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Recon I must be getting old, sudden nostalgia buzz made me start this thread, so I thought Id list some of the cool stuff I miss from younger days, feel free the add to the list ( if ya old enough )

Tabletop Space Invaders

Top loading VCRs

Spectrum 48k ( Rubber key version with Kempston joystick interface & tape deck to load from )

Walkman

80s Movies

BMX bikes ( Originals NOT the retro comebacks )

Vinal ( nice bit of crackle from dust on the needle )

Saturday morning cartoons

Soda Stream

the first music player i ever saw in a car other than a radio was a turn table (believe it or not) that played only 45's i will not say what year it was but it was in a hot Thunderbird lol

lol maybe we should call you Grand-Papa, I guessing that was before they invented speed bumps

Man i do miss those days...

[quote="MEZZANINE"]Recon I must be getting old, sudden nostalgia buzz made me start this thread, so I thought Id list some of the cool stuff I miss from younger days, feel free the add to the list ( if ya old enough )

a few thoughts:
while I don't recall when speed bumps were invented or popularized,
I know that country roads have been around forever...


please tell me more about... vvv
Spectrum 48k ( Rubber key version with Kempston joystick interface & tape deck to load from )


80s Movies
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I added a space in the link above, because your link wasn't linking...

(although, if you put the URL in the address bar, it works just fine...)

Dmonix wrote:

OMG check the price

Well I never had a 10MB HDD, but my first PC in 1992/3 had a

386sx 25ghz processor
40MB HDD
1MB RAM
3.5' FDD
Windows 3.1
DOS 5

I built it myself from 2nd hand parts I got from scrapped trade in PCs at the shop I worked in, the only bit I paid for were 2x 512K RAM cards which cost about £20

Dubby_CompGamerGeek2 wrote:
please tell me more about... vvv
Spectrum 48k ( Rubber key version with Kempston joystick interface & tape deck to load from )

Mate I dont think there is any way to describe how awesome the old Speccy was to anyone who wasnt there in he early 80s but I will try

The only consoles around had games which consisted of moving lines ( representing bats/players ) to hit dots ( representing balls ), PCs were for businesses not home use, there was no such thing as the internet, no DVDs/CDs, hand held games had the graphics physically printed on the screens ( only one game ) and cost bucks, then the Speccy arrived, cheap enough for every kid to have, with hundreds of great games on audio cassettes so you could copy & share them with your mates simply my recording on a double tape deck, easy BASIC so you could make simple programs yourself, GOD BLESS Clive Sinclair for inventing it, I got one when I was about 6 or 7 yo and 34 this month its still the best Xmas present I've ever had

Google it, there are Speccy emulators for the PC and all games can be downloaded free

SuperSaiyan wrote:

can anyone tell me what that is?

The game looks a bit like Missile Command, but hard to tell from that picture, console looks a but like a Prinzeatronic Tournament, one of many brands that were to expensive for most homes, had a small number on games and didnt last very long.

Well SS, that looks to me like a vertrex / vectrex (sp??)

in fact i've even seen one rather than just a picture

Gzzz Mezz what did you do clean out your closet lol

MajorLeeHurts wrote:Gzzz Mezz what did you do clean out your closet lol

lol sadly I never owned a tabletop space invader, they were in pubs and holiday park club houses, used to cost about 10 pence per go

My first VCR was a top loader but it died and went to electronic heaven many years ago

My old BMX I sold when I got a motorbike at 17yo

The Sodastream also died but was my parents

BUT

The Speccy, Vinal and Walkman I still have the in attic somewhere, and the 80s movies are classics, some of which I now have on DVD

theres no such place as electronic heaven, its just something someone made up to stop androids from going crazy

Kit-Fox wrote:theres no such place as electronic heaven, its just something someone made up to stop androids from going crazy

Ahh my fellow Boyz from the Dwarf

SuperSaiyan wrote:

MEZZANINE wrote:

MajorLeeHurts wrote:Gzzz Mezz what did you do clean out your closet lol

My first VCR was a top loader but it died and went to electronic heaven many years ago

my grandparents have one thats still factory sealed in their basement

OMG really ? Ask them how much they want for it, tis all retro baby and I lurvs it

MEZZANINE wrote:Recon I must be getting old, sudden nostalgia buzz made me start this thread, so I thought Id list some of the cool stuff I miss from younger days, feel free the add to the list ( if ya old enough )

Tabletop Space Invaders

Top loading VCRs

Spectrum 48k ( Rubber key version with Kempston joystick interface & tape deck to load from )

Walkman i remember these..... i have my dad's old one sitting here..... lol

80s Movies

BMX bikes ( Originals NOT the retro comebacks ) yes..... remembered

Vinal ( nice bit of crackle from dust on the needle ) yes..... lols

Saturday morning cartoons YES

Soda Stream oh the old ones...... they rock. new ones kinda fail >.<

i remember a lot more than I should considering my age lol

~soul

SuperSaiyan wrote::lol:

lets say $5k?

Awww my dreams dashed by the dirty $$$s, wish I had money to waste but sadly being an oldy means if I had $5k it would be a new kitchen, or Bathroom or upgrade car, boring stuff

Solus, you remember it because its worth remembering regardless of age, todays crap is disposable and easily forgotten, these things are classic with fond memories attached to them