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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Feckin Klipso bars are like brittle cardboard! I always imagined that's what cold war Russian chocolate tasted like.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Big Time = sore jaws!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Sore jaw and loose teeth!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Sore jaw and loose teeth!


    It's all worth it for the 'Finished a Big Time Trophy in one go', that you get.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,133 ✭✭✭Doge


    As well as the Klipsos and Mint Crisp you have Macaroon bars also.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=5866&stc=1&d=1274383755

    Does anyone remember the Smiley Bars?

    They were basically Orange Flavoured Chomp bars. I miss them. :(


    Used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid, but these days its like biting on air bubbles.

    They're not a bit dense, I'm not sure if this was always case.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    I think this is a more appropriate thread for retro foody goodies reminiscing.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76880517


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    I want to hear what ciderman has to say on this whole sweet thing, I bet hes had sweets we can only imagine!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    I think this is a more appropriate thread for retro foody goodies reminiscing.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76880517

    Most threads in this forum go waaaay more off topic than that :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,905 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Sera wrote: »
    have you to go to the old sweet shop for them? my local shop sells them all year round not sure for the Wham bars, don't really look for them.

    But that's Limerick isn't it?
    So technically still the 1980's :pac:

    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    Steve SI wrote: »
    But that's Limerick isn't it?
    So technically still the 1980's :pac:

    .
    More like 1950s
    Empty empty empty empty


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    waveform wrote: »
    you have Macaroon bars also, used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid.
    Macaroon is one of my favourites and so is snaps, I had a snaps voyage awhile back, they were really hard to find.
    Steve SI wrote: »
    But that's Limerick isn't it?
    So technically still the 1980's :pac:
    yeah, that's why on my lappy this forum is "arcade and modern"


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I want to hear what ciderman has to say on this whole sweet thing, I bet hes had sweets we can only imagine!

    Hmm,
    Pink Panther Bars
    A quarter of apple drops
    Spangles
    Jawbreakers
    When Snickers were called Marathon bars
    Lollipops for a half penny.

    The 70s were good times!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Hmm,
    Pink Panther Bars
    A quarter of apple drops
    Spangles
    Jawbreakers
    When Snickers were called Marathon bars
    Lollipops for a half penny.

    The 70s were good times!

    Pink panther bars = yummy!

    So it's now the arcade/retro/sweets and junkfood/terry pratchett/ limerick bashing forum.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    There's a grotty little shop next to the radio station where we record the podcast that sells all these sweets at a fraction of the cost that shops in Temple Bar do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,751 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    My probably favourite sweet right now are those nougat bars you can find at the counter in some shops.

    Also I don't buy ANYTHING Nestle for ethical reasons.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,104 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    A good bar of nougat with nuts is just divine.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Hmm,
    Pink Panther Bars
    A quarter of apple drops
    Spangles
    Jawbreakers
    When Snickers were called Marathon bars
    Lollipops for a half penny.

    The 70s were good times!

    We're Pink Panther bars the sponge cake yokes with bright pink icing? They were AMAZING.

    Apple drops were grand but for me it was all about cola cubes, sherbet lemons, acid drops and chewing nuts. Oh and fizzy cola bottles and astro belts!

    I remember snickers being called Marathon too. Christ I'm old. :(

    Not old enough to remember half pennies and decimalisation though. :D


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    waveform wrote: »
    As well as the Klipsos and Mint Crisp you have Macaroon bars also.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=5866&stc=1&d=1274383755

    Does anyone remember the Smiley Bars?

    They were basically Orange Flavoured Chomp bars. I miss them. :(


    Used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid, but these days its like biting on air bubbles.

    They're not a bit dense, I'm not sure if this was always case.
    Cafferys , the guys who made the macaroon bar on top if I remember rightly , are based around the corner from the house I grew up in.As were Brennan's bakery , so basically half the mornings I remember , everything smelled either of cooking toffee, or baking bread.
    Lovely!
    A few years later I ended up living in clonee, which is downwind of the Keypack rendering plant...
    Not so lovely!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Here's a pic of when Cidey got that part time job in the sweet shop

    pogo-wonka.jpg

    Macaroon bars.

    /thread


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Easy there EnterNow, there was no need for all that airbrushing. You should have posted the real photo!

    MID_Somerstown.jpg


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Here's a pic of when Cidey got that part time job in the sweet shop

    pogo-wonka.jpg

    Who can take a rainbow
    Wrap it in a sigh
    Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie
    The Cider Man
    The Cider Man can
    The Cider Man can 'Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Drat and double drat!

    Got my second pink micro today. Screen is scratched! Any idea where the best place is to get a replacement faceplate? Or hey does anyone have a spare?

    Oh and you gotta live early morning auctions on the eBay. Just wind 3 brand spanking new Terry Pratchett collectors editions for less than what you would earn working in Supermacs for a few hours before lunch.

    Got a bundle of Snes carts before for a very reasonable price, that included: Sunset Riders, Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong 2, Pop'N'Twinbee and more.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Drat and double drat!

    Got my second pink micro today. Screen is scratched!

    Is that the one from Adverts?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Who can take a rainbow
    Wrap it in a sigh
    Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie
    The Cider Man
    The Cider Man can
    The Cider Man can 'Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good!

    Thanks a bunch! That song will be on a continuous loop in my head all day now! I'm trying to get my head into Locke's Leviathan and this is not going to help it one iota.

    Only one thing for it -


    Super-teen extraordinaire
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
    Runs around in underwear
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

    Rescues Washington D.C.
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
    Unless something better's on TV
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

    His brain's overloading
    It has a chocolate coating
    Textbook case for Sigmund Freud
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

    Check out Dexter Douglas
    Nerd computer ace
    Went surfing on the internet
    And was zapped to cyberspace

    He turned into the Freakazoid
    He's strong and super-quick
    He drives the villains crazy
    'Cause he's a lunatic

    His home base is the Freakalair
    Freakazoid! Fricassee!
    Floyd the Barber cuts his hair
    Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!

    Rides around in the Freakmobile
    Freakazoid! Freakazoo!
    Hopes to make a movie deal
    Freaka me! Freaka you!

    He's here to save the nation
    So stay tuned to this station
    If not, we'll be unemployed
    Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
    Freakazoid!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Is that the one from Adverts?

    One from adverts is fine, apart from the box missing its cardboard slip.

    Got this one off eBay for €8 incl post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Got this one off eBay for €8 incl post.

    Holy crap, if it had no screen at all that still would have been a bargain!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Holy crap, if it had no screen at all that still would have been a bargain!

    It's just the micro no charger, all that. And with it was a spongebob game and a knock-off Mario game. Haven't had a chance to test it yet....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Still, great deal. They usually sell for at least €30 or so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,576 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Still, great deal. They usually sell for at least €30 or so.

    I got a boxed one off adverts for 35. Its in perfect condition. Its pink :cool:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    So after discovering an A500 was far too slow for Elite II, I purchased a boxed 1200.
    It's also too slow :pac:
    Ah well. Time for some quality anyway.
    IMG_0274.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Hmm, I wonder would a fast RAM upgrade help? The A1200 I have with 8MB fast RAM could run most games I threw at it. Only one I had issues with were a deluxe version of Theme Park and an Alien Breed FPS.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Hmm, I wonder would a fast RAM upgrade help? The A1200 I have with 8MB fast RAM could run most games I threw at it. Only one I had issues with were a deluxe version of Theme Park and an Alien Breed FPS.
    Might be a worthy upgrade alright.. This whole 2fps doesn't work for me and I don't want to go back to the emulator now!:pac:
    But don't those things cost like.. hundreds of billions of dollars £80-£100?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    So after discovering an A500 was far too slow for Boulder Dash, I purchased a boxed 1200.
    It's also too slow :pac:
    Ah well. Time for some quality anyway.
    amigah.png

    FYP:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Might be a worthy upgrade alright.. This whole 2fps doesn't work for me and I don't want to go back to the emulator now!:pac:
    But don't those things cost like.. hundreds of billions of dollars £80-£100?

    They're expensive alright. When I got my one, I think it was in the region of €50? Can't quite remember now, the guy I bought it from in Germany installed it in the Amiga he was selling me. Might be an idea to check out ebay.de to see if you can get any cheap from there.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Just got the last copy of Dodonpachi in Game in Liffey Valley! Happy days!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Arrived today. :)

    t70Ui.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Just got the last copy of Dodonpachi in Game in Liffey Valley! Happy days!


    how much? i got mine for €12.99


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Stinger! It's just a poxy 4GB!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Stinger! It's just a poxy 4GB!

    Hell no! All the better to be glitched for NTSC-J goodness! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Stinger! It's just a poxy 4GB!

    Not for long ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Not for long ;)

    Aye. I feel a glitch coming on. An NTSC-J one. That copy of Ketsui I've had lying around sealed on my shelf for the past 6 or so months is hopefully going to be played soon. :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    pdbhp wrote: »
    how much? i got mine for €12.99

    Yeah, same here, very pleased.
    I was over in Dundrum shopping centre as well, earlier on, don't like that place...
    I can feel the locals judging me for my lack of Hilfinger, Diesel or other such expensive apparel ..
    At least Liffey Valley has some mingers in the mix as well, like a high class version of the Square!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Yeah, same here, very pleased.
    I was over in Dundrum shopping centre as well, earlier on, don't like that place...
    I can feel the locals judging me for my lack of Hilfinger, Diesel or other such expensive apparel ..

    I look on them with equal distain. Knackers in nice clothes is all


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Yeah, same here, very pleased.
    I was over in Dundrum shopping centre as well, earlier on, don't like that place...
    I can feel the locals judging me for my lack of Hilfinger, Diesel or other such expensive apparel ..
    At least Liffey Valley has some mingers in the mix as well, like a high class version of the Square!


    Excellent value at €12.99:D

    Feckin hate dundrum the shop is layed out terrible.
    Liffey Valley wishes it was a high class version of the Square........Not!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭unky chop chop


    Totally Forgot Dodonpachi was On the Market region free...result
    I get scared in Dundrum, Too many women shops and ugg wearing young uns with frizzy died blonde hair.
    Any one spotted it in City centre?


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,570 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Aye. I feel a glitch coming on. An NTSC-J one. That copy of Ketsui I've had lying around sealed on my shelf for the past 6 or so months is hopefully going to be played soon. :)

    A glitch knows no regions. ;)
    Connect a 1TB hard drive to it, install ALL your games and put those discs back in their boxes where they belong. I reckon it won't be long before you hook it up to your cab and those LS-56s... :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Hey I work in dundrum! In possibly the poshest store there!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    A glitch knows no regions. ;)
    Connect a 1TB hard drive to it, install ALL your games and put those discs back in their boxes where they belong. I reckon it won't be long before you hook it up to your cab and those LS-56s... :cool:

    Alas I discovered the 4gb Slim there is NOT glitchable (yet). However my other 360 Slim, the 250gb one, IS glitchable.

    So I'm going to glitch the old console (thanks for the heads up ImmediateEntrance) and do a bit of storage shuffling if I can.

    Toying with cabbing the glitched box but I dunno, see how it goes.

    Spent all evening playing with the Lumia 800. It's a lot better than I thought it was now I've spent a good bit of time with it. You do miss the apps the iPhone has, and the current lack of tethering (until the fw update comes soon) is really annoying.

    That said, the speech recognition is absolutely unbelievable. Here's an example:

    iPhone: "Siri. Find shoe shops in Dublin 2"
    Response: "Fine chew chops dubbin too"

    Lumia 800: "Where's my nearest Supervalu?"
    Response: "Where's my nearest Supervalu"

    It actually distinguished Supervalu from Super Value. I've absolutely no idea how.

    For the laugh I tried stacks of wild requests such as:

    "Where can I ferment potassium chloride?", "Where can I rent a moped in East Timor?" and for the craic, as I type this, I said as fast as I could "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

    It got every request right. Every time. No messing.

    First night with it is nearly over and I have to say, colour me very impressed with Windows Phone. Very impressed indeed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,133 ✭✭✭Doge


    So after discovering an A500 was far too slow for Elite II, I purchased a boxed 1200.
    It's also too slow :pac:
    Ah well. Time for some quality anyway.
    IMG_0274.jpg


    I demand to know what game that is!

    Looks great.


    Edit: Ah, Frontier. Twas in the related vids when I had a looksi at Elite on youtube.


    The c64 was the last Personal Computer I had before getting a PC in 1996.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭unky chop chop


    The only good thing that ever came out of Dundrum was the bowling alley.

    Serious arcade that I spent all my youth and money in.
    It was straight opposite this(which used to be a video store) in the "town centre"

    5258974226_2a8a0f440f.jpg

    F%%k all the rest of it..Bring the bowler back and shove your House of Fraiser up your Wazoo.


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