^^This

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:46, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

I had the Dragon 32
then I got a BBC Micro and then an Amiga. The BBC and the Amiga were awesome. I have RSI from playing Speedball 2.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:48, Reply)

Crikey
I had a friend that had an Acorn Electron. He swore by that thing.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:49, Reply)

I had an Aquarius:
oldcomputers.net/aquarius.html

Still got it somewhere
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:52, Reply)

BBC Micrololz

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:54, Reply)

I was about 8 when I got it and learned some BASIC.
The bit of which I can still remember is:

10 PRINT Al is a cunt
20 GOTO 10
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:57, Reply)

He he

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:58, Reply)

My brother had one of them
the cartrdge game where you built cities and sent ships to attack other cities was quite good I seem to recall.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:56, Reply)

There's one for sale on ebay for £400.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1982-MATTEL-AQUARIUS-COMPUTER-SYSTEM-EXPANSION-NEAR-MINT-BOXED-/130852489791?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1e776a8a3f&_uhb=1
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:01, Reply)

Yeah, it was a good game for the time but I don't think I liked it that much

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:12, Reply)

I think I only had one game; preferred learning BASIC.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:13, Reply)

You much have been well cool!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:14, Reply)

Yeah baby.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:14, Reply)

The BBC and the Acorn
were very similar I seem to recall. The games were much better than the early console platform games etc. The Amiga would knock the Nintendo and SNES into a cocked hat for type and number of games. I had over 400 games at one point.

I had to sell it when I started work as I was sitting up until 4 in the morning playing Railroad Tycoon or some other shit.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:58, Reply)

The Electron was a cut-price BBC
with some of the expensive graphics chips removed. We had one, and an Atari STe, the Atari was way better for games though.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:13, Reply)

Elite on the BBC micro
Gets lost in nostalgia
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:52, Reply)

Elite was legend.
Top game.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:00, Reply)

They re-released it
I couldn't bring myself to find it in case I had another Blakes7 moment.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:01, Reply)

Good call.
You don't want to make it all Savile-esque.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:02, Reply)

I still have a working N64 that comes out at Christmas
4 joypads, games like Mario Kart64, Golden eye, Perfect dark & Conkers bad fur day are still suprisingly good to play.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:04, Reply)

Dragon 32 FTW
having to end every program with THERES LOVELY was annoying.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 11:55, Reply)

No LOW END computing chat

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:00, Reply)

PUNCH EM IN THE TETRIS

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:01, Reply)

Lighty, before the Dragon I had a console thing
called "Rowtron". Made on an industrial estate up north somewhere.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:01, Reply)

I used to play double dragon

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:03, Reply)

+in real life

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:04, Reply)

well duh

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:08, Reply)

Last time Badmons Dukas wanted to play "Call of Duty"
He went to Afghanistan for two weeks
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:09, Reply)

Which would explain why he's a spastic; PTSD.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:13, Reply)

check this bad boy out
www.google.com/search?q=rowtron+television+computer+system&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=3b4kUdDfIYn20gGyx4HoBg&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1016&bih=577
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:18, Reply)

Excellent.
We had something similar to this for playing Pong:

www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/feature/3900/0406.jpg
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:21, Reply)

\o/

I loved my old Atari
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:22, Reply)

is that why he bought that realy long cable?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 13:12, Reply)

:O

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 12:12, Reply)