What To Do With Old Computer Consoles

[granite sheep]

Mind SNK did a game in the early 90s called Super Sidekicks

[elephantstone78]

Zx spectrum

Gauntlet

Ikari warriors

 

Mega drive

Golden axe

 

Arcade and nes

Ghosts and goblins

Super Mario

 

Snes

Street fighter

 

Then discovered girls. And booze.

[Chewie37]

No it wasn't striker

I've got World Cup Striker from USA 94, the indoor matches were ace

[RAZOR]

I've got World Cup Striker from USA 94, the indoor matches were ace

Mind the FIFA game when David Preece was black? Can't remember what year it was.

[Poodler]

Kevin Rutkiewicz was blaik in FIFA 2000

[BillyStarkDivinHeeder]

Malpas was of the ebony persuasion on fifa 98.

 

European Club Soccer was a classic on the megadrive. As was Olympic Gold.

[beer gut]

What cable u use for n64 ?

 

I got mine out loft recently but PQ is horrendous..

It will be scart (composite) cable but with a OEM nintento 64 end from memory.

[Bluto10]

Kevin Rutkiewicz was blaik in FIFA 2000

Didn't have you down as a video game nerd poodley min.

[Poodler]

Didn't have you down as a video game nerd poodley min.

I was only 12. Don't even have a TV now.

 

I read a book a week

[Bluto10]

 

 

[King Street Loon]

Found a Sensible Software tv pluggy in thing with Megadrive controllers at the back of my cupboard yesterday. Battery powered, unfortunately no power socket but I don't care as it's the first time in nearly 20 years that I've played the godlike Sensible Soccer, and it's still got the 1992 Aberdeen team in it (with badly spelled names tho)

I've got that at home too.

 

I liked Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Bomb Jack and Rampage as a child.

 

Until the advent of consoles.

[The Buzzard]

The Atari 2600. Lovely wooden-type covering to fit in with the wood chip wallpaper back in the day.

[manboobs109]

Never owned a console. Find the games nippy as fuck. Used to like playing mariokart at my mates though

[Chewie37]

Mind the FIFA game when David Preece was black? Can't remember what year it was.

Haha yup a few beauties in that!

 

Is anyone old enough to remember the Binatone system that had the two dials?? We had that before the ZX81 then the Spectrum

[dave_min]

Haha yup a few beauties in that!

 

Is anyone old enough to remember the Binatone system that had the two dials?? We had that before the ZX81 then the Spectrum

 

Were you born in 1937?

[The Buzzard]

Haha yup a few beauties in that!

 

Is anyone old enough to remember the Binatone system that had the two dials?? We had that before the ZX81 then the Spectrum

Think I do. Was like two paddles and you turned the dials to move the 'bat' up and down the screen and hit the ball?

[The Buzzard]

Malpas was of the ebony persuasion on fifa 98.

 

European Club Soccer was a classic on the megadrive. As was Olympic Gold.

Three Shredded Wheat was the cheat code to have super strong shots

[Chewie37]

Were you born in 1937?

 

1975 ya cheeky bam!!!

Think I do. Was like two paddles and you turned the dials to move the 'bat' up and down the screen and hit the ball?

Yup, bing.........bong.........bing.........bong.......bing.........

[beer gut]

Haha yup a few beauties in that!

 

Is anyone old enough to remember the Binatone system that had the two dials?? We had that before the ZX81 then the Spectrum

1st console was the atari 2600.

 

My mate next door had the binatone thing. 4 in built games. Loved playing the tennis game on it.

 

Wish i'd kept all my consoles/computer systems. Emulators just aren't the same.

[Bluto10]

I've kept mine.

 

Boxed, unused.

 

Will be amazed if they work when they do see the light of day.

[beer gut]

I've got that at home too.

 

I liked Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Bomb Jack and Rampage as a child.

 

Until the advent of consoles.

Consoles were massive before the speccy, commodore 64 etc were released.

 

There was a massive crash in '83 and the market crashed.. Mainly due to companies jumping on the bandwagon and producing shit systems. Atari were the Apple of the late 70s early 80s.

[Pash]

Zx spectrum

Gauntlet

Ikari warriors

 

Mega drive

Golden axe

 

Arcade and nes

Ghosts and goblins

Super Mario

 

Snes

Street fighter

 

Then discovered girls. And booze.

 

Altered Beast

Desert Strike

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Haha yup a few beauties in that!

 

Is anyone old enough to remember the Binatone system that had the two dials?? We had that before the ZX81 then the Spectrum

 

My folks owned one of them. As a kid I found it in the attic and brought it downstairs, like Indiana Jones clutching one of the fabled Sankara stones.

 

It was thick with dust and reeked of age.

 

Everyone stood around "oohing" and "ahhing" as if I had discovered the Ark of the Covenant or something.

 

I tried to boot it up, but it didn't work, leading me to deduce it didn't run on electricity but must have worked using a mysterious alternate source of power, lost to mankind in the mists of time.

 

Note - at this point, I was packing a 32k BBC Micro (Model B), so it should be clear how antiquated the Binatone seemed to us flash-harrys

[Henry]

You should have prayed for it to work CS min.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

You should have prayed for it to work CS min.

 

I was too busy praying for a Commodore Amiga 500.

 

Which I got.

 

 

Edit - that's about the third time you have rolled out that joke Harcus. it doesn't get any better. This name change hasn't worked out well for you.

[Chewie37]

My folks owned one of them. As a kid I found it in the attic and brought it downstairs, like Indiana Jones clutching one of the fabled Sankara stones.

 

It was thick with dust and reeked of age.

 

Everyone stood around "oohing" and "ahhing" as if I had discovered the Ark of the Covenant or something.

 

I tried to boot it up, but it didn't work, leading me to deduce it didn't run on electricity but must have worked using a mysterious alternate source of power, lost to mankind in the mists of time.

 

Note - at this point, I was packing a 32k BBC Micro (Model B), so it should be clear how antiquated the Binatone seemed to us flash-harrys

Haha yeah no idea what happened to ours, think it did run off batteries but you could use one of those trusty power adapters too. I had one for my Astro Wars and my brothers Frogger.....very handy

[The Buzzard]

 

Altered Beast

Desert Strike

Desert Strike was a great game.

[The Village Seagull]

Found my old Gameboy the other day.

 

Love a good old game of Mario the Hedgehog.

[reekie_dock]

Desert Strike was a great game.

Jungle strike was better, urban strike was shite

[dave_min]

I held the uks top score for top down shooter classic, mercs - clocked the score at 99,999,999 (found a spot near the end boss where unlimited enemies spewed out). Got me many a handjob that feat.

Were they from yourself?