you nostalgia you lose

[EvoDelta]

My first mobile:

[Vince70]

[Vince70]

Or how about a pre computer driving game.

[ambuletz]

What t-mobile used to be called.

[Vince70]

Anyone remember these things stuck to the front of houses

[GroundEffect]

Pilsner said:

I remember lusting over this very image, years and years ago, even showing it to my grandmother in amazement.

Definitely the defining game of my early teenage years. I was a monster, got the world's fastest lap with the Koenigsegg (which was a bit of a dog, but my favourite) around Uffizi and was very fast around the Nordschleife! Won a few competitions as well. Loved it.

Project Gotham Racing 2, I miss thee.

I played the living st out of that game. On Edinburgh's tracks I was in the Top 10 globally. On PGR3 I got a few #1s.

I was also very sad

[MarshPhantom]

[lufbramatt]

Morningside said:

Twincam16 said:

Martyn-123 said:

Ha!

This was my first mobile phone:



Lasted four years (including my first two at university, so it got the typical drunken-student punishment) and was as tough as the brick it resembled. Only died when the keys wore out.

Is that the phone that was hacked to give free credit due to the boob on their behalf of storing credit on the phone rather than at the server.

Also, texting using multiple presses of the number keys to get the right letter. Not done that in years, would take me ages now.

[Rick_1138]

lufbramatt said:

Also, texting using multiple presses of the number keys to get the right letter. Not done that in years, would take me ages now.

Guy used to do this sat next to me in lecture halls, he could type on the phone faster than I could on a qwerty keyboard!

I was crap at it, thank god for full emulated qwerty keys on smartphones.

[Morningside]

ambuletz said:

What t-mobile used to be called.

About summed them up at the time. The signal strength used to go 1 2 1 off.

[ambuletz]

This nostalgia'd me quite hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI

[RedLeicester]

I very nearly bought one. In brown. With velour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zs6TU32pY

[Vipers]

lufbramatt said:

Morningside said:

Twincam16 said:

Martyn-123 said:

Ha!

This was my first mobile phone:



Lasted four years (including my first two at university, so it got the typical drunken-student punishment) and was as tough as the brick it resembled. Only died when the keys wore out.

Is that the phone that was hacked to give free credit due to the boob on their behalf of storing credit on the phone rather than at the server.

Also, texting using multiple presses of the number keys to get the right letter. Not done that in years, would take me ages now.

My first phone at work was an NEC9A I think, size of a brick, circa mid 80's, cost £1300, no st, thirteen hundred pounds

[Vocal Minority]

Rickyy said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGH3uG4gGI4

Instant transportation to childhood.

That isn't just nostalgia, that is as closes to time travel as I will get! Made my evening

Forgot about the tasty Manic's remix.

[Hooli]

Rick_1138 said:

lufbramatt said:

Also, texting using multiple presses of the number keys to get the right letter. Not done that in years, would take me ages now.

Guy used to do this sat next to me in lecture halls, he could type on the phone faster than I could on a qwerty keyboard!

I was crap at it, thank god for full emulated qwerty keys on smartphones.

I can still type faster on them than crappy smartphones, if only you could get a smartphone with sort of keyboard I'd be happy.

[thismonkeyhere]

Help, I am currently overdosing on nostalgia.

My folks have recently moved house from the family home I grew up in and in which they have lived for 35 years. Cue massive clearout of lots of stuff I still had there, including hundreds of photographs. Pics of school events, holidays, parties, friends, girlfriends, pets, toys etc etc, all from the 80s/early 90s.

To top if off, I've also recently got back in touch with some guys and girls from primary school days, so plenty of chat about the good ol'days in the village.

If I read this thread too much as well, I fear I might actually melt into a puddle of pure reminiscence....

[Dr_Gonzo]

JonRB said:

_Deano said:

66comanche][img said:

If i can remember correctly, this was c £62 when first released in the UK from places like Dixons - a lot of money in the day and the most sought after SNES game.

Holy crap. £62 is a lot of money even now!!

I paid £45 for an early US import version of it (think the UK version came out a few months later). The shop also had the Japanese version in a few months before I bought mine - and it was £99!

And who can forgot the price of Neo-Geo games back then? Weren't they something like £300 each?

[Cotty]

Jobbo said:

Yiliterate said:

You can buy them still (or perhaps again - I'm not sure whether they ceased to be produced for a while). I've got one in that exact colour on my Amazon wishlist. It's been there for months and nobody bought it for either Christmas or my birthday. Perhaps an indication that nostalgia does not equal taste

I did have one that colour (or possibly the opposite way round) in the 80s though, so I'm allowed to like it.

You can still buy them, excellent ill get ordering. I used my 25 year old one about a month back, perfect size to hold a weekend's worth of clothes, but small eough to be carry on luggage on a plane. Mine is looking a little scruffy.

[Jobbo]

Cotty said:

Jobbo said:

Yiliterate said:

You can buy them still (or perhaps again - I'm not sure whether they ceased to be produced for a while). I've got one in that exact colour on my Amazon wishlist. It's been there for months and nobody bought it for either Christmas or my birthday. Perhaps an indication that nostalgia does not equal taste

I did have one that colour (or possibly the opposite way round) in the 80s though, so I'm allowed to like it.

You can still buy them, excellent ill get ordering. I used my 25 year old one about a month back, perfect size to hold a weekend's worth of clothes, but small eough to be carry on luggage on a plane. Mine is looking a little scruffy.

I've just read the reviews on Amazon - check them before you buy.

[thismonkeyhere]

Cotty said:

Jobbo said:

Yiliterate said:

You can buy them still (or perhaps again - I'm not sure whether they ceased to be produced for a while). I've got one in that exact colour on my Amazon wishlist. It's been there for months and nobody bought it for either Christmas or my birthday. Perhaps an indication that nostalgia does not equal taste

I did have one that colour (or possibly the opposite way round) in the 80s though, so I'm allowed to like it.

You can still buy them, excellent ill get ordering. I used my 25 year old one about a month back, perfect size to hold a weekend's worth of clothes, but small eough to be carry on luggage on a plane. Mine is looking a little scruffy.

Mine is exactly the same as that, but black. Had it years, got it free with a squash or tennis racquet iirc. Use it for the gym - used it this morning in fact! Excellent bag. Don't if a new one would be the same quality & longevity though?