omfg this video explains SO MUCH! We get to see why Lucha is the lovable deviant that we all admire SO much and how she became that way. PLEASE don't stop making these, I need more! IDK how old you are but I'm thinking we are pretty close to the same age. My older brother had something that we couldn't get to work. It was a couple years after that so IDK maybe it was a Commodore 64? It ran games off a separate, off board peripheral actual cassette tape player, like normal music cassette tapes, like the rectangle ones you used at school... in kindergarten. Maybe he did use it and just didn't let me play who knows. All I remember is one game that was like a radio play of Dracula with scenes broken up with data sounds, you know like dial up logging on or a fax machine. But remember I was like 7 and this was >a decade before anyone ever heard dial up or a fax transmission AND pair that with Boris Carloff's Dracula... you get the picture. Oh and my brother was a dick and trolled us younger kids so yeah we were scared to shit.
I was born in 91 and I grew up on an Atari 2600 and then emulating SNES and GB (and GBA) games on the PC. Played some Playstation 1 and 2 and XBox too. Played some DOS and old Win 95 games too.
Hehe, we had a Heathkit (released circa 1979) growing up. The wacky thing a lot of kids today may not understand about these things is that the games and programs were so simple that you would often program them into the machine yourself... like, you'd look up the program in a magazine and spend about 30 minutes to an hour typing it in, then store it on disk/tape. Or, of course, write your own.
My dad and I were playing his commodore games recently. I didn't grow up with it, but man did it make me happy to see the excitement it brought my dad. :)
Being an 90's kid I never heard of this sadly, but it does amaze me when I hear about some of the stuff they had back then from my Dad and Uncle who were both 70's kid's.
I would LOVE to see more old games. Or an old games stream!! That'd be the best! Honestly, the genuine joy you get from these is real entertainment, even if I'm not nostalgic for the games (although there were a few on this list that I WAS nostalgic for).
These kind of nostalgia videos are so fun to watch! These games are /way/ before my time, so seeing early technology like this is super interesting to me!
Thank you so much for playing more older games Lucah! As someone who is even older than you I do remember when games were so much more simple due to limitations in technology. But we did not care - back then it was all so revolutionary! By the way, Gorf was originally an arcade game and I actually played it when it came out in the early 1980's. I was not very good at it.
Please do more of these! Id love to see what else your childhood was made of! Personally i grew up with an Apple Macintosh 128, and a Beige Power Mac G3 and lots of the games on those systems, but its really cool that you share this stuff with your viewers!
I was a 70's kid but I did not have a computer until the 1980's so I did not get to play any of these games. As Lucah said computers were just way too expensive back in the early 80's.
While I'm not actually old enough to remember the VIC-20 when it was new my family had a few classic systems like the VIC-20, ZX Spectrum and an Atari 2800. Being left handed, the Atari was a nightmare to play and those casettes were so alluring, watching a game load with raster bars and/or those sweet sounds was the highlight of any day.
Me and my brothers used to play a crap ton of Commodore 64 / 128. Even when we already had Windows computers we would still keep the Commodore at our caravan. During the summer we would play a lot of games. I remember Donald Duck, Ducktales, Paradroid, Boulderdash, Mister Dick, Jumpman Junior and some kind of chess-like game that my oldest brother used to win all the time, causing my other brother to hit him in the arm over and over XD. Ah those are the good old days. Thank you for this nostalgia trip Lucah! Now I'm off to hook up the Commodore we've still got lying around in the attic ;).
I love these videos! At 27, I may not exactly be a young punk who needs to stay off people's lawn any more but still, those are systems from before I was even born so it's fascinating to me. Plus it reminds me of my own memories of ancient computers (especially since one of my best friends' dad was a computer engineer) and booting 8-bit games from a floppy disc, or playing on my mom's old Apple computer when she took me to her workplace. Ah, the joys of Digger, Shufflepuck Café, Pac-Man, Sopwith, Willy the Worm, Commander Keen, ...
Wow! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Get this: before we got the Vic 20, our parents hired a Commodore PET. I loved them both to death, and strangely I still miss them both too...
I've been around video games and computers for quite a while, but not for this long. I had an NES back in the day, but even that was only as a hand-me-down from my older cousin, really (and I also remember that getting the dust out of the system and cartridges to get them to work was always an ordeal). I also played a few computer games occasionally, too (Lenny's Music Tunes was one that comes to mind; I remember I had to lower the resolution on the computer to get it to play). Still, I was a 90's kid (born in '89 technically, but that first year hardly counts), so I got to experience a few things from the 80's, but I never really was exposed to stuff from as far back as the 70's. Heck, it's gotten to the point now where I chuckle at and get "retro vibes" from a bunch of things I remember from the 90's, so I can only imagine how you must feel.
Lucah I love seeing these games from your childhood! I honestly don't think I would have EVER seen them in any way shape or form otherwise sincei ts now almost 34 years later. And since we show you our favorite games, it's only fair that you get to show us yours ^u^ I look forward to more old school games from you, madam :D
Lucahjin, I would LOVE to see more of this stuff! I never had a Commodore, but we had an Atari 800. My sisters and I used to play Super Breakout on those round paddles you mentioned. Man, I love this stuff.
My dad nearly bought this in 1982 but went with the Atari 400 instead. Then in 1990, a friend of mine who wasn't very well-off got a Vic-20 for Christmas, with lots of cartridges and extra stuff. We had fun trying to make it useful -- SpeedScript worked and was compatible, so he could write at home and print at school.
Haha I love these memories that you share with us. Not only to see what games you played as a kid, but you have a TON of gaming experiences that would interest any gamer. Hope to see more in the very near future :}
Thanks for bringing me back to when I was 11. That was the first computer I owned. I worked all summer doing odd jobs to get that computer. While my friends had a Atari 2600 or Intelivision game console I wanted a computer because I could write my own games.
I never played any Commodore, but my parents had a couple Atari machines when I was young! Asteroids, Spy Vs Spy, and Zaxxon were among the first games I ever played!
Never had a Commodore at all, but I did have an old Atari! And I mean an Atari computer, not the 2600. In fact I still got it here, my old Atari 130XE. My dad got all sorts of games and programs that all came on old Floppies. Wow, to think that machine was state-of-the-art back in the day. Love seeing these old games, love to see more!
I've played GORF before, but only on the arcade cabinet. They added a few new things, like every time you'd die you'd hear "Got you Space Cadet". Plus, it had an arcade stick that you'd use to move. The sound was good, on top of it all.
And you wouldn't believe where I played it; at my Orthodontist Clinic. Yeah, the waiting room had the GORF Arcade Cabinet and I'd play it until my name was called. Weird place to play an arcade game, don't you think? P.S. I got ecstatic when I saw you reply to my comment! I'm a big fan of your content, and you're really funny! Keep being you, Lucah! P.P.S People in the comments have already said how young you look, but I agree! I'm surprised that you're 39!
I still have and use my Vic. And I have an SD card reader "the sd2iec" filled with tons of games and software. I've heard rumours that some fine outstanding people have made a version of Berzerk for the Vic 20 that has speech synthesis. Truly an amazing and under rated computer from its day.
As a tech nutcase I say this was pretty impressive for its time and seems like you had some good memories so maybe I can look more into the history of this machine.
The ending had me laughing so hard. I love learning about this stuff. I'm not old enough to have experienced it first hand, so learning about it is always neat to me.
I always like your Childhood Games videos Lucah. My first computer was a C-64 and I got it late in its lifecycle.But had for some time.The C64 used to creep me out with the noises it made when loading a game from the tape.I often had a jump-scare from these noises because they started abruptly and were often loud and often I forgot to turn the TV volume down! I didn't know about the other computers that Commodore made prior to the C-64,so this is all new to me. I eventually got a replacement for the C-64 which often failed to load anything other than the driving game Buggy Boy.I then had an Commodore Amiga which I loved to bits
My friend used to have a C64, which we played on all the time. Good times were had. it's so hard to imagine how far technology has come in the past 40+ years And I still can't believe you're as old as I am. I always say you're as young as you feel, which in my case probably is more like my early teens, because I sure don't act my age most of the time.
I remember when my parents picked this up for me from a yard sale around 1984 and it came with 2 insanely thick books with BASIC programming for games. I had a few cartridges including pirates cove and i think a dracula game where you had to type in some number that always started with "SYS"
The "Scribble on Screen" part of KinderComp has an optical illusion where the letters appear to sway back and forth. This is because the letters and background are very brightly colored, and thus it appears to give the illusion of movement. The results are almost mesmerizing, to say the least. Meanwhile, Reese here is as lewd as ever.
i had the c64 growing up, not the vic20 but i did i have that vic20 tape drive, it worked on the 64 also (pretty much all vic20 stuff did). I still actually have it, dust it off every few years for memories sake. c64 had such great games and sound
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" "and can be abused for comic effect". All we need now is a owl delivering a "abuse of magic" citation to lucahjin's office.
Do more of these nostalgia trips, please. ...never had a VIC-20 myself. Was born in 1976, but got my first computer when I was ten. First MSX, then C64, then Amiga.
I was never old enough to have a Commodore Vic or Apple II at home, they were a little before my time. By I do remember the Commodore 64 and one part of my old elementary school (I think it was the wing where they had speech therapy and our social worker's office) had an old Apple II with Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego and Oregon Trail and I was always found it funny because our computer lab had newer early 90s Macs with the newer versions of those games so I would always tell my friends to check out that computer and see the older versions of these games. However, my dad did own an IBM PS/2 Model 25. It had a bunch of games on it, a lot of them were classic like Space Wars (one of the earliest vector graphics arcade games from Cinematronics for those who don't know) and Red Baron, but it also had a lot of generic brand version of classic arcade games like Pac Em (a generic brand Pac Man) and many others like Space Invaders but with a generic brand/rip off name (I can't remember what it was called). My dad eventually gave it to me and I have it on display in my apartment to this day.
I also remember it supported a few more "advanced" games on floppy disks, like it had Jeopardy and I kid you not, the original Leisure Suit Larry (my dad had no clue what it was). It took me forever to play it and figure out what it actually was because I could never answer those questions they had to test if you were over 18. I eventually figured out to just look everything up on my encyclopedia and BOY was I in for a surprise (I was probably 8-10 at the time).
The TRS-80 Model III was the first computer I ever used, the Apple ][+ was the first computer I ever dreamed of owning, and the Commodore VIC-20 was the first computer I ever owned. My favorite games for this were Shamus, Omega Race, Radar Rat Race and all the wonderful Scott Adams text adventure games like Pirates Cove and The Count. Yes, I'm old.
I'm kid of 90's and when I see how you enjoy playing those games....damn, I really need to get own C64. Just after I get place to live. Also, that thumbnail picture got me here, good work ;)
back in the 80's i was saving money for a VIC-20 but i ended up buying a C64, in Italy a lot of people had a C64, a few had a Spectrum and if your parents had deep pockets you had an Olivetti IBM Compatible of some sort (and they were 2 or 3 times more powrful than the IBM ones). Apple computers were just too expensive and didn't really appeal that mutch..
I never had a Commodore system, but I had a TI-99/4A pretty much from birth, and then we got an Intellivision and an Apple IIgs before finally entering the world of Nintendo. I rather enjoy the games from this bygone era, and Thunder Castle for Intellivision is still one of my favorites. I think it holds up today.
I never had a VIC-20, although I did have the C64. I played Gorf a little, although I probably played it more on the Atari 2600. The arcade version had an extra stage, which was left out of the home versions for copyright reasons. I remember all these type games. Actually, I remember what it was like before home computers and video games were even a thing. In fact where I was little in the early 70s, we had a B/W TV. My parents didn't get a color TV until I was probably 6 or 7. Before video games and computers, my free time was spent playing with model trains, Mego action figures, and various other toys and games. As I got older, I also read a lot. Now I spend almost all my free time online, or playing games.
I had an Atari 800 back then. There were some pretty fun games back then (like Star Raiders). Didn't have the honor of having a cassette player but did have a disk drive.
This legit made my day. I was laughing so hard at Name in Lights that I think my entire apartment building may have heard me...dang it...makes me think of ButtBoob in Super Paper Mario
OMG I'm pissing myself at the name in lights. I had a Vic also but never saw this game. my fave back then was wacky waiters. thanks so much for uploading this.
We didn't have the Vic 20, but I do remember the C64 we had, I remember a drawing program and some kind of snowboarding thing with awesome (I thought back then) music
Wait, at 10:00 does that say Spinnaker? The company that made this game is comprised entirely from those of the god damn Spinnaker race? Those damn Spinnakers?
I think the earliest computer I've owned was a Commodore 64... had a ton of disks from the Loadstar Magazine. In fact, the first LP I did on my channel was a game found on one of the disks... a top-down adventure game called Jed's Journey.
In 1983, the year I was born, my father built his own computer, and that's what I had growing up was a personal made computer so I had games like Alf and stuff like that.
Lucah! You're not old. You're still young, beautiful and awesome.
true.
omfg this video explains SO MUCH! We get to see why Lucha is the lovable deviant that we all admire SO much and how she became that way. PLEASE don't stop making these, I need more!
IDK how old you are but I'm thinking we are pretty close to the same age. My older brother had something that we couldn't get to work. It was a couple years after that so IDK maybe it was a Commodore 64? It ran games off a separate, off board peripheral actual cassette tape player, like normal music cassette tapes, like the rectangle ones you used at school... in kindergarten.
Maybe he did use it and just didn't let me play who knows. All I remember is one game that was like a radio play of Dracula with scenes broken up with data sounds, you know like dial up logging on or a fax machine. But remember I was like 7 and this was >a decade before anyone ever heard dial up or a fax transmission AND pair that with Boris Carloff's Dracula... you get the picture. Oh and my brother was a dick and trolled us younger kids so yeah we were scared to shit.
I think it's safe to say that the ending is an accurate representation of Lucah's mind.
Sigmund Freud is so proud of Lucah's mind.
I was born in 91 and I grew up on an Atari 2600 and then emulating SNES and GB (and GBA) games on the PC. Played some Playstation 1 and 2 and XBox too.
Played some DOS and old Win 95 games too.
Oh, my gosh. This thumbnail alone has me already dying before I even start watching. 😂
Thank you for brightening our days, Lucah! 💗
My dad had an Apple ][ and a Commodore 64. I always love seeing thing about it. Fun Fact: GORF spelled backwards is FROG.
How did I not notice that?!
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Despite being born in 96, this made me really nostalgic for some reason.
Thanks Lucah!~
Hehe, we had a Heathkit (released circa 1979) growing up. The wacky thing a lot of kids today may not understand about these things is that the games and programs were so simple that you would often program them into the machine yourself... like, you'd look up the program in a magazine and spend about 30 minutes to an hour typing it in, then store it on disk/tape. Or, of course, write your own.
My dad and I were playing his commodore games recently. I didn't grow up with it, but man did it make me happy to see the excitement it brought my dad. :)
Being an 90's kid I never heard of this sadly, but it does amaze me when I hear about some of the stuff they had back then from my Dad and Uncle who were both 70's kid's.
I would LOVE to see more old games. Or an old games stream!! That'd be the best! Honestly, the genuine joy you get from these is real entertainment, even if I'm not nostalgic for the games (although there were a few on this list that I WAS nostalgic for).
These kind of nostalgia videos are so fun to watch! These games are /way/ before my time, so seeing early technology like this is super interesting to me!
Thank you so much for playing more older games Lucah! As someone who is even older than you I do remember when games were so much more simple due to limitations in technology. But we did not care - back then it was all so revolutionary! By the way, Gorf was originally an arcade game and I actually played it when it came out in the early 1980's. I was not very good at it.
I love these! It's so cool when you share things you grew up with!
Please do more of these! Id love to see what else your childhood was made of! Personally i grew up with an Apple Macintosh 128, and a Beige Power Mac G3 and lots of the games on those systems, but its really cool that you share this stuff with your viewers!
Only 70s kids remember this.
Haha that's true
Never played much Commodore, mostly hand me down Atari 2600 stuff and NES in the 80s. Your right though 70's kids all the way for this stuffs. :)
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I was a 70's kid but I did not have a computer until the 1980's so I did not get to play any of these games. As Lucah said computers were just way too expensive back in the early 80's.
80s kid here, this was my first computer when I was... 4?
All of Lucah's LPs all make sense now.
OMFG!!! The Vic 20, such a nostalgia trip for me. The school had iie's, that was my only comparison...wow, thanks Lucah, so many good memories!
As someone who's fascinated by super old games, I love seeing these videos!
While I'm not actually old enough to remember the VIC-20 when it was new my family had a few classic systems like the VIC-20, ZX Spectrum and an Atari 2800. Being left handed, the Atari was a nightmare to play and those casettes were so alluring, watching a game load with raster bars and/or those sweet sounds was the highlight of any day.
holy fuck. I'm way too young for this
Same here
people let's imagine we are in a time machine and then were stuck in the 90s
+Dutifulsoldier more 80s actually ;)
okay so the time machine can only travel through the 90s 80s and 70s we somehow got stuck in the 80s.
i have been watching this channel since i was 8. im 13 now.
Is it strange that I, a 25-year-old, played Vic-20 games as a kid? GORF was the one that stood out for me.
I'm 23 and I've never heard of this.
We need more youngster like you ;)
Huh, really? Have a parent or older sib who kept one around or was into retro computers or something?
I'm only 16 and the NES was my childhood
Me and my brothers used to play a crap ton of Commodore 64 / 128. Even when we already had Windows computers we would still keep the Commodore at our caravan. During the summer we would play a lot of games. I remember Donald Duck, Ducktales, Paradroid, Boulderdash, Mister Dick, Jumpman Junior and some kind of chess-like game that my oldest brother used to win all the time, causing my other brother to hit him in the arm over and over XD. Ah those are the good old days. Thank you for this nostalgia trip Lucah! Now I'm off to hook up the Commodore we've still got lying around in the attic ;).
I remember these games, its so great to see them again, since my commodore has been long gone.
I think I just fell in love with a youtuber!
Great video, incredible sense of humour!
I love these videos! At 27, I may not exactly be a young punk who needs to stay off people's lawn any more but still, those are systems from before I was even born so it's fascinating to me. Plus it reminds me of my own memories of ancient computers (especially since one of my best friends' dad was a computer engineer) and booting 8-bit games from a floppy disc, or playing on my mom's old Apple computer when she took me to her workplace.
Ah, the joys of Digger, Shufflepuck Café, Pac-Man, Sopwith, Willy the Worm, Commander Keen, ...
Wow! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Get this: before we got the Vic 20, our parents hired a Commodore PET. I loved them both to death, and strangely I still miss them both too...
Love it! An old school c-64 kid myself! Bring it on! Would love to see more retro Commodore! Got my first C-64 when I was 12 in 1984.
I've been around video games and computers for quite a while, but not for this long. I had an NES back in the day, but even that was only as a hand-me-down from my older cousin, really (and I also remember that getting the dust out of the system and cartridges to get them to work was always an ordeal). I also played a few computer games occasionally, too (Lenny's Music Tunes was one that comes to mind; I remember I had to lower the resolution on the computer to get it to play).
Still, I was a 90's kid (born in '89 technically, but that first year hardly counts), so I got to experience a few things from the 80's, but I never really was exposed to stuff from as far back as the 70's. Heck, it's gotten to the point now where I chuckle at and get "retro vibes" from a bunch of things I remember from the 90's, so I can only imagine how you must feel.
This is basically edutainment! You're teaching history! Through ethnography! Keep em coming!
WORDS CANNOT DISCRIBE HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS I WANT TO SEE
Your thumbnails are always adorable. I love you Luca, you're awesome
Lucah I love seeing these games from your childhood! I honestly don't think I would have EVER seen them in any way shape or form otherwise sincei ts now almost 34 years later. And since we show you our favorite games, it's only fair that you get to show us yours ^u^
I look forward to more old school games from you, madam :D
Lucahjin, I would LOVE to see more of this stuff! I never had a Commodore, but we had an Atari 800. My sisters and I used to play Super Breakout on those round paddles you mentioned. Man, I love this stuff.
My dad nearly bought this in 1982 but went with the Atari 400 instead. Then in 1990, a friend of mine who wasn't very well-off got a Vic-20 for Christmas, with lots of cartridges and extra stuff. We had fun trying to make it useful -- SpeedScript worked and was compatible, so he could write at home and print at school.
You still have the same sense of humour, its great XD This gave a real good laugh. I really love taking these trips down memory lane with you
Haha I love these memories that you share with us. Not only to see what games you played as a kid, but you have a TON of gaming experiences that would interest any gamer. Hope to see more in the very near future :}
Thanks for bringing me back to when I was 11. That was the first computer I owned. I worked all summer doing odd jobs to get that computer. While my friends had a Atari 2600 or Intelivision game console I wanted a computer because I could write my own games.
I was a huge Commodore fan, had both the Vic 20 and C64. at one time I had 3 floppy drives, 1200 baud modem. stacks of bootleg games, HOURS OF FUN...
I normally don't laugh at like. Lol dicks. But the names in lights and your reaction has me in tears laughing so hard. Lucah you're a gift omg
Lucahjin is the young grandma of let's plays!
Yes in 1981 I was 11 and had the vic20 and I played Gorf. I took it apart but still have the keyboard and mainboard in my 80s closet.
I really enjoy seeing these old games! XD They're really interesting and it's fun hearing your perspective on them! :)
I had a Commodore 64 when I was a kid, I loved those games, that was basically my childhood
I never played any Commodore, but my parents had a couple Atari machines when I was young! Asteroids, Spy Vs Spy, and Zaxxon were among the first games I ever played!
This is amazing. I can guarantee you that this stuff would be my jam if I grew up with them.
Never had a Commodore at all, but I did have an old Atari! And I mean an Atari computer, not the 2600. In fact I still got it here, my old Atari 130XE. My dad got all sorts of games and programs that all came on old Floppies. Wow, to think that machine was state-of-the-art back in the day. Love seeing these old games, love to see more!
I've played GORF before, but only on the arcade cabinet. They added a few new things, like every time you'd die you'd hear "Got you Space Cadet". Plus, it had an arcade stick that you'd use to move. The sound was good, on top of it all.
YES! The arcade cabinet I played talked! Too bad the Commodore didn't have the ability to do such things.
And you wouldn't believe where I played it; at my Orthodontist Clinic. Yeah, the waiting room had the GORF Arcade Cabinet and I'd play it until my name was called. Weird place to play an arcade game, don't you think?
P.S. I got ecstatic when I saw you reply to my comment! I'm a big fan of your content, and you're really funny! Keep being you, Lucah!
P.P.S People in the comments have already said how young you look, but I agree! I'm surprised that you're 39!
I still have and use my Vic. And I have an SD card reader "the sd2iec" filled with tons of games and software. I've heard rumours that some fine outstanding people have made a version of Berzerk for the Vic 20 that has speech synthesis. Truly an amazing and under rated computer from its day.
As a tech nutcase I say this was pretty impressive for its time and seems like you had some good memories so maybe I can look more into the history of this machine.
This was my first computer. I remember getting the SuperExpander and went to town on the expanded BASIC commands. It was so awesome.
The ending had me laughing so hard.
I love learning about this stuff. I'm not old enough to have experienced it first hand, so learning about it is always neat to me.
I definitely want to see more. these Nostalgia videos are hilarious.
I always like your Childhood Games videos Lucah.
My first computer was a C-64 and I got it late in its lifecycle.But had for some time.The C64 used to creep me out with the noises it made when loading a game from the tape.I often had a jump-scare from these noises because they started abruptly and were often loud and often I forgot to turn the TV volume down! I didn't know about the other computers that Commodore made prior to the C-64,so this is all new to me.
I eventually got a replacement for the C-64 which often failed to load anything other than the driving game Buggy Boy.I then had an Commodore Amiga which I loved to bits
My friend used to have a C64, which we played on all the time. Good times were had. it's so hard to imagine how far technology has come in the past 40+ years
And I still can't believe you're as old as I am. I always say you're as young as you feel, which in my case probably is more like my early teens, because I sure don't act my age most of the time.
I remember when my parents picked this up for me from a yard sale around 1984 and it came with 2 insanely thick books with BASIC programming for games. I had a few cartridges including pirates cove and i think a dracula game where you had to type in some number that always started with "SYS"
Thanks for showing that. I never had a VIC but I did play Gorf. I mostly played on the Apple IIe and C64.
The "Scribble on Screen" part of KinderComp has an optical illusion where the letters appear to sway back and forth. This is because the letters and background are very brightly colored, and thus it appears to give the illusion of movement. The results are almost mesmerizing, to say the least.
Meanwhile, Reese here is as lewd as ever.
i had the c64 growing up, not the vic20 but i did i have that vic20 tape drive, it worked on the 64 also (pretty much all vic20 stuff did). I still actually have it, dust it off every few years for memories sake. c64 had such great games and sound
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" "and can be abused for comic effect". All we need now is a owl delivering a "abuse of magic" citation to lucahjin's office.
Do more of these nostalgia trips, please.
...never had a VIC-20 myself. Was born in 1976, but got my first computer when I was ten. First MSX, then C64, then Amiga.
I'm a millenial, but I still grew up with Space Invaders '79 and other very early game-history stuff. (I *LOVED* Namco games)
I was never old enough to have a Commodore Vic or Apple II at home, they were a little before my time. By I do remember the Commodore 64 and one part of my old elementary school (I think it was the wing where they had speech therapy and our social worker's office) had an old Apple II with Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego and Oregon Trail and I was always found it funny because our computer lab had newer early 90s Macs with the newer versions of those games so I would always tell my friends to check out that computer and see the older versions of these games.
However, my dad did own an IBM PS/2 Model 25. It had a bunch of games on it, a lot of them were classic like Space Wars (one of the earliest vector graphics arcade games from Cinematronics for those who don't know) and Red Baron, but it also had a lot of generic brand version of classic arcade games like Pac Em (a generic brand Pac Man) and many others like Space Invaders but with a generic brand/rip off name (I can't remember what it was called). My dad eventually gave it to me and I have it on display in my apartment to this day.
I also remember it supported a few more "advanced" games on floppy disks, like it had Jeopardy and I kid you not, the original Leisure Suit Larry (my dad had no clue what it was). It took me forever to play it and figure out what it actually was because I could never answer those questions they had to test if you were over 18. I eventually figured out to just look everything up on my encyclopedia and BOY was I in for a surprise (I was probably 8-10 at the time).
Oh man, I used to play some of these. Nuts. Blast from the past!
Old guy here...and yes, I remember these games. Never played Gorf, but I've heard of it.
The TRS-80 Model III was the first computer I ever used, the Apple ][+ was the first computer I ever dreamed of owning, and the Commodore VIC-20 was the first computer I ever owned. My favorite games for this were Shamus, Omega Race, Radar Rat Race and all the wonderful Scott Adams text adventure games like Pirates Cove and The Count. Yes, I'm old.
Dude, I wanna see more of this stuff! It's amazing!
I'm kid of 90's and when I see how you enjoy playing those games....damn, I really need to get own C64. Just after I get place to live.
Also, that thumbnail picture got me here, good work ;)
I would love more of these retro videos!
back in the 80's i was saving money for a VIC-20 but i ended up buying a C64, in Italy a lot of people had a C64, a few had a Spectrum and if your parents had deep pockets you had an Olivetti IBM Compatible of some sort (and they were 2 or 3 times more powrful than the IBM ones).
Apple computers were just too expensive and didn't really appeal that mutch..
commodore vic 20 was released my first computer, and i love seeing it in videos lol
and yeah im old..born 1971 lol
30 years later, Lucah's sense of humor has not changed a bit.
I've never heard of this thing before, but it was quite a hilarious history lesson about the old days of video games.
MORE! This is amazing!
"So if you ever play this against people..." LOLOL Lucah you're hilarious. I love you so much.
You know I kinda forget that I watch people that are like 40 years old, and even still they are fantastic people.
C64 guy here for many years... Last Ninja was soooi much fun!
I never had a Commodore system, but I had a TI-99/4A pretty much from birth, and then we got an Intellivision and an Apple IIgs before finally entering the world of Nintendo. I rather enjoy the games from this bygone era, and Thunder Castle for Intellivision is still one of my favorites. I think it holds up today.
OF course I remember this...btw in Gorf in game over you can adjust the screen position with the joystick to center it on your tv screen :)
I never had a VIC-20, although I did have the C64. I played Gorf a little, although I probably played it more on the Atari 2600. The arcade version had an extra stage, which was left out of the home versions for copyright reasons.
I remember all these type games. Actually, I remember what it was like before home computers and video games were even a thing. In fact where I was little in the early 70s, we had a B/W TV. My parents didn't get a color TV until I was probably 6 or 7. Before video games and computers, my free time was spent playing with model trains, Mego action figures, and various other toys and games. As I got older, I also read a lot.
Now I spend almost all my free time online, or playing games.
I'm loving this childhood games series lol
I enjoy seeing silly games from before I was born, I'd live to see more!
Omg that was great pls do more. I never used one of these but I'm sure my parents remember this they were young adults at the time.
we didn't have any commodore system, but for some reason we have hoarded that commodore paper for years. my dad has had it since before I was born.
I had an Atari 800 back then. There were some pretty fun games back then (like Star Raiders). Didn't have the honor of having a cassette player but did have a disk drive.
Miss Lucahjin I would love to see more nostalgia trips!
This legit made my day. I was laughing so hard at Name in Lights that I think my entire apartment building may have heard me...dang it...makes me think of ButtBoob in Super Paper Mario
OMG I'm pissing myself at the name in lights. I had a Vic also but never saw this game. my fave back then was wacky waiters. thanks so much for uploading this.
I remember these games and played them. I also developed games on the Vic-20!
We didn't have the Vic 20, but I do remember the C64 we had, I remember a drawing program and some kind of snowboarding thing with awesome (I thought back then) music
Omg Lucahjin always makes my day
Wait, at 10:00 does that say Spinnaker? The company that made this game is comprised entirely from those of the god damn Spinnaker race? Those damn Spinnakers?
those god damn spinnakers!
I thought I told you to never mention those damn Spinnakers around me AGAIN! Just IRGNORE it!!
THAT LAST BIT. IM LAUGHING SO HARD AND ITS 20 TO 9 IN THE EVENING OH MY GOD
These are hilarious! Please do more! :D
I think the earliest computer I've owned was a Commodore 64... had a ton of disks from the Loadstar Magazine. In fact, the first LP I did on my channel was a game found on one of the disks... a top-down adventure game called Jed's Journey.
In 1983, the year I was born, my father built his own computer, and that's what I had growing up was a personal made computer so I had games like Alf and stuff like that.
Sounds like you had an awesome dad, Lucah.
Cheers to Lucah's Dad!
More of these games would be great. Busted out Laughing at names in lights, you were right to save it for last
I never had any of the Commodore because I was born in the early 90s but, I did play the Commodore 64 once as my cousin had one
I'd love to see more games of your childhood :)