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8204303 No.8204303 [Reply] [Original]

Why aren't you playing the great action-adventure game known as Fred, /vr/?

>> No.8204338

Cool concept if it was on C64, NES, Colecovision, anything with more capable hardware.

>> No.8204869

>>8204338
probably. kek.

>> No.8205543

this game plays way better if you crank the CPU to 7MHz

>> No.8205551

So how fucking poor was england at the time? my dad was raised by a single mother and even he had an atari 2600. Didn't this thing cost fuck all?

>> No.8205569

>>8204303
Looks alright. I have no real desire to play it though. What are its key features?

>> No.8205581

>>8204303
ill play some speccy shit once i get the mister setup - i have an rp3 for this crap also but no wireless keyboard for that +its in the livingroom

>> No.8205584

>>8205551
The 48k ZX Spectrum cost something like 129 pounds at the time it came out, I think. Other than the other Sinclair machines like the ZX80 or ZX81 which were basically calculators, the Spectrum was easily the cheapest option when it came to a home computer. And games could be found for 2 or 3 pounds so it was definitely the best budget choice.

also 2600s were going on deep discount by the end of 1983 simply so retailers could get rid of all their unsold stock, I'm talking systems for 20 or 30 bucks (maybe less) and games for 1-5 dollars in bins everywhere.

>> No.8205596

>>8205584
>also 2600s were going on deep discount by the end of 1983

Oh right, I did remember he had like two games and they were shitty he said
like tank battle and something else.
still even if it was discounted from 250 to 100 dollars that is still almost 300 in todays money
plus he had pong.
I remember Rodney Trotter looked like he had an amstrad cpc but maybe dell boy got it through a trade.
I dunno I just hate how smug UK fags are when they're almost soviet bloc when it comes to living

>> No.8205640

>>8205551
>>8205596
What time frame are you talking about?
Atari VCS/2600 consoles were abundant and could have been purchased relatively cheaply 2nd hand.
By the late 80s they were literally being given away.

>> No.8206154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oDQIwyR0p0

This might have originally been a Spanish game; not sure. But it's a pretty nice little game that deserved a port to a machine with proper sprites and h/w scrolling.

>> No.8206204

>>8204338
They had Fred on C64.

>> No.8206572

>>8204303
I'd rather touch my Fred.