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Welcome to Format War - a place to continue those "Platform X is better than Platform Y" arguments when they're starting to annoy the forum admins elsewhere! Please read about Format War for further information.
| General News :: Old Gold Tech videos :: 21 Jun 2010 |
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Old Gold Tech is a podcast about old technology - you'd never guess it from the name! But their first two videos, which are here and here, make them relevant to Format War since they both revolve around the C64 and Spectrum... but unfortunately, the "facts" presented are pretty wide of the mark for both machines!
The presenters are under the impression that only later revisions of C64 had a cartridge port, that the Spectrum used a "Sinclair Z80 chip" and they even get caught out making some fairly n00bish mistakes (at least by our standards here at FWar) such as looking at a 1MHz 6502 and a 3.5MHz Z80 and assuming the latter is three and a half times faster. Still, it's amusing to watch them and the second "on the couch" video which isn't scripted is probably the more enjoyable of the two.
• External link: Old Gold Tech
• News source: Speccy Live
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| General News :: Minigame 2010 :: 20 Jun 2010 |
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Although the "official" MiniGame Competition website has been in transition for quite a while, regular contributor Dr Beep has taken it upon himself to organise things for 2010. There's a bit of staggering on the closing dates; 1K entries should be submitted by 31st August, 2K need to arrive by 31st October and the cut-off for 4K entries is 30th November.
For people who are unaware of the history, the original MiniGame competition evolved from a cross-posting flamewar between the denizens of various USENet groups, so it's proof that good can come from these discussions, at least as long as they're about the machines and not reduced to personal insults and fanboyistic "arguments".
• External link: MiniGame website
• News source: World of Spectrum forums
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| FWar News :: Here we go, here we go! :: 08 Jun 2010 |
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H'lo everybody! Well, Format War finally has its own layout (okay, it's really the latest Oldschool Gaming one painted red, but it beats what was there previously) and a start has been made on creating some content for it... but of course the primary focus is always going to be the forums which may still be in their infancy but that's only because no really meaty fights have broken out... at least not yet.
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