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# Just thought I would share this magical moment when I realised that


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even though I have been driving for more than 20 years or so, this does not make you good at driving in video games.

what are you not good at anymore?
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:07, archived)
# I'm not good at many things.
That sucks though :/
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:08, archived)
# more than you think....
I was on the last lap :-(
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:11, archived)
# completing old arcade games on a single 10p and not losing a life
well, ok, only 2 arcade games, but it's the principle, damn it!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:11, archived)
# Arcade games?
Battlezone - I can clock that, and Scramble.
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:12, archived)
# salamander and nemesis/gradius (depending upon your locale)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:13, archived)
# BUT!
did you ever reach the volcano?
(Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:31, archived)
# Arcade games used to cost 10p?
I think they're about £1-2 now.
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:13, archived)
# well, they started to cost £1-£2 then
but there were still a few 10p ones about

arcade machines don't really make spectacular money in general anymore, which is why many got binned and it's now 90% gaming machines in most places
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:15, archived)
# yep.
home computers & consoles killed the video game arcades.

:-(

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:18, archived)
# home computers didn't do much till the 90's
but consoles definately nubbed them by the end of the 80's

still, plenty of fun old games to play via mame

it would be insanely impossible to own all the real old hardware
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:24, archived)
# ive still got a spectrum and amiga at home
skool daze is still awesome
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:28, archived)
# I have several old things
that never get used because it's all boxes with wires and shit

easier to emulate them on the pc innit
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:29, archived)
# yeah
i have 2 NES' here at uni but they are just gathering dust

360 has taken over

Im pretty sure we had every nintendo console up to the wii
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:31, archived)
# so many wires
and you had to use your imagination

and press J symbol shift+PP

:D

and then eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiaehiaehiaeheahaeihaheiihaeahagjk

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiaheailaehliehlaeihaeflihaefliaehflaiefhaleifhaelifhaelifaehlfiaehfleiafhaleifhaeliafhe
R TAPE LOADING ERROR

that wasn't fun at all! what a load of crap!

:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:38, archived)
# haha
that noise was awesome - a bit like old modems before we got this funky new broadband thing

:D
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:39, archived)
# they probably make the same noise but at a higher pitch
so that only dogs and robot dogs can hear it
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 4:01, archived)
# I don't know why people get so upset about that
We've all got awesome games at home now, and don't need to spend stupid amounts of money just to get to the next level.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:25, archived)
# it's the power of nostalgia
which isn't what it used to be

or something
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:26, archived)
# it was the fact you could impress GIRLS
with your gaming skills.

you can't do that at home (much)

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:31, archived)
# and
at home you don't get peado's hanging about

i hope...
(Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:33, archived)
# we only recently discovered 2 old blokes that used to hang around
our local arcades in the 80's and 90's were indeed kiddy fiddlers. Lucky for me they were only interested in girls.

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:35, archived)
# Tonight I discovered that one of my local pubs now has one of those 80s pub table computer game machines
I'm now crap at Pacman, some digger game and space invaders.
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke of Prunes, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:17, archived)
# Retro FTW!
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:18, archived)
# It was a rip off
50p a game. It had been upgraded to handle 10 differnet games, pacman was the best one.
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke of Prunes, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:24, archived)
# ahh.. upgraded
yeah, it was probably a pc

and no doubt running an illegally modded version of mame

it's a popular thing to make apparently
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:28, archived)
# getting up in the morning
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:25, archived)
# Do what I do then
get up at 11.59am

its still morning.

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:34, archived)
# sounds like a plan!
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 2:36, archived)
# i'm not good at murder.
but i'm improving daily.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 6:20, archived)