mayfair and commodore 64 - Page 2 - A Meeting of Minds

***Becky*** · Jan 3 2007, 01:24 AM

Jube, so did you get BOTH of the Mayfair board games? The first one they put out the playing board is like a large 4 piece jigsaw puzzle you put together and then later they put out another with the board as a foldup one piece.

Just thought you should know since you're collecting.

Lady Maelin · Jan 3 2007, 08:06 PM

Hopefully she got at least one of them...there have been a few of them on ebay lately...and the prices haven't been to bad on at least two that I saw.

***Hans*** · Jan 4 2007, 03:56 AM

True, Maelin; I saw them too

makenzie71 · Jan 4 2007, 04:06 AM

some of you guys try too hard. You can get the old commador game at theunderdogs.com and the emulator to run it on a win95+ system. I've never heard of the mayfair stuff so I'll look into it later.

There's also all kinds of atari emmulators out there and sites with literally thousands of games.

Lady Maelin · Jan 4 2007, 11:30 AM

makenzie, I think you might be talking about a different game than we are...there are board games out there that are also being looked for to add to some of the collections of Anne McCaffrey.

makenzie71 · Jan 4 2007, 05:36 PM

that might be the mayfair bit...but anything for the commadore you can get from theunderdogs (or BearShare, Napster, Kazaa, and a dozen other sources).

***Hans*** · Jan 5 2007, 04:33 AM

Makenzie, this has nothing to do with trying too hard.
This is the collectors forum and some of us want the atari/commodore game in the original version and package (I know I did) and not to play. You can read that Maelin, for instance, bought a CD with 15,000 games. That's meant for people wanting to play the game (with an emulator yes) who want fun and don't want to spend much time downloading illegal/virus prone stuff from the illegal rubbish programs you mentioned. Personally I was thrilled by these kind of games when they were new but would only buy them as a colleactable now!

The Mayfair games are (indeed) boardgames, issued in two versions with wonderful artwork by artist Robin Wood, and highly collectible. I think there's a thread around by Nefermiw who bought and actually played it. So if you are interested, search for that.

makenzie71 · Jan 5 2007, 06:29 AM

gotcha...never really paid attention to the "colletor's forum" thing. I always use the new posts search and it's not always really evident.

***Hans*** · Jan 5 2007, 08:37 AM

Ah, that explains it

No problem, Makenzie, all posts and answers serve a purpose (at least, that's my experience).

***Becky*** · Jan 5 2007, 11:12 AM

I agree Hans! Well put!

Lady Maelin · Jan 6 2007, 08:35 PM

Hans..

that was indeed well said.

One thing though!!!

We never did go buy one of those game disc. I thought about it for a while and realized I will never have the kind of free time that is needed to play with them...at least not as long as I can do my art work and read..

.. and I would much rather do both of those than sit and play games.

Allana · Jan 7 2007, 11:59 AM

Lady Maelin, I completely agree with you. Reading has always topped my to-do list! Plus, I don't know anyone offline that has read Anne's books, so I'd have to play the board game by myself!

edith · Mar 16 2007, 08:59 AM

I've found an online place where you can download C64 games- looks official.

There are several dragon games but I don't know which, if any, is the right one!

http://www.c64.com/games/no-frame.ph...om=0&range=113

Edited to say: I found it!
I might try to download it tonight.

***Becky*** · Mar 16 2007, 10:57 AM

Glad that you found it Edi! Hope you have a very enjoyable time with it this weekend.

***Hans*** · Mar 16 2007, 11:34 AM

The download is tiny!

But... you'll also need to download one of the emulators somewhere to be able to play it onn a computer of today.

You got a C64 in the attic? How were you going to transfer the file you got to its RAM?

Anyway, here's the answer provided on 64.com (what a nice site full of nostalgia; thanks Edi!)

What do I need to play it?
A game or a demo and an emulator. For the PC, there's two really good ones. VICE is the one I use and recommend, but there's also CCS that's really good. For the Macintosh, Power 64 is the only choice.

edith · Mar 16 2007, 01:24 PM

Drat! Didn't read that bit!
Oh well!
Might do that- or get the CDrom!
Trouble is- I haven't much co-ordination!

Lady Maelin · Mar 16 2007, 08:45 PM

Edi, You don't need much with those old C-64 games...thankfully or I wouldn't have been able to play them either...LOL

***Becky*** · Mar 17 2007, 04:12 PM

Maelin, did you actually get to play the old Dragonrider game??? Was it fun??

Dernok · Feb 15 2010, 04:35 AM

For those who don't have it : There's a complete and good looking C64 Dragonriders of Pern Box for sale on ebay (Austria).

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Jan 3 2007, 01:24 AM	#41
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Jube, so did you get BOTH of the Mayfair board games? The first one they put out the playing board is like a large 4 piece jigsaw puzzle you put together and then later they put out another with the board as a foldup one piece. Just thought you should know since you're collecting. __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Jan 3 2007, 08:06 PM	#42
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Hopefully she got at least one of them...there have been a few of them on ebay lately...and the prices haven't been to bad on at least two that I saw. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Jan 4 2007, 03:56 AM	#43
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 True, Maelin; I saw them too __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Jan 4 2007, 04:06 AM	#44
makenzie71 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX Gender: M Fan of: Ruth... Now Reading: Writing The Fall of the Order	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 some of you guys try too hard. You can get the old commador game at theunderdogs.com and the emulator to run it on a win95+ system. I've never heard of the mayfair stuff so I'll look into it later. There's also all kinds of atari emmulators out there and sites with literally thousands of games.

Jan 4 2007, 11:30 AM	#45
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 makenzie, I think you might be talking about a different game than we are...there are board games out there that are also being looked for to add to some of the collections of Anne McCaffrey. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Jan 4 2007, 05:36 PM	#46
makenzie71 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX Gender: M Fan of: Ruth... Now Reading: Writing The Fall of the Order	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 that might be the mayfair bit...but anything for the commadore you can get from theunderdogs (or BearShare, Napster, Kazaa, and a dozen other sources).

Jan 5 2007, 04:33 AM	#47
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Makenzie, this has nothing to do with trying too hard. This is the collectors forum and some of us want the atari/commodore game in the original version and package (I know I did) and not to play. You can read that Maelin, for instance, bought a CD with 15,000 games. That's meant for people wanting to play the game (with an emulator yes) who want fun and don't want to spend much time downloading illegal/virus prone stuff from the illegal rubbish programs you mentioned. Personally I was thrilled by these kind of games when they were new but would only buy them as a colleactable now! The Mayfair games are (indeed) boardgames, issued in two versions with wonderful artwork by artist Robin Wood, and highly collectible. I think there's a thread around by Nefermiw who bought and actually played it. So if you are interested, search for that. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Jan 5 2007, 06:29 AM	#48
makenzie71 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX Gender: M Fan of: Ruth... Now Reading: Writing The Fall of the Order	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 gotcha...never really paid attention to the "colletor's forum" thing. I always use the new posts search and it's not always really evident.

Jan 5 2007, 08:37 AM	#49
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Ah, that explains it No problem, Makenzie, all posts and answers serve a purpose (at least, that's my experience). __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Jan 5 2007, 11:12 AM	#50
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 I agree Hans! Well put! __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Jan 6 2007, 08:35 PM	#51
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Hans.. that was indeed well said. One thing though!!! We never did go buy one of those game disc. I thought about it for a while and realized I will never have the kind of free time that is needed to play with them...at least not as long as I can do my art work and read.. .. and I would much rather do both of those than sit and play games. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Jan 7 2007, 11:59 AM	#52
Allana Dragonrider Candidate Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Iowa City, IA United States Gender: F Fan of: Crystal, Pern, Dino P. Now Reading: The Death of Artemio Cruz, Fuentes	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Lady Maelin, I completely agree with you. Reading has always topped my to-do list! Plus, I don't know anyone offline that has read Anne's books, so I'd have to play the board game by myself!

Mar 16 2007, 08:59 AM	#53
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 I've found an online place where you can download C64 games- looks official. There are several dragon games but I don't know which, if any, is the right one! http://www.c64.com/games/no-frame.ph...om=0&range=113 Edited to say: I found it! I might try to download it tonight.

Mar 16 2007, 10:57 AM	#54
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Glad that you found it Edi! Hope you have a very enjoyable time with it this weekend. __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Mar 16 2007, 11:34 AM	#55
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 The download is tiny! But... you'll also need to download one of the emulators somewhere to be able to play it onn a computer of today. You got a C64 in the attic? How were you going to transfer the file you got to its RAM? Anyway, here's the answer provided on 64.com (what a nice site full of nostalgia; thanks Edi!) What do I need to play it? A game or a demo and an emulator. For the PC, there's two really good ones. VICE is the one I use and recommend, but there's also CCS that's really good. For the Macintosh, Power 64 is the only choice. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Mar 16 2007, 01:24 PM	#56
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Drat! Didn't read that bit! Oh well! Might do that- or get the CDrom! Trouble is- I haven't much co-ordination!

Mar 16 2007, 08:45 PM	#57
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Edi, You don't need much with those old C-64 games...thankfully or I wouldn't have been able to play them either...LOL __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Mar 17 2007, 04:12 PM	#58
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: mayfair and commodore 64 Maelin, did you actually get to play the old Dragonrider game??? Was it fun?? __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Feb 15 2010, 04:35 AM	#59
Dernok Inactive Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Duisburg Gender: M Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern	Commodore 64 For those who don't have it : There's a complete and good looking C64 Dragonriders of Pern Box for sale on ebay (Austria). http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEWAX:IT