Vintage computing

Mr Move It · Post by **Mr Move It** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:37 pm

I was wondering if anyone still got a Speccy, C64, Amstrad CPC464, Amiga series, Electron and so on? Anything from the 80s really, before Apple & Microsoft took over the computing world.

I've still got a working Beeb (BBC Micro), rescued from my parents' loft a while back. Sadly most of my disks got chucked out - my fault for not asking them sooner. Luckily my Elite disk survived, which was one of the main games back in its day. I play on the Beeb emulator as well although I will try collecting games again using eBay.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:05 pm

i had an amiga for a while a year or two back, plugged it into my 40" tv.. looked amazing!!

back in the day, (bbc micro had its own monitor series) most computers had a tv adapter, which lost a lot of quality...

hook it to a flatscreen though and its stunning!

quasar911 · Post by **quasar911** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:51 pm

i had in order or using/bought

ZX81
Acorn Electron
Atari 520STFM
Atari 1040 STE
PCs

bigv038 · Post by **bigv038** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:21 am

I've got a Comodore 64 in the loft

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:12 am

1st computer was a Dragon 32; built in Wales!

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:25 pm

bigv038 wrote:I've got a Comodore 64 in the loft

yup me too ,,,,,,,,,,,

also have knocking about the place , mega drives ,nes's , psp , two ps3's , mame arcade machine , prize space invader machine ,atari vcs , game gear , lynx , gameboy advance , various new and retro plug n play stuff too .

my wife tracy has a market stall in town , run by a bloke called mark who lives in the flat with us, who's into everything retro , so theres always plenty of stuff around the flat , including picture disc vynal records,,,,,, old 70's board games like subutio buckaroo etc and things like supersimon, big track , evil kinevil etc ,,,,,,,,,, we've got starsky n hutch cars , a team vans , lego , dr who stuff , old boxed star wars figures ,,,,,,,,,,,, propper aladins retro cave ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if we ever get burglars , their in for a right field day .

but with four of us plus friends lodgers etc ,,,,,,, + four dogs ,,,,,,, etc there always someone in , so not likely .

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:08 pm

what lego have you got?

you willing to sell it?

Post by **admin** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:03 pm

Somewhere in the loft I have:

Zx 80
Zx 81
Zx Spectrum 48 - with a leather carry case!
Zx Spectrum 128
Dragon 32
Amiga 500+
Amiga 600 with hard drive
Amiga 1200
CDTV

Really need to have a clear out one day, i never throw anything away lol!

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:45 am

Then migrated on to...

Atari 800 ( SWAT,Rescue on Fractulas,The Ediolon,Ball Blazer,Fort Apocalypse,Carrier Command.... g8 games )
Atari 130XE
Atari ST ( Predator,Prohibition,Balck Lamp )

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:32 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9cTvuwYi3w

Lucasfilm games were awesome of the time. Many very happy memories playing those games.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:53 pm

Dragons Lair was awesome in it's day. Light years ahead of other games. Was on one of these old 12" laserdiscs.

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:16 pm

One of my other MASSIVE use of time was Fort Apocalypse and Rescue on Fractalus. Fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVnbBjQskU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbZ-chrOgGg

And of the same day, the best music of that time must have been a great contender in Warhawk. Not a great game but GREAT music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTbVfBMzfcs

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:36 pm

ive got the original console, pong somewhere it was my dads

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyTjKjLMBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSAdrTWUsI

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:06 pm

I saw a dusty pong video game original once. Believe it was 2p a play.