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Was at my bro's house tonight for a few beers and spotted this mofo on his top shelf. Can't tell you the amount of pleasure we got from firing up this up as kids, no batteries or any of that shit just a bit of paraffin and pure steam power like the old days.

Ok fk, I'm deffo old now  :( ;tk;

(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/Andr4w/94212aec493c02429f09cb238e4a9098.jpg)

We did wonder if we could run it off what we were drinking though   :D

(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/Andr4w/4c2f9d083535cd5cc8c0bc179cf93d9e.jpg)

It involved one of these-
(http://www.scalextric-car.co.uk/Parts/Airboxes/Airbox_for_JPS_Lotus_72/Airbox_for_JPS_Lotus_72_on_car.jpg)

Shit I have one of those in the attic too I think lol.

You need a quote of dis geezer-
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2010/11/8/1289212480528/Bargain-Hunt-Tim-Wonnacot-006.jpg)

Close, but this was the nuts

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg)

(http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/scotthandt/CastleGrayskull-exterior.jpg)

Couldn't beat some Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain

(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs47/i/2009/246/0/7/Snake_Mountain_by_CyberDrone.jpg)



Cringer/Battle-cat

(http://s4.hubimg.com/u/4118983_f520.jpg)


Screwball Scramble

(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4614921745858885&pid=15.1)


I didn't really play with toys much once my old man opened the Snooker Club and I had my first PC too

(http://www.angells.com/history/atari520st-1.jpg)



I had a mini table at home, but once I was allowed on the full size ones at the club properly in 1989 I played that almost every waking hour. Dragging my beer crate around the table to stand on, so that I could reach the table properly. A couple years later the beer crate is gone and I'm playing for money every weekend 'Best of 3 for a bluey and the light'  :D

(http://www.oilyhands.co.uk/images/Go_cart_run.jpg)




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(http://images.gunstar.co.uk/Gun-Images/GEM-177-A84442.jpg)



(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Bowie_knife.JPG)


(http://14a.thecellarroom.net/wp-content/uploads/Finch-Trap-21.jpg)



(http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/files/2010/05/ferret.jpg)



(http://www.thecastleinn-lulworthcove.co.uk/images/dogs/1426_bertie_the_border_terrier_cross_with_shelby_the_whippet.jpg)

(http://www.subbuteotablesoccer.com/subbbg1.gif)

(http://xnyt.com/sports/PremierLeague/Liverpool/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/subbuteo.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Super_Glue_tube.jpg)


128 team Super FA Cups drawn by hand by me with each team placed into the scoreboard for each game

My brother playing the team I wanted to lose, me playing the team I wanted to win...

Great thread....

Subbuteo, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum.

Best days ever.

More relevant to me is the toy I desperately wanted but never got. I wanted to be that one man army !

Maaaan, I was proper big into my toys still love toys. Get more fun out of my daughters toys than she does. Hitting ebay now.

Some of my favs:

(http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_PC_Pro/dir_308/it_photo_154096_52.jpg)

(http://community.digitalmediaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rock-em-sock-em-robots-vintage-mattel-toys.jpeg)

(http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/04/26/tmnt_25th_anniversary_s.jpg)

(http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1990images/gameboy.jpg)

This basketball game was incred, used to smash people at it. I remember being about 7 and hammering my uncle who was like 19 at the time who then went off in a huff.

(http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6309737/il_fullxfull.318067217.jpg)

Pretty much the same as Reds minus the ferrets and plus a ZX Spectrum and when I hit 14 I discovered girls :) played with them until I got married and then played some more until I got found out
;)

Super Cup Football. Still addictive now!

My hero :D

(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8214/ghostbustersfigurehouse.jpg)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUsKX43Otv0

Still got mine in mint condition. Too bad I didn't save the box. Apparently worth a small fortune.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Meccano_model_Steam_shovel_excavator.jpg/220px-Meccano_model_Steam_shovel_excavator.jpg)

(http://cooking-ez.com/autre/fleche_polynesienne/images/fleche_poly08.jpg)

But best of all..

(http://vletbezdek.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/building-site.jpg)

Kids today don't know what they're missing.

Soon as I saw the title of the threat I thought of this exact toy. Abso nut star wars toy to have.
Lots of hero toys in the thread already though

I remember my mum saved for ages to get me one of these..i nearly feinted with excitment...my best mate had a Grifter and we would pretend to be Bodie & Doyle..much simpler times...

Ooh yes I had one of those lol.

I had one of these.


(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/78/184302234_ad4f0d8d34.jpg)

I had a TRM (Totally Radical Machine) was the nuts BMX in the early 80's.
Wish I had kept it too.

This Chopper is class but OPs steam engine is the nuts. I remember the smell of those white tablets to heat the boiler.

Slight diversion, how the heck is that standing??

Edit- nothing to see here..... Just enlarged the pic. As you were.....

My mates had a Grifter and a Raleigh Burner.

So jealous at the time, but happy times returned when he put those step things on the back wheel so I could get a croggy!

Wasn't tall enough for a Chopper so I had one of these-
(http://www.classic-auctions.com/Images/Report/103D/43086.jpg)

i had one of them before the chopper and my sister got a budgie

(http://rclazy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSC00419.JPG)
(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/tomytronic-4x3.jpg)

Btw this thread has sheeeeit loads of potential
Spin off 'favourite kids tv shows' thread ftw or has it been done to death already?

loved this game

My Subbeteo was my prize possession too.

The men weren't even 3D in my first set just a strip of plastic set into the base.

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/imagesCA9LAO6E.jpg)

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/images8.jpg)

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/fixie-small1.jpg)

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/soccer0004sk21.gif)

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/puma-king1.jpg)


It occured to me whilst posting the pics that all but one involve being outdoors. I bet most younger posters are the opposite.

I bet tikay had one of these:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9PUF7Tx4A

And when we were not out on our bikes we got to watch this.

I had a yellow chipper, which must have been a short lived model.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eo6oyz1HM9E/SwsfSKlbkiI/AAAAAAAAAI8/4ROZNH9Kw4Q/s400/chipper.bmp)

Like the poor man's chopper and without any gears.

I remember loving this, and playing until the adaptor was burning hot.  Think it is safe to see it didn't remain in pristibe condition.

(http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Grandstand-AstroWars.jpg)

Left, right, fire, can't imagine why you'd need anything more.

Lol astro wars, that was awesome at the time  ;D

Loved that game!

Loved this when I was a kid!

Had loads of these pocket games too, this was a classic.
(http://fernrocks.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/800px-donkey_kong_game_and_watch_open.jpg)

Another abso classic.
Something else that is worth a fair bit nowadays

^ lol yes it's all coming back now  ;D

omg, i was the fkin daddy at that game

 :)

Absolute nuts

Fantastic thread, bringing back some Great memories!

Out of curiosity had a look on ebay. Those pocket electronic games go for shedloads.
Might go round the old dears tomorrow, she if still got any in the loft

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(http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AT-AT_product.jpg)
(http://www.theswca.com/images-toys/figuretoys/xwing-catalog.jpg)

(http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID2730/images/Boba-Fett-Redemption-1.jpg)
(http://www.thefwoosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/tjdenizens.jpg)

(http://mix967.ca/wp-content/files_flutter/1325622211commodore-64.jpg)

Not really toys but remember these, got got got need got got need need

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bu-ISjfBOM8/0.jpg)

Barry how could you?! You've brought it all horribly back to me!

I have the first premier league sticker book but it must have cost my poor mom and dad more than it did to get me through Uni. At one point, I needed about 8, including the top half of Peter Ndlovu. I had about 100 spares, including some 8 Pavel Srnicyzks and a dozen Phil Babbs.

I kept trying to convince people that the Phil Babbs were worth more so they were getting a good deal if they swapped one of theirs that I needed for multiple Babbs. They must be worth more...I've got them all!

In the end, mom and dad sent off for the last few and saved themselves any more heartache..."Another Phil Babb, mom!"

One year I was walking home from the shop checking out my new cards and I turned over the world cup, which was number 1 in the book, the rarest, and had that shiney gold material on it.

Greatest feeling in the world, I shall own the playground I thought.

Then a bird did a shit from above which landed right on it. Didnt mess up a single other card or my hands or nothing.

If that were a dream, Freud would have a field day!

That first shiny is right up there in my best childhood memories for sure.

I didn't look out of curiosity, I looked because 'i want one'.

We had a love/hate relationship, but mostly hate.

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQ3zB4_LT88M209xzX9G3nZO1e11e_YwDhjdqmfiE1bLHmIsN5nLbjmo_C)

shiiiiit, almost forgot about these

(http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/thumb/1/1b/G1toy_gb_megatron.jpg/300px-G1toy_gb_megatron.jpg)

(http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/thumb/2/2d/G1_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg/300px-G1_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg)

Lol yes, same on the spectrum too!

Some brilliant things in the thread that's bringing back all sorts of happy memories!  No one for Action Man? 

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Loved my spectrum..and these two were the reason for many lost hours... kids eat your heart out at those graphics...

Some great things on this thread, especially the scaffold lol, me and my brothers would spend hours on a Sunday climbing...

Anyway here are a few of mine..

Raleigh burner - Best BMX ever, shared between 3 of us,
With the puncture repair kit obviously as the 1980's was a decade of construction we always seemed to get a nail in on of the tires
The vintage skateboard made even more famous after Back to the Future
And the Amstrad cpc 464, having to load games for 5-7 minutes each time we wanted to play seemed normal..

(http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/duxdrummer/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg)

This was the mutz nutz

Manic Miner = greatest platform game of all time contender (suspect Super Mario Bros might have something to say about top spot)

My favourite ZX game was Jungle Warfare. Had the gun and everything.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XGabcSRQm0

Yes that too.

My first spectrum was the 128k with built in tape deck, was the nuts compared to the 48k

Not quite a toy but spent all my teens glued to these babies.
They have a lot to answer for as I met my now wife whilst djing at a club, 20 odd years later and we are still together.
Still have my technics & vinyl too.

Oh how times have changed, I remember getting an Amstrad for Christmas as a lil boy, absolutely loved it!

I think I still have it somewhere, will have to have a dig around the attic

(http://www.panelsonpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ring-raiders-9627.jpg)

(http://nosoapradiopolka.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Dizzy-Dragon.jpg)

How did i forget ring raiders????

agreed - but it's the sequel Jet Set Willy that's competing for second place, those Italians are some way down below some of the other Spectrum games

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BDCqpuwRnf4/R2EuytwUAQI/AAAAAAAAClU/7kRF2AIRU7o/s400/Jet_set_willy_we_must_perform_a_quirkafleeg.png)

Haha, I had one of those mofo's  :D

Is this familiar to anyone?

(http://www.flashingblade.net/classics/wayoftheexplodingfist2.gif)

Another beauty from the better years..

 ;D

Obviously for kids who are easily pleased.

This reminded me of this-
(http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/324838821/rubber_jumping_ball.summ.jpg)
Anyone else bounce around and fall flat on their face with one of these?

These were good if you could get them to work.

www.jetex.org/models/models.html

lol Ralph, you reminded me of these Balsa wood planes, they were great fun  :)

We used to spend days making the balsa wood ones and then putting tissue-paper over them and coating the whole plane in something highly imflammable called dope before attaching the jetex motor which either wouldn't ignite or blew up generally if launch was achieved and occasionally during said ignition.

Anyone have an Amiga?

Clackers - you usually did it for about 3 seconds and finished with an 'ouch'.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMwV62qwoGY

I had one of these it got stolen from me at school ....BASTARD

I had one these aswell jase awesome

Ages 14-18 lost to my amiga

Namely

Microprose Grand Prix
Lemmings (completed)
Sensible soccer (and all subsequent releases)
Utopia
Robocod  - James Pond II
Bubble Bobble (completed)
Wings
Zool
Football Manager


And then on PC when I should probably have been chasing girls - Empire Earth!

Yeah, lol. All classic games.

Do you recognise these?

(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1468/215485-beneath_a_steel_sky__10_.png)

(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/438890-theme-park-amiga-screenshot-built-some-rides-amiga-500-32.png)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8TFCw9qwNoc/TffS0f8GToI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/APskNPLMGNc/s1600/cannonfodder.gif)

(http://www.excellentcontent.com/emuzone/chaos.jpg)

(http://dakkster.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/syndicate-amiga.jpg)

(http://www.dazeland.com/images/Populous-1.png)

theme park
populous
cannon fodder?

There was a game similar to puplous but much better IMO - cant remember the name - but you progresseed through "Epochs" and could be 1 of 4 Gods

They still have this at an arcade in Hunstanton and its only 10p

The others are Beneath a Steel Sky, Syndicate and Chaos Theory.

Syndicate was actually a really cool game although I don't think anything can touch SWOS.

(http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/nhlpa93_1.jpg)

(http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/ToejamEarl_Split.jpg)

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRWEA5zecUv4HHsY8fv-oqusVOjW7KLnW0HyS3CrDQ9w-P4kNGe50NKlx7Z)

(http://allsportcrossfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/doubledragon04.jpg)

(http://gaygamer.net/images/wonderboy1.jpg)

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsblgqoFFH1qgzjxr.jpg)

(http://www.fraserking.co.uk/arcade/screenshots/pit-fighter-1.jpg)

Streets of Rage!!!!

Recognise NHLPA, Pit-Fighter and, I think, Micro Machines. No idea what the fourth one is, but is the penultimate one Final Fight?

2nd one is ToeJam and Earl

4th one - shame on you - is Double Dragon

Wonder Boy after that and penultimate is final fight.

I've still got my Amiga 1200 upstairs - love SWOS!

Penultimate is streets of rage, n'est-ce pas? I was always Axel and used to hit the controller of my friend's mega drive so furiously I'd accidentally hit the C button and the special backup enforcer would come in and clear all the baddies.

I was totally jealous of my friend with an Amiga. Double Dragon was the absolute nuts!!

I just had a CPC464. Best game on that was Gauntlet ainec.

(http://fr.bricker.ru/images/sets/5978_brickset.jpg)


(http://cdn102.iofferphoto.com/img/item/513/718/414/l_hot-wheels-2001-skin-deep-096-pro-stock-firebird-335d.jpg)

(http://www.slotcity.co.uk/images/Alonso%20SC.jpg)

Loved everything to do with cars when I was a kid but doesn't interest me at all now strangely

Got a playstation when I was about 8 and that was gg anything else

Gauntlet was amazing. I was always the Elf.

Used to love the voiceovers they had "Green elf, you are about to die"

My first game didn't even have pictures. :(

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Commodore-16-plus-4-Pirate-Adventure-Cartridge-/00/s/NzY4WDk2MQ==/$%28KGrHqQOKnUE64YDRDGrBO%29V1my4Y!~~60_35.JPG)

Ahhh the cars above reminded me of TCR racing which was pretty damn good  :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXTEMSC_w0

yeah loved that with the over taking. I also had a track that you could do u turns with a cop car by banging the top if the controller, it had a jump too.

Couldn't even count how many hours were spent staging huge battles with these and literally a couple thousand allied and german troops

Hell yes

and then this - the King of Board Games

(http://www.senseiwisdom.com/Portals/0/images/risk-1.jpg)

entire half-term holidays could vanish in a series of games of Risk

Thought the middle picture was Luis Suarez for a minute!

Played a few hours on this:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b18c7MPDMw4/S9QnldNKQhI/AAAAAAAAAxE/1JaM5JN1Lj0/s1600/233.JPG)

A computer game from my child-hood, on the BBC Micro:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20897768

(http://leblow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mrfrosty.jpg)

(http://www.skooldays.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/downfall.jpg)

what about girls world. You must have had one of them

yeah I did, but I wasn't massively into girlie toys as a rule.

one i tried to find a pic of but couldn't (doesn't help that i can't remember what it was called) was an air stewardess thing that had a little cap and a carry case shaped like a plane where you could carry all the drinks and snacks for the passengers :)

Did anyone else have one of these?

(http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/aimages/348865.gif)

I thought someone else may have mentioned Atari before now ?


(http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/atari2600.jpg)

Remember these? Big craze once upon a time iirc


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Idiot question...

Are they Yo-Yos?

Fooking loved spinners, I got one of the special ones from a coke can ring pull.

my brother was big into spinners too - remember they were a massive craze and they had loads of tournaments around the place (outside sweetshops and things) where you could win prizes for doing the best tricks - think someone came to our school to give a demonstration as well.

reminded me of these, which were roughly around the same time I think

(http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v1/559913387/promotional_hacky_sack.jpg_220x220.jpg)

Some awesome games ITT bringing back some awesome memories.. the theme tune from cannon fodder really stuck in my head:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYuq6Ac3a0

Also remember getting pitfighter when it came out :D

Other notables from my youth:

(http://regmedia.co.uk/2012/01/17/dizzy_1.jpg)
(http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/ss/792_0.png)
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROaAcyjf-Bi-96BkiK_P6zOF7tAb1o-9hx33rbn7JiXuQ-fYVlkouqE2nc0Q)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m592ztO1Ua1qfy0n5o1_1280.jpg)

Had a gold coke one, thought I was the muts nuts. Couldn't do that much with them tbh, couple of tricks, I remember one being called rock the cradle where you spun the yo you and kept it at the bottom.. then folded the string into a triangle and rocked the yo yo back and forth through your newly created shape. Wow the memories.

ive still got my gold coke one

So they are yo-yos, then?!

Yes Tal, collectors items that kids of the day craved. Think I bought my gold one for way over the odds, but I had to have it.

Gotcha.

Can you imagine anything of the like nowadays?

Kids yo-yo competitions, held outside the local sweet shop, the winner receiving a better colour yo-yo!

and not just that, but yo-yos so coveted that even Bettsy parted with some cash !!!!!!

My old man could do all the tricks with a yo yo. He taught me the basics like walking the dog and the craddle.

I knows, imagine me getting my pound notes out from my moth lined Farah slacks. I used to run at book on the FA cup at primary school and it was not as predictable as today's FA cup, teams like Wimbledon won for me making it a zero pay out and notes to burn. Just doing a service for the kids of Hayfield Primary who could not get on with the big 2! Of the day.

I posted my Atari, but it was a 1988 model and not this early!!

Mine was a 520ST, what's that one?

Its the Atari VCS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600

My favourite game was Pit Fall, although defender was good too.

I thought woodsey and Herbie would remember this as they are about the same age as me.  :)

Yeh also had one of these.. Love this thread.
Been trying to search for a infrared shooting game I had that when ya hit these silver space shuttle looking things they popped up in the air. My mum saved all my He-Man stuff and it's great watching my eldest play with the same toys that I use too.
Good Times

Tin Can Alley

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqV,!lEE5z7L7GPMBOncUu0G3w~~60_35.JPG)


Cross fire

(http://www.timewarptoys.com/crossfire.jpg)


Stretch Armstrong

(http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/mr_toys/stretch_armstrong_alt.jpg)

not an old toy but when i was looking for gifts for xmas i came across this!!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9077797.htm

1900 bricks i so want to buy it

used to love this

Crossfire!  Used to play this until I had blisters on my trigger finger.   ;snoopy'sguns;

Haha, they were no doubt pretty gucci at the time.

Risk was the best board game for a budding poker player: strategy, skill, luck, patience, reading your opponents, bluffing and back stabbing and, just in case anyone should imply it was a bit geeky, the proof that it was the ultimate in Rock N Roll :

risk and axis and allies.  Lost many many hours playing both of these.  We used to have it on the kitchen table for days!!

Happy days.  Still have (albeit a newer version) of A&A.

yeah I just loved defender. This Christmas fav thing the kids have got is a version of tin can alley. Their heads  nearly explode everytime they shoot the gun and the can jumps in the air. It is only a cheap version but they love it.

Picked up sporting injuries already from playing Wii Olympics :)

My gold yo yo !

(http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r600/leeethefish/0beb3638c8dba3bc3f2deb6d78aaf216.jpg)

Love it Lee, it looks amazing. This thread has got me thinking I may start to collect some of these old toys, the problem is the price. My brother has a decent electronic handheld collection and he would not let me have any of them when I went to visit over new year, I know he came back from Japan with a load but come on... They are in the shed just going to waste.

Pogz


You are welcome

I learnt to yoyo as an adult. Learned to do a few tidy tricks as well.

Memories.....................

Wow Geo, they were brill.

Lol yes, they were great. Can you still buy caps and cap guns these days?

Yep can still buy em

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21124214

sad sad day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21311866

(http://cdn03.cdnwp.thefrisky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/31/etch_a_sketch_013113-400x300.jpg)

I blame the E numbers in 80's candy for my hyperactivity as a child, but I loved these bars... After having one of these I'd go out and climb the scaffolds on my street..  8)

(Highland bars were my second fav)

I'm waiting for Atkin to post up a picture of an ipad4.


For me I really remember these:

(http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/mb/mb-games-ker-plunk.jpg)

(http://www.funkabitmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/frans-guess-who.jpg)

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And finally the game that I played so hard as a kid (my mum bought me a sega mega drive almost straight after it's release):

(http://romhustler.net/img/screenshots/genesis/title/4fbc5a400d390.jpg)

My mega drive stopped working because I played it too much, every time I turned it on it would smell of burning.

Reminds me of my child hood a bit, but the console of choice for me was the supernintendo. I used to absolutely adore super mariokart and that game is timeless, even today that is heavily playable, which you can't say about a lot of games from back then. Shout outs to Zelda and the football game Striker.

Did also enjoy a bit of the Amiga console as well. It had sensible soccer on it and that blew me away. Had a ridiculous knowledge of European geography at like 7 years old because I knew Spartak Moscow played in Russia, so Moscow is in Russia. Was convincing my Mother then, that it was educational and this sorta thing really helped.

SNES > Mega drive ainec

+1, although Master System > NES, although very close imo.

Gameboy > any other handheld gaming device ever

loved my gameboy. Picked up a cartridge with 100 games on in Gibralter in about 2000. <3

Loved Sensible Soccer

Sensi Soccer and Micropose Golf where the two Amiga games that must have swallowed up the most of my times for 3-4 years. You could play people for money at them, sensi soccer had incred swerving and tatics, i wish they had a modern version of it now.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZuhSB64quY

You don't have to watch all of it, but you can :)

Anyone remember Sensible World of Soccer with career mode where you could go out and strengthen your team with all the Euro players?

one of the very best

I used to love canon fodder on the Amiga

And syndicate

Please watch the first minute and all the memories will come flooding back

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOOy4Qs7QQw

I can't believe I was 3 years old when the amiga sensible soccer came out. Must have been 4/5 years old playing that game, and I remember being good at it, rather than sort of not knowing what I was doing.

Definitely argue that this game and others i was brought up on created transferable skills, to what I do now with the pokers.

Would imagine too those that are really good at Call of Duty would be good candidates to transfer over to online poker, in terms of core skills of reactions and quickness of decision making. Obv so much more, but I think there is something in that.

I remember going down woolies with my pocket money and picking up a game spectrum game cassette. Iirc they were 3 or 4.99 a game. The liked of code masters dev'd them.

When I was a kid I was lucky enough to have a Dad that owned an amusement arcade and a few cafes with arcade machines and pinballs.
The Original
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Asteroids
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My favourite, Scramble
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fTNYP0X3AAU/TeF6YpHhMVI/AAAAAAAAAmM/I-6f78rWW6A/s1600/scramblescreenshot.jpg)

and who could forget this
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At home I was a Spectrum kid 48k
This was the game to have
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Then there was Elite, not quite as good as BBC version
(http://www.flexiblefactory.co.uk/flexible/wp-content/uploads/elite.PNG)

That's like the best start in life I have ever heard of.

lol. If only life was as simple now.

Schoolboy error at 3:50 but recovered with a remarkable save!

Reminded me of Bosnich.

scramble? You had a fire button and bomb. Trick was to time it so you dropped 2 bombs as you go over the mountain peak to take ot the first 2 rockets and then dive down to ground level and rapid fire the other rockets.

For space invaders let them come down clearing the houses and as they are just above you sweep from one side of the screen to the other timing your shots to perfection so you clear the full row

Asteroids just leave the hyperspace button well alone. Once you hit that sucker you are proper fecked :)

Did anyone have a mr frosty? They were good at first but broke in about a week.

We had a soda stream to make fizzy drinks  :)

Lol, was almost as if it was deliberate, for the cameras.

What is the name of the toy where you put a disc into it look through the viewfinder then rotate the disc with a lever. Was a red toy

ooo I had one of those.

fk knows what it was called though sorry.

(http://www.mamamia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/View-Master-380x350.jpg)

LOVED this...until the mixes ran out.  Big sigh trying to get more mix for it after the first lot had been used.

(http://cdn.madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/easy-bake-oven-378x412.jpg)


Old reliable...

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Before lego came out, we had Lincoln Logs.  My brother and I would spend hours building entire villages.

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