A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I’ve grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it’s not even funny.
That keyboard… I want to touch it. Clack clack clack
Yes… You want to touch it…
But before clicking clack, tip it upside-,down and give it a couple bangs.
A whole new wooooorld! (Don’t you dare cover your mouth)
blep! it’s in my mouth!
That’s a commodore computer, their keyboards aren’t terrible but they’re kind of squishy and not the best
Squish squish squish!
I actually really like the C64 keyboards - not perfect by any means, but they are some of the best keyboards in the 8-bit computers, really.
Fun thing, I wrote one NaNoWriMo novel on a C64, so I don’t think the typing comfort is too much of an issue. Though for that experiment I actually used my C64C, because the low-profile case makes things a tiny bit more ergonomic. (I don’t use it that C64 specimen much for other purposes, because it has a busted/temperamental SID. The one in the picture is my C64G, which is one of the last models produced, basically C64C guts in a breadbin-style case.)
I recently got out my Vic-20, which of course has a very similar keyboard. Not low-profile at all, so it really forced me to have proper typist posture.
Pepsi, its the choice of a new generation (that is now staring down the barrel of retirement). But we’ll be taking our C64 with us. Retirement home Jumpman tournaments are gonna be awesome.
Nice try Coca-Cola marketing, I’m on to you!
This actually gave me a pause. I guess a lot of marketing bullshit is actually about turning people into warring tribes. “This thing is trying to market X? Well damn you, I like Y! That is the best! Everyone, get Y!” …actually explains a lot about the perennial Console Wars: the companies like it as long as someone is winning. (…Jim Steph Sterling really was right, following game business for a moment is an easy way to become a critic of capitalism)
Everyone wants to be on the winning team. Our brains will make up all kinds of things to rationalize what we believe.
Also, I played and beat a burned PS1 “Pepsiman”, so I’m not sure where that puts me besides old.
I love photos like this. Looks cozy!
It isn’t “zero” sugar
