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Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:52:16 GMT

I don't care about this wimpy system very much, no offense to any one though.

By Fireballmario

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:21:57 GMT

I posted this in the thread on the Hardware Focus page, but it's worth repeating here, even if some people don't want to know about inflation... ;)

"Prices varied. On cassette, budget titles were usually £2.99 (with some at £1.99, and some at 99p!) and full price games were about £9.99. Disk games were about £15 as I recall, and cartridges were about £25, but I never bought one, so I don't know for sure. Assuming those are 1990 prices, and taking into account inflation, that's roughly £4.90 in today's money for a budget game, and £16.37 for a full price title. So based on that, the C64 Virtual Console costs are pretty good!"

By Kelvin

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:28:01 GMT

I wonder when the system will arrive at the US?

By MasterMario

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:58:13 GMT

Try switching countries on your wii, you may be able to download them, as you were able to download the TG-16

How are the controls? Can you use Keyboards or is the Wiimote/CC enough

By Bensei

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:44:24 GMT

NO FKING C64 FOR NEW ZEALAND EITHER. nz did get c64 though, i can remember playing it at my friends place wen i was little. poos to cruisin usa!

By The Amazing Raccoon

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:43:56 GMT

NO FKING C64 FOR NEW ZEALAND EITHER. nz did get c64 though, i can remember playing it at my friends place wen i was little. poos to cruisin usa!

By The Amazing Raccoon

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:43:07 GMT

NO FKING C64 FOR NEW ZEALAND EITHER. nz did get c64 though, i can remember playing it at my friends place wen i was little. poos to cruisin usa!

By The Amazing Raccoon

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:42:17 GMT

NO FKING C64 FOR NEW ZEALAND EITHER. nz did get c64 though, i can remember playing it at my friends place wen i was little. poos to cruisin usa!

By The Amazing Raccoon

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:14:13 GMT

At least 3 games a week. But the C-64 titles are obviously overpriced. Even high profile games on 8-bit home computers were priced in the range of 40 to 50 DM back then afair.
200 to 300 points for these games would have been ok imo.

By Jesse_Blue

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:36:06 GMT

Player one, I think they cost £2 or something.

Anyway, for anyone who's interested...

http://youtube.com/user/DEIVION212

This is the link that I couldn't post earlier.

By DEMON212

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:59:59 GMT

I raise to 4/week. Anyone going higher? @u@

By KhaoShar

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:57:17 GMT

then lets hope they stick to three games a week every week from now on, ender.

By Bass X0

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:59:48 GMT

boo, more systems to thin out the excellent Nintendo games

By Ender2010

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:39:25 GMT

Oh yeah, how are the controls? Can you use USB Keyboards?

By Bensei

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:29:52 GMT

anybody know when metal marines is released on the european vc? The six month delay from the us release sucks!!

By goosey007

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:42:58 GMT

There were orignally two tiers of C64 pricing. Brand new games were usually £9,99 (this is for the tape) and came in a large box. There was then a budget range (both new and old titles) that started out at £1.99 and gradually extended to £2.99 and the shocking days of £3.99 (I remember nearly rioting when I walked into my local store and saw this! not realising within £5-6 years we'd be asked to pay £69,99 for SF2 on the snes)
Uridium, I'd think would have originally been £9.99. Yes, I know you arnt getting the same value with it as you might with, say one of the more complex NES games but the 25 minute blast of fun and nostalgia I just had, along with the surprise of the on screen keyboard made me smile enough to be worth £3.50 of my money today (if not back then when I only got 50p a week pocket money!

By Betagam7

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:37:53 GMT

The games are all average, but finnally advantages for Europe after three dry months! America has ~11 games more in sum

And we got 2 N64 games this month, a privileg that is yet exclusive to us!

By Bensei

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:29:22 GMT

You got C64 first, but we have Brawl. That's a fair trade.

By 2hip2beskware

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:55:22 GMT

The Commodore 64 was an American machine, Tides. And I'm pretty sure those games cost more than 500 points when they were new, even without taking inflation into account. Budget games were less, but neither of those were originally budget releases.

Young people today! ;)

By PlayerOne

Re: EU VC Releases - 28th March - Commodore 64

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:21:21 GMT

So, is this system going to remain exclusive to Europe since it didn't originally come out in North America? It seems a bit of a shame but the prices are a bit high.

By Tides of Chaos