#denaris

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Katakis

The shoot-em-up Katakis on the Commodore 64 (C64) started as a sideproject of Manfred Trenz (coding, game, and level design)who worked with Andreas Escher (graphics)on the game after working hours at German developer Rainbow Arts. Both men were new in the industry, although Trenz had just finished The Great Giana Sisters, one of the most popular titles for the C64 that was infamous for being given a cease-and-desist by Nintendo due to the game’s similarities with Super Mario Bros. Trenz, who would later cement his reputation as an exceptional game designer and programmer with the Turrican-series, impressed his boss with his Katakis demo and convinced him to turn it into a full-fledged project.

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Can you guess who these cuties are??

I was so excited to share this! Idek why! 😂 But they are soooooo cute!! My gorgeous babies! 😄 They didn’t actually know each other as toddlers but they would have been so precious together.

I was tagged in something about 250 years ago and it stuck in my mind to do something like this so here you go...not the tag but my five lovely friends as toddlers and some very cute poses by @a-luckyday. Hope you love them as much as I do! 😊😍

[retrocgads]

UK 1989

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The five as kids.

Andrew’s parents owned a holiday home in Windenburg. Once or twice a year all of the kids were invited to holiday with his family for a few days. Some of their best and most favourite memories were on these trips. 

In summer they would swim a lot but in autumn they would play in the leaves, go outside at night and play spotlight or murder in the dark, they enjoyed card and board games, riding their bikes into town and getting junk food from the corner shop. Handball and stuck in the mud were still favourites. They laughed so hard and dreamed so big. They never wanted those days to end.

(Poses by @akindred)

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Like ships in the night we pass each other by.

Silent. 

Near, yet separated. 

By an ocean.

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Later that evening, Denaris was feeling a lot better. He even felt hungry. He got up and went downstairs to find something to eat. He could hear the steady drumming of rain outside. It filled him with peace.

The kids had been good. They had left him to rest, checking on him from time to time. They had showered and gone to bed in their usual routine. The kitchen was clean, the dog fed. Jacqui’s doing, no doubt. Jadyn was not bad at chores either, he would just sometimes forget.

Denaris decided toast might be the best with his stomach still feeling a little tender. He waited for it to brown thinking back to the woman at the gym. He felt a little bad now that he hadn’t been very helpful to her. He tried to think of what she had said. Venting about her kids, that was it. She was a single parent. That must be hard, he thought, never taking into account that was almost what he was. He made a mental note to try and talk to her at their next class. Maybe she could use a friend.

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The kids soon arrived home from school and he caught up on their day while they ate a snack.

They settled to homework and projects and before long it was time to set the table and finish his last minute preparations. He opened a bottle of wine and left it on the counter to breathe.

“This looks nice, dad. Who’s coming to dinner?” Jacqui asked.

Denaris looked at her. “Mum.”

He saw the look of surprise then doubt cross his daughter’s face and felt his stomach drop a little. Maybe he shouldn’t get his children’s hopes up.

“Well, that’ll be...nice.” Jacqui gave a small smile.

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“Where’s Charlotte?” Denaris asked.

“She goes to daycare twice a week for a few hours. She loves it so much I can’t take her out.”

“She’ll be ready for school soon.”

“Please don’t say that.”

Dana waited for her coffee then grabbed Denaris’ arm and led him to a quiet table away from prying ears.

“You could try talking to her.” She finally offered when they had settled into their seats, back on the topic of Shanice.

“Oh and that’s always got me so far before.” Denaris sighed.

“So, what? You let her walk all over you?”

“She’s not walking all over me. You know what she’s like. She’ll get defensive, turn everything around on to me and then give me the silent treatment for a few days. There has to be another way.”

Dana sat mulling.

“People like that are always hard to talk to.” She said finally.