Kid Cid Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember when the Huddle Message boards were still wide open, pretty much anything allowed, before all the pussies showed up and the Admins went all corporate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 When AM transistor radios were all the rage (late 60's). I listened to CKLW out of Detroit all day and all night. At least until my 9 volt battery went dead. Or Windsor? Stations starting with a "C" come out of Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember when the Huddle Message boards were still wide open, pretty much anything allowed, before all the pussies showed up and the Admins went all corporate. No you don't. n00b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The coolest thing ever was cable TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe. That may well have been the best computer game ever. I remember making my own double-sided 5.25'' disks with a pair of scissors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Stone tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 air drove a nail........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellab Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Comodore 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Super Nintendo was the Sega!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember that before there was cable where I lived, my aunt and uncle had something called "Preview TV" (or something like that). It would only come on around 7:00 in the evening and would show two normal movies and then around 11:00 it would show a cinemax-type movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 The coolest thing ever was cable TV. Spectrum... even a scrambled signal was exciting back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 When my dad recorded all his albums on reel to reel to preserve the albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe. That may well have been the best computer game ever. I remember making my own double-sided 5.25'' disks with a pair of scissors. You have died of dysentery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The NES Advantage. Aw Yeah. Greatest Nintendo controller ever. The six-button Sega Genesis controller was pretty durned awesome for Mortal Kombat in college. Late night after the bar... good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tv's were all black and white and not everyone had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 A touck-tone phone was a luxury and most phones were rotary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 A touck-tone phone was a luxury and most phones were rotary. Reminds me of the "car phone" in the early 80's that you needed a briefcae to keep "portable" (still a big prop in 48 Hours). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The first thing that I can recall marvelling at is a television remote control. I remember getting one of those red LED watches that you had to push a button to see the time (as long as your surroundings weren't that bright.) Quite a few years later came OnTV (a precursor to cable). Atari 2600 My first year of college they had Apple IIe (I think) computers in the computer lab. The only "PCs" I had seen before then were Commodore's VIC-20 and 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The NES Advantage. Aw Yeah. Greatest Nintendo controller ever. the "turbo" buttons were great for cheating in the sprints in "track and field." Reminds me of the "car phone" in the early 80's that you needed a briefcae to keep "portable" (still a big prop in 48 Hours). when my wife and i were dating, she was by herself when she got a flat tire off I-10 in arizona and had to change it in her work clothes after no one would pull over to help her. so for christmas that year (1996) i got her a motorola cell phone. even in its "compact" folded-up state, that thing was the size of a small paperback book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The Telstar Combat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 A touck-tone phone was a luxury and most phones were rotary. This reminds me of when you used to have to pick up the phone and listen to hear if anyone was on the line before dialing. My mom hated it because we had a neighbor on our party line that just seemed to be on it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Commodore's VIC-20 I had one of those back in the day. I remember playing games on that thing that were RPGs where there were absolutely no graphics or anything at all, just plain text...your character would tell you where he was and what he saw around him, and then you had to type in commands for him to execute. And the games were all on cassette tapes too. Was actually pretty fun for the time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I was the first kid on the block to upgrade from this to this. Target sells these of anyone is interested in a blast from the past. I took mine to work and there were fights over who got to play next - just like when we were 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I remember Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe. That may well have been the best computer game ever. I remember making my own double-sided 5.25'' disks with a pair of scissors. Moon Patrol on the Apple IIe. Love that crazy music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I was the first kid on the block to upgrade from this to this. Target sells these of anyone is interested in a blast from the past. I took mine to work and there were fights over who got to play next - just like when we were 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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