Were Magazine Type-In Games Really That Bad? // Coding Again Like It's The 80s

https://www.pcbway.com - PCB fabrication, assembly, 3D printing, CNC machining & more! 👩‍💻 Join me today as I experience for the first time, the trials and tribulations of typing in some 80s computer games from a 1984 copy of famous C&VG (Computer and Video Games) Magazine ... Using 5 different retro computers, I test, and load up 5 of the 7 type-in games to see really how good these listings were!🕹️ 🟣 In the video, I firstly type in a version of FROGGER on my Commodore 64 ... only for it to crash, with the dreaded syntax error, so after lots of debugging, especially with having to work out what PETSCII characters were used, I finally get to play it ... Inspired by the first game, I then go on to type-in and play a superhero themed game called THUNDERMAN for my Texas Instruments TI-99/4A ... Finally I quickly show 3 more games, I found already typed in, on 3 additional computers, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Acorn BBC Micro and Commodore VIC-20. 🟣 Remember to let me know in the comments, your experiences with magazine type in games, good or bad. I'd love to hear about them!🤓 🚨🚨🚨 DISCLAIMER 🚨🚨🚨 🔵 Please do not take this video as a tutorial / advice. I'm not an expert, this is just my hobby. ░░░░░░ 🔗 LINKS 🔗 ░░░░░░ Link below, to the 2 games, and code I typed in 🟢 FROGGER and THUNDERMAN 👇 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mr3xnsyx And if you want to check my code (as there maybe still some mistakes lol), here is a link to a PDF version of the magazine I was using, on the Internet Archive 👇 🟢 C&VG Magazine, October 1984 🔗 https://archive.org/details/Computer_... Additional links, to the other 3 games I played in the video, that I found online. 🟢 LOOP-DE-LOOP for the ZX Spectrum 👇 🔗 https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/s... 🟢 BOUNCER BERT for the Commodore VIC-20 👇 🔗 http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.... 🟢 ENCHANTED CASTLE for the BBC Micro 👇 🔗 https://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2091 ░░░░░░ 📋 GEAR I USE IN/OR TO MAKE THE VIDEO 📋 ░░░░░░ (affiliate) 🟡 List of gear I use over on Amazon US ⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/shop/karilawler 🟡 List of gear I use over on Amazon UK ⬇️ https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/karilawler ░░░░░░ 📱 SOCIALS 📱 ░░░░░░ 🟠   / karilawler   👈 Patreon 🟠   / karilawler   👈 X 🟠   / karilawler   👈 Instagram 🟠   / itskarilawler   👈 Facebook 🟠   / karilawler   👈 TikTok 🟠 https://www.threads.com/@karilawler 👈 Threads 🟠 https://bsky.app/profile/kari.bsky.so... 👈 Bluesky ╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝    / @karilawler   (this, my main channel)    / @karilawler2   (my second channel) ░░░░░░ 🎶 MUSIC & SFX 🎶 ░░░░░░ (affiliate) 🔴 Like the music? Find my playlist with the music I've use in my videos here 👉 https://share.epidemicsound.com/70hk8... 🔴 (and, if you sign up to Epidemic Sound through the playlist link, you'll get 7 days for free!) ░░░░░░ 🎞️ CHAPTERS 🎞️ ░░░░░░ 0:00 - Intro to type-In game listings 1:33 - C64 - Checking out FROGGER listing 3:33 - Typing in the listing 4:33 - Trying to debug the game 7:57 - Success, finally get to play FROGGER 10:09 - TI-99/4A - Checking out THUNDERMAN 12:15 - Playing THUNDERMAN 14:32 - ZX Spectrum - Playing LOOP-DE-LOOP 15:21 - VIC-20 - Playing BOUNCER BERT 16:03 - BBC Micro - Playing ENCHANTED CASTLE 17:33 - Final conclusion and some extra questions 18:56 - Patreon announcement and thanks 19:30 - Watch me play FROGGER #retrogames #coding #c64