I was rather amused to see a German TV report about the recent games convention in Leipzig where they were trying to get people interested again in the old Commodore 64 computers. These days, with Playstations and Nintendos, does the Commodore 64 really stand a chance of a comeback?

My brother and I had a Commodore 64 in the late 1980's. My dad bought it from my uncle along with lots of games that took 20-25 minutes to load (on a cassette!). My favourite one, and one which I have a lot of sentimental longing for to this day was a naval game, which I can't remember the name of (despite trying Google). Basically it involved you sinking pirate ships, keeping the crew happy, deciding whether to go into battle or retreat.....then every so often, you could sit a promotion test and have the chance to get to the next rank (the test involved memorising long rows of letters and numbers). My uncle was the only one to ever get to admiral (the highest rank). I think I got as far as commander before my men mutinied and threw me overboard! My brother and I played the game relentlessly until the game cassette was totally worn out!

If anyone knows the name of the game, I'd appreciate it if you told me. This is totally killing me.

Oh and I'd spend many an afternoon making BASIC programs, getting the computer to say hello and do other stupid commands! My introduction to computers!