Proper retro 1st computer

Sparks43

Quick poll What was your 1st machine you had

Starting to feel old as mine was the videopac:eek:

o1s1n

Only someone as old as yourself would refer to 'Sega' and 'Nintendo' as games computers

Sparks43

o1s1n wrote: »

Only someone as old as yourself would refer to 'Sega' and 'Nintendo' as games computers

They were released in the 80s so they are retro and a lot of peoples 1st experience with gaming

So there :P

landsleaving

Amstrad CPC 464. It was great, and I won't hear any different

The giant monitor of doom (ever dropped one?), the giant keyboard.. of doom. The loading noise. What a machine.

Sparks43

landsleaving wrote: »

Amstrad CPC 464. It was great, and I won't hear any different

The giant monitor of doom (ever dropped one?), the giant keyboard.. of doom. The loading noise. What a machine.

What this thing ?

never into the amstrad myself had a speccy and a commodore though

Nate--IRL--

Ahhh yes, the ORIC-1, the ginger stepchild of 8-bit computing, how I miss thee.

Nate

Sparks43

Right whos parents didnt love them and bought them an oric?

Myrddin

Atari 2600 & Pinball, my good ol nan (rip) introduced me to video games when I was a youngling. Where she got the idea from I'll never know, but what an idea :cool::)

Sparks43

EnterNow wrote: »

Atari 2600 & Pinball, my good ol nan (rip) introduced me to video games when I was a youngling. Where she got the idea from I'll never know, but what an idea :cool::)

There were different versions of the 2600 if i remember right always liked the Atari played it on my uncles but never owned 1

Myrddin

There are quite a few versions. Mine was the Junior, small little black console, 4 buttons, silver trim. Where it went to baffles me, I must ask about that :rolleyes::p

Sparks43

EnterNow wrote: »

There are quite a few versions. Mine was the Junior, small little black console, 4 buttons, silver trim. Where it went to baffles me, I must ask about that :rolleyes::p

this the 1?

Myrddin

Sparks43 wrote: »

this the 1?

Thar she blows, it was an awesome sight to a 6/7 year old kid in the 80's I tell ya :cool:

Retr0gamer

Would I be right in saying that Europe only ever got the junior? I think the woodie was US only and Europe only got the 2600 when it was rereleased after the crash?

CiDeRmAn

I clicked Speccy as it was the first computer I had but in the 70s I.had a series of electro-mechanical games machines, a space invaders clone etc.
I spent time with a neighbours pong console, a cousins Vic20 and fiddled with a ZX81.
Love the speccy though, wished I had a C64, laughed at the rich kids with the Amstrad.
I found it quietly disturbing that some people own up to the Playstation being their first but remember with time this will gently, insidiously become the PS2 as the first "games computer" Bugger!

Sparks43

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I clicked Speccy as it was the first computer I had but in the 70s I.had a series of electro-mechanical games machines, a space invaders clone etc.
I spent time with a neighbours pong console, a cousins Vic20 and fiddled with a ZX81.
Love the speccy though, wished I had a C64, laughed at the rich kids with the Amstrad.
I found it quietly disturbing that some people own up to the Playstation being their first but remember with time this will gently, insidiously become the PS2 as the first "games computer" Bugger!

Ah the Spectrum classic



With games like
Manic Miner




Dizzy



Commando

Retr0gamer

Don't forget the 'zombie flesh' feel of its keyboard.

Sparks43

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Don't forget the 'zombie flesh' feel of its keyboard.

Never felt zombie flesh so i will take your word for it :P

Rexelac

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Would I be right in saying that Europe only ever got the junior? I think the woodie was US only and Europe only got the 2600 when it was rereleased after the crash?

Definately had the Woodie version of the 2600 when i was a kid

LoGiE

Speccy followed by a C64... Damn I loved those machines.

Dozen Wicked Words

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Would I be right in saying that Europe only ever got the junior? I think the woodie was US only and Europe only got the 2600 when it was rereleased after the crash?

Our first 2600 was the all black one, like a woodie, only not woodie.

oooh, apparently, A Vader!! My brother played Pacman on it for 12 hours, maybe a crap version but truly a thing of beauty back then.

Retr0gamer

Sparks43 wrote: »

Never felt zombie flesh so i will take your word for it :P

If you've used a spectrum then you'd know it's the only way to describe it

deman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLmsDrc1iDQ

I beat you all!!!!!!!

The Grandstand Video Entertainment System.

CiDeRmAn

I have a woody 6 switched PAL 2600..
I also have the all black "vader" 2600. Interesting thing with that was they were actually made here, in Ireland! So the sticker says.
Great thing about retro gaming/collecting is gathering together all the great consoles you ever owned or, more likely, wish you owned, a retrospective wish fulfillment if you like.
Hence my beautiful Vectrex!

And, yes the Speccy did have a zombie flesh keyboard, part of the character really, better than the plus variants that followed.

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have a woody

Am I the only one who this makes snigger?

Roar

ah, my first true love.. How I miss her..

K.O.Kiki

80s, eh?
I had a basketball.


...
Also, some DOS PC & a Megadrive in the early 90s.
You guys are old.

Dr Bob

Sord M5->Atari 800xl->C64->consoleland (so I guess the c64 is the first thing I could tick on that poll)
The sord was inherited from a cousin and was a bit rubbish but had a fantastic teach yourself BASIC style manual.The Atari was probably my favourite but you just couldn't get games for it by the late 80's ,so I traded up for a beige bread bin.That lasted until about 91 when I went mega-drive...

Rexelac

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have a woody 6 switched PAL 2600..
I also have the all black "vader" 2600. Interesting thing with that was they were actually made here, in Ireland! So the sticker says.
QUOTE]


Back in the early 80's Atari had a plant in Limerick

Optimus Prime

Commodore 64 for me, But i had a game called Astro Wars first, it was a small silver box with a joystiq and a button on it. they had one down at Game On. Loved that thing.

Dr Bob

Rexelac wrote: »

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have a woody 6 switched PAL 2600..
I also have the all black "vader" 2600. Interesting thing with that was they were actually made here, in Ireland! So the sticker says.
QUOTE]


Back in the early 80's Atari had a plant in Limerick

yup later became the Dell plant afaik.
There's a version of the 2600jr that was only released in ireland as well(Atari 2600 Jr. - Black, no silver stripe).

minikin

This was as close as we got to "computers", was put up on the top shelf by mid january as "it gave me epilepsy"