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Early bird: LCP! (Patreon)

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2020-08-23 17:46:53
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2026-06
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Dear Supporters

Well I'm continuing to find that it can be just as intricate and time-consuming (in a fun way) to make a 10 minute Quick Byte as it is to make a long episode! Somehow watching this it feels much longer than it is... hopefully that's a good thing. But I'm super proud of this one, as we explore how David Crane made every copy of a mass produced disk unique!

The Ghostbusters video was really popular (nearly a quarter of a million views now) and the aim here is to reproduce that format to see if lightning might strike twice. Let's just hope my little LCP avoids the strike! ⚡️

Video: https://youtu.be/5cK3_NdSTO4

Thank you for your ongoing support and as always I welcome any feedback. 

Your friend in retro, Perifractic

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How the tiny creatures living in 80s computers were all unique | Little Computer People!

How did legendary coder David Crane make every copy of this mass produced disk unique? Are Little Computer People REAL?! He reveals the secrets here! Made possible by the supporters & our friendly sponsor PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/activity/anniversary6sales.html 🙏 Become a supporter: http://perifractic.com/support 🛠 Get the tools I use: 🇺🇸http://amzn.to/2MKqdS2 | 🇬🇧http://amzn.to/30y05lg 🎧 Stream the music: http://perifractic.com/music ✅ Subscribe: http://youtube.com/perifractic?sub_confirmation=1 🗨️ Website/social/freebies: http://perifractic.com ┄┄ RECIPE INGREDIENTS* ┄┄ • Play LCP: https://archive.org/details/Little_Computer_People_1985_Activision • Peri Plays LCP (tape version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0lqtn5jpuM ┄┄ CHEERS TO ┄┄ • David Crane: http://dcrane.com • Rich Gold & Sam Nelson • Activision • Julia and Dad Lee • 6581punk • All the Little Computer People • Ladyfractic & Puppyfractic! • Gardenside Prods. Clue Detectives Paradise Radio ┄┄ SAUCES USED WITH THANKS ┄┄ • LCP Song by Anthony Rother: https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/little-computer-people-552000 | http://youtube.com/anthonyrothercom | http://fb.me/anthony.rother.official • Thumbnail house by Mike: http://oldskoolpixels.com/ • Software Preservation Society: http://www.softpres.org/ • http://www.oldskoolpixels.com/little-computer-people-lcp-c---c64 • http://www.pac-attack.com/ • http://www.the-commodore-zone.com/ (no contact info could be found) • http://mobygames.com - Quapil fathom Karsa Orlong S Olafsson NGC 5194 vermilion1 formercontrib Garcia • Great Big Story: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajXeitgFL-rb5-gXI-aG8Q • https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/polynomials.html • Sanxion on Twitter • Foone on Twitter • http://Retro365.blog • Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons • The Internet Archive • Every attempt was made to contact copyright owners before including content. Very occasionally things can get forgotten in the excitement to release a video so please don't hesitate to let me know if that is the case & I'll put it right. All other media featured is marked as public domain on Google Images used with written permission or shown under fair use law. 🚘 With free Tesla supercharging/discounted solar your better half can afford to buy you more retro gear!: http://bit.ly/teslafractic ┄┄ SOME INGREDIENTS BY ┄┄ • http://MattGrandis.net - website design • http://twitter.com/_GazMarshall - some graphics • http://youtube.com/Elwoz - colour palette cleanser • Paul Kitching thetekken@ntlworld.com - some 3D models ©️ All music & content copyright Perifractic's Retro Recipes/Bideas LLC 1988-2020. All rights reserved. *Some affiliate links may offer peanuts to support this retrochannel but all opinions are 100% unbiased. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

Comments

Richard Kearney

I've never played LCP, what a fun video!

Andy Dolan

David Crane knew how to get the best out of the tech of the day. Awesome video

Cheezstake

Very nice music on the credits.

Aaron Huslage

LCP was so great! I did end up killing mine (while I was at school one day) and sent my disk in to get resurrected. I had totally forgotten about that.

Karl Botragyi

Fantastic episode, Perifractic. I love Puppyfractic's face when you talk about the LCP dying. Great use of her in this episode! This is a really fun episode. I was too young to appreciate (or understand) all this back in the day, but it's great to know now! Thanks for this.

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She does it all herself! I just have to maybe use a different tone of voice, and she gets all introspective. I'm lucky to be surrounded by such talented women! ;-)

Oliver Baumann

So do I understand it correctly that when the LCzp died there was no way to reset it (apart from sending it to the factory)?

Oliver Baumann

i wonder if that was also a feature in the Japanese version.

Steven Mazurek

The opening to this video was hilarious, as was Puppyfractic's performance throughout; both had me laughing way too hard, admittedly. I loved seeing the contributions from your fans/supporters; they add another element of entertainment value to the videos themselves and I hope to see more of them in the future. 🙂 It was really interesting to learn how a game like LCP could pretty much guarantee a unique experience for the player and even keep track of the LCPs themselves. Truthfully, I'd never even heard of the game until the Lockdown Livestream, but it was still fascinating to see how games like The Sims clearly got their inspiration, with titles like Little Computer People paving the way. The music featured in the video was really good...not since the songs from the Insta:Mental album have I enjoyed the music as much as the video itself. I decided to purchase the album and support the artist via Bandcamp, citing this video as the reason, not to mention how I discovered the album to begin with. Lastly, if you're going to be upstaged by anyone, Puppyfractic's not a bad choice...have a good one, Christian, and keep up the great work. 😊

John McDermott

My mate still has a sealed 5.25" disc version of the game (I asked him on the back of this video if he still had it!). I distinctly remember asking him back in the day - probably 1987 when I got my C64 (I was late to the party with the 64) if he would sell it to me and he said no as it will be worth a lot of money in the future... He's not kidding! A mint sealed LCP will be worth many hundreds £ now.