Videogames and home-computers of the eighties / nineties.
Sometimes people ask me how I started programming, but it's not easy to answer in a few words. In a way, I never started programming, that is, I didn't know I was starting to do it. I still remember the day my parents bought me my first computer… More 1667 words
Cosa ci posso fare se ritengo California Games il miglior gioco sportivo realizzato per Commodore 64? Questo era uno dei pochi giochi che avevo in originale! Sviluppato e distribuito da Epix nel 1987, era uno di quei videogiochi dalla giocabilità eterna. Ancora oggi sento persone che lo rigiocano e rigiocano e rigiocano… More 911 words
Immaginate un cavaliere di nome Arthur, un'ambientazione tra horror e fantasy che parte da un cimitero pieno di zombie, una musica che ulula le sue note come a rievocare i fantasmi del titolo... Ecco a voi il fantastico Ghosts 'n Goblins. Ghosts 'n Goblins è uno di quei videogiochi… More 695 words
Although I wasn't that into it, I remember with pleasure Ghostbusters, the first video game on tape that I played in my first Commodore 64. I can no longer forget the name of David Crane, the programmer who created Ghostbusters. By the way, David Crane already had a solid story… More 927 words
The fantasy genre in video games has always been one of my favorites. It was 1986 and in the little booklet attached to a Com64 cassette I read the review of Dragon's Lair. The news that Dragon's Lair had been made in six months had fascinated me, increasing the… More 828 words
The tape cost 12000 lire, the floppy 15000 lire. It was 1988 and the sequel to Cybernoid was released, the videogame programmed by Raffaele Cecco with the timeless soundtrack of Jeroen Tel. The following year it would be released also for Amiga, and my memories merge in a space-time continuum that unites… More 501 words
Cybernoid for Commodore 64 is one of those video games that will remain in history, despite not having any particular technical innovation. Personally I was and remained in love with music, written by the timeless Jeroen Tel, but also with the game designed and programmed by Raffaele Cecco I spent hours… More 574 words
All I can say is that, I needed an affordable document scanning system for my home computing system and someone online suggested Biblos, and I've been using it ever since. BRAVO!