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Classic Computing Poll: How Do You Go Retro?

Nostalgia has been big here on element14 over the last few weeks, as we were reminded of the BBC Micro days of yore when the micro:bit was announced. The community flocked together to tell us all about their introduction to computing from years gone by, and then the 16-bit champion the Commodore Amiga casually broke our hearts as it turned 30-years-old.

 

And that's got me thinking a lot about classic computing in contemporary culture. Is there no alternative for you than breaking out the original machine, or are you all about emulation? We've got big plans for more richly nostalgic content here on the community, so I want to know...

How do you go retro?

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  • I have abandoned beside me the retro games, but probably now it is time to restarts. In the early '90 with a strange and crazy crew we built a sort of dynamically moving hydro-pneumatic vehicle to simulate several different kind of real movement in the virtual world. Then we have interfaced Doom and Terminal Velocity so the player was able to play networked with other hunters, hear the game sounds and speak with the players, being "inside" the game closed in this sort of spaceship with the only thing visible was the 19 inches monitor in front of him. This was really nice and immersive. I hope to find the time to setup again these two games on a small console.

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  • I have abandoned beside me the retro games, but probably now it is time to restarts. In the early '90 with a strange and crazy crew we built a sort of dynamically moving hydro-pneumatic vehicle to simulate several different kind of real movement in the virtual world. Then we have interfaced Doom and Terminal Velocity so the player was able to play networked with other hunters, hear the game sounds and speak with the players, being "inside" the game closed in this sort of spaceship with the only thing visible was the 19 inches monitor in front of him. This was really nice and immersive. I hope to find the time to setup again these two games on a small console.

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