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STM 03-07-2012 02:55 PM

SI II has my unconditional love out of every phone game and app to date.

MA 03-07-2012 07:40 PM

my Amiga 1200. i fucking loved playing on this as a kid. hell, i still would play it if i could be arsed to set it all up.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...0/DSC00812.JPG

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Today I used a calculator.

you old fuck.

Phylum 03-07-2012 10:41 PM

My dad has one of the first LED display calculators from back when he used to sell office equipment.

DarkHoodness 03-08-2012 05:28 AM

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my Amiga 1200. i fucking loved playing on this as a kid. hell, i still would play it if i could be arsed to set it all up.

My cousin had one of those, I have fond memories of playing games like Llamatron and Lotus Turbo Challenge together with him on it.

It kind of makes me wish I had one, but instead I grew up with a Machintosh SE playing games like Shufflepuck Cafe, and Beyond Dark Castle, then later a Machintosh LC and playing games like Quagmire and Malestrom (asteroids clone) in colour (and of course using both for actual computing - The Mac LC had Photoshop 2.0 on it! I still have those kicking about, no idea if they still work), and then later still I got an old 133 MHz Pentium I or some shit and played old DOS classics, such as Commander Keen.

Ah, nostalgia and memories.

MA 03-08-2012 08:27 AM

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My cousin had one of those, I have fond memories of playing games like Llamatron and Lotus Turbo Challenge together with him on it.

i've never played those, Llamatron looks fun. my favourite games were Eye Of The Beholder, Moonstone and this animated Chinese chess game thing. that was great. Lost In Mine was an unusual one. i always remember the little man would shoot himself in the head when you quit the game.

oh and Orc Attack. what a fucking game that was.

RoryF 03-09-2012 03:22 PM

http://pdfguides.com/images/uploads/...ile-Phone1.jpg
I used to use this phone on a regular basis, not the oldest of the lot, but pretty old. Only infrared file sharing, not bluetooth here!
I'm yet to test this with my Libretto because they both have infrared, the only thing that's stopping me is that the SIM card isn't in the phone anymore and so it won't get to the menu. None of my other SIMs work either.
Shame really, it had a ton of games. It's a k300i by the way.

MA 03-09-2012 04:49 PM

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http://pdfguides.com/images/uploads/...ile-Phone1.jpg
I used to use this phone on a regular basis, not the oldest of the lot, but pretty old. Only infrared file sharing, not bluetooth here!
I'm yet to test this with my Libretto because they both have infrared, the only thing that's stopping me is that the SIM card isn't in the phone anymore and so it won't get to the menu. None of my other SIMs work either.
Shame really, it had a ton of games. It's a k300i by the way.

'QUOTES. AT. START. OF. POST.'

Wings of Fire 03-09-2012 04:51 PM

Hahaha

Since when has 2004 been retro?

RoryF 03-09-2012 04:52 PM

Let's not get into that again.
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'QUOTES. AT. START. OF. POST.'


DarkHoodness 03-09-2012 04:52 PM

@OddMan - Pfft, I was still using this ancient thing since 2001 until the charging socket finally broke on it last year - And it was old even when I got it! It would still work today if I had a way of charging the battery:

http://www.classicsouldogs.com/_UPLO...-old-phone.jpg

Wings of Fire 03-09-2012 04:54 PM

2001 isn't retro either.

MA 03-09-2012 04:55 PM

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Let's not get into that again.

NO LETS GET INTO IT

DICK

RoryF 03-09-2012 04:58 PM

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/..._jaguar_1s.jpg
Doom was brilliant on the Jaguar, shame there was no music...

MA 03-09-2012 05:11 PM

DICK DICK DICK

Nate 03-09-2012 05:52 PM

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2001 isn't retro either.

There's no dictionary definition of retroness. Anything that has been superseded can be regarded as retro.

Wings of Fire 03-09-2012 05:54 PM

No. I'm not old enough to have anything that was produced after I could walk to school on my own retro.

I refuse.

DarkHoodness 03-09-2012 06:58 PM

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2001 isn't retro either.

I used it from 2001 onwards as a hand-me-down thing. In fact it's a Nokia 5190 from 1997. 15 years. I think that counts as retro as far as mobile phones are concerned... That's as old as Abe's Oddysee.

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And it was old even when I got it!


Wings of Fire 03-09-2012 07:01 PM

Oh fine.

RoryF 03-10-2012 06:39 AM

I've been thinking about upgrading the Libretto's hard drive to 16GB+ using a funny IDE SSD replacement. Shouldn't be too difficult since the Libretto has just 2 screws and the Hard Drive can just be slid out and replaced with another 2.5" IDE Hard Drive. The thing that confuses me though is the fact that the hard drive takes up like 70% of the space in the unit, how is there room for PCMCIA and other computery stuff.

Also, I'm going to try and take it to a tech shop to swap the standard old 6.1" TFT Display with a touchscreen, 100% possible as special models have been made in the past with this exact spec.

The touchscreen is undoubtedly the most exciting thought.
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1331390352

Hazel-Rah 03-10-2012 06:29 PM

Vintage turn table, cd player, amp
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Game consoles some of which are vintage
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sega saturn
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speakers
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I used to have a NES and N64 but I don't have room anymore so i sold them

Strike Witch 03-10-2012 09:53 PM

My family had an old green iMac.

Nanosaur was revolutionary.

Crashpunk 03-11-2012 03:57 AM

Them shelves are pretty much what I want in my room. And DAMN YOU with your SNES! :tard:

RoryF 03-16-2012 10:38 AM

Finally! The Libretto now has 40GB instead of 1.5GB! This was not an easy hack by any means and almost lost the Libretto. It fell on the floor with the motherboard out because I was working with my friend on it and somebody knocked it off but now it's absolutely fine and works great!:D

Mudokon_Master 03-17-2012 04:32 AM

http://oi39.tinypic.com/vne539.jpg
I FOUND IT

Crashpunk 03-17-2012 04:49 AM

That is one awesome looking Gameboy. I've always had a thing for semi-transparent plastic on games.

The N64s looked so awesome
http://watchmojo.com/video_games/blo...mic-colors.jpg

Mudokon_Master 03-17-2012 04:54 AM

Oh wow, I didn't realise there were so many versions of the N64. I have the black one with a few old carts of unheard of titles.

RoryF 03-17-2012 05:51 AM

I have the black one as well, but not with a grey controller, mine has opaque coloured yellow, blue, red and green. Twisted Edge and V-Rally Edition 99 are my favourites without a doubt and unfortunately there aren't any good pc rom dumps for them. :(

Sekto Springs 03-17-2012 09:23 AM

Man, when I read the title of this thread, I expected stuff like this.

http://www.goldminemag.com/wp-conten...phonograph.jpg

Edison is the OG retro master.

Bullet Magnet 03-17-2012 09:44 AM

The Aeolipile.

http://modelengines.info/aeolipile/Aeolipile.JPG

This steam reaction turbine was invented by Hero of Alexandria in the first century CE.

OANST 03-17-2012 10:11 AM

He's my...oh, I can't even say it.