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by hammerhead
Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:33 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.
Replies: 707
Views: 291579

Re: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.

Thanks for the email!

Ghosts'n Goblins is an excellent choice. Brilliant conversion and pretty damn hard too.
by hammerhead
Sun May 03, 2015 1:00 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.
Replies: 707
Views: 291579

Re: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.

Ah, spending all my money on beer and hookers.... Those were the days...
by hammerhead
Sat May 02, 2015 1:06 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.
Replies: 707
Views: 291579

Re: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.

Back on topic...

Dunno if this has been mentioned before, but in the 'Latest Comments' box, it says...

"Game X posted by Whoever posted the score"

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by hammerhead
Sat May 02, 2015 12:35 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.
Replies: 707
Views: 291579

Re: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.

Posting a thanks here to Shane. It was so cool winning real money for playing Tilt! Finally got round to spending it. I put it toward a QuadPortIEC fr…login to view the rest of this post
by hammerhead
Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Best C64 shmups? (Shoot'em Ups)
Replies: 33
Views: 22835

Re: Best C64 shmups? (Shoot'em Ups)

Lightforce is good but it's the music which makes it stand out. Hunter's Moon is an excellent shooter but often seems to go under the radar, so to speak. I'm very fond of 8-way scrolling shooters, it'd be awesome if the C64 got a decent conversion of Bosconian. Others worth a play include Survivor ,...
by hammerhead
Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:31 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New Arrival
Replies: 7
Views: 4955

Re: New Arrival

That makes me feel guilty. I still drive to work and it's only about a mile away, when there's a perfectly serviceable bike in the shed... Well it was serviceable when I put it in there about a year ago :oops: If you're still looking for a Zipstik, there's three for sale here at £15 plus postage. I...
by hammerhead
Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:10 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New Arrival
Replies: 7
Views: 4955

Re: New Arrival

That keyboard on the left... Looks like someone wiped their arse with it! But yeah, it's great to get the real thing again. I bought mine about a year ago after 15+ years of using emulators. Since then I've added an SD2IEC, EasyFlash 3, MPS1270 printer, disk drive (courtesy of yaztromo) and a bunch ...
by hammerhead
Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:47 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.
Replies: 707
Views: 291579

Re: Retro Computer Scene Highscores Discussion Thread.

yaztromo wrote:BTW, gutted Hammerhead beat my Tilt score. Not only beat it, but 'hammered' it haha.
Hehe, haven't checked in here for ages yet here I…login to view the rest of this post
by hammerhead
Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Problems connecting to Melon64
Replies: 13
Views: 13086

Re: Problems connecting to Melon64

Yep, me too, also on Firefox.

Last night I'd click a link and it would say 'connecting', then nothing. It didn't time out either, just sat waiting endlessly. Every other site was fine.

Been alright today though, so far.
by hammerhead
Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:40 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Site logo!
Replies: 22
Views: 13427

Re: Site logo!

Awww, that's cute!