You Nostalgia, you lose - Don't Quote the pictures!

sephir0th · 09-11-2014 5:45am

70p!!! WTF

At 50p, Cornettos were well out of my price range. Much more strategic ways to spend 50p.

Into The Blue · 09-11-2014 8:16am

Loop the loops bargain at 20p

Owryan · 09-11-2014 3:50pm

Wouldnt get away with a "golly bar" these days

Lyaiera · 09-11-2014 5:18pm

Were Tangle Twisters renamed Twisters at some point? I'm sure it says Twisters on the new boxes, and I had an argument with a friend that they used to be Tangle Twisters but she wouldn't believe me. She maintained they had always been known as Twisters.

Into The Blue · 09-11-2014 7:38pm

Lyaiera wrote: »

Were Tangle Twisters renamed Twisters at some point? I'm sure it says Twisters on the new boxes, and I had an argument with a friend that they used to be Tangle Twisters but she wouldn't believe me. She maintained they had always been known as Twisters.

Tangle twisters in my house!

Here's an in depth discussion on the topic..

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2055552906

irish_goat · 10-11-2014 11:53am

There's a glaring omission on that ice cream menu!

L.Jenkins · 18-12-2014 10:51am

whiskeyman · 18-12-2014 11:21am

^^^^
A 'house phone'... that's something itself that's probably alien now!

GAAman · 18-12-2014 10:52pm

^^^^

Eircom 25, 25 hours a MONTH of blistering 52kbps speed. Only after 6pm and on weekends of course!

Can't remember the cap, probably something ridiculous as well.

*Posted on my 60+mbps connection, gotta love progress

Clareman · 19-12-2014 12:08am

GAAman wrote: »

^^^^

Eircom 25, 25 hours a MONTH of blistering 52kbps speed. Only after 6pm and on weekends of course!

Can't remember the cap, probably something ridiculous as well.

*Posted on my 60+mbps connection, gotta love progress

Pfff, Oceanfree with it's special internet number which meant that you got 5 minutes per unit rather than 3 minutes for the local number. Then there was IOL Unlimited access, streaming radio at night was epic.

BTW, 52kbps, could never get that, mid to high 40s are the best you could hope for, was good enough to play Unreal Tournament though.

LEIN · 19-12-2014 12:56am

GAAman · 19-12-2014 2:41am

Clareman wrote: »

Pfff, Oceanfree with it's special internet number which meant that you got 5 minutes per unit rather than 3 minutes for the local number. Then there was IOL Unlimited access, streaming radio at night was epic.

BTW, 52kbps, could never get that, mid to high 40s are the best you could hope for, was good enough to play Unreal Tournament though.

Always got solid 52, in fact just realised even as a youth I was a cynic, thought eircom were ripping us off of that 4kbps

I used to be able to get Call of Duty (I think it was United Offensive) going for an hour before the ping went mental

Clareman · 19-12-2014 9:00am

GAAman wrote: »

Always got solid 52, in fact just realised even as a youth I was a cynic, thought eircom were ripping us off of that 4kbps

I used to be able to get Call of Duty (I think it was United Offensive) going for an hour before the ping went mental

Pawwed Rig · 21-12-2014 6:52pm

glynf · 21-12-2014 7:36pm

To Elland Back · 22-12-2014 8:45am

<<<snip>>>

That's outside the post office on Anne Street Wexford. They used to line the whole street, never going anywhere

L.Jenkins · 22-12-2014 11:06am

2 in 1 Nostalgia

laraghrider · 22-12-2014 2:11pm

whiskeyman · 22-12-2014 2:20pm

^^^ whats that again?
Think I remember seeing them.

laraghrider · 22-12-2014 2:23pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

^^^ whats that again?
Think I remember seeing them.

A water watch. Pour water in the side every couple of days to power it.

blastman · 22-12-2014 6:33pm

Had one, eventually the limescale in the water clogged the cells. You needed to use distilled water (I found out too late)

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-12-2014 11:27pm

Mike Litoris · 24-12-2014 1:50pm

Probably posted a few time but with the day that's in it......

I got this for xmas 30 years ago. Gawd I feel old.

Titzon Toast · 24-12-2014 4:53pm

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Probably posted a few time but with the day that's in it......

I got this for xmas 30 years ago. Gawd I feel old.

I had one of those too, inherited it from our rich cousins, it also came with little steering controlers for the racing car game we had for it.
Good times.

dan1895 · 24-12-2014 5:39pm

<<<snip>>>

It was only recently I realised the rocket was just a baked beans can with a funnel on top.

GAAman · 25-12-2014 11:26pm

I had an Atari as a kid, and this morning my sister gave me this. Was like a kid first thing Christmas morning playing games!

http://omg.wthax.org/7biegG.jpg

Mike Litoris · 26-12-2014 12:34am

Lucky Bastid!

What do the controllers feel like.

Anyway, I made a little mistake, the VCS I got 31 years ago. This I got 30 years ago....

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GAAman · 26-12-2014 12:46am

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Lucky Bastid! What do the controllers feel like.

They feel hollow compared to the original ones, they are wireless too!

the purple tin · 31-12-2014 1:52pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbCbwP6ibR4

Doctor DooM · 31-12-2014 7:29pm

<<<snip>>>

Is that trailer fake? That's Terminator music in the background, Robocop's theme is all

snow scorpion · 31-12-2014 9:26pm

Micheal O'Hehir's voice...

KK4SAM · 01-01-2015 1:58am

2014

Titzon Toast · 01-01-2015 3:13am

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Lucky Bastid! What do the controllers feel like.

Anyway, I made a little mistake, the VCS I got 31 years ago. This I got 30 years ago....

Snip.

I have a Raleigh Styler out in my shed with the chrome frame and black mag wheels!
I still love it.

blastman · 02-01-2015 10:27pm

I got an Atari VCS for Christmas about 30 years ago as well. It has lain under a bench in the garage for approximately 20 years. I dug it out about six months ago for a retro games event. Still working.....

blastman · 06-01-2015 4:49pm

Sorry, forgot I had a pic of it:

Into The Blue · 06-01-2015 4:53pm

<<<snip>>>

Nice garage

blastman · 06-01-2015 5:24pm

Into The Blue wrote: »

Nice garage

I wish! This was on its excursion out of the garage

Black_Knight · 08-01-2015 9:36am

The journal just posted about these:
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

Dos games!
Keen!, Lemings! Prince of Persia! I even remember playing the blues brothers game! And oh so many turtles games.
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Zombienosh · 08-01-2015 9:49am

Following on from the atari post...

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jack of all · 08-01-2015 12:51pm

I got this more than 30 years ago- a Mamod Steam Roller SR1a. It still runs (as does the Mamod company) and I take it down and run it for my own children once or twice a year.

jack of all · 08-01-2015 1:14pm

This is yet another Christmas gift from more than 30 years ago- junior microscope, Japanese made so decent lens quality. I actually used this recently to confirm the (worn) condition of the stylus on my record player (yes, I am old school!). I remember having great fun with this- disecting spiders and the like!

glynf · 10-01-2015 5:35pm

Time extension !!

Liam McPoyle · 12-01-2015 10:31pm

So many days spent screaming in frustration playing these bastard games on the Amstrad CPC 464.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSxBT0WfqJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4qvmUQDGg

This one was also the business and insanely adult orientated for the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NB-UMb1vUE

Canis Lupus · 13-01-2015 2:52am

Having had a couple of the Dizzy games I never knew what the **** was going on. I recently watched a lets play video like above and I still can't make sense of the game. No idea how it was popular.