Notices by AmigaLove (amigalove@mastodon.social), page 25

@thomasfuchs I would've thought that, too, but maybe this school just was strapped for $. I'll see if I can find the original source again but that's what the guy said. And those TVs!

@georgeharito lol!

Remember when white-soled boat shoe "sperry" loafers were the shit? (look at their feet) And how 'bout them "monitors"?

This would have been mid-80s, say 1987ish.

#80s #nostalgia #retrocomputing #atari #coding

@ifixcoinops 💯

Found on a floppy disk: Dragonlance art by Clyde Caldwell, 1987, that was used in a TSR Dragonlance calendar that year. (I also have that calendar, which is pinned to my wall.)

ILBM format, invented by Electronic Arts.

#amiga #commodore #tsr #dnd #dragonlance #80s #nostalgia

@qwertzuiop no, this is from one of the SSI “Gold Box” D&D RPGs.

@gbraad There are so many to choose from.

Probably the most famous (or near the top) is Secret of Monkey Island. It's awesome.

@kwramm Hey - you're in Singapore?

I lived in Singapore a billion years ago when I was a kid. From 1st-3rd grade; went to Singapore American School. My parents were both teachers. (This would have been '77-'79). Miss the food options over there. But not the humidity! ;) Super cool, cheers Robert.

@kwramm "it used to have" is part of what kills me. What used to be a picasso smile during the bootup process has been reduced to a tiny icon. Thank goodness it's still there, but it's one of the last remaining remnants of what gave system 7+ personality. I'm typing on my MBP M1 right now, and it's a great machine. But it's lost a lot of its soul. Still the best option out there IMO, but virtually zero fanciful playfulness to be had in 2023.

@Recta_Pete Well said.
Even the Mac boot chime is gone. Thankfully it is buried deep inside and I found a way to "unlock" it on my MBP M1, but the fact it isn't the default anymore is not just sickening but sad. I'd give anything for the sound effects of System 9 to be a theme I could apply. Give me the control strip to unfurl and open - with sound, please. We've gone so flat that everything is totally stale now, lifeless.

Take that, modern OSes. #windows #macos #linux doesn’t matter.

Computers used to be *fun* to use. And simple actions could surprise and delight. They all seem to have forgotten how computers could be FUN.

From something as “simple” as an icon to launch a game…

#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming #DnD #commodore

@10MARC oh no!!! 😥

I'm the operator with my pocket calculator.
I am adding...
And subtracting...

#commodore #retrocomputing #math #kraftwerk #80s #nostalgia

@robertcadena That's sensational!!!!

Floppy Disk shenanigans with the legendary early-days tactical RPG Wizard's Crown for C64.

SHORT POST: https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?p=17229#p17229

@StooCambridge @metin @TCD

Here's another of mine from the same artist/designer/style for C64. Still in the original shrinkwrap. 😎 I have another one around here somewhere ...

@StooCambridge 100% agree! I have a few. It's as if they were conceived on a Vectrex or something.

@metin @TCD @StooCambridge
Created by the same dev who developed the original mainframe versions that found their way across various University of California campuses. Pretty cool stuff.

New Conquest:
ROGUE for Amiga, by EPYX (1986)

Hard to believe I finally found it after all these years. And, it appears I'm the first one to EVER use the disk in 37 years since the day it was made, which makes no sense to me at all. (!!!)

MORE: https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2617

#retrogaming #commodore #amiga #vintagecomputing #VintageGaming #Rogue #RPG #dnd #roguelike

@ktnjared @smallsco thanks