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Title: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: SnowBord on July 15, 2003, 02:34:06 AM
Megagames have given the Tulip C= 64 re-launch quite in-depth coverage
Check it out! (http://www.megagames.com/news/html/hardware/commodore64re-launched.shtml)

-Edit- Windows users, beware of Adware when clicking above.

Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: Waccoon on July 15, 2003, 03:51:15 AM
C64 is the best selling home computer of all time.  And yet, Apple II still gets all the credit.  Bah!
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: Damion on July 15, 2003, 04:11:09 AM
So they're going to slap an "official" emulator
on a PC and sell it as a 64??? And then try to
charge people for old software? No thanks..

I predict this will be a pathetic flop...
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: downix on July 15, 2003, 04:20:42 AM
Why am I visualizing the Fox Dr Who movie or that horrid Star Blazers movie Disney attempted?
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: Jope on July 15, 2003, 08:48:41 AM
Seems someone at Tulip had dollar signs light up in his eyes when they  decided to do that.

Oh well, that's western economy for ye.. :-D If you can beat money out of something, then someone will certainly do just that.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: Godfather on July 15, 2003, 11:46:46 AM
In depth ??? Baahhhh !!

That's not even shallow what they wrote,  a mere pile of rubbish.

A true reporter states that some of the acts are given as MAYBE or he CAN'T CHECK them. When Mega games wrote 6 milion all their credability has gone. Poof. They should hae stated that it's a number given to them, and they can't chack it. (Actually no one can !!)

There are no 6 milion users, there is no real comentary from the REAL C64 users (like myself) who think this is plain stupid and looks like a last attemt to make some money before the final stage of oblivion.

In short, Mega games suck with this report, coz I wanna, I can lick Tulip website and say it's wonderful, I don't have to read it again in other place.

 :-x  :-x
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: shIva on July 15, 2003, 12:59:46 PM
what is it about these adwares ? do you get them through a directx control element, or how does it work. (can´t say anything to this, since i use everything but windows) :-D
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: redrumloa on July 15, 2003, 02:23:44 PM
Quote
what is it about these adwares ? do you get them through a directx control element, or how does it work. (can´t say anything to this, since i use everything but windows)


Dunno what causes it, I don't care enough about Windoes to learn causes, only prevention and cleanup. but what happens is you get a requestor asking if you want to install such and such to enhance the page. One of the pop ups is GATOR :evil:  :evil: My wife fell for that before :-x Cleaning up that mess was no fun :-x
Title: Re: Commodore 64 relaunch on Megagames
Post by: downix on July 15, 2003, 05:10:39 PM
it's visualbasic script.