Various re-hashed dusty
relics.
I
was never hot on programming but enjoyed a laugh. The Usbourne books
of the early 1980s were a great place to start. On top of the C64, I also made
little programs for the PET, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, BBC BASIC
for the RM Nimbus PCs and QBASIC / MS-DOS. If it could support a joke, my crude
effort made do.
Another
set of old games, included by request, is the Dirty Colonel girl-catching game
(coupled with Horse Racing, secret message codec and age range calculator),
plus the Agony
Uncle Automatic Letter Answerer.
An
incomplete old game I fancy including is the Bosnia-inspired Balkan
Simulator, a shabby war game for shabby warmongers - best played in the
dingiest, dankest and dampest place possible for maximum atmosphere. (Only one
level exists. For basic play, navigate the grid using compass references to
lure the chasing ship into the mines). Strangely, the emulator doesn’t allow
the pursuer to move diagonally through the packed mines, making the game too
easy.
Lastly,
the ‘sequel’ to the deliberately
useless Weather program for the PC* was written for the Commodore 64 in
2005, usable with the emulators. I made it to be able to ‘translate’ into Farenheit the
weather reports measured in Centigrade.
* Unzip to floppy disk root folder
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Standalone
link to GOD game if screenshot-link doesn’t work.
From the political website:
JOHNATHAN LEFTWINGER MP:
LABOUR PEOPLE – I COMMAND
(LINE) YOU TO INTERFACE YOURSELF WITH THE DIGITAL AGE MATE!
Oh my God mate, my esteemed
and trusted colleague, the LABOUR PARTY COMPUTER, has come up trumps again! I
asked him to dispense a small yet helpful program to aid the party in coming up
with the kind of quality policies you know us for by now. (At first he was
unhelpful, citing a clash of logical parameters when trying to match more of
the same with quality and ‘sanity’, but after a swift kick to the terminals, he
was fully repaired and dispensing the code.)
I like the Labour Party
Computer you know. He’s as human as we are, not to mention the fact that he’s
the CPU-child behind all the New Labour IT policies today! Now that’s
impressive (barring the total failure)!
So all you have to do now
is download
the program, run it and make the NEW LABOUR COMPUTER TZAR proud that we’re
all doing as she says by using computers to boost Labour popularity. After all,
we’ve had no luck all the other ways, so computers are definitely the way to
go!
VOTE LABOUR - Cos never mind what the frustrated doctors or data-losing civil
servants may do for example, WE know we’re right on what to give people so
therefore we are! HAVE WE NOT GIVEN YOU A FREE PROGRAM JUST THIS MINUTE?!?!
Program
videos w. emulated SID chiptunes.
BE YOURS A PC PC! THINK FOR YOURSELF!
Oh yes mate, if there’s one thing you can say about people in Labour,
it’s that we never fail to persevere! Which is why I’m continuing to push my
new range of educational computer products!
First it was the New
Labour Policy Processor, now it’s my special NuLab
Ethical Trainer being wielded for your Enlightenment! You see, more and
more of the unenlightened masses are trying to dabble in politics and social
morality in an effort to undermine Labour! But I’m going on the counter-attack
to put those idiots back in their place by showing them how things
really work in Britain today! We know what’s best, that’s why we do
the things we do! Obvious really.
So next time one of those Public idiots tries to tell me how to run the
place, all I need do is run
the software in my efforts to belittle them in the name of free thought!
VOTE LABOUR – If our
software’s good enough for those moaning NHS incompetents then it’s good
enough for you!
Roundup
as posted on Debate Politics. (179 ‘hits’ as of October 14, 2009.)
EXCELLENT SUPPORT PACKAGE FROM MR. LEFTWINGER!
HE
SUPPORTS HIS VOTERS YOU KNOW, SO REMEMBER THAT SMALL FACT AT THE NEXT ELECTION
WHY DON’T YOU!
You may recall from the main page that Mr. Leftwinger made a rather excellent cultural proposal in his printed so-called Christmas Speech. In it he outlined how the British Public’s transfer of homage from God to the Commodore 64 can diffuse religious hatred and tension in the world, particularly at this time of the year.
WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU
NEED?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, in order to smooth the proposed transition from cultural fascism to neutralised peace and security, we have some special COMMODORE 64 SOFTWARE for you, plus the application to make it playable on the PC! Just in time for the, er, particular gift-swapping event which is popular around these parts come December. So let us all congratulate Mr. Leftwinger MP for his very kind provision of Yuletide cheer to satisfy his people!
This special Labour software was made to commemorate the gallant efforts of our truly remarkable government in combating one of the most virulent scourges to ever threaten the West! (You see, we are wonderful, so ignore sexist hate sheets like The Sun!). And as a result you yourself can indulge in the kind of sickening sexist machismo exercise that we Leftists ourselves tried hard to spoil for everyone from the 1980s to the present!
Below
are the bits and pieces to download to a selected place on your hard drive. So go
on, take the plunge and have a go! After all, it was your £800 in Arts Council
grants which paid for it! He’s worth every penny of his pay rise!
QUICK INSTRUCTIONS EMULATOR GAME DISK
(NB – Right-Click and
select SAVE TARGET AS to avoid this
screen closing down with each click
or select OPEN IN NEW WINDOW to run directly from
the web.)
SCREENSHOTS:
Ah, Public! This could be the beginning of a
real sea-change in popular culture. Please don’t be bigots and halt the
progress! Merry Labourmas!
STOP PRESS: More Commodore software is available here. And who said that Labour has its priorities all wrong??!!
MISC.