Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting?

Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by xkeysc0re on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:22PM (#27912390)

The C64 is really sweet - one of my goals is to eventually develop a game for it (thinking a monorail/train sim like a simplified version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densha_de_Go!_2_K%C5%8Dsoku-he...)

Right now I'm interested in the Phillips MSX systems and PC Engine, as they both have a catalogue of unique platform-specific games (such as the original Metal Gear!) and are less-trodden territory for retrocomputing which, alas, makes them a little pricier. But part of the fun of retrocomputing is that it can be a passive hobby where you set some price alerts on ebay and craigslist and then try and go for the score.

If you haven't, be sure to check out https://old.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by markus_zhang on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:51AM (#27931317)

I just purchased a C64 Mini. Can't afford a real C64 and its maintenance but a Mini is well in the budget. It's essentially an emulator running on another computer but I think it would be a nice place to play some classic games and write my own assembly code!

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by albertkoz on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:09PM (#27933840)

I bought mine real C64 cheaper than Mini. I live in central Europe and you can grab c64 here with cables etc. for around $40-50.

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by markus_zhang on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:09PM (#27935669)

That's really neat. In Canada it's probably some 200 bucks plus delivery :/

Where do you hunt these stuffs? Ebay?

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by albertkoz on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:13AM (#27941604)

Local ads websites & facebook groups. More likely to get something cheap. Ebay like sites are usually full of traders, that resell them for profit.

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by markus_zhang on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:40PM (#27944294)

Thanks for the tip. Yeah I found out that ebay price is pretty high. I'll probably find some local groups.

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by codesmythe on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:22AM (#27915317)

Build your own MSX2 computer! https://github.com/skiselev/omega

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