We had the tennis gane in 1972 on our black n white telly. We had hours of fun playing that. The inlaws even came to play it.
Never had any of them darn new fangle console thingy majigs.
Your first games console
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Never had any of them darn new fangle console thingy majigs.
Rusty Nails
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Acorn Electron here. Still have it in a box upstairs together with the cassette player and some games me and my kids used on it.
Beebo
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I had a Vic 20.
It ran some games via cartridge which would load almost instantly.
Games via tape probably loaded 50% of the time and it took ages to load or crash.
My favourite game was Omega Race. Just admire the high tech graphics.
It ran some games via cartridge which would load almost instantly.
Games via tape probably loaded 50% of the time and it took ages to load or crash.
My favourite game was Omega Race. Just admire the high tech graphics.
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RoadRider400
Some bloke that likes cycling alone
Used to have fond memories of looking through the Argos and Index catalogues at all the consoles and games.
My friend had an Amiga 1200 and that had some very addictive games. Such as:
Trick or Treat
Deluxe Galaga
The Settlers
After the C64 I moved on to the NES and then Sega Megadrive II.
Unsurprisingly my fave game on the NES was Super Mario 3. Just such a shame that back then you did not have the facility to save games that were in progress. I was never allowed to play on the consoles for more than about 30 minutes at a time. On the Mega Drive Mortal Kombat II was one of the all time greats imo. I also had Rise of the Robots which was a similar style of game. However the gameplay was absolute turd.
My friend had an Amiga 1200 and that had some very addictive games. Such as:
Trick or Treat
Deluxe Galaga
The Settlers
After the C64 I moved on to the NES and then Sega Megadrive II.
Unsurprisingly my fave game on the NES was Super Mario 3. Just such a shame that back then you did not have the facility to save games that were in progress. I was never allowed to play on the consoles for more than about 30 minutes at a time. On the Mega Drive Mortal Kombat II was one of the all time greats imo. I also had Rise of the Robots which was a similar style of game. However the gameplay was absolute turd.
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dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Daley Thompson and then Hypersports on the speccy. Top.
Clocked Commando using me big toe for the grenades.
Clocked Commando using me big toe for the grenades.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Spectrum, then Mega drive, then PC. Not really done gaming since mid 20's since, but I might just have built a replica arcade gaming machine, with pukka buttons at the start of the year. Farkin brill it is....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Used to play Daley Thompson loads - might just have it on the arcade machine.... will have to check..
Not mine, but my next door neighbour had a Magnavox Odyssey in the late 70s. All the games were crap except for Quest for the Rings which was the greatest (as long as you didn't try to play it as intended: a combined board and video game- that was boring)
Mo1959
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ZX Spectrum then Commodore 64 I think. Anyone remember buying the computer magazines and sitting for hours laboriously typing in all the code for a game? If you made the slightest mistake it wouldn’t work. 
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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My missus was rather good on Bubble bobble, still is. She could make 10p last a very long time.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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ZX Spectrum then Commodore 64 I think. Anyone remember buying the computer magazines and sitting for hours laboriously typing in all the code for a game? If you made the slightest mistake it wouldn’t work.
Snap...
numbnuts
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What's starwars ?
fossyant
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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You are obviously from a solar system, far far away.
Smokin Joe
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And when it did work you ended up with a disappointing version of Breakout that you got fed up with after two plays.ZX Spectrum then Commodore 64 I think. Anyone remember buying the computer magazines and sitting for hours laboriously typing in all the code for a game? If you made the slightest mistake it wouldn’t work.
