At a retro game expo...
Playing some vintage computer games for the first time. Jungle Hunt on the Apple II Plus. Keyboard is linear. Short throw. Pretty smooth. Alligators are *******s.
Centipede on an atari 800. This ****ing profile is legendary. Sphericals. Thick. Linear switches but they're light with a cushiony bottom out.
Keyboard spotting: TRS80. Feels like MY =(
TI99/4A. The graphics are kinda weird but this game is fire. Alpiner. The voice made me laugh so much. Keyboard layout isn't bad. Switches are linear, short throw, kinda mushy. Not even 2KRO.
Atari 600 XL. The switches felt kinda like clears. Cushiony bottom out. But they're almost as light as Reds. And ULTRA short throw. Ms. Pac man is weird.
**** thunderstorms. Killing my lemonade Hustle. Apple IIGS with M0487. Rubber dome but they're on par with my DT35.
Commodore 64. Awful keyboards. Feels too light compared to the look. Mushy...too bouncy. Linear though. Caps seem ok. This Jupiter Lander game is fun though. And the Atari like controller is fun.
Panasonic MSX2. Amazing color scheme. Orange on black with orange on Dolch gray alphas. Had this goofy arrow setup too. Switches felt like a refined Commodore 64 board. It was OK. The game was some form of Castlevania which was super fun though. Not even 2KRO.
Oh hey. This is what retro DSA was based on right? Amstrad CPC464. DSA but more spherical. The switches are linear but actuate more on the bottom of the cap then on the top. Like a typewriter almost. A touch mushy but not bad. Amazing color scheme.
Good news is we made it. Bad news?
RIP YoungMike88. I'm sorry I forded a river that was too deep. Apple IIe with the best keyboard of the day. Linear. A bit short but extremely smooth. Light too.
Atari 1200. Along with the Commodore, this is at the bottom of the pile. It's almost like there's no bottom out. Just land in a pile of butter. Ew. Mushy, no feedback at all.
