Giving Thanks
Added 2024-11-28 18:22:02 +0000 UTCThis Thanksgiving (or Thursday as we call it in the rest of the world) we're extremely thankful for - no not turkeys - but all of you, for supporting what we do here. 🙏 Seriously, you've made this ongoing journey of 6+ years not only possible, but worth every moment. Thank you.
Tomorrow I'll be sharing The ЯRetro Show with you, but today I'm starting my yearly tradition a little early, firing up the Commodore Christmas Demo to get us in that family holiday nostalgic mood as it chimes out from the studio. I used to load this every Christmas as a teenager, to recreate the wonderful feeling circa 1984 of experiencing it for the first time, after buying the holiday C64 pack from Dixons, Richmond!
In later years I sort of forgot about it, but starting in 2018 I began loading it again every Christmas. There's not much else quite like it, as nostalgia and Christmas are indelibly linked for some. And now it gets to play back on its original bedroom desk of mine.
For those of you who haven't experienced it or can't, here it is in all its 8-Bit nostalgic glory. Feel free to come back here on Christmas Day too, or whenever suits you! Happy Thanksgiving, thanks to you, and thank you Commodore 🎄
Comments
Bach Invention 13 is my best Commodore music memory! Started my journey to discover the world of electronic classical music (Switched On Bach)!
InSyder
2024-12-02 04:12:06 +0000 UTCExcellent! There is one version that has a (R)un continuously option. Let me know if you don't find it and want that one.
Perifractic's Retro Recipes
2024-11-29 02:08:05 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this! I love the idea of this tradition. Do you know if it's available as a .d64 file? EDIT- Found it! :-)
Datan0de
2024-11-29 00:15:44 +0000 UTCThat really hits the nostalgia vibes for me. The 80's were such as wonderful time to be a kid, and Christmas - well, it's just not the same these days. Guess I'm getting old lol.
Arkania
2024-11-28 22:12:05 +0000 UTCIt’s a great little demo of what the C64 can do. Wish I had bought one of these Christmas Tree cartridges that have the demo on: https://www.tindie.com/products/fungadget/christmas-tree-demo-cartridge-for-commodore-64/
Andrew Fisher
2024-11-28 18:33:33 +0000 UTC
