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Floppy Deep Dive

@floppydeepdive

Retro Gaming 🕹 Retro Consoles 👾 Retro Computers - Commodore, Atari, ZX Spectrum, Apple II - "Join our retro gaming journey on YouTube!"

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If you had a C64 in 1983, you didn't play Blue Max... you survived it. ✈️ I'm showing the full collection today: Box, floppy & cassette. Real question: Could you actually land to refuel, or did you just crash? 👇 GamesYouLoved #c64reposts #BlueMax #Commodore64 #c64 #retrogame

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They say a new He-Man movie is coming... but for us? We’ve been the Masters of the Universe since 1983. ⚔️🛡️ This hit the same fall as the cartoon! Check out these original Intellivision Entertainment overlays. He-Man on Intellivision or were you an Atari kid? GamesYouLoved #HeMan #GenX

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Picked these Atari 2600 games up in the wild yesterday. $100. - Deal or Dud? Love the Walmart sticker on Adventure. $24.86 back in the day! GamesYouLoved #atari2600 #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

Picked these Atari 2600 games up in the wild yesterday. $100. - Deal or Dud? Love the Walmart sticker on Adventure. $24.86 back in the day! <a href="/gamesyouloved/">GamesYouLoved</a> #atari2600 #atari #retrogames #retrogaming
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One disk. Two 8-bit icons. 🥋🕹️ Comparing Bruce Lee on the #C64 vs the #Atari800XL! This Datasoft "flippy" disk is pure 80s genius—one side for each system. Which version are you playing? GamesYouLoved #c64reposts #retrocomputing #floppydeepdive #brucelee #80sgaming

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The C64 gets the fame, but the VIC-20 has the soul. 🕹️ Nothing beats the clack of the power switch and using a trusty Atari 2600 stick to save hostages in Choplifter. The true living room pioneer! 🚁Did you own a VIV20? GamesYouLoved #VIC20 #RetroGaming #Choplifter #c64reposts

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They say some things are better left in the 80s… but they never visited Lefty’s Bar. 🍸🕺 Opening the 1987 original for the first time in 40 years on the Tandy 1000 SX. Who else spent their teens typing commands into a Sierra parser? Did you beat it? 👇 GamesYouLoved #msdos

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Digging into the 1986 original Bop’n Wrestle on the Commodore 128. Real C64/128 users used the L-Shift-O shortcut to get that drive spinning. ⌨️ Who was your go-to wrestler? 👇 GamesYouLoved #c64reposts #BopnWrestle #Commodore128 #Retrogaming #GenX

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If you grew up in the 70s, this dragon ruined your afternoon! 🐉 Adventure for the Atari 2600 gave us the first Easter Egg because Warren Robinett wanted his credit. One tiny pixel changed history. Did you find it yourself? ⬇️ GamesYouLoved #Atari #RetroGaming

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If you saw this in 1984, you had an amazing day ahead! Spy vs. Spy, the original friendship destroyer. 664 blocks of pure psychological warfare. Were you the White Spy or Black Spy? GamesYouLoved #RetroGaming #c64reposts

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Did a blade of grass ever give you childhood trauma? 🍄 Smurf on the #Atari2600 was the ultimate test of patience. Between the "double jump" and the fragile physics, it’s a miracle we didn't break more joysticks! 🕹️ GamesYouLoved #Atari #RetroGaming #smurfs #80sGames

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That heavy silver box was pure 80s power. 🕹️ But once you notice the Worrior’s laser is basically a full-blown Crotch Cannon, the game is changed forever. 😂 Did you survive 2-player mode or did your brother "accidentally" blast you? GamesYouLoved #c64reposts #C64

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Proof of life: I’m sick, but even a head cold can’t stop me from talking about my first love. 🤒 Temple of Apshai was the first game I ever bought with my own money. What was yours? GamesYouLoved #c64 #retrogaming #c64reposts #nostalgia #floppydeepdive BOOM!

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I saw the commercials for Yars’ Revenge everywhere in the 80s… but I never actually owned it. For 40 years, I thought the rainbow bar was a glitch. Turns out it’s recycled source code scrolling to save memory. Better late than never. 🕹️ #Atari2600 #RetroGaming GamesYouLoved

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Missile Command wasn’t just a game. It was the first time you realized you can’t save everyone. That red screen hit different. Where did you first experience Missile Command — arcade cabinet or at home? GamesYouLoved #MissileCommand #Atari2600 #RetroGaming

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If you owned a Commodore 64 in the 80s, you might remember this! With only 664 blocks available, we often found ourselves needing more space, so we notched our floppies. Did you notch your disk, or were you too afraid to take the risk? #c64 #commodore #floppydisk #retrogaming

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If you owned a Commodore 64 in the 80s, you probably did this. You didn’t download apps. You typed every single line of BASIC from a manual and prayed it would RUN. Hours of typing. One typo. ?SYNTAX ERROR IN 240 Did you ever get it right on the first try? #c64 #commodore64

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They called them storage cases. To us? They were treasure chests. Cracked corners. Broken latches. Lost lids. And if you were lucky… the blue one with the handle. Tell me if you still have yours. #Commodore64 #RetroComputing #GenX #80s #c64reposts

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Why was this SO hard in 1993? Star Wars Rebel Assault running on a real 486 DX2-66 with a real CRT and CD-ROM drive. Back then this felt like the future. Then Beggar’s Canyon humbled all of us. Be honest… did you ever beat it? Boom. GamesYouLoved #starwars #retrogaming