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Re: 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A.

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Post by laviroman »

For non CZ/SK people reading this. This story is an extremely niche example of "anti" communist games.

For example, transgoogle this article https://gaudeo.sk/jaro-filip-online/ and watch the video posted there, which is from 1986 and it was airtimed in the state television as an 8-episode-long series.

Jaro Filip, the guy from the '86 video is openly saying that he is playing Alien 8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv6yLoibUS0 and he is joking about it quite casually.

By the way, Fuxoft - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfQH6o8T9I nowadays a crypto-millionaire (part of Golden Triangle, together with the guy mentioned in the OA, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle ) did some nice text adventures like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1P56S5vdW0.

By the way, the first official games/programs distributor for CZ/SK and even UK/US titles was probably Ultrasoft. These games in the article were not official games, well, there wasn't a market for this thing in the 80's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasoft Maybe you will know titles like Quadrax, Jet-Story or Tetris 2.

Re: 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A.

#12

Post by gostsamo »

jhgb wrote: post #10
tyingq wrote: post #4

"Rylek dryly remembers a then-typical experience with magazine program listings" Ahh, yep. I remember the fun of typing lots of BASIC DATA line entries from a magazine into my C64, and getting something very unexpected, and no obvious way to find/fix the typo. Getting a VicModem was a godsend, so I could just download things and go.

You used VicModem from behind the Iron Curtain?

Yugoslavia wasn't exactly part of the USSR block after 1956 and it actually was part of the group of independent nations.

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#13

Post by protomyth »

That was the amazing thing about being a kid in the late 70's and early 80's. Cheap computers existed that had the tools to allow you to pass programs to others like a mix tape.

Now with iDevices, you need permission from a corporation to pass programs to others. I would guess this might be problematic with protest games.

Re: 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A.

#15

Post by stephenhuey »

laviroman wrote: post #11

For non CZ/SK people reading this. This story is an extremely niche example of "anti" communist games. For example, transgoogle this article https://gaudeo.sk/jaro-filip-online/ and watch the video posted there, which is from 1986 and it was airtimed in the state television as an 8-episode-long series. Jaro Filip, the guy from the '86 video is openly saying that he is playing Alien 8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Pretty fascinating niche. On one of my trips over there a Czech cousin told me how they had to be careful even dubbing Michael Jackson tapes in the 80s since American media was not allowed at all. These games seem a lot riskier.

Edit: Thanks to the comments on this it seems things weren't so dire in the 80s. My cousin was a kid then--perhaps he was recounting more 70s era stories from his older sister or something! In any case, it's fun hearing about all of your memories since my first visit over there was in 1990. :)

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#16

Post by jhgb »

gostsamo wrote: post #12
jhgb wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You used VicModem from behind the Iron Curtain?

Yugoslavia wasn't exactly part of the USSR block after 1956 and it actually was part of the group of independent nations.

I didn't notice anything about Yugoslavia in the article...? I thought the comment referred to Czechoslovakia.

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Post by aero-glide2 »

protomyth wrote: post #13

That was the amazing thing about being a kid in the late 70's and early 80's. Cheap computers existed that had the tools to allow you to pass programs to others like a mix tape. Now with iDevices, you need permission from a corporation to pass programs to others. I would guess this might be problematic with protest games.

just use an android? Super easy to install.apk

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#18

Post by tdrgabi »

protomyth wrote: post #13

That was the amazing thing about being a kid in the late 70's and early 80's. Cheap computers existed that had the tools to allow you to pass programs to others like a mix tape. Now with iDevices, you need permission from a corporation to pass programs to others. I would guess this might be problematic with protest games.

You can make a small website. Even airdrop some html file with js included if you want it interactive and don't want to host it.

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#19

Post by navanchauhan »

protomyth wrote: post #13

That was the amazing thing about being a kid in the late 70's and early 80's. Cheap computers existed that had the tools to allow you to pass programs to others like a mix tape. Now with iDevices, you need permission from a corporation to pass programs to others. I would guess this might be problematic with protest games.

Wouldn’t you say it is easier now?

Just create a web based adventure game (you can export HTML/CSS with Twine for text based adventure games), encode the URL as a QR code and simply swap those with people?

Re: 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A.

#20

Post by protomyth »

navanchauhan wrote: post #19
protomyth wrote: post #13

That was the amazing thing about being a kid in the late 70's and early 80's. Cheap computers existed that had the tools to allow you to pass programs to others like a mix tape. Now with iDevices, you need permission from a corporation to pass programs to others. I would guess this might be problematic with protest games.

Wouldn’t you say it is easier now? Just create a web based adventure game (you can export HTML/CSS with Twine for text based adventure games), encode the URL as a QR code and simply swap those with people?

Easier to get an maintain a website versus handing someone a cassette with a program on it? No, I think the program was easier.
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