The document discusses the author's experiences and frustrations with various video games, primarily on the Commodore 64. It reflects on the nostalgia and disappointment associated with game mechanics, loading times, and gameplay, highlighting specific titles and their shortcomings. Additionally, it includes references and attributions for images and game-related content.

1. Disappointment from an
early age
A gamer’s lament
By @adamhepton

2. (format)
WAR IS
HELL

3. All else pales into insignificance

4. FUCK
YEAH

5. You’ve got a lot to answer for…
(but baby, I love you)

6. Rainbow Islands

7. Rainbow Islands

8. The New Zealand Story

9. The New Zealand Story

10.  Multi-load not denting …  First few levels hint at
one iota what’s to come
 C64’s display …  Has me coming back time
admirable representation and time again
 Moves so quickly

11.  15 minutes between levels  First few levels
 Sprites blend into ridiculously easy
background, miss pickups  After four or five, stupidly
 Moves so quickly (but difficult
C64 can’t keep up with
action so it jerks)

12.  Made my own lyrics to
soundtrack I enjoyed
it so much

13. Fiendish Freddy’s Big Top O’ Fun

14. Fiendish Freddy’s Big Top O’ Fun
 Incredibly slow load times:
each event ended up taking
half-an-hour to do
 Slow response times
 Poor graphics

15. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

16. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

17. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail
 No idea what to
do. Honestly.
You just wander
around a bit, kick
Odie, and eat
lasagna, and
then you die.

18. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

19. APB

20. APB

21. APB
C64 > Amiga?
O RLY?

22. APB
JUST NOT
FUN

23. Chase HQ

24. Chase HQ
Even good on
the Spectrum

25. Why can’t there just be one good
game for my C64?

26. Vendetta o/
 C64-only!
 Like The
Last Ninja!
 Driving
AND
adventure!
 HOLY
SHIT!

27. Vendetta /o
Limited memory =
small levels, big
load times
 C64-only!
BUT NOT
 Like The
Last Ninja!
And BOTH  Driving
parts
were AND
rubbish! adventure!
 HOLY
SHIT!
No, just shit

29. Schrödingame: n. A game that
exists, but equally does not exist.

30. Murder

31. I Play: 3D Soccer

32. Gauntlet III

33. Bye-Bye

34. Appropriate?

35. FUCK
YEAH

38. Hello! (ish)

39. Sleepwalker

40. I gave in

42. FUCK
YEAH

43. References/Attribution
 All magazine scans from http://zzap64.co.uk.
 All C64 screen grabs taken by myself, licensed under CC-SA
 C64 by Bill Bertram
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore64.jpg
 ZX Spectrum by Daniel Ryde
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum.jpg
 Amiga 500+ by Sernat
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amiga_500_plus.JPG
 Atari 1040 STE by Stefan Didam
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1040_STE.jpg
 SNES by Céréales Killer
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNES.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNES.jpg
 Sega Megadrive by Bill Bertram
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SegaMegadrive.jpg
 Xbox 360 S by James Pfaff
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xbox_360_S.png
 Playstation 3 by Alain
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Playstation-3.jpg
 Timothy Langdell
http://www.australiangamer.com/images/content_big_2372.jpg