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A celebration of C64 loading screens

The art of waiting, Commodore style

Words: Matt Cundy, GamesRadar UK

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ssj4raditz - 3 months 16 days ago

Holy crap, I LOVED Last Ninja! The nostalgia is almost overwhelming.

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secretsearcher - 3 months 16 days ago

O.O

I LOVED that acoustic song. I've never heard of the game, I only know about the C64 from reading another article on this website, and I'm not a big fan of acoustic guitar. But that BLEW me away!!! I've got to find a way to get that on my I-pod. A friend of mine who plays guitar would LOVE this song.

Oh. And the rest of the article was cool too. I lost interest a little bit after hearing that acoustic song, because I liked it so much. But still, good article.

reCaptcha: podium galland
For some reason this phrase sounds like something you'd want to climb up onto the top of the empire state building and just shout to the heavens.
PODIUM GALLAND!!!!
see what I mean?

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OldschoolAL - 3 months 16 days ago

Ha! Lest we not forget the best loading screen Ever, invade-a-load!! You got to play Space invaders while the game loaded. This was amusing because in many cases the space invaders game was better than the one you bough. Terra Cresta Ruled.

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IHateMakingUserIDs - 3 months 16 days ago

Something dawned on me while i was watching "The Last Ninja" loading screen video...I'm watching a 4+ minute loading screen and i don't even get to play anything after it's done.

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stikmanrp - 3 months 16 days ago

Now I feel not that hardcore that I never has a C64 and just an atari 2600 and intellivision.

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GamesRadar_MattCundy - 3 months 16 days ago

@secretsearcher

You can download trv's acoustic Sanxion loader from here:

http://www.remix64.com/tune_345800.html

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secretsearcher - 3 months 16 days ago

thanks, I will :D

reCapthca: preach flowers
because violence sucks.

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BrushieTundra - 3 months 16 days ago

What doesn't the TI-994a ever get any love? Sure you had to load game via cartridge or cassette tape. Yeah the 5 1/4 inch drive was in a metal box the size of a VW. So what. I loved my Basic and Extended Basic cartridges. Tunnels of Doom kicked ass! Why the discrimination?

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FinalGamer - 3 months 15 days ago

Awesome article guys, I love the music of the era of gaming before my time when I started on the NES.

I got a whole CD of C64 music from Retro Gamer, which is when I started to love the stuff. Shadowfire is my fave.

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wiigamer024 - 3 months 11 days ago

Holy Sh*t! The sound? The graphics? Is this ALL 8-bit? It's... it's wonderful! *sniff sniff*

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LordSwearengen - 3 months 11 days ago

Awesome article! Thanks for the quotes from te Zzap! crew - spent many an hour poring over their words back in the day. Still one of the greatest games mags ever.

And those chrome elf things from Tetris (The first version of it I ever played) still look amazing.

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secretsearcher - 3 months 7 days ago

I just had to post this:

reCaptcha" smooth-run aeneid

I recently had to read the Aeneid for school. And it is NOT a smooth run.

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