One for the oldens,which of these did you own as a child?

[DanielT]

Argos sold Omega watches?!

 

[BlockDpete]

Bet nobody had one of these.

Phillips G Pac 7000. Was a poor man's Atari but we had hours of fun playing classics such a Pickaxe Pete and Monkey Shines. Happy days.

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I did! The golf game would take almost all evening to finish.

I think you could also program it? Thus the keyboard.

 

[Gazwag]

Quite advanced for the time

 

[footychick]

I had a Merlin in 1978

I had one too.

 

[Fungus]

Don't know what you mean by old. I had Scalextric in the 1960's - best thing ever. Most of the others might have been around for my children.

Still popular - bought my nephew a Scalextric set for Xmas, and some F1 cars for his birthday. Was the first thing he played with each time.

 

[JCL666]

I had this bad boy (circa 1981)

Awesome game

 

[JCL666]

This seemed great but was shit.

As was this...

 

[airman]

Don't know what you mean by old. I had Scalextric in the 1960's - best thing ever. Most of the others might have been around for my children.

A decade later, in the seventies I had TCR - Total Control Racing, like Scalextric but you could SWITCH LANES!! I thought I was the dog's doodaa with that!

Another favourite was my Evel Kneivel stunt bike (wound him up and let him go!), not to mention my Raleigh Chopper and Six Million Dollar Man suit!

 

[Knightsworld]

This was one of my favourite games. Galaxy Invader 1000

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Quite advanced for the time

Awesome, but took longer to set up and programme all the co-ordinates than it did to play the bloody game.

I and another NSCer spent a most enjoyable afternoon playing the original, non-computerised version in a pub before (or was it after??) a game recently. I kicked his ass, it should be said.

 

[Knightsworld]

Me and my brother spent hours on this when we first got it.

 

[Meade's Ball]

A richer than us boy called Colin a few doors down had Scalextric and also an Atari console with which i remember him trying to shove the joystick up the arse of one of my fellow neighbours, young Crosby, now a hairdresser, i hear. Colin was a quite large boy and you knew the possible funstick anal-rape cost of going there to play on his variety of games. At my house it was all Streak-a-track, the self-powered, povertous cousin of Scalextric. Elastic bands, three almost identical Datsuns and an imagination were the main ingredients of my youth - alongside a growing fear of Colin.

 

[supaseagull]

This was my first computer, Atari 400. B.A.S.I.C operating system, 16k RAM, 10k ROM. Took games ROM cartridges in the top. As it turned out, it was an expensive way to play Donkey Kong!

Aww I had the 600xl and I loved that machine so much


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[Yoda]

I had one of those Atari 2600's (well, we had three consoles at one point).

Also had a set of that Total Control Racing, TCR.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

One of these babies. Cruising along changing up 'n down. Wind in my hair...sigh.

I remember that! had one of those, used to play it under my sheets because it was rubbish in daylight!

I want it NOW!!!!

 

[ArcticBlue]

I did! The golf game would take almost all evening to finish.

I think you could also program it? Thus the keyboard.

Wow, you and me bro!!!

The parents justified buying it because it had a keyboard. Of course we never did any programming on it though. Yes the Golf was just madness.

 

[fly high]

I had a Merlin in 1978

still got mine somewhere, addictive for a while.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

I had the handheld soccer game...just loved that

 

[Curious Orange]

I've still got an Atari 2600 squirreled away, and that Space Lego set too!

I look forward to playing with the Lego with my boy when he's a bit older

 

[Simster]

One of these babies. Cruising along changing up 'n down. Wind in my hair...sigh.

I had one of those fuckers. Quality driving experience.

Did anyone have one of these?