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LOADSTAR COMPLEAT | Extra Future

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2025-04-27T18:11:02.041Z
retro c64 loadstar software

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John, my co-founder at Set Side B, has released a dump of NEARLY the complete Commodore 64 magazine-on-disk items from the legendary LOADSTAR zine:

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LOAD "*",8,1 | MetaFilter

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2006-09-18T20:25:11.000Z
loadstar retro commodore64 c64 imported:pinboard

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"Holy Cow! The disk-based magazine LoadStar is still being published!"

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