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Woke Pob posted:There's only one platform deserving of Chip's Challenge: I was going to post this. Friend of mine had a Lynx and that's the only place I ever played Chip's Challenge. LOOK at that loving huge thing lmao. Cost about $10/hour in batteries to run it too
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Fun fact that gets posted every time somebody mentions the Atari Lynx: at least one third of it was empty space because old people in focus groups told them if they were going to pay that much for a toy they expected it to be bigger
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Sep 23, 2020 15:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHZKPc0z30 I had this on casett for some reason growing up. Didn't know it was a game until I was in my 20s. -Zydeco- has a new favorite as of 17:18 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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Sep 23, 2020 17:15
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-Zydeco- posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHZKPc0z30 Just out of curiosity, what did you think Yar's Revenge was? That album slaps btw, thanks for sharing!
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Sep 23, 2020 17:27
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RandomFerret posted:Fun fact that gets posted every time somebody mentions the Atari Lynx: at least one third of it was empty space because old people in focus groups told them if they were going to pay that much for a toy they expected it to be bigger
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Sep 23, 2020 17:28
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I guess you can still get them but these were a big part of my childhood. Plus Orbitz.
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graham cracker posted:Just out of curiosity, what did you think Yar's Revenge was? It was that cassette with all the cool space sound and speeches about revenge.  I think it was just the cassette without the case so there was no context. I had it when I was in elementary so it was just this cool thing as far as I was concerned. Went along with my 1970-80s space ship books. Found out what it was from some random internet post mentioning it which got me to look it up. Speaking of space stuff, why was the artist who did all of the really cool space ship designs in the 70s and 80s? I had a couple books illustrated by them. E: John Harris. I had like a book of his collected illustrations. I read it until the spine fell apart. -Zydeco- has a new favorite as of 17:46 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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Sep 23, 2020 17:36
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdSDuJu04xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=375ENQbru8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuos9YvAcsY ^ sickest intro song
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Sep 23, 2020 20:37
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ShoogaSlim posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuos9YvAcsY Holy crap that is way more epilepsy inducing than I remember! My vote for sickest intro song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_AdxJWFUh4 E: -Zydeco- posted:John Harris. I had like a book of his collected illustrations. I read it until the spine fell apart. Wow, these are really cool! Thanks for postin em! graham cracker has a new favorite as of 00:58 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Sep 24, 2020 00:02
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The Bloop posted:I was going to post this. Friend of mine had a Lynx and that's the only place I ever played Chip's Challenge. Friend of mine at school had a Lynx with Chip's Challenge and I think one of the Epyx Summer/Winter/California Games cartridges. It was an absolute beast of a handheld, but the tech behind it was really strong. The chipset was designed by the folks who made the Amiga and it rivalled regular TV consoles in terms of pure processing power.
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Sep 24, 2020 00:45
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Euro nostalgia post: Ulysses 31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev1aBt-_Zs4 Mysterious Cities of Gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtyXnr5XV_A Silverhawks, unwanted stepchild of ThunderCats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtcK1Qs2K4 M.A.S.K. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K7WYAC4H8g And for anyone who wasted half their childhood loading C64 games from cassette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEst0w7JdT8
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Sep 24, 2020 01:00
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graham cracker posted:The David the Gnome theme song (Those opening credits though, oof.) The episode I remember the best is the one where David gives some guy a gold bar and he gets thrown in jail because he tells people a gnome gave it to him.
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Sep 24, 2020 01:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3WM1xxh2rY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1bu5sUXaU E.B. White hated it, but it's the definitive Charlotte's Web.
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Sep 24, 2020 03:04
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graham cracker posted:Wow, these are really cool! Thanks for postin em! I found it! I had Space Quest and I think Aliens In Space which are part of a couple series of books called the Terran Trade Authority and Galactic Encounters. Looks like it was actually a bunch of different artists with a lot of re-used sci-fi book covers. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/terran-trade-authority-lost-series-speculative-space-fiction Also for more content https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X13xdlTUI9A
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Sep 24, 2020 03:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcDVw6UFAM
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Sep 24, 2020 04:52
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Inzombiac posted:I guess you can still get them but these were a big part of my childhood. never had those, but i call the brain zaps you get when you come off of ssris "the zots", so feeling nostalgia all the same
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Sep 24, 2020 05:22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMFtaj8F6Qo
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Sep 24, 2020 12:41
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Hi, I'm Rhonda Shear and this is usa UP! all night.
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Sep 24, 2020 15:35
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are u ready for the zone with phil and snit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP8_g8AQ7X0
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Hi, I'm Rhonda Shear and this is usa UP! all night. USA was the best trash/scummy TV. wanna watch a weird science and duckman marathon followed by censored skinflicks at 1AM
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Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7UvbwCjXUk Clean cut of Voltron Intro (great for ringtones btw) ((new vote for sickest intro)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FInNTLeGjvg Speed Racer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN4VQsvjhEM jk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suCm1w_KTiY And a song sure to give everyone anxiety... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQP31Fk30hM And this is how we chill from 93 til https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z0TeaTzo_U graham cracker has a new favorite as of 06:41 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Remember the Windows 95 pack-in CD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4 My nightmares still look like Hover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVeFEBCwXy0 bossy lady posted:I've always been a big huge giant bitch but I never missed an episode of are you afraid of the dark. The intro is extremely nostalgic for me: Fun fact: you can recreate that with some non-dairy creamer!
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Mr. Fix It posted:smh if you don't pucker up and salivate when you see this. For a short while in the early 90's there was a hot variation of Warheads that I remember was the same intensity of the sour, but spicy. The only flavors I can remember for the hot variety were green apple and grape. They did release the Hotheads Worms a short while ago that are good, but not the same as the hard candy.
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I grew up eating curry and those were extremely dissatisfying to me. They weren't even on par with a mild madras!
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Descent 3D and MDK define my childhood PC gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMBYZrcQfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIFsF0RgESk
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The Mind's Eye! Perfect entertainment for kids and stoners. I always felt like that last third or so, after Stanley and Stella Break the Ice is the weakest with bland music and overly long clips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WehxxVDzYME
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Sep 26, 2020 08:06
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Nite Flite will always be my favorite thing I used to watch in High School, and it's actually back now! 20 minutes of a 1987 broadcast.
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Sep 26, 2020 09:04
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Gather round, Boys, Ghouls and Goblins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcG1JHLURc "how a count eats a reeses" took me back
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Sep 26, 2020 15:01
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remember when vanilla ice terrorized jon stewart, janeane garofalo, denis leary and chris loving kattan by smashing up the set of the mtv 25 lame after smashing the tape for ice ice baby? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-9d9ksQvgM&t=480s
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Sep 26, 2020 15:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wM1hvu6IM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEu8wDAQuDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15qmRzn2Pc
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For whatever reason, despite watching many cartoons at my grandparents house, this is the one that pops into my head whenever I think back.  https://youtu.be/3BDZ2Xj3j_g Junior year of high school (97-98), one of my friends came over after school almost everyday to play “Gaiden” as we called it until it was basically committed to muscle memory. https://youtu.be/fPeiWyIz4qA
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Sep 28, 2020 01:46
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EPICAC posted:For whatever reason, despite watching many cartoons at my grandparents house, this is the one that pops into my head whenever I think back. The awesome theme song was one of my first experiences in propaganda. I'm better now.
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Sep 28, 2020 02:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNTUx7E_97g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgyjEgnxo0 So many
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https://youtu.be/iL8emQb83hg No more cops, more crimenales
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Sep 28, 2020 05:26
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lets see if we can pump some life into this thread with a few oldie pop songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgcYGgtf8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9olaIio3l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk
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Nov 24, 2020 09:38
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Hey I remember this thread. Good times.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNTUx7E_97g I might be an idiot, but why did so many arcade machines have a "Winners don't use drugs" screen on their attract mode? It and the FBI logo made kid me think I was being brainwashed. (Also I'm not American so I was even more confused.) It seems like an odd place to advertise "War on Drugs" bullshit.
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Violet_Sky posted:I might be an idiot, but why did so many arcade machines have a "Winners don't use drugs" screen on their attract mode? It and the FBI logo made kid me think I was being brainwashed. (Also I'm not American so I was even more confused.) It seems like an odd place to advertise "War on Drugs" bullshit. Wikipedia has it covered. Short version is it was a PSA created by the FBI in 1989, and they were able to get one of the biggest companies that distributed arcade machines to include it, in part as a thank you to the FBI who had been helping stop counterfeit game imports. It's basically in the same vein as all the "Just Say No" and "D.A.R.E." crap which would remain very prominent in America well into the late 90's, and all of that poo poo was plastered on every possible piece of media or merchandise you can think of. fartknocker has a new favorite as of 03:40 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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worth mentioning that it was spearheaded by notable chinless gremlin Jeff Session's father
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fartknocker posted:Wikipedia has it covered. Short version is it was a PSA created by the FBI in 1989, and they were able to get one of the biggest companies that distributed arcade machines to include it, in part as a thank you to the FBI who had been helping stop counterfeit game imports. It's basically in the same vein as all the "Just Say No" and "D.A.R.E." crap which would remain very prominent in America well into the late 90's, and all of that poo poo was plastered on every possible piece of media or merchandise you can think of. That D.A.R.E. rhetoric or at least a late 90s/early 00's version of it was used in Canada as well. Then in '07 it became "marijuana is a gateway drug because then you think the other drugs aren't as bad." That isn't completely false, but lots of teens smoked weed and never moved onto hard drugs AFAIK Speaking of weird school poo poo, I do recall in middle school my school had a group come in telling kids about the dangers of the sex trade and pimps. I was in sixth grade. Now this was 04-05, so there was still THE INTERNET IS A PLACE FULL OF LUNATICS NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR REAL NAME stigma. My neurodiverse rear end took every warning seriously because it was a Rule. When the presentation started with "So I met this guy online" I knew the girl did something wrong because meeting people on the Internet was a Bad Thing. My school was in a fairly middle class neighborhood which made that sort of presentation seem odd. I guess Robert Pickton just got caught and they wanted everybody to be careful?
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