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Posted 14 September 2010 - 07:24 PM
Back in the golden days of gaming most of the popular arcade games were racing games. It was a great way to dream before being old enough to actually drive a car. Which classic games from the pre Gran Turismo era did you like growing up? One vote for Pole Position.
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Posted 24 September 2010 - 05:58 PM
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Posted 24 September 2010 - 09:19 PM
Road Race for the VIC-20. A night drive (black screen) with white pylons rushing at you. But, in all honesty, I got my driver's license in 1969 -- not many computer games were available back then. 
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Posted 25 September 2010 - 03:55 PM
Capn Easy, on Sep 24 2010, 10:19 PM, said:
Road Race But, in all honesty, I got my driver's license in 1969 -- not many computer games were available back then.
Were there any computer games in 1969?
pong?
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Posted 26 September 2010 - 03:33 AM
I couldn't tell you exactly, but I remember being stunned by Pong in college, so that would have been '70 to '74.
We had pinball -- with very few electronic bells and whistles!
We had pinball -- with very few electronic bells and whistles!
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Posted 28 September 2010 - 04:42 AM
Check out whatever game is in the background of the promo video for "Computer Games" by New Zealand band Mi-Sex, released in 1979!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m8IOD-wk9g
Wellm I don't know if it's from an actual game (well before my time, born in '87 here) but this video is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m8IOD-wk9g
Wellm I don't know if it's from an actual game (well before my time, born in '87 here) but this video is awesome.
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:08 PM
Capn Easy, on 24 September 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:
Road Race for the VIC-20. A night drive (black screen) with white pylons rushing at you. But, in all honesty, I got my driver's license in 1969 -- not many computer games were available back then. 
That's true, I think we need to go back to the electro mechanical timed arcade games that often used pinball cabinets. Great fun, and very loud thanks to the moving parts and 8 track sound.
For example, the Sega Sand Buggy game of 1972. Ahh, it brings a tear to the eye to recall when Sega was still in the hardware game. Oh departed Dreamcast, where art thou now? Lol.
Sega Sand Buggy
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:23 PM
Very Cool, I can't remember that one at the bowling alley or Putt-Putt or the skating rink.
Jimmy Stewart Crocodile Dundee looking dude.
Jimmy Stewart Crocodile Dundee looking dude.
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 10:26 PM
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Physicist Willy Higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. His game, a table tennis-like game, was played on an oscilloscope.
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Wow
That guy (Willy Higinbotham) spent his life working to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.
That guy (Willy Higinbotham) spent his life working to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Posted 18 May 2011 - 08:49 PM
boopme, on 07 January 2011 - 10:26 PM, said:
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Physicist Willy Higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. His game, a table tennis-like game, was played on an oscilloscope.
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It's always disputed which came out first, Magnavox Odyssey or Atari Pong, but that tennis game beats 'em hands down for earlyness, lol.
Can't ignore the bikes, and it's still sad Sega is out of the hardware game.
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