An Apple IIe at E3
Forget the Nintendo Wii (pronounced "wheeeeeeeeeeee!"), Sony PS3 (or the "Rockefeller Machine" as I call it), or Xbox 360 razmatazz... The real action at this year's E3 was hidden deep in the bowels of the show: an Apple ][e. Apparently the ][e had been gutted, and replaced with a net-aware time machine, connected to an abandonware site, which was playing... uh, I have no idea. That game looks awfully familiar, but I can't name it. Any takers? I found this via the blog of one "Greg," who is a senior software developer with AOL. So, Greg: you read Joystiq but not TUAW, and yet your favorite gadget is an iPod?
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Forget the Nintendo Wii (pronounced "wheeeeeeeeeeee!"), Sony PS3 (or the "Rockefeller Machine" as I call it), or Xbox 360 razmatazz... The...
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I have a apple //e and for gameing,programing and a
couple of other things I like it beter then my pc
that runs windows 98se
That game is Night Stalker. Played the heck out of it both on a II+ (I think; perhaps it was a later system) and an Intellivision....
May 16 2006 at 7:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply#4. Dude calm down.
The thing was called ][e in 1983, when it came out, and the name was CHANGED to //e in 1984. THAT name lived on until 1985.
Anyhoo, I own a //e, same one I had since the thing came out, Also got a //c and had a /// so I ain't no faker. -_-
How people punctuate doesn't bother me, tho. More improtant facts to keep track of.
#4 - well they all said Apple ][ when rebooting...
Actually, mine said DataMini because it was a clone that I bought in Blok M, Jakarta Indonesia in 1985... ;-)
Imposters! Any true cult member knows how the punctuation goes.
Apple used different different characters resembling strokes to form the roman numeral for two, but never mixed them within the machine generation.
There was the Apple ][ but later it was the Apple //e.
There was an Apple ][+ (extended memory etc) but anyone who writes Apple ][e or even Apple IIe is clearly a faker. And anyone who writes Apple 2e should be shot at dawn!
Sorry for the rant, but to some of us enthusiasts it's as bad as seeing "I-Pod" or "Ipod" - it just strikes a wrong chord!!
Definitely Mario Sunshine.
May 15 2006 at 4:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA Super Mario Sunshine port?
May 15 2006 at 3:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNow hat akes me back, I still have my ][e. Maybe I'll hook it up for old times sake...
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