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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: BIG ACH on March 18, 2011, 01:19:56 PM
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those were the days
kids don't even have saturday morning cartoons today
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those were the days
kids don't even have saturday morning cartoons today
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They are out exercising.
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Yeah life was a hell lot less complicated and worrying.
I think in heaven we are all kids again :)
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Remember those Nintendo and you had to blow into the game to make it work..But it had to be yours to make it work. If you were at your friends you couldn't do it right. It was like each system had its own trick you had to figure out.
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I used to run home from school to se a lot of these cartoons. I literally have a lump in my throat now. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.. :'( :'( :'(
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Remember those Nintendo and you had to blow into the game to make it work..But it had to be yours to make it work. If you were at your friends you couldn't do it right. It was like each system had its own trick you had to figure out.
Yesss! LOL!
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Remember those Nintendo and you had to blow into the game to make it work..But it had to be yours to make it work. If you were at your friends you couldn't do it right. It was like each system had its own trick you had to figure out.
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when u think about it it's funny cause every single toy, game, nowadays, is just a derivative copy of what we had back in the day. But there's nothing really ''new''. As if we reached a wall.
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Captain Planet, he's a hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero..
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AHHH! You're killing me! LOL!
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I used to run home from school to se a lot of these cartoons. I literally have a lump in my throat now. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.. :'( :'( :'(
Now the networks have some gay ass big eyed, wild haired Anime, and some magic school bus that shrinks. You have to go to the Cartoon Network or SyFy to see some good shit...
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kid = star blazers reruns = wave motion guns and shock cannons = GODS!
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The internet literally ruined everything. Man, we had so much fun as kids watching cartoons, playing board games or just romping around outside for hours and hours.
Today entire generations of kids and teens are wasting their complete childhood and teenage years on Facebook and Youtube. I pity those guys for not knowing how a real childhood has looked like. God, Bring back the 80s.
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Cartoons used to be all about being huge jacked and alpha male. Thats why a ton of people that grew up idolizing those larger than life characters from the 80's are now misplaced in society and don't fit in with the new Sponge Bob absorbing pansy generation.
There isn't nearly as much emphasis on cartoon characters being huge and ripped as there used to be, and now kids are encouraged to stay skinny, lovable and more feminine than ever compared to the 80's hero's who were there to takeover, dominate, and fuck the girl all while looking awesome while doing so.
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I used to have an Original GameBoy, remember it was black and white (or really black and green), and the sound and graphics were soooo shitty!!!
I also had a Sega Genesis... remember back then you couldn't save games (like you can now on the xbox and the PS3), so if you wanted to beat a game you had to keep playing, or start all the way from the beginning again, or you just leave the console on while you went to school... but then you would come back and the fucking game would be frozen!!!!
And yes, you had to blow hard on the cartridge to get that shit to work!!!
Cartoons today literally suck (aside from the adult cartoons like South Park)!
The worst though... the ABSOLUTE WORST.. was when your mom would tell you, Ghostbusters is on come quick, and you get all excited and run the tv trippin all over the place, finally make it to the couch only to see this shit on....
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Good shit right here:
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Cartoons used to be all about being huge jacked and alpha male. Thats why a ton of people that grew up idolizing those larger than life characters from the 80's are now misplaced in society and don't fit in with the new Sponge Bob absorbing pansy generation.
There isn't nearly as much emphasis on cartoon characters being huge and ripped as there used to be, and now kids are encouraged to stay skinny, lovable and more feminine than ever compared to the 80's hero's who were there to takeover, dominate, and fuck the girl all while looking awesome while doing so.
And Dragonball Z---those dudes had to have Fight Blue Balls, because half th episode was about them GETTING READY to fight aka Powering up, and the fight wouldn't be until the next episode---and it wouldn't be half as long or worthy than what you thought it was going to be.
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And Dragonball Z---those dudes had to have Fight Blue Balls, because half th episode was about them GETTING READY to fight aka Powering up, and the fight wouldn't be until the next episode---and it wouldn't be half as long or worthy than what you thought it was going to be.
I was never a fan of DragonBalll Z - but my younger brother loves that shit!
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Cartoons used to be all about being huge jacked and alpha male. Thats why a ton of people that grew up idolizing those larger than life characters from the 80's are now misplaced in society and don't fit in with the new Sponge Bob absorbing pansy generation.
There isn't nearly as much emphasis on cartoon characters being huge and ripped as there used to be, and now kids are encouraged to stay skinny, lovable and more feminine than ever compared to the 80's hero's who were there to takeover, dominate, and fuck the girl all while looking awesome while doing so.
haha this is probably why every guy late 20's - 40's is here
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haha this is probably why every guy late 20's - 40's is here
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E, Teela wanted He-Man to bang her back out, she didn't want weak, lazy ass Adam...that chick would literally be wet every time He-Man would give that "look" to Skeletor-"sit your Skeleton face having, Hordak dick sucking ass down somewhere!"
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Remember those Nintendo and you had to blow into the game to make it work..But it had to be yours to make it work. If you were at your friends you couldn't do it right. It was like each system had its own trick you had to figure out.
I had an Atari 7800. I didn't have to blow into my games....just a lot of my games blew chunks.
Still had my Ms Pacman, Xevious, and Galaga so it was all good. But that Double Dragon was a pile of shit
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Cartoons used to be all about being huge jacked and alpha male. Thats why a ton of people that grew up idolizing those larger than life characters from the 80's are now misplaced in society and don't fit in with the new Sponge Bob absorbing pansy generation.
There isn't nearly as much emphasis on cartoon characters being huge and ripped as there used to be, and now kids are encouraged to stay skinny, lovable and more feminine than ever compared to the 80's hero's who were there to takeover, dominate, and fuck the girl all while looking awesome while doing so.
epic truth
yesterday:
fucking skeleton warrior preists using black magic to wage war on the human race
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today:
gay pigs living together and exploring their feelings
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epic truth
yesterday:
fucking skeleton warrior preists using black magic to wage war on the human race
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today:
gay pigs living together and exploring their feelings
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HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH I Laughed so fucking hard reading that post!!!!! That shit was funny!!!
I had an Atari 7800. I didn't have to blow into my games....just a lot of my games blew chunks.
Still had my Ms Pacman, Xevious, and Galaga so it was all good. But that Double Dragon was a pile of shit
And Vince, How dare you say Double Dragon was a pile of shit!!!!?!!?!? Douvle Dragon rocked dude!!! I remember you would play all the way to the end with your homeboy, and the very last part of the game you two would have to fight over the girl in the end!!!
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I loved this game. :D :D
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I loved this game. :D :D
Pit Fighter?
I had it on the Amiga, dumped it for street fighter 2
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NOW THIS WAS THE SHIT!!!!!
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haha this is probably why every guy late 20's - 40's is here
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Yes, thats basically my point.
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NOW THIS WAS THE SHIT!!!!!
Yes sir, the sequels rocked!
Remember the fruity looking baddies?
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I was never a fan of DragonBalll Z - but my younger brother loves that shit!
And I always learned something from Ghostbusters...they were taking actual supernatural entities and giving background info on them...like The Boogey Man and Sam Hein (sp)
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Yes Parker, Dragon Ball Z was just a half hour of hard boner but no happy ending. They powered up the entire time until they were throbbing and bulging with hormones/anger, then nothing really happened at the end. The actual fights weren't even worth all the epic hype..
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Anyone remember the original Prince of Persia ;D
The lag when you would jump was soooooooooooo frustrating!
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UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B, A, B, A, START
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Greatest arcade game of all time!!!!
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Yes Parker, Dragon Ball Z was just a half hour of hard boner but no happy ending. They powered up the entire time until they were throbbing and bulging with hormones/anger, then nothing really happened at the end. The actual fights weren't even worth all the epic hype..
Are you saying that they were giving a sublimal message that the more you wait, the pent up "energy" will be released in a a disappointing fashion aka Getting Blue Balls from Powering up soo much, that they couldn't fight and it was anti-climatic.
"Oooooohh! You are GONNNNNA GET IT!!! Must...Keep...Powering Up...Must...
(30 minutes later)
(fight ends in 2 minutes)
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Oh shit! I played Contra till my fingers bled.
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I played the hell out of this one. 8)
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I loved this game. :D :D
holy fuck PIT FIGHTER hell yes i remember playing this in the arcade was the shit!!!!
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forgot what game had "Jack Flak and OOzie nelson" lol
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UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B, A, B, A, START
hahah epic codes
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I played the hell out of this one. 8)
the graphics and morphing were sick in that day. i was so eager to play these games when i came home from shitty school back in the day
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My mom was the only one to buy me this in the entire neighborhood. 8)
Me and my friends loved this.
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My mom was the only one to buy me this in the entire neighborhood. 8)
Me and my friends loved this.
haha my friends mom was a total bitch she didnt want him to have violent games or violent tv lol
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airwolf and that bike looks simple...
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haha my friends mom was a total bitch she didnt want him to have violent games or violent tv lol
Yea, my mom got bitched out by the P.T.A 8)
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HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH I Laughed so fucking hard reading that post!!!!! That shit was funny!!!
And Vince, How dare you say Double Dragon was a pile of shit!!!!?!!?!? Douvle Dragon rocked dude!!! I remember you would play all the way to the end with your homeboy, and the very last part of the game you two would have to fight over the girl in the end!!!
I was referring to Double Dragon for the 7800
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NOW THIS WAS THE SHIT!!!!!
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They remake the game not too long ago and are coming out with SOR4. The remake is awesome
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Yea, Froghorn used to beat the shit outta that dog.... ;D
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Yea, Froghorn used to beat the shit outta that dog.... ;D
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Foghorn.... ::)
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8) Droopy whipping ass.
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A little something from my time, I guess only Ron can relate to this..
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A little something from my time, I guess only Ron can relate to this..
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Colecovison??? Man, its not before my time but I was like 5 years old when that came out. That was the Atari killer from what I understood because they sold a device that allowed it to play 2600 games
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boom
Awe Dayum!
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The internet literally ruined everything. Man, we had so much fun as kids watching cartoons, playing board games or just romping around outside for hours and hours.
Today entire generations of kids and teens are wasting their complete childhood and teenage years on Facebook and Youtube. I pity those guys for not knowing how a real childhood has looked like. God, Bring back the 80s.
this is evolution. The old mecanic, board games LED TO video games and computers. Nothing is innocent. Old games favored physical interactions, now they favor interaction behind a computer, only the brain is required. People will become slimmer and slimmer and have a bigger brain.
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8)Pac-man
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those were the days
kids don't even have saturday morning cartoons today
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They learn to "respect" small ethnies that rob him/her every day. Kids are given hours of therapy and pills because they are "hyperactive". Kids are shown that homessexuals experiences are natural and should be done...
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I was a fan ;D
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fck yea - ghostbuster cartoon was my FAV and thundercats was the shit esp that hot chick in the pink/purple
I remember gettn my first erection to the chick in Critters 2 when I was like 6
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I had one of these
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Robotech...A cartoon made by the GODS for kids.
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Are you saying that they were giving a sublimal message that the more you wait, the pent up "energy" will be released in a a disappointing fashion aka Getting Blue Balls from Powering up soo much, that they couldn't fight and it was anti-climatic.
"Oooooohh! You are GONNNNNA GET IT!!! Must...Keep...Powering Up...Must...
(30 minutes later)
(fight ends in 2 minutes)
Ha! Its like they were prepping us for the real world and making sure we get Blue Balls while anxiously waiting for our goals. 'DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH SON!'
For real though I believe there was tons of subliminal things going on with these old cartoons. Be big and muscular, be a juggernaut, be the the 'real' man, get the women and save the day ect.. Not like that anymore at all, just flip through the cartoon channels yourself and look at all the fairy type things they got these kids watching today.
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I used to have an Original GameBoy, remember it was black and white (or really black and green), and the sound and graphics were soooo shitty!!!
I also had a Sega Genesis... remember back then you couldn't save games (like you can now on the xbox and the PS3), so if you wanted to beat a game you had to keep playing, or start all the way from the beginning again, or you just leave the console on while you went to school... but then you would come back and the fucking game would be frozen!!!!
And yes, you had to blow hard on the cartridge to get that shit to work!!!
Cartoons today literally suck (aside from the adult cartoons like South Park)!
The worst though... the ABSOLUTE WORST.. was when your mom would tell you, Ghostbusters is on come quick, and you get all excited and run the tv trippin all over the place, finally make it to the couch only to see this shit on....
LOL,, I had a turtle named Tracy because of that shit!!!
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YES YES YES!!!!!!
And on that note, I had the Mega Drive not the "Gensis" cause I was living i England at the time lolll... Same shit!
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did anyone ever get the sega cD -- had that sewer rats game that came with it, also had joe montana football
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night trap got banned cause some grl gets rapped -- I loved that game
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Remember those Nintendo and you had to blow into the game to make it work..But it had to be yours to make it work. If you were at your friends you couldn't do it right. It was like each system had its own trick you had to figure out.
hahaha! That is SO true!
Anyone know if they have the classic contra to play online? I loved that game.
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While I appreciate the effort.... this cartoon show was AWFUL!!!! Whatver I got into it back in the day!
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I had the toys and everything!!!
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did anyone ever get the sega cD -- had that sewer rats game that came with it, also had joe montana football
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night trap got banned cause some grl gets rapped -- I loved that game
Yea, i had the original Sega Cd though....it was the one that you could the Sega on top.
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I loved this game! I loved shooting at Druggies. ;D 8)
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sega cd and 32x were complete marketing failures, and almost 0 game out of the very few that have been developed were actually playable/enjoyable.
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one of my dreams as a child was to play the role of "axel" in the "Streets of Rage" movie
i've already worked it out in my head- it's gonna be totally like "sin city"
actually, by "as I child" what I really mean is "two years ago when I was doing alot of coke by myself in my apartment"
but still- i think it is gonna be a great movie
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Yea, i had the original Sega Cd though....it was the one that you could the Sega on top.
Having every single Atari system growing up...2600, 5200, 7800, VCS, Atari 1040 STF, Atari 400......I of course ended up with Jaguar. It got off to a great start but then someone done the line fucked the whole company up.
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Having every single Atari system growing up...2600, 5200, 7800, VCS, Atari 1040 STF, Atari 400......I of course ended up with Jaguar. It got off to a great start but then someone done the line fucked the whole company up.
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You still got one Vince?
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You still got one Vince?
Traded it back in for a 8 year old Atari Mega ST2 computer. Last video game system I ever bought until the Nintendo Wii. I only did that because I still had all of my ST software from my 1040STF. It was actually my most favorite computer I ever had actually.
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Didn't keep the Mega ST2 but for 5 months. Since Atari Computer Studio went away in 96 and Atari went belly up, I gave it to my Mom's boyfriend to keep and bought an IBM 486SX.
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Motherfvcking Lazer Tag, and BMX biking, I still have my BMX Bike
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Traded it back in for a 8 year old Atari Mega ST2 computer. Last video game system I ever bought until the Nintendo Wii. I only did that because I still had all of my ST software from my 1040STF. It was actually my most favorite computer I ever had actually.
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Didn't keep the Mega ST2 but for 5 months. Since Atari Computer Studio went away in 96 and Atari went belly up, I gave it to my Mom's boyfriend to keep and bought an IBM 486SX.
A strong system right there Vince. 8)
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A strong system right there Vince. 8)
I had the best system growing up in the project. While everyone had Nintendo's, I had an Atari 1040STF computer. When I had my friends over they couldn't believe how great my games looked as it was only 3 years old
But alas, it was 1996 and the Mega St2 was 8 years old. It was no longer the mighty dragon slayer and I only got it because it was the only trade I can make
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The good thing about the Atari is that its prob the sole reason why I have a great relationship and understanding with Jewish people. I wanted a computer when I was a kid and I couldn't afford most of the ones out there. I went to the Westgate Mall one day and there was a store called the Atari Computer Studio. I saw a computer there which was 800 dollars but I decided to ask the salesperson if I could put one on layaway. The white guy laughed and thought I was a hoodlum and almost threw me out when the owner named Sheldon stopped him. He made a deal with me that I could pay whatever I could on a used 1040STF and a monitor until I paid it off.
I put down 20 dollars every week which was a lot (considering I was making 4.25 an hour) and bought the computer first. I actually turned in on a few times to hear it power up. Then I did the same for the monitor. In all, it took about 5 months as the computer was 219 and the monitor was 199. Sheldon got rid of that guy later on and ran it himself until the end. He actually ran the store and his architect business and still does to this day.
I bought video games at first but over the next few years he showed me how to do a lot of things on a computer and he got me to buy software for BASIC, accounting, desktop publishing, and of course the best thing around, an online terminal program and a 2400 baud Cardinal modem which got me connected to the BBS system which of course eventually led to Lynx (the first internet browser).
I even learned the Hebrew alphabet because the Atari ST code was programmed with it.
To this day, I'm in debt to him for actually giving me a chance to show him that I was yanking in chain in wanting a computer and showing me that a computer can open up a lot of doors in life. I mean, nowadays I make my living off the computer so its all good
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The good thing about the Atari is that its prob the sole reason why I have a great relationship and understanding with Jewish people. I wanted a computer when I was a kid and I couldn't afford most of the ones out there. I went to the Westgate Mall one day and there was a store called the Atari Computer Studio. I saw a computer there which was 800 dollars but I decided to ask the salesperson if I could put one on layaway. The white guy laughed and thought I was a hoodlum and almost threw me out when the owner named Sheldon stopped him. He made a deal with me that I could pay whatever I could on a used 1040STF and a monitor until I paid it off.
I put down 20 dollars every week which was a lot (considering I was making 4.25 an hour) and bought the computer first. I actually turned in on a few times to hear it power up. Then I did the same for the monitor. In all, it took about 5 months as the computer was 219 and the monitor was 199. Sheldon got rid of that guy later on and ran it himself until the end. He actually ran the store and his architect business and still does to this day.
I bought video games at first but over the next few years he showed me how to do a lot of things on a computer and he got me to buy software for BASIC, accounting, desktop publishing, and of course the best thing around, an online terminal program and a 2400 baud Cardinal modem which got me connected to the BBS system which of course eventually led to Lynx (the first internet browser).
I even learned the Hebrew alphabet because the Atari ST code was programmed with it.
To this day, I'm in debt to him for actually giving me a chance to show him that I was yanking in chain in wanting a computer and showing me that a computer can open up a lot of doors in life. I mean, nowadays I make my living off the computer so its all good
Thats actually a pretty cool story Vince!! Kudoso that guy....
LOL at BASIC - I got some memories there!!!!!
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PONG ftw..
used to love this game
(http://www.techbrarian.com/images/pong.jpg)
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I had this on Sega CD also.
(http://cdn0.spong.com/pack/k/r/krisskross188810l/_-Kriss-Kross-Make-My-Video-Sega-MegaCD-_.jpg)
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