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[@pigfish99]

For those wondering, Future Crew went on to become Remedy Enertainment!

[@cybernit3]

Thanks I wonder where they went....

[@TheRealSumo]

Thank you

[@XzTS-Roostro]

There's also Futuremark (later acquired & dissolved by UL [Underwriters Laboratories] to become UL Benchmarks), which was founded by former members of Future Crew. Skaven, a former member of Future Crew, did the music for Unreal Tournament, and Raptisoft's Hamster Ball

[@nickwallette6201]

Did not expect to get a demoscene reunion out of this video. Cool. :-)

[@jimbotron70]

Digital Illusions became DICE

[@RetroRecipes]

Because as we all know PCB stands for Popcorn Commander Bucket

[@Manuel-i4w]

😂😂😂

[@andresbravo2003]

Doesn’t know.

[@MatthewCenance]

How did you get this comment this early? The video released 7 minutes ago, not five hours ago. Fail.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Well actually it stands for Producing Commander Board's... Doesn't it?

[@Manuel-i4w]

@@MatthewCenance he's a patreon supporter and patreon supporter get to watch early

[@scurbox]

I love how the beginning feels like watching an episode of "How it's made" but with your twist on it.

[@TheRogueMaverick]

I'd call it "How Bit's Made"!

[@clifhaley5150]

The 8-Bit Guy throws in a random Van Halen riff. As the biggest VH fan in the world you made my day.

[@Pc118Gamer]

Makes you wonder why they called the wave table card the "Little Dreamer"

[@pharmtek]

Are you Billy Sheehan?

[@PlittHD]

I am just sad the @8BitKeys channel died

[@IMRROcom]

JUMP... The same as the plate on my car JUMP

[@GreySectoid]

The first sound reminded me of Everdream by Nightwish, if anyone knows the song tell me if I am crazy

[@TaijanDean]

Holy cow! As an X16 user myself, I am blown away by what the team has done with the machine. I can't wait to upgrade my X16 to the most recent ROM version and have a go with the network card. I also have a game for the X16 in the works, which, once I'm a little more skilled at coding, I'd be more than happy to get it on the X16 platform.

[@nathanmead140]

Same but I'll probably get the midi card for mine when I get it set up, my system is still in the box it shipped in because I don't have the space to mess with it right now and I'm missing the US adapter for the universal wall adapter I bought with my pre-order last year, I'll have to check if the adapter is hiding under the box flaps but if it isn't maybe someone can send it or I'll just get a low wattage PC supply that's my plan for it anyway is to put it in a small PC case.

[@bmouser100]

I used to work at HP manufacturing PCBs, and it was interesting to see the process in action again! The boards start at the Dek machine, where lead solder is applied. Next, they move on to the HSP (High Speed Placement) machines, followed by the Universal Placement (UP) machines, where the ICs and processors are added. After that, they go through the oven, are washed, and then inspected. I enjoyed the "pick n place" phrasing. :D

[@PhazerSC]

This is a crazy amount of things done in 8 months. Also, blown away by the X16 running Second Reality that smoothly on the 65C02S. Big fan of the Demoscene myself, since the early 90s.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Those Midi files sound amazing!!! David, this stuff is one of the many reasons why you don't need to worry about content. I'd watch even a video of you retrobriting a product over most anyone else's content.

[@Landrew0]

Back in the day, we had 120 X 80 at 5 FPS, and we liked it. -Grumpy Old Man

[@jsmythib]

Really? Lucky. An array of colored light bulbs as register outputs was my favorite. -Grumpy, probably younger Old Man. :)

[@jrherita]

Lol. Quite a lot of Atari 2600 games ran at a full 60 fps.

[@fourthhorseman4531]

@@jrherita 60 Frames per second, or 60 Fields per second?

[@wmtrader]

1200 baud was good enough in 1985 and doggone it, it's good enough today! - Another Grumpy Old Man

[@onetruetroy]

[@vibaek78]

Love the chuckle when showing that you can drop people and cows to their doom from the UFO...

[@ericsills6484]

"Oh George, not the livestock!"

[@wearr_]

I'm surprised you didn't show off Inkbox's version of Minecraft, he could certainly use some love for documenting his development process on video.

[@volvo09]

That's pretty neat, a mini minecraft for the x16? Xoes he have a youtube video of it?

[@Nbrother1234]

I think he showed it in a previous X16 video

[@xenotiic8356]

@@volvo09 He does! KZbin doesn't like links but it's on the channel "Inkbox". If you search "Inkbox Minecraft" it should show up, it's a 2-parter.

[@The8BitGuy]

I believe I showed that in the last video, if memory serves. I was just trying to show new stuff.

[@wearr_]

@@The8BitGuy Ahh gotcha! It's been a while since the last video, so I must've forgotten.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Hilarious that your wifi card has more processing power than the main computer 😂😂😂

[@mitchmccracken3050]

Graphics FPGA as well

[@bradywb98]

Yeah this is really awesome and I don’t want to diminish what’s being achieved here at all. But saying, “… it really demonstrates what a 6502 can do” it seems like the fact that it seems like almost all of the IO interacts have coprocessors taking care of the work. Back in the day the 6502 had to bitbang much more, or otherwise interact with lower performance (vs now) co-processors / peripherals.

[@another3997]

Yes, but that's because the 8 bit Guy decided on the X16 having no FPGAs, no hard to source, obsolete parts and being cheap enough that almost anybody can afford to buy one... oh wait, just ignore that particular video. 😂

[@Darkk6969]

Actually my USR Courier Dual Standard modem had more processing power than my Commodore 64 in the early 1990s. 🤣 P.S. I still have the modem. Sadly, my C64 was lost years ago.

[@EclipseAtDusk]

@@another3997sometimes dreams can’t match up with reality - in the end he’s still making his fun, ideal hobby computer, which was the end goal. I have no doubts it will Become affordable! Just not this early in development. Pivoting to a surfacemount construction would go a long way in making it cheaper

[@stephenelliott7071]

8-Bit Computers never die, they just evolve 🙂Congrats on the project.

[@bradywb98]

No, it’s 8-bit. It’s a 6502 system.

[@another3997]

8 bit computers did evolve... but they became the Atari ST, CBM Amiga, Sharp X68000, Apple Mac, the 16 bit IBM compatibles etc. The X16 is a weird fantasy computer that uses a moden version of the 8 bit 6502 CPU, but then uses a powerful FPGA to produce graphics capabilities more similar to those of the later 16 bit machines. It uses a modified CBM BASIC, but it's not the BASIC from the C16/Plus 4, the C128 or even the Amiga. The sound chip used is obsolete and no longer produced. The X16 isn't based on any real machine, it has no nostalgic value of it's own, no historic software library, no big collections of books, magazines and literature to explore. And it costs a fortune. Several FPGA machines can instantly become a wide range of "real" 8 bit machines, and still costs far less.

[@dcc1165]

I LOVE the first part of the video with the Vera board manufacturing process. It was done with the quality of How It's Made. Awesome!

[@Sayakas_Digital_Attic]

I'm really intrigued by the Commander X16. It's a computer I've been wanting to explore for a while now and I think it could offer a unique experience, especially for those of us who enjoy retro computing.

[@another3997]

There are many ways to enjoy genuine retro computing. Unfortunately, not only is the Commander X16 one of the more expensive ones, it isn't really a retro computer. Its not based on any existing or planned historical machine. It's a weird fantasy mash up, sitting in the "8 bit CPU" camp, but with "unique" fantasy graphics capabilities, more similar to those found in the next generation 16 bit machines such as the Amiga. But again, not based on any actual retro graphics hardware. It uses a modified "Commodore C64 BASIC", but it isn't actually one of the CBM versions from the later CBM Plus 4 or C128 machines. It's a fantasy version. Despite David's initial plans, it uses a modern FPGA for the graphics, but relies on a no longer produced or supported, and hard to find, audio chip... which logically should have been implemented in the FPGA too. But then the whole X16 could be done in an FPGA, and it would be cheaper and easier to produce. You could buy a MiSTer and experience any number of real retro machines, or buy an Agon 2 Light or any number of cheaper, modern 8 bits. Or just emulate something from the past, and you would benefit from all the existing software, literature and knowledge that exists for them.

[@Sayakas_Digital_Attic]

@@another3997 Hi! Personally, I believe the best way to play 80s video games is on my Commodore 64. Sure, technology has left it far behind, but the software designed for this computer, with so few KB, is incredible. I haven't found any other retro computers that can offer as much. I'm still fascinated by the Commander X16, which I think of as a tribute to everything it represents. I’ve never personally tried the Commander X16, and I don’t think I’ll get the chance for quite a while (or maybe never), but, just because I’m a curious person, and also because it's the computer of Mr. The 8-bit Guy, I'm pretty sure it’s a fun computer to try out and play with

[@mjdxp5688]

I hope someone ends up writing an SSH client for the X16. It would be super cool to SSH into a modern computer on an X16.

[@newq]

Surprisingly, the encryption used by SSH is fairly demanding, hardware-wise

[@kevincozens6837]

The idea of an SSH client came up in relation to another new/vintage computer. The problem is the amount of time it takes to do the math related to the encryption/decryption.

[@jsmythib]

can an esp32 do it? Offloading the work to thee expansion card sounds viable.

[@mitchmccracken3050]

@@jsmythibyes the zimodem firmware on the network card even supports “dialing” using SSH already

[@mitchmccracken3050]

Zimodem on the network card already supports SSH. You could do that in ROMTERM right now.

[@akdm82]

That sounds awesome! Loved the Jump sound for sure. Takes me back. I’d love more details on the sound capabilities. I’ll see what you have out there on it.

[@digi102]

I think the radio card could be cool to see produced. I think it could probably be used as a sort of noise generator by connecting to an AM station (probably more likely to just be random noise) and playing that

[@christorkildson6472]

Maybe add a LoRa capability for city-wide independent networking.

[@PracticalAI_]

@@christorkildson6472 i would buy it

[@ericpaul4575]

Use it for a RNG.

[@mikeoscarradio]

@@ericpaul4575 Maybe a full software defined radio

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Kind of off-topic but that reminds me of back in the day when I had a WinTV card in my Windows 98 machine. I had the RF out from a Dish Network receiver hooked to it. It was so awesome to be able to watch TV on my PC. Either fullscreen or in a window in the corner while I did other stuff.

[@UserUser-zc6fx]

It's wild that $30 wavetable add on cards nowadays sound better than multi thousand dollar midi racks from the 80s and 90s.

[@atirutwattanamongkol8806]

CX16 do sometimes feel like something from an alternate timeline where 8-bit computers stayed a little too long and started evolving to do what the 16-bit computers could.

[@jimbotron70]

Like PC-Engine.

[@Okurka.]

Like the C65.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

looks a bit like if commodore made their own IIGS, interesting to think about what things would've been like if apple and commodore never abandoned the 6502

[@Okurka.]

@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 You mean like the C65?

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

@@Okurka. was thinking more the IIGS with the expandability

[@chrisbennett9391]

Great update. Can't wait for Rev2 of the X16 to get my hands on the hardware ...

[@mopspear]

About a day or two ago, my brain tingled and I thought, "The 8-Bit Guy hasn't uploaded in awhile." I'm getting pretty good!

[@williamdeslauriers9647]

It was nice meeting you and your wife at the VCFMW! I appreciated that she knows ASL! As for the current video content, the BBS and “modems” sections impressed me the most! I am happy with an audio cassette bag after a trade with a board. Two Thumbs up!

[@AiOinc1]

6:30 So is the X16 going to make an appearance on 8-Bit Keys?

[@benbreeck3363]

One can only hope.

[@Okurka.]

He always abandons channels that stop generating money.

[@kevincozens6837]

Nice to see all the cool new items for the X16. For the serial/network card you should switch the positions of the antenna and the serial port connector. If a serial cable is plugged in with the current design it will get in the way of the antenna. The Pac Man game looks amazing. The pellets moving around is fine while in demo mode. When in the middle of game play (either simulated or during the demo screen) the pellets should stop moving, or move slower, or move less distance.

[@TexElec]

Can't. that's how the brackets are made.

[@AdamKadmon-cg5qs]

Seriously, about an hour before this dropped I asked aloud, "We ever gonna get a new 8-Bit Guy episode?" And here you are. Magic!

[@WilliamLeue]

Great stuff! I think that software developers will really want something like an FTP service to be integrated into the terminal program so that programs developed on a PC can be quickly downloaded to the X16, and of course in the other direction too. The BBS demo was really impressive: so much so that it seems to me that it might be able to be stretched into a web browser!

[@bradywb98]

A JavaScript engine running on a 6502 is a nightmarish concept

[@E5rael]

I'm too young to have experienced the 8-bit era and BBS's, but I still find all the work you've been doing so fun and exciting to follow. Keep up the good work, David!

[@chriswilkinson4044]

FYI there are two different pinouts of MIDI to mini-TRS adapter in circulation. Make sure you and your users know which type you chose!

[@MatthewCenance]

That's very good to know, what problems could occur if there's a mismatch?

[@The8BitGuy]

I did not know that. But I think TexElec will be shipping the adapters with it.

[@chriswilkinson4044]

@@MatthewCenance It will apply 5V to the connected MIDI input in the wrong direction. Depending on the type of optocoupler in the MIDI-receiving device, it may work anyway, not work, or get damaged. To be safe, use each device with the adapter it came with. If you connect two TRS MIDI ports together, use both adapters and not a simple TRS cable.

[@chriswilkinson4044]

Also, be aware that the MIDI signal will be extremely loud if you plug in headphones there.

[@milesthepeacefulinkling286]

You did Van Halen's 'Jump', flawlessly! I'm so proud of you! Also, you ported Pac-Man?! That's crazy!

[@jonasonyoutube1337]

I was suprised how much "manual" work is necessary to produce the boards - it's super interesting! I wish you would go back to making videos every other week. Those were the best times.

[@AndrewKeifer]

I used to operate one of these pick and place machines at Hitachi back in 2006. AH! SoundBlaster audio cards! I had such a great experience with those!

[@BlackieBloomberg]

lol Crazy Frog lifting Sonic music really takes me back to the DOS days

[@giulianomarco]

The Spectrum version of Manic Miner stored all 20 screens as ASCII text in memory in the top 32K. In May 1984, age 16, with a broken collarbone and using only my left hand, I designed 20 new screens that were even harder! I sent them off to Alan Maton of Software Projects with a view to a proper screen editor being made. But he wasn't interested...

[@jinxterx]

How did you break your collarbone?

[@giulianomarco]

@@jinxterx Judo. We were practising being thrown (ippon seonagi). One of my mate's was supposed to *almost* throw me, with another mate holding on tight behind my back. Except he didn't, as he wasn't concentrating. So over I went with the lad throwing me landing heavily on my right side, shattering my collar bone. I couldn't believe the hospital just put a piece of cloth (sling) over my shoulder. It should've been pinned with titanium like motorbike racers get done. It was agony, and took a month to heal - while I should've been preparing for my O levels!

[@AzizidarkReborn]

Those Pacman graphics are beautiful! Props on the outstanding progress with your dream project, David. It's always a pleasure to check out your work.

[@AlbertoMontesSoto]

This looks like a really nice kit, to the point that I'm considering one and I didn't even grew up with this kind of PCs, it just looks well made and made with love.

[@CZghost]

The Internet on the Commander X16, an 8-bit computer, is actually amazing. I'm looking forward to see this thing explode! I've got the virtual emulator, which is currently enough for me, but I might purchase a physical machine in the future.

[@TheMCFisk]

Im a long time watcher of this chanel, thought admittedly i watch very sparsely in recent years. This X16 project is really incredibly impressive. When you said you uad written 5 games and other software tools for it by your self i was like, wow where does he find the time. Congratulations on getting this far. Really.

[@Choralone422]

This is an excellent update! I am always amazed a how much work has been done on the Commander X16 platform. The level of work that continues to be done both on the hardware and software sides is wonderful! We also have to keep in mind this work is primarily being done by people in their spare time, there's no multi-million dollar corporation behind all of this.

[@mudduck851]

ITs a good day when we get a 8bit guy video to watch !!!

[@nucflashevent]

Among many other things, I suspect you're going to begin seeing the CX16 in a **lot** of music studies (i.e. "home studios", etc.), especially in the homes of producers who want to experiment with an idea before going to the trouble of actually going in to the professional studio, etc. I remember reading...I **think** it was Madonna but I could be completely wrong in that...a very well known musical artist who used an Atari 030 as their MIDI music producer into the 00s (if not still using it).

[@phreapersoonlijk]

I love how 'exit to basic' is considered an application. :D

[@YuenanCao]

Amazing to see so much energy put into this - we love you here in Coeur d’Alene!

[@SchardtCinematic]

If Commander 16 came out in the 1980's it would have dominated the market.

[@fourthhorseman4531]

OMG! Time Pilot! Man, I used to blow a lot of quarters on that game in the arcade. Looks great!

[@ryanwatkins7924]

Awesome! Congratulations to all the folks involved.

[@skjain2]

As soon as I saw the little UFOs I knew it was Second Reality. I literally fell out of my chair. So very very cool and worth the wait for these updates. Congrats on all the incredible stuff around Commander x16!

[@garrettg151]

having found the concept video when it was released, and watching each of these releases I'm extremely impressed with the progress and momentum of the progress and following. im a licensed GMRS operator and seeing that radio card was super exciting, expanding the band for a true SDR card could be a really exciting project. not that I know anything about designing an SDR ive only bought them lol. thank you guys for all the hard work.

[@ColeslawProd]

Congrats on hitting 1.44M subs! Same as the number of bytes on a 3½" floppy

[@MatthewCenance]

I didn't know he reached that before I read this comment. A true classic!

[@RetroCave-wr9tl]

Next goal 1.76M subs

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Sub counts for older channels like this are kind of pointless in a way. How many of those 1.44M subs are dead accounts or people who subscribed 15+ years ago and have forgotten this channel? The Angry Video Game Nerd has 3.84M subs, think how many of those are people who subscribed in the late 2000s when they were like 12 years old and have either made a new account since then or long since moved on from watching AVGN and don't even realize they are subscribed. I'd say it would be fair that when an account hasn't interacted with a channel in 2-3 years it could be auto unsubscribed. It would make the sub numbers more realistic and accurate.

[@1nsanejochem]

Dang, been following this project from the beginning and keep being in awe of the capabilities. The open, compatibility and performance based set out is really starting to show! Very cool!

[@elblanco5]

Really amazing project! It's not just the passion, but the intense effort to get this thing through all of the product and development stages and out the door.

[@bitcortex1991]

Absolutely astonishing. If I hadn't followed its development, I'd never have believed that this sort of project was in any way feasible in the 21st century. Anxiously awaiting the 2nd-generation hardware. Hoping to use your dream computer for my dream software project. It's something I've wanted to do for about 35 years, but life got in the way and computers got way too complicated. My original target was the Apple IIgs, but the Commander X16 (with 65816 CPU) is a much more attractive platform.

[@idc2120]

Those BBS screens remind me so much of the Teletext service we had in the 90s in the UK. Local news, weather, sport results and lottery over analogue TV signals on CRTs.

[@John_Mack]

Awww... the BBS age... I ran two C64 BBS's back in the early 80's in Toronto, Iron Cobra BBS and Arctic Software Sorce (ASS) BBS.... fun times... So long ago I forget everything about setting them up and operating.

[@azyfloof]

Shazam picked up the sleigh bell song :D And also, surprisingly, your rendition of Jump! Apparently you played that so well that Shazam thought I was listening to the song :D

[@joshuahill6153]

I love how you kept assembly near your area making sure the local economy benefited instead of saving a few dollars going offshore to cheaper manufacturers.

[@bennaambo2716]

Been a fan of ur channel for many years. Seeing ur progress and Development over the years is awesome. Keep it up. Greetings from Kenya

[@joshuaforeman27]

Yes!!! Yes, yes yes! The Commander X16 gets me so excited.

[@Alitar1212]

I work at one of those factories (PCBA factories) as a test engineer, never had I thought my job would be documented

[@BrainSlugs83]

You are a treasure to the community, David. -- I think you've covered it in the past, but some of the reason that later 8-bit computers failed, and the Commodore 64 was such a success was all the software that was written for it. -- Seeing so many dedicated people working on software projects for the Commander X16 is really exciting and has me feeling like it's more than just a passing curiosity. -- Like, this thing really has legs! and I may need to snag one in the next batch...

[@m0nde]

I prefer the PETSCII character graphics version of PETSCII robots. I hope that version's still available. UFO looks awesome!

[@The8BitGuy]

Yes, in fact I just released a version called "oldrobots" for the X16 that allows you to play the PET and C64 versions (well, at least it looks like the PET or C64 version)

[@VJK102]

They are PETSCII robots, afterall, not Bitsky robots!

[@PieFights]

@@The8BitGuy I love this video it's like How it's made with The 8 Bit Guy and all of your videos are great as well

[@ewasteredux]

You know what would be a unique peripheral for the commander x16? How about a wireless remote GPIO card? Maybe make it so that the commander x16 can address many based on ip address? Might make for a neat home assistant or electronic project system. Might help to increase interest for tinkerers or kids looking to learn about electronics. Do you remember the old electronic project kits they had in the 80's and 90's? Do you remember the old x10 remote control system as well? Imagine these neat things controlled on your commander x16.

[@allenbeddingfield3152]

I really like the idea of that radio card.

[@steveng7702]

Electronic drafting and design, this is EXACTLY whati went to school for!!

[@PeacenikHippie]

Somewhere around 2008 I tinkered with making a clone of the Atari 2600 game Cosmic Ark in Flash, where you piloted a disc-shaped UFO and abducted humans via a tractor beam that came out of the bottom - and in my clone you could also turn off the beam to drop the humans and have them explode in a silly bloody mess when they hit the ground. I never finished it but often think of revisiting the idea in a modern game engine. It's hilarious to see someone else working on the same idea 15 years later.

[@toyotaae86trueno]

for a cost reduced variant, like a really low end model, i think making one big FPGA with everything in it would be the cheapest option. you could also remove expantion ports and only have VGA out. a mid range model could have 1/2 expantion ports with all video outs but retain the single FPGA design. and of course it being built in a keyboard like a C64 would be super cool.

[@jwillisbarrie]

Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf ❤

[@The8BitGuy]

You're welcome. I have been doing my captions manually since the beginning, and still do.

[@pillington1338]

Wasn't expecting to hear Van Halen in this video. Love it!

[@GHDEFIANT]

Keyboards were used. This could have been an "8-Bit Keys" Crossover

[@MrBuckshot198722]

first off i find the whole project VERY cool but one of the most impressive cards you can add is the radio and how it is used

[@phazonclash]

Hi David, an new 8-bit Guy video is always a great way to start the week end!

[@Alex_dlc]

I look forward to playing with this.

[@draketungsten74]

Ooh an X16 MiSTer core would be cool. 😅

[@benbreeck3363]

Indeed. Something that could be added to and extended while keeping backward compatibility to, so as to come up with a specification for a hypothetical Commander X24 or X32...

[@tornadotj2059]

I think a really neat project would be to port over Midi Maze from the Atari ST. I can see a bunch of Commander 16's at a meet-up connected through Midi playing the game together.

[@theteenageengineer]

I think you still definitely need a DIY kit for the X16 and all of the expansion cards. A DIY kit is also definitely the cheapest option for getting the physical X16 into peoples hands. I think building the computer yourself is definitely something a lot of users would be interested in as it definitely is a fun project.

[@OldManTheseDays]

I think it’s so freaking cool that you’ve developed your own computer.

[@iteachtime]

Radio card is an absolute must!! Thumbs up this if you agree!

[@LetsPlayWithPixels13]

Seriously yesterday I was watching your last Commander 16 update and I was like man what is this guy going to upload I didn't know I was going to be this early

[@spinnetti]

"game changer".... literally ;) Games look great. Congrats for bringing your own computer to life.

[@SanchoPanza-wg5xf]

"...who's [sic] fleece was white as snow." For shame.

[@more.power.]

Thank you David the Commander X16 looks like a great computer.

[@HOLY_FRIJOLES]

I’m 45 I LOVED Hero!! I played that game so much when I was a kid.

[@phrtao]

Amazing stuff. I love the UFO game (with hints of 'Choplifter'), just one thing though, I thought the whole point of UFOs was that they are not constrained by traditional physics and can stop and turn instantaneously. It would be cool if you could incorporate this kind of motion into the game (I know you like a challenge).

[@The8BitGuy]

Actually, it would have been EASIER to do it like that. I had to write extra code to handle the regular physics.

[@SanchoPanza-wg5xf]

Glagnar's human rinds! It's a bunch-a crunch-a munch-a human! - Futurama - A Flight to Remember [S02E01]

[@3dhYT]

Radio card? I didn't know about such things. Cool.

[@Blackadder75]

The production footage was super interesting. I will let my class watch that part

[@StanForce]

Future Crew!!! Dude how do you do it. Amazing. Loved this back in the day.

[@notalostnumber8660]

I wish I could afford the X16, I want to feel what this is about first hand. But alas, I might have to wait untill the third or fourth gen model

[@tedoyle61]

This has to the culmination of quite a few dreams and goals for you! Congrats to you and all those involved! What a deal!

[@chuckfarley7642]

I LOVE the radio card with the loopstick antenna!

[@paytonbostwick2899]

that midi card sounds great! definitely an awesome mix of new and old technology. can't wait to see the stuff people make with this hardware. gotta get one of these when i have the money.

[@namco003]

Man, I miss the old BBS life from back in my childhood of the C64 days. Sneaking in my brothers to use it after school to log on with our 300 baud modem. So many games downloaded! I love that even with the X16 that a BBS load screen graphic comes up, then turns back to alphanumeric character graphics like the old days! SYSOP IS BUSY!! OMG I have't seen that in YEARS!!

[@breakpack]

I love the sound the X16 produces and can't wait to hear the music that made with this!

[@gdeltx]

Your videos make my day ! Always you remind us how much can be done with little computer power ! Take care ! (Early in the morning in Athens Greece)

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Love the Choplifter feel of UFO. What a fun concept.

[@tiagobandeira125]

at 3 seconds of the video, the only thing that comes to my mind... Welcome back!!

[@UncleAwesomeRetro]

I really like that there's expansion cards. Makes it feel so much moe like a real classic computer.

[@acubley]

WOW! Memory unlocked with 'Time Pilot'. I forgot about that one.

[@jameslewis2635]

I think those were some of the best GM sounds I have ever heard. The soundtrack on the modified 'Petscii Robots' version sounded quite impressive - especially considering the tunes were not written with these GM sounds in mind. Also the quality of a lot of the newer X16 software suggests it would be more than capable of handling games like the more advanced versions of 'Elite', 'Frontier: Elite 2' and possibly even something like the original 'XCOM: UFO Defence' (it was called 'UFO: Enemy Unknown' when released here in the UK but for some reason the name got changed in Steam). Heck, at this rate you could probably get a port of 'Wolfenstein 3D' running, maybe even 'Doom'! 'Crysis' could be too much of a stretch though...

[@bland9876]

That Pac-Man kind of looks like Pac-Man arrangement.