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Title: misspent youth
Post by: tidla on 01 March 2012, 22:47:01
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Midway-Space-invaders-Arcade-Machine-1983-great-home-bar-pub-/280833913724?pt=UK_Video_Games_Coin_Operated_MJ&hash=item416301737c

remember always being late home after school as the cafe on route had the latest machines in.

galactica :y

 i can here the  stereo sound in my ears as i type.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: The Red Baron on 01 March 2012, 22:50:46
i liked the flat glass topped space invader machine the best. :y
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 01 March 2012, 22:53:16
ditto on space invaders glass top. some where to put your pint too :y :y
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: The Red Baron on 01 March 2012, 22:54:16
ditto on space invaders glass top. some where to put your pint too :y :y

oooh yes, those were the days. :D
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: albitz on 01 March 2012, 22:57:26
I was addicted to it.Never found another game to hold my interest like it,apart from the original Mariokart on SNES (which Ive still got). :)
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: The Red Baron on 01 March 2012, 23:07:13
years ago...urrmm early 80`s i used to got an arcade every saturday to play dungeons & dragons, was a multiplayer machine, each with your own console, bloomin great game it was, put a small fortune in it every weekend.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Ken T on 01 March 2012, 23:11:56
I've still got an Atari ST plus discs in the loft  :y

Ken
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: cleggy on 02 March 2012, 13:56:15
ditto on space invaders glass top. some where to put your pint too :y :y

We used to play for ages on TANKS in the local pub, trouble was if you got too energetic with the joy stick you could spill the ale. :y
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Auto Addict on 02 March 2012, 13:59:54
My mis-spent youth was in a snooker hall, over a Burtons Taylors at the bottom of the road.

Used to think snooker was the be-all and end-all of my life.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: henryd on 02 March 2012, 15:36:23
My mis-spent youth was in a snooker hall, over a Burtons Taylors at the bottom of the road.

Used to think snooker was the be-all and end-all of my life.

Me too and I was still shite at it ??? :'(
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: SIR Philbutt on 02 March 2012, 20:25:43
Used to repair these as well as ping pong, asteroids, pacman and galaxian

Later on used to convert galaxian and pacman to donkey kong

Good old days 16 lads in a workshop, loads of banter, late nights out drinking and curries

Still good friends with a couple of them as well.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Martian on 02 March 2012, 20:28:17
Used to repair these as well as ping pong, asteroids, pacman and galaxian

Later on used to convert galaxian and pacman to donkey kong

Good old days 16 lads in a workshop, loads of banter, late nights out drinking and curries

Still good friends with a couple of them as well.
Got all them as well as 3000 odd other original ROM's running under Win 7....brilliant games.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: SIR Philbutt on 02 March 2012, 20:34:36
Used to repair these as well as ping pong, asteroids, pacman and galaxian

Later on used to convert galaxian and pacman to donkey kong

Good old days 16 lads in a workshop, loads of banter, late nights out drinking and curries

Still good friends with a couple of them as well.
Got all them as well as 3000 odd other original ROM's running under Win 7....brilliant games.

Used to be able to get well up above level 10 on Galaxian - had to test after repair you know  ;)
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Martian on 02 March 2012, 20:36:36
Used to repair these as well as ping pong, asteroids, pacman and galaxian

Later on used to convert galaxian and pacman to donkey kong

Good old days 16 lads in a workshop, loads of banter, late nights out drinking and curries

Still good friends with a couple of them as well.
Got all them as well as 3000 odd other original ROM's running under Win 7....brilliant games.

Used to be able to get well up above level 10 on Galaxian - had to test after repair you know  ;)
I can tweak the Space Invaders ROM to allow 2 missiles on screen at the same time, makes it so much easier to keep going level after level  :)
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: bigboykarl on 02 March 2012, 20:39:28
Do u remember boot hill with the two cowboys  great two player game..
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Rods2 on 02 March 2012, 20:45:53
Cafes and pinball and then pubs, Space Invaders, Asteroids and my favourite Galaxians.

IMHO it was the basic graphics and sound to support great game play that has made these games classics.  :y :y :y
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: Martian on 02 March 2012, 21:04:53
Do u remember boot hill with the two cowboys  great two player game..
Yup, got that as well.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: STMO123 on 02 March 2012, 21:07:31
I've played all the old stuff but the console I loved best was the SNES. It was the first one to keep me up all night.
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: MaxV6 on 02 March 2012, 21:14:37
back in the day there were more than a few studios that had glass topped space invader machines in the "artist lounge"  ,    they all had funny little straight line scratches all over the top and were rarely actually functional as games....       


 ;D
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: STMO123 on 02 March 2012, 21:16:51
back in the day there were more than a few studios that had glass topped space invader machines in the "artist lounge"  ,    they all had funny little straight line scratches all over the top and were rarely actually functional as games....       


 ;D

You should have seen the table tops at CBS records in Soho Square. The cleaners couldn't wait to get in in the morning. They used to go home high as kites...at half seven in the morning. ;D
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: MaxV6 on 02 March 2012, 22:25:46
I've seen engineers sell what the hoover up out of an SSL fader tray.  :D

the cleaners ..... likewise..... 


Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: bigboykarl on 02 March 2012, 22:27:30
back in the day there were more than a few studios that had glass topped space invader machines in the "artist lounge"  ,    they all had funny little straight line scratches all over the top and were rarely actually functional as games....       


 ;D

You should have seen the table tops at CBS records in Soho Square. The cleaners couldn't wait to get in in the morning. They used to go home high as kites...at half seven in the morning. ;D
10 soho sq wasn't it ..ne corner i used to deliver packages there all the time in my motorcycle courier days
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: SJKOO01 on 02 March 2012, 23:09:38
Oh yes... It was all so many years ago ::)

Remember playing the most advanced computer games console at the time - Anyone else :D

(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/om3g22tf/Atari.jpg)
Title: Re: misspent youth
Post by: bigboykarl on 02 March 2012, 23:14:54
binatone...lol..my one had a gun as well