Smart!!

[LambdaMikel]

Says he who used an emoji with a tongue hanging out. Given the implication, I think that says more about you than it does about me.  [emoji23]

... But I agree that the c64 colors are not as nice as the Cpc's :-) They indeed look very muddy

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[Shaun M. Neary]

... But I agree that the c64 colors are not as nice as the Cpc's :-) They indeed look very muddy

I play games on both, they both have their strengths and weaknesses tbh. For me personally, the Amstrad will always win out. I was never bothered by scrolling, so the vibrant colours will always win out for me. 

[LambdaMikel]

I play games on both, they both have their strengths and weaknesses tbh. For me personally, the Amstrad will always win out. I was never bothered by scrolling, so the vibrant colours will always win out for me. 

Depends on the games also of course. Nothing comes close to Soccery and Fruity Frank    But then, Encounter on the C64 is also amazing. And Ghostbusters was nothing but a huge disappointment on the CPC. Same for other fast action game that require scrolling and smooth sprite action. But my favorite games are on the CPC.

[Shaun M. Neary]

Depends on the games also of course. Nothing comes close to Soccery and Fruity Frank    But then, Encounter on the C64 is also amazing. And Ghostbusters was nothing but a huge disappointment on the CPC any platform. Same for other fast action game that require scrolling and smooth sprite action. But my favorite games are on the CPC.

Fixed that for you, dude. 

[mr_lou]

Reading this....debate....  I realize something.

My better half actually comes from "the enemy camp", i.e. the C64.
We've held a few retrogaming evenings just the two of us, but also some on larger groups.
And I realize, that we always only play our own games. Meaning, I only play my CPC games, and she only plays her C64 games.
This just dawned upon me just now.

I think it matters a lot what you grew up with....

But I think I'm gonna have to play her C64 games next time, and she gotta play my CPC games. 

[Shaun M. Neary]

@mr_lou: If you haven't played Armalyte on the C64 you haven't lived. Awesome side scrolling shooter that pre dates X-Out by about two years. Give it a go.

[Bryce]

Advantage if you liked looking at sixteen shades of brown! 

And the dodgy colours were another hardware mess up. In NTSC the C64 actually looked quite colourful, but then they crowbared a PAL version from the NTSC version and things went wrong.

Bryce.

[Shaun M. Neary]

Good ol' NTSC... Never The Same Colour.

I used to have to set my VHS player to PAL-60 to convert US tapes. Skin tones used to be a lovely shade of pink that way!