60
One of my recent retro game moments
(lemmy.world)
A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I've grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it's not even funny.
That keyboard... I want to touch it. Clack clack clack
Yes... You want to touch it....
But before clicking clack, tip it upside-,down and give it a couple bangs.
A whole new wooooorld! (Don't you dare cover your mouth)
blep! it's in my mouth!
That's a commodore computer, their keyboards aren't terrible but they're kind of squishy and not the best
Squish squish squish!
I actually really like the C64 keyboards - not perfect by any means, but they are some of the best keyboards in the 8-bit computers, really.
Fun thing, I wrote one NaNoWriMo novel on a C64, so I don't think the typing comfort is too much of an issue. Though for that experiment I actually used my C64C, because the low-profile case makes things a tiny bit more ergonomic. (I don't use it that C64 specimen much for other purposes, because it has a busted/temperamental SID. The one in the picture is my C64G, which is one of the last models produced, basically C64C guts in a breadbin-style case.)
I recently got out my Vic-20, which of course has a very similar keyboard. Not low-profile at all, so it really forced me to have proper typist posture.