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CHEESY C64 PROGRAMMING
Before
the Internet was even heard of, modems were readily available
for home computers. Bulletin Boards, or BBS's, would have
places for people to chat, download software, and on the
Commodore view images via keyboard graphics. Since 1200
baud was considered fast back then, being able to send
pictures was a pretty big deal.
As a good geek, I thought keyboard graphics were cool
and played around with them a lot, planning out pictures
on graph paper. Below you'll find samples of the pictures
I did back then, as well as a videogame I did in BASIC
about the space shuttle. All are in .d64 format and
work in CCS64.
I'd love to hear what you think of this stuff. Also,
if you have Cheesy C64 Programs you've written and would
like to share, drop me a line.
-Ben Langberg
SHUTTLE
Shuttle is a game I wrote in BASIC, in which you are
testing out a new space shuttle for NASA. There are
several arcade like levels connected with a menu interface.
It's not much compared to a commercial game, but i think
it still holds up. Let me know what you think.
KEYBOARD GRAPHICS
Here are some examples of keyboard graphics I did for
local bulletin boards in the late 1980's. The download
includes the above images and several more pictures
of keyboard graphics with a viewer, several are animated.
SCROLL WRITER
Scroll writer was a program that friends of mine and
I used to make animated demos to upload to bulletin
boards. It used keyboard graphics with a few special
animated characters and let you choose a music piece
to play. The download comes with these and several more
demos we did. They are self running and the demo maker
program is included.
Before
the Internet was even heard of, modems were readily available
for home computers. Bulletin Boards, or BBS's, would have
places for people to chat, download software, and on the
Commodore view images via keyboard graphics. Since 1200
baud was considered fast back then, being able to send
pictures was a pretty big deal. 
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