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LOADSTAR was a long-lived, possibly the longest-lived, of the microcomputer disk magazines. It lasted for 250 issues, of which the first 199 are included in this collection, in addition to a ton of extras, including puzzles, music, art, and a bunch of games.
I have plans to spruce up this collection and include an interactive explorer and list of highlights, but I've been sitting on this for a while and wanted to get something out there. All of this is presented with the blessing of Loadstar's long-time editor Fender Tucker, who is in many ways the heart and soul of Loadstar.
Please take some time to explore this formidably large collection of Commodore stuff. You are certain to find something in here you'll love. And please spare a thought for Loadstar's vanished creators: Barbara Schulak of the crosswords, Maurice Jones the card game genius, Walt Harned the pixel artist, and Jon Mattson the gamester. If any of you are still out there somewhere, please get in touch!
Get LOADSTAR COMPLEAT
LOADSTAR COMPLEAT
The entire run of the classic Commodore 64 magazine-on-disk
| Status | In development |
| Author | rodneylives |
| Tags | commodore128, Commodore 64, emulation, fendertucker, jeffjones, loadstar, magazine, Retro, softdisk |
More posts
- Big update6 days ago
- Text Search!9 days ago
- More fixes13 days ago
- Another bug fixed16 days ago
- More fixes and updates18 days ago
- Was broken, should now be fixed23 days ago
- Loadstar Main updated25 days ago
- Loadstar Explorer Menu Beta Released33 days ago
- Issue 114 should be fixed36 days ago
- Fixed LSQ #144 days ago
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Love to see this.
There's so many wonderful things in Loadstar's "pages."
Thousands of programs, artworks, musical pieces and articles. A lot of them, it's true, fall under the category of things there are better equivalents of now, like there was a spreadsheet published on Issue 15 that's nice to have if all you have is a Commodore 64, but is sadly insufficient these days.
But the saving grace of Loadstar nowadays is the art, music, and
computer games! I have long maintained that games don't go obsolete, and even the clunky games written in BASIC have a real interest and worth to them, and I'm not just saying that because, if you hunt through its issues, you'll find a few I wrote myself.