Clong80 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Last month right before the lock down I found a commodore 64. So I ordered a disk drive off Ebay and some cheap disks to mess around with. But here's where I run into an issue. I put the disk in, close the door thing down, type load"*",8,1 press return and it loads to a starting screen for a couple of the games. But that's all the further I've gotten. Specifically bazooka bill and pit stop 2. How do I play said games? Or get past the title screen am I missing something? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Defender Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Depends on the program. Some programs require keyboard input while others require joystick input plugged into either port. Some old C64's have problems with joystick ports. A lot of programs bypass the title screen by pressing the space bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clong80 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 O my goodness space bar worked for the one and f1 for the other. Thanks for the help and my favorite c64 game I played today was radar rat race I loved the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motrucker Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Any one new to the C-64 should get the Commodore 64 User's Guide if it doesn't come with the computer. It's a about 150 pages of how to get started. "https://www.manualslib.com/manual/807274/Commodore-Commodore-64.html" Edited July 13, 2020 by motrucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeiche Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 i suggest purchasing an SD2IEC so you can copy a number of downloaded games to an SD card. or better yet, for a bit more money get an Ultimate-II+ which replicates a number of fast loaders and peripherals and allows your C64 to connect via Ethernet to the Internet. great for calling old-school BBS. if LOAD"*",8,1 is all you know, try LOAD"$",8 followed by LIST which shows the directory of the disk. have fun! the C64 is an amazing computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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