#loadstar — Public Fediverse posts
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Once a junglist, always a junglist. #dnb #dnballstars #loadstar #elibrown https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1IN8AM9aw0M
#dnballstars #dnb #drumandbass #drumnbass #dnbmusic #drumandbassmusic #drumnbassmusic #music
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Vintage Computer Swap Meet in Wall, New Jersey - Oct 18, 2025
https://loadstarce.com/threads/vintage-computer-swap-meet-in-wall-new-jersey-oct-18-2025.475/ -
Loadstar Finds: 8-Bit Recipes
I like filling the posts on Set Side B with a wide-ranging field of material, but I realize this is pretty far out even for us. We're about electronic entertainment, right? Cooking is entertaining, or can be! And websites of recipes are electronic!I told you about Loadstar, the long-lived Commodore 64 disk magazine that I am involved in preserving. Well I
https://setsideb.com/loadstar-finds-8-bit-recipes/
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A Miscellany
I've had a number of ideas for big posts lately, but those all take substantial time to make and finish. But I want to post something, so here are the directions my explorations have taken me lately.Loadstar has a number of interesting things in it, including a trove of Print Shop clip art and (surprisingly) over 200 recipes. It's full of those kinds o
https://setsideb.com/a-miscellany/
#niche #AppleLisa #c64 #kirbyairride #loadstar #miscellaneous #mrdo #niche #PacManCE -
Loadstar Finds: Zorphon
Even though I've been spending a lot of time working on the Loadstar project, I'm trying not to overwhelm this blog with items related to this Commodore 64 disk magazine. So for the time being I'm restricting myself to weekly Loadstar posts at most. Maybe on Wednesday? How would "Loadstar Lendsday" be as a name? Hm, not great. I'll work on it.https://setsideb.com/loadstar-finds-zorphon/
#Loadstar #retro #loadstar #LoadstarFinds #NickPeck #retro #shooter #Zorphon -
The History of Loadstar
Working on the Loadstar Compleat project has taken up a lot of time, so I keep trying to think of ways to use the things I've written for it here on Set Side B. This is the introduction I wrote (edited down to the history, mostly), and a shorter piece on the Eras of Loadstar.A photograph of long-time managing editor Fender Tucker,
https://setsideb.com/the-history-of-loadstar/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #indie #loadstar #magazine #niche #retro #typeins -
I've posted video of a few new #Commdore64 games from the classic disk magazine #Loadstar:
Spaceworm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmUgHpI0VM
Fire Bug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SMbeidSZCA
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Jed’s Journey (on Loadstar 87)
Jed's Journey is a fun little Zelda-like game for the Commodore 64. If you weren't a Loadstar subscriber around 1993 or so, you've probably never heard of it. It's one of the many programs from Loadstar's 22-year run, which I've put up for sale (with permission of J&F Publishing's co-owner Fender Tucker) on itch.io, but
https://setsideb.com/jeds-journey-on-loadstar-87/
#indies #retro #commodore64 #indie #JasonMerlo #JedsJourney #loadstar #retro #zeldalike -
Okay, here's one more #Loadstar published game, for the #Commodore 64, Forest Fire by Alan Poole, from issue 17.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhCXExnIwzA
It's very much a magazine type-in kind of game, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Classic computer magazines published lots of unusual games by varied people, and some were very experimental in design. In Forest Fire, you try to halt the spread of an arsonist's work. It takes strategy to get a good score, especially on the hard difficulty. This video shows off complete games on Medium and Hard.
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Jed's Journey, by Jason Merlo, is a fun little Zelda-like game for the #Commodore64, published on #Loadstar 87. Here's a demonstration of gameplay, it's pretty polished for a magazine game!
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Loadstar Progress
I imagine some people look at this blog and think something like, "what the hell is its audience?" People who follow indie gaming, retro stuff, classic computer software, weird gaming videos? Should anyone be interested in all of that?I answer, YES. It's all important. I vouch for all of it. I want to cast a light into all of the corridors of vid
https://setsideb.com/loadstar-progress/
#indies #niche #retro #c64 #davemoorman #indie #loadstar #LoadstarCompleat #retro -
#Loadstar Compleat Explorer progress! #Commodore64
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I am starting to make efforts towards making #Loadstar better known. Starting with the weird character-grid-based game #AllSmiles, by Ron Coffen, on issues 24 and 40. It's like Lode Runner in a way, but with no enemies and no smooth graphics, but with VERY WEIRD SOUND EFFECTS.
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So, I've been kind of put in charge of the archives of the classic #Commodore64 disk magazine #Loadstar. 13 years and 680MB of disk images and related things for $15, here: rodneylives.itch.io/loadstar I'm still trying to figure out how to make it more browseable. I have some ideas.
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So, I've been kind of put in charge of the archives of the classic #Commodore64 disk magazine #Loadstar. 13 years and 680MB of disk images and related things for $15, here: https://rodneylives.itch.io/loadstar
I'm still trying to figure out how to make it more browseable. I have some ideas.
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LOADSTAR Compleat: Commodore 64 Disk Magazine Archives
This is something I've been trying to make happen for some time. But then some work I put into it hit an unexpected snag (the maker of a library I had been depending on decided he wanted to be paid a subscription fee to use it or else he was going to put a nag screen on people's projects),
https://setsideb.com/loadstar-compleat/
#retro #archive #c64 #commodore64 #compilation #fendertucker #itch #loadstar #Loadstar128 #magazine #retro -
LOADSTAR Compleat: Commodore 64 Disk Magazine Archives
This is something I've been trying to make happen for some time. But then some work I put into it hit an unexpected snag (the maker of a library I had been depending on decided he wanted to be paid a subscription fee to use it or else he was going to put a nag screen on people's projects),
https://setsideb.com/loadstar-compleat/
#retro #archive #c64 #commodore64 #compilation #fendertucker #itch #loadstar #Loadstar128 #magazine #retro -
LOADSTAR Compleat: Commodore 64 Disk Magazine Archives
This is something I've been trying to make happen for some time. But then some work I put into it hit an unexpected snag (the maker of a library I had been depending on decided he wanted to be paid a subscription fee to use it or else he was going to put a nag screen on people's projects),
https://setsideb.com/loadstar-compleat/
#retro #archive #c64 #commodore64 #compilation #fendertucker #itch #loadstar #Loadstar128 #magazine #retro -
Hello, Mastodon! LoadstarCE.com is a community for vintage #Commodore & other computers with a mission of preserving the iconic #Loadstar Magazine and resources!
Work is just starting as we slowly build out the new site so please don't mind the "Under Construction" signs. 🚧
We look forward to interacting with everybody. 🙂
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What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
https://setsideb.com/what-im-working-on-dungeon-dx/
#indies #niche #commodore64 #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeondx #fantasy #fontstruct #indie #loadstar #niche #personalproject #pygame #python #rpg -
What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
https://setsideb.com/what-im-working-on-dungeon-dx/
#indies #niche #commodore64 #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeondx #fantasy #fontstruct #indie #loadstar #niche #personalproject #pygame #python #rpg -
What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
https://setsideb.com/what-im-working-on-dungeon-dx/
#indies #niche #commodore64 #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeondx #fantasy #fontstruct #indie #loadstar #niche #personalproject #pygame #python #rpg -
What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
https://setsideb.com/what-im-working-on-dungeon-dx/
#indies #niche #commodore64 #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeondx #fantasy #fontstruct #indie #loadstar #niche #personalproject #pygame #python #rpg -
What I’m Working On: Dungeon DX
A few weeks back I mentioned Dungeon, a Commodore 64 CRPG system created by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on the disk magazine Loadstar. We've made it available through emulation on itch.io for $5. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not just a way
https://setsideb.com/what-im-working-on-dungeon-dx/
#indies #niche #commodore64 #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeondx #fantasy #fontstruct #indie #loadstar #niche #personalproject #pygame #python #rpg -
I'm trying to adapt a #loadstar program for the #c128 so it will load from device 10. By default it uses device 8. The program uses bload to load subsequent files but it always defaults to dev 8. I tried changing the bload lines to use a variable but it isn't working. For example
bload"file",u<device variable>
Or
10 input"enter the device number";devn
20 bload"file",udevnBut this always gives a syntax error. Can I assume from this that bload cannot accept a variable as the device number?
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A 30+ Year Old RPG System for the Commodore 64
It's been months now since I announced my plans to release some project involving LOADSTAR, a 17-year computer magazine on disk, either here or on itch.io, or both.
https://setsideb.com/a-40-page-pdf-about-a-30-year-old-rpg-system-made-by-me/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #constructionset #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeoncrawl #emulation #fantasy #fendertucker #indie #itchio #jeffjones #jonmattson #loadstar #niche #retro #rpg #vice -
A 30+ Year Old RPG System for the Commodore 64
It's been months now since I announced my plans to release some project involving LOADSTAR, a 17-year computer magazine on disk, either here or on itch.io, or both.
https://setsideb.com/a-40-page-pdf-about-a-30-year-old-rpg-system-made-by-me/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #constructionset #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeoncrawl #emulation #fantasy #fendertucker #indie #itchio #jeffjones #jonmattson #loadstar #niche #retro #rpg #vice -
A 30+ Year Old RPG System for the Commodore 64
It's been months now since I announced my plans to release some project involving LOADSTAR, a 17-year computer magazine on disk, either here or on itch.io, or both.
https://setsideb.com/a-40-page-pdf-about-a-30-year-old-rpg-system-made-by-me/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #constructionset #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeoncrawl #emulation #fantasy #fendertucker #indie #itchio #jeffjones #jonmattson #loadstar #niche #retro #rpg #vice -
A 30+ Year Old RPG System for the Commodore 64
It's been months now since I announced my plans to release some project involving LOADSTAR, a 17-year computer magazine on disk, either here or on itch.io, or both.
https://setsideb.com/a-40-page-pdf-about-a-30-year-old-rpg-system-made-by-me/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #constructionset #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeoncrawl #emulation #fantasy #fendertucker #indie #itchio #jeffjones #jonmattson #loadstar #niche #retro #rpg #vice -
A 30+ Year Old RPG System for the Commodore 64
It's been months now since I announced my plans to release some project involving LOADSTAR, a 17-year computer magazine on disk, either here or on itch.io, or both.
https://setsideb.com/a-40-page-pdf-about-a-30-year-old-rpg-system-made-by-me/
#indies #niche #retro #commodore64 #constructionset #crpg #davidcarusoii #dungeon #dungeoncrawl #emulation #fantasy #fendertucker #indie #itchio #jeffjones #jonmattson #loadstar #niche #retro #rpg #vice -
Second repost, for people in other time zones:
I've gone ahead and pushed #Dungeon out the door for people to buy and play. It's just $5: https://rodneylives.itch.io/c64-dungeon
It's a "complete game system," for old-school style fantasy #RPG adventures, for the #Commodore64. You use the Dungeon Guild to create a character, then put it through adventure modules other people have created. Five of them are included with the game, to play and to use their monsters and items in your own scenarios.
It was created back in the 80s by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on #LOADSTAR issue 74. It's presented by permission of the rights holder, Fender Tucker. It's set up and configured to play in #VICE!
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I've gone ahead and pushed #Dungeon out the door for people to buy and play. It's just $5: https://rodneylives.itch.io/c64-dungeon
It's a "complete game system," for old-school style fantasy #RPG adventures, for the #Commodore64. You use the Dungeon Guild to create a character, then put it through adventure modules other people have created. Five of them are included with the game, to play and to use their monsters and items in your own scenarios.
It was created back in the 80s by David Caruso II and published in 1990 on #LOADSTAR issue 74. It's presented by permission of the rights holder, Fender Tucker. It's set up and configured to play in #VICE!
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Continuing work on the #Loadstar compilation. Sadly, I've gotten word that some of the people who made it what it was over the years have passed away since. I know for sure that #WaltHarned, C64 hi-res mode artist, and #MauriceJones, solitaire enthusiast, have both left us. I hope I can help their names to live on.
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Continuing work on the #Loadstar compilation. Sadly, I've gotten word that some of the people who made it what it was over the years have passed away since. I know for sure that #WaltHarned, C64 hi-res mode artist, and #MauriceJones, solitaire enthusiast, have both left us. I hope I can help their names to live on.
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Continuing work on the #Loadstar compilation. Sadly, I've gotten word that some of the people who made it what it was over the years have passed away since. I know for sure that #WaltHarned, C64 hi-res mode artist, and #MauriceJones, solitaire enthusiast, have both left us. I hope I can help their names to live on.
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Continuing work on the #Loadstar compilation. Sadly, I've gotten word that some of the people who made it what it was over the years have passed away since. I know for sure that #WaltHarned, C64 hi-res mode artist, and #MauriceJones, solitaire enthusiast, have both left us. I hope I can help their names to live on.
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Continuing work on the #Loadstar compilation. Sadly, I've gotten word that some of the people who made it what it was over the years have passed away since. I know for sure that #WaltHarned, C64 hi-res mode artist, and #MauriceJones, solitaire enthusiast, have both left us. I hope I can help their names to live on.
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An unexpected difficulty of the #Loadstar project... you wouldn't expect a collection mostly consisting of 8-bit #Commodore disks to weigh in at nearly a gigabyte!
Loadstar lasted over 20 years, and while not all of that run is here, over 16 years of it is. At 800K per disk, that's a /lot/. I'm having to break it up into two chunks, one for just the software, and the other for 1541-formatted versions of the disks, the Loadstar newsletter PDFs, and a couple of collections of related MP3.
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I've been working on a shell by which one can (relatively) easily explore issues of #LoadStar, the #Commodore64 disk magazine. It's not coming along badly, although there's a lot of information to enter.
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On The Red Obelisk
In 1987, programmers Robert Germino and David Todeshini wrote a weird and obscure Commodore 64 game called The Red Obelisk. It barely made a dent in the market, which is kind of a shame. It's nearly entirely unique, which is a difficult thing to say of any game 36 years after its publication.Par
https://setsideb.com/on-the-red-obelisk/
#indies #niche #retro #alchemy #commodore64 #davidtodeshini #fendertucker #indie #loadstar #niche #redobelisk #retro #robertgermino -
I have scheduled a post on #TheRedObelisk, mentioned before. It was featured on #Loadstar, the Commodore 64 disk magazine that sometimes bought programs I had written! It was on issue 58.
Loadstar collections are still sold, as part of LOADSTAR COMPLEAT, for $15 at http://www.ramblehouse.com/loadstarcompleat.htm, so that's a place you can play it. It's also not too hard to find on the Internet Archive. If you get it and run into some of my old software, please don't think harshly of me: I was in my teens when I wrote most of it. I was a weird kid.
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On The Red Obelisk
In 1987, programmers Robert Germino and David Todeshini wrote a weird and obscure Commodore 64 game called The Red Obelisk. It barely made a dent in the market, which is kind of a shame. It's nearly entirely unique, which is a difficult thing to say of any game 36 years after its publication.Par
https://setsideb.com/on-the-red-obelisk/
#indies #niche #retro #alchemy #commodore64 #davidtodeshini #fendertucker #indie #loadstar #niche #redobelisk #retro #robertgermino -
On The Red Obelisk
In 1987, programmers Robert Germino and David Todeshini wrote a weird and obscure Commodore 64 game called The Red Obelisk. It barely made a dent in the market, which is kind of a shame. It's nearly entirely unique, which is a difficult thing to say of any game 36 years after its publication.Par
https://setsideb.com/on-the-red-obelisk/
#indies #niche #retro #alchemy #commodore64 #davidtodeshini #fendertucker #indie #loadstar #niche #redobelisk #retro #robertgermino -
On The Red Obelisk
In 1987, programmers Robert Germino and David Todeshini wrote a weird and obscure Commodore 64 game called The Red Obelisk. It barely made a dent in the market, which is kind of a shame. It's nearly entirely unique, which is a difficult thing to say of any game 36 years after its publication.Par
https://setsideb.com/on-the-red-obelisk/
#indies #niche #retro #alchemy #commodore64 #davidtodeshini #fendertucker #indie #loadstar #niche #redobelisk #retro #robertgermino -
Kotaku: 9 Weird Video Game Tidbits From The Elon Musk Biography https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-grimes-cyberpunk-elden-ring-twitter-1850858252 #gaming #tech #kotaku #cadillacsanddinosaursthesecondcataclysm #rocketsciencegames #teslacybertruck #walterisaacson #christianamusk #eldenringmusk #bladerunner #sisijiang #cyberpunk #solarcity #peterrive #elonmusk #loadstar #twitter #blastar #spacex #kimbal #amazon #grimes #kotaku #amber #tesla #musk
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Kotaku: 9 Weird Video Game Tidbits From The Elon Musk Biography https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-grimes-cyberpunk-elden-ring-twitter-1850858252 #gaming #tech #kotaku #cadillacsanddinosaursthesecondcataclysm #rocketsciencegames #teslacybertruck #walterisaacson #christianamusk #eldenringmusk #bladerunner #sisijiang #cyberpunk #solarcity #peterrive #elonmusk #loadstar #twitter #blastar #spacex #kimbal #amazon #grimes #kotaku #amber #tesla #musk
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Kotaku: 9 Weird Video Game Tidbits From The Elon Musk Biography https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-grimes-cyberpunk-elden-ring-twitter-1850858252 #gaming #tech #kotaku #cadillacsanddinosaursthesecondcataclysm #rocketsciencegames #teslacybertruck #walterisaacson #christianamusk #eldenringmusk #bladerunner #sisijiang #cyberpunk #solarcity #peterrive #elonmusk #loadstar #twitter #blastar #spacex #kimbal #amazon #grimes #kotaku #amber #tesla #musk
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Kotaku: 9 Weird Video Game Tidbits From The Elon Musk Biography https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-grimes-cyberpunk-elden-ring-twitter-1850858252 #gaming #tech #kotaku #cadillacsanddinosaursthesecondcataclysm #rocketsciencegames #teslacybertruck #walterisaacson #christianamusk #eldenringmusk #bladerunner #sisijiang #cyberpunk #solarcity #peterrive #elonmusk #loadstar #twitter #blastar #spacex #kimbal #amazon #grimes #kotaku #amber #tesla #musk