flying about. How's the flame collection going? It looks to me as if something is continually broadcasting your message again and again and again... Assuming that it is not my end that is having the problems, my deepest sym[pathies.... :-) [it happened to me too!] -- ** Official Signature for Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer)! ** sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz || Disclaimers are for sick societies ** Thomas.Farmer@bbs.actrix.gen.nz || with too many lawyers.
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (01/03/91)
%>How's the flame collection going? %> %>It looks to me as if something is continually broadcasting your %>message again and again and again... %> %>Assuming that it is not my end that is having the problems, my deepest %>sym[pathies.... :-) %> %>[it happened to me too!] Heh. Thanx. Glad to know I am not the ONLY one thats ever happened to. I think I know what went wrong and I should be able to avoid it in the future. So far, I have gotten about 10 flames on it! Here's something else that I wanted to mention about England and their attitude towards Commodore: Over there, the Amiga is held in high regard as a game and business machine. We've all known that for awhile now, but did you know that Commodore UK goes as far as to set up A500 packages based totally on a few games? In fact, with the overwhelming popularity of the movie by the same name, the Amiga 500 BATMAN COMBO PACK (A500, RF TV Adapter, 512K and one drive bundled with the BATMAN: The Movie Video Game) is one of their all time best sellers over there? The outside of the box is made up to look sort of bat-cavish with big bold letters pronouncing it as the A500 BATMAN COMBO. Weird. You have to see some of these ads to believe it! -Moriland -- | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu | __ | | | __/// Viva Amiga! | | Founder Of: Evil Young | \XX/ | | Mutants For A Better Tomorrow | "Single Tasking: JUST SAY NO!" |
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (01/03/91)
I know this isn't really Amiga related, but I thought you guys
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Date: 30 Dec 90 19:33:09 GMT
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might find it interesting. Remember the rumored C64GS we kept hearing
about and all the Amiga people were condeming as a bad idea at this
day at age? There were all sorts of specs rumors flying about.
Well, guess what? It DOES exist and is on sale. In europe, of course,
where C64 games are still being made. I read about it in the brittish
mag ZZap64. (Which, oddly enough, also carries Amiga stuff) Apparently
it is nothing more than a C64 with a cartridge port as it's only means
of loading software. The GS stands for Game System and it is designed
to compete with the Nintendo crowds. The carts, I believe, can be up
to 128K in size. The UK game company OCEAN is standing behind the new
machine 100% and has announced that all future games for the C64 from
them will be in cartridge format only save for those they can't do in
cart form because of license agreements with Nintendo.
The article didn't mention much about Specs, just that it was being
released in time for the Christmas rush. It was displayed at the UK
Comdex along with the new CDTV. Commodore UK Officials had some
surprising things to say on several subjects. Over there, they are not
upset about the Game Machine image of the Amiga or C64. In fact, that
A500 box in the UK shows nothing but GAME screen shots on it's cover!
Believe it or not, Deluxe Paint II is still sold over there at an
amazing rate. Commodowith their A590 Hard Disk!
The differences in attitude between the US and UK is amazing
sometimes.
-Moriland
--
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
"All usual disclaimers apply..." | Founder Of: Evil Young
// | Mutants For A Better Tommorow.
\X/ "Only Amiga Makes It Possible." | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.eduhastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (01/04/91)
AIGH! IT'S THE POST THAT WOULDN'T DIE!!!! -Moriland -- | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu | __ | | | __/// Viva Amiga! | | Founder Of: Evil Young | \XX/ | | Mutants For A Better Tomorrow | "Single Tasking: JUST SAY NO!" |