your favourite schoolboy toys

[jackal]

Alex said:

Or this:

[L100NYY]

B17NNS said:

Pvapour said:

surprised nobody has posted this

Edited by Pvapour on Thursday 4th December 00:00

ooooh, i had one of those. it had faux teak sides.

That's the one, we also replaced it with the later black plastic 'sleeker' model! Still have it now too

[L100NYY]

Willow1278 said:

[Famous Graham]

wpo750 said:

Mobsta said:

BigBen said:

Olf said:

Cactussed said:

PhantomHumper said:

Exact same Amiga that I had, loved it.

Me too. Spent HOURS playing FA-18 Interceptor

Did you ever land on the enemy aircraft carrier?

Edited by Olf on Wednesday 3rd December 21:48

Which rather improbably refuelled you and replenished your weapons ! Never did sink the fking thing tho

Awesome game though
Here it is on the tube

Ahhh, so much of my youth was wasted on FA-18. That youtube video has brought back so many memories, I was almost tapping the keys whilst watching it. Remember the blue code wheel? Also noticed Stunt Car Racer on the same page, another classic.

Other Amiga games worth remembering:

Supercars
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Kick Off 2 (many 2 pence pieces won and lost over that game)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2 (that was seriously slick for its time)
Chase HQ!
Sim City
Lemmings
Xenon
and I think Syndicate was the last game I ever played on my trusty Amiga.

Consistently armed with an up-to-date version of X-Copy (v6.0 pro being a favorite iirc) I was the piracy king at school by the age of 10 lol.

Xenon 2 was better than 1, although the ending was ste. Particularly the Bomb the Base soundtrack.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtwfkxWVGw

The Bitmap Brothers were gods among men

[Shadytree]

jackal said:

remember the red flashing 'KerBang' graphic ?




the original horror trumps ... i remember when my whole school went horror trumps crazy
Death was the ultimate card IIRC




or: http://www.pointlessmuseum.com/museum/horrortoptru...



and 'steeple chase' pocketeer
i had teh rubbish pocketeers (liek teh angler and fruit machine) but this was the one I lusted after but never had

Blimey, had both those. really brings back memories.

[otolith]

I remember having something a bit like an air-powered train set - lots of plastic tubes, little rocket-shaped trains and a base unit with loading chambers. You pumped air into it with a foot pump to make everything move. I've never seen another one since.

I found that the longer tubes made excellent pea-shooters for firing rose hips with.

[Evil Jack]

Some great memories in this thread. Here's mine:

[Alex]

My brother and I had this:

[Roop]

mickken said:

CY88 said:

Stompers

"Stompers. Turn on the power, turn on the speed"

Anyone remember "Rough Riders" ? A similar concept I think. Had a gearstick-shaped switch sticking out the top IIRC. I have "Face's Vette" A-Team Rough Rider.

"Ruuuuuf Riders - 4x4 - You can try to stop 'em..."

[blueST]

Famous Graham said:

wpo750 said:

Mobsta said:

BigBen said:

Olf said:

Cactussed said:

PhantomHumper said:

Exact same Amiga that I had, loved it.

Me too. Spent HOURS playing FA-18 Interceptor

Did you ever land on the enemy aircraft carrier?

Edited by Olf on Wednesday 3rd December 21:48

Which rather improbably refuelled you and replenished your weapons ! Never did sink the fking thing tho

Awesome game though
Here it is on the tube

Ahhh, so much of my youth was wasted on FA-18. That youtube video has brought back so many memories, I was almost tapping the keys whilst watching it. Remember the blue code wheel? Also noticed Stunt Car Racer on the same page, another classic.

Other Amiga games worth remembering:

Supercars
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Kick Off 2 (many 2 pence pieces won and lost over that game)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2 (that was seriously slick for its time)
Chase HQ!
Sim City
Lemmings
Xenon
and I think Syndicate was the last game I ever played on my trusty Amiga.

Consistently armed with an up-to-date version of X-Copy (v6.0 pro being a favorite iirc) I was the piracy king at school by the age of 10 lol.

Xenon 2 was better than 1, although the ending was ste. Particularly the Bomb the Base soundtrack.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtwfkxWVGw

The Bitmap Brothers were gods among men

They did The Chaos Engine too, I loved that and Speedball.

[Red Firecracker]

Hoppy2008 said:

Cant remember what it was called, but it was an electric dumper truck that you could input codes into (co-ordinat type, i think) and it would go forwrd, reverse, etc and pick up and dump little black balls?

Bigfoot (plus trailer)

[joesnow]

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Then we upgraded from Matchbox to Bburago 1:18 cars that we'd push around the living room whilst steering them by the steering wheel with our little fingers through the windows.

Edited by joesnow on Thursday 4th December 10:51

Edited by joesnow on Thursday 4th December 10:55

[Hoppy2008]

Red Firecracker said:

Hoppy2008 said:

Cant remember what it was called, but it was an electric dumper truck that you could input codes into (co-ordinat type, i think) and it would go forwrd, reverse, etc and pick up and dump little black balls?

Bigfoot (plus trailer)

It may have been, but I dont think it was bigfoot.
There are two more that Im trying to remember if anyone can help?

1.a robot that was radio controlled. He could move and even clasp his hands around onjects?
2.a spider that would crawl towards you, on a mat, an you had to shoot him with a light gun between the eyes to stop him?

[Evil Jack]

Hoppy2008 said:

2.a spider that would crawl towards you, on a mat, an you had to shoot him with a light gun between the eyes to stop him?

STOP BORIS!

[Hoppy2008]

Evil Jack said:

Hoppy2008 said:

2.a spider that would crawl towards you, on a mat, an you had to shoot him with a light gun between the eyes to stop him?

STOP BORIS!

Good Work Jack!!

You know, Im seriously thinking about buying some of these old classics off Ebay for this Xmas.
It would be like reliving my youth, and I bet my nephews and neces would love them too!
Imagine having Stop boris, tin can alley, etx to play with instead of boring old X-box!
Brilliant!

[wpo750]

Famous Graham said:

wpo750 said:

Mobsta said:

BigBen said:

Olf said:

Cactussed said:

PhantomHumper said:

Exact same Amiga that I had, loved it.

Me too. Spent HOURS playing FA-18 Interceptor

Did you ever land on the enemy aircraft carrier?

Edited by Olf on Wednesday 3rd December 21:48

Which rather improbably refuelled you and replenished your weapons ! Never did sink the fking thing tho

Awesome game though
Here it is on the tube

Ahhh, so much of my youth was wasted on FA-18. That youtube video has brought back so many memories, I was almost tapping the keys whilst watching it. Remember the blue code wheel? Also noticed Stunt Car Racer on the same page, another classic.

Other Amiga games worth remembering:

Supercars
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Kick Off 2 (many 2 pence pieces won and lost over that game)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2 (that was seriously slick for its time)
Chase HQ!
Sim City
Lemmings
Xenon
and I think Syndicate was the last game I ever played on my trusty Amiga.

Consistently armed with an up-to-date version of X-Copy (v6.0 pro being a favorite iirc) I was the piracy king at school by the age of 10 lol.

Xenon 2 was better than 1, although the ending was ste. Particularly the Bomb the Base soundtrack.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtwfkxWVGw

The Bitmap Brothers were gods among men

Indeed, it was the sequel I was thinking of. Didn't it end like an old skool TV being turned off?

I miss the Amiga gaming era, it was perfect until games became more and more advanced and games like Monkey Island came on something like 8 floppy discs.

[blueST]

wpo750 said:

Famous Graham said:

wpo750 said:

Mobsta said:

BigBen said:

Olf said:

Cactussed said:

PhantomHumper said:

Exact same Amiga that I had, loved it.

Me too. Spent HOURS playing FA-18 Interceptor

Did you ever land on the enemy aircraft carrier?

Edited by Olf on Wednesday 3rd December 21:48

Which rather improbably refuelled you and replenished your weapons ! Never did sink the fking thing tho

Awesome game though
Here it is on the tube

Ahhh, so much of my youth was wasted on FA-18. That youtube video has brought back so many memories, I was almost tapping the keys whilst watching it. Remember the blue code wheel? Also noticed Stunt Car Racer on the same page, another classic.

Other Amiga games worth remembering:

Supercars
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Kick Off 2 (many 2 pence pieces won and lost over that game)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2 (that was seriously slick for its time)
Chase HQ!
Sim City
Lemmings
Xenon
and I think Syndicate was the last game I ever played on my trusty Amiga.

Consistently armed with an up-to-date version of X-Copy (v6.0 pro being a favorite iirc) I was the piracy king at school by the age of 10 lol.

Xenon 2 was better than 1, although the ending was ste. Particularly the Bomb the Base soundtrack.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtwfkxWVGw

The Bitmap Brothers were gods among men

Indeed, it was the sequel I was thinking of. Didn't it end like an old skool TV being turned off?

I miss the Amiga gaming era, it was perfect until games became more and more advanced and games like Monkey Island came on something like 8 floppy discs.

I had Beneath a Steel Sky on something like 16 discs! This posed a higher threat of muscular damage than my other main teenage activity

[Famous Graham]

wpo750 said:

Famous Graham said:

wpo750 said:

Mobsta said:

BigBen said:

Olf said:

Cactussed said:

PhantomHumper said:

Exact same Amiga that I had, loved it.

Me too. Spent HOURS playing FA-18 Interceptor

Did you ever land on the enemy aircraft carrier?

Edited by Olf on Wednesday 3rd December 21:48

Which rather improbably refuelled you and replenished your weapons ! Never did sink the fking thing tho

Awesome game though
Here it is on the tube

Ahhh, so much of my youth was wasted on FA-18. That youtube video has brought back so many memories, I was almost tapping the keys whilst watching it. Remember the blue code wheel? Also noticed Stunt Car Racer on the same page, another classic.

Other Amiga games worth remembering:

Supercars
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Kick Off 2 (many 2 pence pieces won and lost over that game)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball 2 (that was seriously slick for its time)
Chase HQ!
Sim City
Lemmings
Xenon
and I think Syndicate was the last game I ever played on my trusty Amiga.

Consistently armed with an up-to-date version of X-Copy (v6.0 pro being a favorite iirc) I was the piracy king at school by the age of 10 lol.

Xenon 2 was better than 1, although the ending was ste. Particularly the Bomb the Base soundtrack.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtwfkxWVGw

The Bitmap Brothers were gods among men

Indeed, it was the sequel I was thinking of. Didn't it end like an old skool TV being turned off?

I miss the Amiga gaming era, it was perfect until games became more and more advanced and games like Monkey Island came on something like 8 floppy discs.

Yup - with the alien shopkeeper.

Monkey Island was one of the main reasons I upgraded to an A600 with a huge 20meg hard drive

[Roop]

Hoppy2008 said:

Cant remember what it was called, but it was an electric dumper truck that you could input codes into (co-ordinat type, i think) and it would go forwrd, reverse, etc and pick up and dump little black balls?

Bigtrak by MB

[whitechief]

The Skunk said:

whitechief said:

The Skunk said:

benoli said:

ahh, the commodore 64.... remember the games that were on casettes and used to take about 45 minutes to load up?

Manic miner, Chuckie egg, Jet set Willy, Bomb Jack etc....

haha - Daley Thompson's Decathlon... I'm sure we snapped a few joysticks trying to do the hurdles and long jump.

Remember Raid over Moscow? I used to love that game.