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[mushu mama]

In 1981 I was 11 - how many all night parties did you country girls go to at 11?
Sandie

admittedly not many..... that was probably closer to '83 - I was 15 in '81.
but in '81 I was doing all nighters but they involved space invaders and asteroids on my Atari in my bedroom.... I would play it all night with the sound off and then get out of bed and get dressed and go to school regularly.

I'm feeling old now...
But I console myself with the fact that it still doesn't make me the oldest regular on the forum...

Lisa. -/

[KeithS]

I am more a Galaga girl myself!

Me too!!!! (Except not the girl bit...)

I love Galaga, and Space Invaders and Asteroids (and many more) - but Galaga really sucked me in as you could learn the patterns and improve your skill over time - it was great.

When I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago for work, I took the time to go and see Game On http://www.acmi.net.au/game_on.aspx at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. It is the same place where the big Pixar exhibit was in 2007.

It was an awesome exhibition on the history of computer games! Talk about a nostalgia hit - I loved it. I was texting Della with garbled messages caused by my sensory overload. Unfortunately the exhibition is closed now. The exhibition had hundred of original arcade games and they were all playable! Original Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, etc. But they had Galaga on an enormous projected screen - talk about cool! They had all the old consoles (including the original Atari 2600 circuit board model - about the size of a coffee table) all the old computers, and sections on game artwork, music, marketing, development, genres etc - right up to Playstation3, XBox360, Wii, current PC games, and beyond!!

[Mel]

Wow, you guys are making me feel really young - thanks!

My older brothers had the C64 and the Galaga addiction. I was not allowed to touch such a sophisticated machine!

I do remember nearly all those movies though, as I was forced to watch half of them (Better Off Dead, War Games) by aforementioned brothers and some of the others, especially Breakfast Club, I LOOOOOVED.

[sandie]

I love Galaga, and Space Invaders and Asteroids (and many more) - but Galaga really sucked me in as you could learn the patterns and improve your skill over time - it was great.

And what about Gauntlet!!!!!

[KeithS]

And what about Gauntlet!!!!!

Oh yeah!! And I loved the voiceover in Gauntlet - "Elf has shot the food!" - "Elf needs food, badly" - or the classic "Elf is about to die!"

(I played the Elf a lot!)

[ajp]

All this is sad ...

[sandie]

I was always Valkyrie.

Did you have a Sega Megadrive? (We still pull ours out every now and again!)

Sandie

[mushu mama]

This is making as much sense as the V8 supercar thread....

Lisa ...

[sandie]

Seriously? I am pretty sure that Keith and I would have picked both of you as fellow nerds!

Sandie

[ajp]

What? Did someone mention V8Supercars?

I had an Atari when I was a kid, one of the earlier models. Played it all the time. I used to love the Mad Bomber game!

[mushu mama]

I had an Atari when I was a kid, one of the earlier models. Played it all the time.

Now you are talking a language I understand.
I won my Atari - well sort of.... in an Australia wide cartoon drawing competition that was on the TV( up against adults... I was only about 14 or 15 - can't remember the show - one of those late night ones ) and came 3rd. Weg was the judge.
Long story short... I bought an Atari with the winnings.

I thrashed it to death.

Seriously? I am pretty sure that Keith and I would have picked both of you as fellow nerds!Sandie

Nope.. Prom Queen with brains.... who now embraces her latent inner geek.

Lisa... -/

[sandie]

By the time I hit puberty Atari's were so passe'.

I guess that one of the banes of being younger than the rest of you - right Keith?

Sandie

[KeithS]

I guess that one of the banes of being younger than the rest of you - right Keith?

That's right, we are just young chickens! (although I did have an Atari too)

I never had a Sega Megadrive - I was much more computer centric - starting with a black and white Dick Smith System-80, followed by the C64, followed by Amiga 500, then numerous PCs - in fact, I never owned a console after my Atari 2600 - until I bought my Playstation 3 just a few weeks ago

[sandie]

Ahh the growth of the pc - for me it was (if memory serves):
C64
Amiga 500
XT
AT
Pentium followed by Pent 2 and 3!

Ok so on PC games I used to love Space Quest and Kings Quest

[sandie]

Have any of you heard the new radio ads for geeks2u.com.au? They are an IT help company and I wish I could find a script of the ads - they are so so funny.

It talks about how the geek ate his lunch alone while we were wrestling with our friens in high school, how the geek studied physics on the bus while we flirted with girls (its a boy saying the ad!) because he knew there would be time to flirt after he finished his essay on thermo nuclear dynamics, how the geek proudly wore his "I adore my 64" shirt.

Sandie