you nostalgia you lose

[Frankeh]

andy400 said:

Frankeh said:

andy400 said:

I really wanted one of these when I was very young:



Thank God I never got one, as fk knows what I thought I was going to do with it.
I think I considered that it would be cool to have a PC in my pocket.

I was wrong.

Wrong that it would be cool? Or wrong it would fit in your pocket? :P

Knowing me, very possibly both.

Heyooooooo.

[twister]

monthefish said:

billybuds said:

Is there still a Wimpy at one of the services on the M6?

There's a Wimpy at most of the Roadchef services, and there are quite a few high-street ones around the country too - I know of two within a 10 minute drive from home.

[wy906]

mr brightside said:

TheEnd said:

uriel said:

Top nostaliging

I had one of those, i loved it then, and even looking at it now it's pretty amazing.
For those how missed out on one of these, the screen would show a rear projection image of a scrolling road, and you'd steer a small car across the bottom.
I seem to remember quite a bit of the dash actually worked too.

ETA-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA7kApzTdmk
Now that is pretty good, must have cost my parents a fortune.

Edited by TheEnd on Wednesday 20th January 19:30

oh my god, i had one of those, totaly forgot until i saw that photo..

I had one of these as well! And that was in Hong Kong!

[wy906]

GTIR said:

Chilli said:

Ray Singh said:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I give you.......




Demon Driver - this was my early education into the world of petrol headedness.

I can't believe it! Oh, the memories....the technology!!

Jeezus!

I loved that game. However, as with all my electronic games I usually pulled it apart to see how it worked.

Ironically it never worked again.

I had that as well!

[andy400]

Frankeh said:

andy400 said:

Frankeh said:

andy400 said:

I really wanted one of these when I was very young:



Thank God I never got one, as fk knows what I thought I was going to do with it.
I think I considered that it would be cool to have a PC in my pocket.

I was wrong.

Wrong that it would be cool? Or wrong it would fit in your pocket? :P

Knowing me, very possibly both.

Heyooooooo.

[Chuffer]

Due to be resurrected under the name Creamola Fizz late January 2010

[AndyBe]

Another one I just remembered.

[AndyBe]

This used to be on my wallpaper. Back when wallpaper was the paper you hung on the wall

[Alex]

I never had one of these, but I wanted one:

[Frankeh]

andy400 said:

Frankeh said:

andy400 said:

Frankeh said:

andy400 said:

I really wanted one of these when I was very young:



Thank God I never got one, as fk knows what I thought I was going to do with it.
I think I considered that it would be cool to have a PC in my pocket.

I was wrong.

Wrong that it would be cool? Or wrong it would fit in your pocket? :P

Knowing me, very possibly both.

Heyooooooo.

HEYYY YOOOUUUU GUYYYYSSSSSSS

[J B L]

CaptainSlow said:

I bet not too many people had one of these (and that was the problem)....

I had one... my first "console" (pre- NES)

That one...


with games like this (on tape as it was so big).

Overly complicated and took hours to load...

and others I've had:












^ Could almost be called the Gran turismo's grandad. You could modify your car, change the spoilers' angles IIRC





pheewwwww... brings me back.

There's a Dutchman who seem to collect everything MSX related: http://manuel.msxnet.org/msx/collection/

[ShadownINja]

J B L said:

ROM? Talk about an easy life. I have Yie Ar Kung Fu on the Acorn Electron on cassette! Out of interest, does your version have the bug where if you knock each other out at the same time, you get millions of points?

[CaptainSlow]

I so wanted Yie Ar Kung Fu on ROM for my MSX. The cartridges were relatively expensive at £20-£25. I only had one on cartridge...Antartic Adventure.

[J B L]

ShadownINja said:

J B L said:

ROM? Talk about an easy life. I have Yie Ar Kung Fu on the Acorn Electron on cassette! Out of interest, does your version have the bug where if you knock each other out at the same time, you get millions of points?

Don't think so. I remember playing for hours on end though.

CaptainSlow said:

I so wanted Yie Ar Kung Fu on ROM for my MSX. The cartridges were relatively expensive at £20-£25. I only had one on cartridge...Antartic Adventure.

I feel spoilt. It seems the games were much cheaper back in France (less than 150 Francs for the best ones at the time)... Then again, everything I read about the MSX seem to state that the machine didn't really sell in UK and US markets for some reasons.

[Morningside]

CaptainSlow said:

I bet not too many people had one of these (and that was the problem)....

I did! Exactly like that one. Cost me nearly £200 (?) from the local TV/Radio shop. Spent hours, and hours playing Kings Valley.

andy400 said:

I really wanted one of these when I was very young:

...

Had one of these as well, they are great. Get onto eBay and buy one. Great for quick basic programming.

I wanted a Sinclair MK14.

Now making over £200 on eBay. I have found a site that uses a PIC 16f877 to emulate it and keep meaning to get round to it.

[anonymous-user]

Remember the Unigate milk ads?

[otolith]

C64















Or a bit further back, Vic20

[Carl_Spackler]

Free? If you colected a load of vouchers from packs of Monster Munch, if my memory serves me right?

[dirty boy]

International Karate, I used to play this on my cousins Amiga when I was little


Wasn't this on TV-AM?


Sega Mega Drive, bit like Elite, loved it...


This ruined my school work for years....CM to CM2 (already mentioned) then onwards...even CM Italia Edition...


Alien Breed on the Amiga, the sound of the initial gun was very similar to that of the rapid fire guns in the film Aliens IIRC.


Went through a period when I did a lot of flight sims, F117A was a nice one.


Sonic, cracking game.


Classic!

[clarkey318is]

"Get out of my way! I'm a Radikal Biker!" Best theme tune ever. And you were a pizza delivery guy. On a moped. Awesome.