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@mrbojangles151
Liverpool, St Helens rlfc, Philly eagles, gaming, be nice
Katılım Temmuz 2016
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I often think about the technical limitations that game designers of the 80s had to work with - both in terms of software and hardware.
The game that stands at the very top is Elite.
Think about this for a second: The core game code on the BBC Micro version occupied roughly 22 KB of memory. Now think about what Braben and Bell turned that into: a universe with eight galaxies, each containing 256 star systems (for a total of 2,048 planets/systems). Each system featured unique details: government type, economy, technology level, population, commodity prices, and even descriptive text (e.g., a planet known for "carnivorous arts graduates" or similar quirky combinations).
If you still need a bit more help to contextualize that, try this: Elite was smaller than many modern text files or desktop icons, yet it contained (and let you freely explore) a multi-galaxy-spanning universe that felt vast and limitless.
Oh, and by the way, the game also rendered 3D wireframe ships, stations, and planets in real time on a 2 MHz 6502 processor.
This is no slight on today’s game designers. They work with what they have, and that's okay. But when you think about the worlds that some programmers created with the tools they were given, it sometimes breaks my brain trying to understand how they did it.
Elite is a true masterpiece on so many levels. I played the C64 version back in the day, and even 40+ years later it still feels like one of the most incredible programming wonders ever.
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Confession time: What's that one videogame song that always gets stuck in your head? pcgamer.com/games/confessi…
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2nd sweep in a row 😉
Also the 2nd no bet day if playing to strat

Spencer Cox@Spencer57612049
Morning I’ll be playing from these games today Centenary intrigues me, both concede enough, Centenary on a recent run of goals Bayside a perfect 10 for conceding, score more than the home side More a gut feel that one ☝🏻
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@IanAFC_68 @Matt_Pinner Remember in primary school the whole class being taken to the library to see this bad boy in action 🤣🤣
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@mrbojangles151 True, he does everything, even in the team with a lot of possession... and I think he needs to be a mid
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If you’ve played them all you should be plus 0.5u from those games
If you played them all until 12pm you’d had regained that Green Gully stake & should’ve been at plus 1.5u
If playing to strat you’d should have been plus 1.5u & completed by 11.15
You should be up either way 😉

Spencer Cox@Spencer57612049
Morning This takes me up to lunchtime where if I get chance I’ll look at the afternoon games If I can negotiate Changchun it should be a little bit easier on paper
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@alexgiles86 Love the way the camera takes the fake at the start 😊
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@Bhaal_Spawn @TheoCrusaderr Playing through 3 for the first time now.....i now know to get through them all ta
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@FPL_Harry Replacements for mbuemo....not bruno, already have him. Are Newcastle crap?
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