Luxury!!!
I had to type it in from a magazine listing - which had a typo in the hex - using a rubber keyboard that couldn't get into extended mode.
And I were lucky to have that!
You kids don't know how easy you have it...
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Luxury!!!
I had to type it in from a magazine listing - which had a typo in the hex - using a rubber keyboard that couldn't get into extended mode.
And I were lucky to have that!
The happy days of GPP. I remember it took weeks to make my first million credits
But then we had the GOLD RUSH period where it was hard for a new player to not become a millionaire in one session.
The game's economy has been up and down, all over the place over its history. Don't even get me started on how easy it was to get an Elite rank in Combat back in 2015!
We used to dream of fancy magazines... T'wer so poor had to use punch cards, but only got one delivered a week by carrier pidgeon! None of that modern screen stuff either, you'd get a print out, so docking was tricky I can tell you.
You kids today, luxury!
Pah!
When I were 3 months old and had to work down mill programming swathe machines - we had to set dip jumpers using our tongues as contacts. Mill owner were too poor to buy coal to fire up the boiler - so he used all our food and clothes and worldly posessions as fuel.
When I was a lad delivery mission used to pay about a 1000 credits, the road to getting a well equipped Cobra was a long slog, spoilt I tell you, spoilt!!!
When I was a kid, Cobra Mk3s were made of wireframes!
When I was a young man, Cobra Mk3s were made of filled polygons!
Now as an older man, my Cobra Mk3 feels like the real damned thing!
I love critical perspective!
It took me four months to afford a Vulture when they were first released and that was with the help of the Lugh war CG. Then I flew a stock vulture for nearly a year before having the cash to buy a python, which I fitted with some lasers and flew stock untill I could raise the funds to upgrade.
You new commers have it so easy...
**Old man yells at clouds**
You new commers have it so easy...
**Old man yells at clouds**
<stares disbelievingly at all the hyperbolics>
Right!
When I were a lad... t'space were black and white. We didn't haave none o' that fancy landing on moons and 'aving fun driving about and all that.
I 'ad t'Kempston joystick which were bitsa spring steel to give ya four digital inputs and a single fire button. If ye'weren't careful and tugged too 'ard on yer stick yer joystick interface'd wobble on yer expansion slot... an' coz the whole universe t'crash.
I were one of the lucky ones what had t'tape machine. In t'morning ahd press "play" on machine. Then go ahff t'pits. Sixteen 'ours later ahd come back t'Spectrum, and it'd be almost loaded by then. T'telly would be filled wi' funny black blocks ahnd I'd 'av t'stick this funny plastic lens thing on my eyes t'see anti-piracy code. Well, m'eyes wert blurry from t'pits. Ahd answer wi wrong code an' an electric shock would frazzle me fingers an' t'Spectrum reset and I'ahd t'wait til tomorrow t'try again.
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When I were a lad... t'space were black and white. We didn't haave none o' that fancy landing on moons and 'aving fun driving about and all that.
I 'ad t'Kempston joystick which were bitsa spring steel to give ya four digital inputs and a single fire button. If ye'weren't careful and tugged too 'ard on yer stick yer joystick interface'd wobble on yer expansion slot... an' coz the whole universe t'crash.
I were one of the lucky ones what had t'tape machine. In t'morning ahd press "play" on machine. Then go ahff t'pits. Sixteen 'ours later ahd come back t'Spectrum, and it'd be almost loaded by then. T'telly would be filled wi' funny black blocks ahnd I'd 'av t'stick this funny plastic lens thing on my eyes t'see anti-piracy code. Well, m'eyes wert blurry from t'pits. Ahd answer wi wrong code an' an electric shock would frazzle me fingers an' t'Spectrum reset and I'ahd t'wait til tomorrow t'try again.
I read that whole thing in the most offensive Northern English accent my mind could manage.
I remember when you were lucky if you made your fuel/repair costs back via missions.
Not joking either.
Fuel used to be very expensive and ship wear and tear in supercruise was such that running a big ship cost a fortune.
From memory a just a single trip to Hutton Orbital would leave you at 50% hull, in a big ship the cost to repair that used to be huge.
Not joking either.
Fuel used to be very expensive and ship wear and tear in supercruise was such that running a big ship cost a fortune.
From memory a just a single trip to Hutton Orbital would leave you at 50% hull, in a big ship the cost to repair that used to be huge.
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Yeah I landed an Anaconda after using it in a CZ and the 15% hull damage cost something in the vicinity of 4,000,000cr to repair once.
I just about swallowed my tongue and power shat in my socks at the same time.
Ah, happy days. It's a shame that repair and fuel bills are more or less meaningless now - just hit buttons in starport services and it's done. It would be nice if we had to factor in our ships maintenance costs.
I have to agree there...
Spectrum?! LUXURY!
When ah were a lad, ah had t'ZX81. It were a grand machine that. No sound, and none o this colour business either. Keyboard? Don't make me laugh, lad! T'keyboard were t'membrane job. Ah had t'type a program in on this membrane monstrosity hopin' that t'16K RAM Pack at the back 'o it didn't wobble and crash t'computer. Nine point nine out of ten times t'machine crashed on yeh just as you were typin' in t'last bit 'o program. Ah had t'then try t'save the program to a standard tape recorder, and yeh were lucky if t'tape machine loaded t'program back again. It took me all m'years of Eckythump trainin' just t'stay patient wi' t'ZX81, lad.
By 'eck them were the days!
Aye, when you actually worried about taking hull damage due to the costs of repairing.
I don't think this was such a bad thing.
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Ah! The ZX81 <sigh> I remember t'auld days when we'd all crowd round t'computer. We 'ad ta make own entertainment. Type in by 'and.
All t' classics like "Bomber", "Wall", an' kingdom games an' all.
*spits out tea*
how is that not word filtered?! Bwahahahahaha
EDIT - but all-caps posts are filtered? Theres a hole in your filter dear FDEV dear FDEV...
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In my day we played board games, we had to use our imagination instead of a monitor. Though tv's were available, I didn't actually see one until I was 10 years old. We got one when I was 12, and haven't stopped watching it since.
