{"id":25420,"date":"2014-12-22T05:08:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25420"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:13:07","slug":"diecast-85-old-computers-kings-quest-retro-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25420","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #85: Old Computers, King&#8217;s Quest, Retro Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/pushinguproses\">a guest<\/a> on the show. And since it&#8217;s December 22nd, I guess this qualifies our Christmas episode. Sort of. Not that we talk about Christmas. But, you know&#8230;. Merry Christmas. Or whatever.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast85.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast85.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast85.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast85.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast85.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/mbafford-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/diecast.xml'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><br \/>--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/XlJWATSZ#nFhkqLKWdGmTkALt4lPNHWVLeRING-VAAV-R7X_MuVQ!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/XlJWATSZ#nFhkqLKWdGmTkALt4lPNHWVLeRING-VAAV-R7X_MuVQ\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/z4BzVZ5Q#IMCmYWPztZSHTqLA8hrODVABR04edRfaTB8iun81Nqw\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LeChuck\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">the other Josh<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/pushinguproses\">Pushing Up Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 Pushing Up Roses talks about her collection of antique computers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We talk about the IBM 5150, the Tandy 1000, old keyboards, and THIS monstrosity:<\/p>\n<p><table width='600'  cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/tandy_joystick1.jpg' class='insetimage' width='600' alt='This is what you get when you have your engineer design your human interface devices. And your engineer is Jigsaw.' title='This is what you get when you have your engineer design your human interface devices. And your engineer is Jigsaw.'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>If this is their &#8220;Deluxe Joystick&#8221;, then I&#8217;d hate to see what their shitty joysticks look like. Everything about this design is wrong. Let&#8217;s zoom in:<\/p>\n<p><table width='600'  cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/tandy_joystick2.jpg' class='insetimage' width='600' alt='I want to play a game.' title='I want to play a game.'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>The stick is short and slender, making it both fragile and uncomfortable to hold. And then it&#8217;s crowned with a real, actual <strong>serrated edge<\/strong>. That&#8217;s a real thing that somebody did on purpose. And this design was in use for years.<\/p>\n<p>The button is a nasty stiff cube with a smooth surface and sharp corners, so you can either rest your thumb on the surface and have it slip off, or push on the edge and let it poke you. The little levers beside the joystick are for adjusting the calibration. They&#8217;re right there in the open where you can brush against them and throw the joystick out of whack, so be sure to avoid touching those! (You&#8217;ll know if you do. They have serrated edges too.)<\/p>\n<p>This joystick hates you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26:00 King&#8217;s Quest is a thing again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the trailer I was talking about:<\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iK-dpzCyiSw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iK-dpzCyiSw'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 &#8220;Retro&#8221; games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At some point the conversation drifts to FMV games. So&#8230; watch out for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have a guest on the show. And since it&#8217;s December 22nd, I guess this qualifies our Christmas episode. Sort of. Not that we talk about Christmas. But, you know&#8230;. Merry Christmas. 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