argos catalogue from 1985

[kaini]

 

 

and the jewels in the crown...

[MildewOnRice]

lol ur old

[kaini]

yes, yes i am.

[Guest chunky]

looks like a Cash Generator catalogue from 2010 :-)

[MildewOnRice]

yes, yes i am.

sorry.

[kaini]

its cool bra :sup:

[chenGOD]

Almost as old as me :)

Fear not, mosca will swoop in and decalre all and sundry to be whippersnappers.

 

like a fox

 

 

On topic - swap out the spectrum for a TRS-80 and we're basically on the same track.

 

[MildewOnRice]

never had one of these as far as i know, but i remember playing on one as a child.

still looks pretty fun to me..

 

[Guest chunky]

never had one of these as far as i know, but i remember playing on one as a child.

still looks pretty fun to me..

 

shit i used to have one of them

thanks for the nostalgia kick

did anyone have one of those eye headsets that play a tron game??

you play the tank shooting flying square

think the same company made it?

there was three different ones, red white and ... not sure of the other colour?

[oscillik]

did anyone have one of those eye headsets that play a tron game??

you play the tank shooting flying square

think the same company made it?

there was three different ones, red white and ... not sure of the other colour?

yes i had some

[MildewOnRice]

red white and ... not sure of the other colour?

oh shit we've been brainwashed

wheres my tinfoil hat

Edited December 24, 2010 by MildewOnRice

[Guest chunky]

red white and ... not sure of the other colour?

oh shit we've been brainwashed

wheres my tinfoil hat

 

oh shit, the september 11 attacks

it all makes sense now

[data]

did anyone else have one of these?

 

 

it came out one year after the atari 2600 and it was awesome (until i got an atari 520st).

 

 

hah! haven't seen one of these in atleast 20 years.

[sup]

i just got one free from a garbage, well maybe its a little newer but it looks like those and yamaha brand

[kaini]

never had one of these as far as i know, but i remember playing on one as a child.

still looks pretty fun to me..

 

 

yeah i had this

but it wasn't half as much fun as tomytronic sky attack

i also had the mario bros game and watch

Edited December 24, 2010 by kaini

[MildewOnRice]

did anyone have one of those little railroad things that dumped coal... the coal was little black plastic balls..

and it just kept going around and dumping the coal...

 

would love to see a pic of that if anyone has one.

[Guest chunky]

http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/news/3206319/amstrad_cpc464.jpg

magicland dizzy on a green screen monitor :D

[zazen]

did anyone have one of those little railroad things that dumped coal... the coal was little black plastic balls..

and it just kept going around and dumping the coal...

 

would love to see a pic of that if anyone has one.

 

Big Loader

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frkzKf4tcrM

 

Also, see Big Loada

 

Definitely IDM

[zazen]

That Argos Catalogue led me to this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAieofGTPpI

 

A friend had one of these in 1985 and that chiptune has been stuck in my head ever since. Wow.

[BCM]

so many memories...

[MildewOnRice]

Big Loader

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frkzKf4tcrM

holy shit

don't remember it being so complex..

[zazen]

Big Loader

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frkzKf4tcrM

holy shit

don't remember it being so complex..

 

Yeah i think that video is of an extra big/complex version.

[MildewOnRice]

Yeah i think that video is of an extra big/complex version.

 

oh, of course.. "big big big loader"

[Joyrex]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/sets/72157608220146364/

[Guest Rambo]

did anyone else have one of these?

 

 

it came out one year after the atari 2600 and it was awesome (until i got an atari 520st).

 

 

I remember we had one of those when i was about 4! I think my uncle passed it down to us so it had already been around for a while. I never thought i'd see one of those again. I wouldn't have known how to google them either because i didn't know the name.