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A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I've grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it's not even funny.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's a commodore computer, their keyboards aren't terrible but they're kind of squishy and not the best

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Squish squish squish!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I actually really like the C64 keyboards - not perfect by any means, but they are some of the best keyboards in the 8-bit computers, really.

Fun thing, I wrote one NaNoWriMo novel on a C64, so I don't think the typing comfort is too much of an issue. Though for that experiment I actually used my C64C, because the low-profile case makes things a tiny bit more ergonomic. (I don't use it that C64 specimen much for other purposes, because it has a busted/temperamental SID. The one in the picture is my C64G, which is one of the last models produced, basically C64C guts in a breadbin-style case.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I recently got out my Vic-20, which of course has a very similar keyboard. Not low-profile at all, so it really forced me to have proper typist posture.