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by merman
31/08/2011 - 14:55
Forum: Events & Broadcasting
Topic: Rambo remix competition
Replies: 5
Views: 9266

Re: Rambo remix competition

The point is, the GFX competition inspired more than 50 different entries (including my own) and the SID competition has just started... so I thought it might be fun to hear some new approaches to remixing. The SID allows any subtune, samples and inspiration from the original film score, so the same...
by merman
31/08/2011 - 9:34
Forum: Events & Broadcasting
Topic: Rambo remix competition
Replies: 5
Views: 9266

Re: Rambo remix competition

Analog-X64 wrote:Graphics and Music?
If you like... but it was mainly aimed at the musical side.
by merman
30/08/2011 - 15:16
Forum: Events & Broadcasting
Topic: Rambo remix competition
Replies: 5
Views: 9266

Rambo remix competition

So, just an idea... in honour of the Rambo Revisited SID competition, itself inspired by the Rambo Revisted GFX competition, how about running a Rambo remix competition here?
by merman
23/08/2011 - 8:30
Forum: Artwork forum
Topic: Arkanoid Ship
Replies: 26
Views: 71432

Re: Arkanoid Ship

Commie_User wrote:Was that the actual ship doing the shooting in the game?
No, that was the ship carrying your Vaus (bat). In the intro/attract sequence, a spaceship warps in, shoots at the dome and releases the Vaus, which gets sucked into another dimension to battle Doh...
by merman
16/08/2011 - 8:39
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: SID80s on Facebook
Replies: 12
Views: 9539

Re: SID80s on Facebook

Copenhagen Retro Concert, November 2005:

http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h236/ ... hagen2005/

Those are compressed, so I have higher res versions if you want them....
by merman
15/08/2011 - 16:20
Forum: Fun Forum
Topic: IGNORE! Machine did this instead of 'reply to thread'
Replies: 852
Views: 752368

Re: IGNORE! Machine did this instead of 'reply to thread'

This thread is not dead, it's just pining for the fjords...
by merman
15/08/2011 - 8:39
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: SID80s on Facebook
Replies: 12
Views: 9539

Re: SID80s on Facebook

Back in Time Lite/Retrovision, September 2005 http://www.flickr.com/photos/merman/sets/944053/ Charity Night, The Avenue, Failsworth, May 2006 (can't believe that's FIVE years ago!) http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h236/merman1974/charitynight/ Mark Knight at Mark Rayson's 40th birthday: http://i65...
by merman
14/08/2011 - 8:05
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: how to rip instruments from sids
Replies: 10
Views: 10900

Re: how to rip instruments from sids

Was trying to remember what this was called for ages when this thread came up.

ICU64 - look inside the C64's memory with VICE

http://icu64.blogspot.com/
by merman
14/08/2011 - 8:02
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: SID80s on Facebook
Replies: 12
Views: 9539

Re: SID80s on Facebook

Will have a look through my photos...
by merman
11/08/2011 - 8:47
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: evryone safe?
Replies: 25
Views: 16984

Re: evryone safe?

It's always the same with England though. People hear about trouble in London and seem to assume that means people who live three or four hundred miles away are affected. If there was a riot in New York, no-one would ask if the people in Atlanta are OK... And I say round them all up. All the right w...
by merman
07/08/2011 - 8:21
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: Reaping the Ebay harvest
Replies: 465
Views: 459246

Re: Reaping the Ebay harvest

Going to need an HDMI switchbox myself soon...

And seeing those video recorders, did you know about the Video Fast Loader (VFL) cartridge? Load and save C64 games to VHS cassette. Interesting piece of hardware.
by merman
05/08/2011 - 15:27
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: Micro Rhythm - Commodore 64 sample player and instructions
Replies: 8
Views: 21718

Re: Micro Rhythm - Commodore 64 sample player and instructio

Yes, there are different sample sets. There's also Microrhythm Plus, but I've not used either.
by merman
04/08/2011 - 8:08
Forum: Fun Forum
Topic: MATCH MAKER - Romance software for the Commodore 64!
Replies: 5
Views: 10292

Re: MATCH MAKER - Romance software for the Commodore 64!

And when you've found that special someone, you can refer to Dr. Ruth's Guide to Good Sex...
by merman
04/08/2011 - 8:02
Forum: General Conversation
Topic: "Music 64" (1984)
Replies: 9
Views: 8717

Re: "Music 64" (1984)

There's one piece of Commodore music software I haven't been able to find - Pro-Synth, which was supposed to have MIDI capabilities.
by merman
30/07/2011 - 7:48
Forum: Fun Forum
Topic: What are you playing right now?
Replies: 61
Views: 205582

Re: What are you playing right now?

Pure (Xbox 360)
Monkey Hero (PS1)