Lovejoy 5:23 Tue Nov 3
Scalextric - talk to me.
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Did you have a set?
Being a spoilt little shit my parents got me the Le Mans one that had the gold and silver Porches with working head lights.
Got it from Caveliers on Green Street (now Peacocks) which was opened by our own Sir Trev.
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stewie griffin
5:19 Thu Nov 5
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Block 5:03 Wed Nov 4
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If you were a young boy and you didn't have a Scalextric, were you even a boy?
you absolute fucking wanker
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Block
5:17 Thu Nov 5
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If you didn't have this when you were a kid, were you even a kid?
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Tomshardware
4:46 Thu Nov 5
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A mate had the World Championship edition, 4 car track, and all the accessories, as a kid it seemed the best thing since sliced bread.
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Manuel
11:32 Thu Nov 5
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Royal - Always loved spending hours on them when I was a kid on holiday in Spain. Most bars had at least one.
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Lovejoy
11:25 Thu Nov 5
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My dentist has a Rolling Stones themed one in his reception.
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joe royal
10:33 Thu Nov 5
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Nothing beats a good pinball machine , trouble these days is finding one.
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Mace66
8:08 Thu Nov 5
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Nurse Ratched 8:37 Wed Nov 4
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Space Invaders? Pfft. When I was a kid it was PONG. You would plug the console into your telly. It was RIVETING.
Haha, remember it being introduced in our common room and queuing with half the school for a go with rocking all over the world blaring out on the radio. About a week later it was virtually redundant
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zebthecat
1:11 Thu Nov 5
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I used to love the Hyper Olympics arcade machine. Had one in my student bar along with Defender and a pinball machine (who's name I can't remember) that had a brilliant five ball mode if you could trigger it.
High Jump was the one I could never master and discovered that button bashing crocked fingers was a thing.
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Capitol Man
12:43 Thu Nov 5
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Leeshere 9:15 Wed Nov 4
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The old Atari ones were the most resilient. I think I still have the muscle memory to compete effectively at the 110 hurdles 35-odd years later.
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arsegrapes
12:08 Thu Nov 5
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I had a set, still got my kids set in the loft. As said rubbish that and subbuteo. Pong was great and space invaders and my chopper.
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Westham67
10:28 Wed Nov 4
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The submarine game in the arcades was the nuts
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Darlo Debs
10:27 Wed Nov 4
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I could never seem.to.get the hurdles right.
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Leeshere
9:15 Wed Nov 4
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I had Daley Thompson’s decathlon on the Commodore 64, pissed my Dad off having to constantly replace joysticks broken by playing it.
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Darlo Debs
9:07 Wed Nov 4
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Did anyone on here play the Daley Thompson Decathlon game in arcades? Don't know anyone who had our own copy..
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Too Much Too Young
9:05 Wed Nov 4
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They were called Paddles i recall 67.
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Westham67
9:00 Wed Nov 4
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Nurse Ratched 8:37 Wed Nov 4
We had that the square ball made up of about 4 pixels there was fast and slow. Squash on fast by far the most challenging as you turned the control dial frantically
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Darlo Debs
8:50 Wed Nov 4
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Jasnik 11.47
Yes, almost gravity defying
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Too Much Too Young
8:50 Wed Nov 4
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Yep, i had that too..1973ish.
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Nurse Ratched
8:37 Wed Nov 4
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Space Invaders? Pfft. When I was a kid it was PONG. You would plug the console into your telly. It was RIVETING.
https://youtu.be/fiShX2pTz9A
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Too Much Too Young
8:25 Wed Nov 4
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Being outside and mucking about was officially ruined when a posh mate got given an Atari and Space Invaders became a thing...maybe 1980/1981...you then sat in the MATES lounge waiting your turn to last 5 mins, while the host lasted an hour...boring as fuck.
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Cheezey Bell-End
7:02 Wed Nov 4
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I remember once putting a finger on each of the terminals of the transformer and feeling the tingle shoot up my arm.
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