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PapaLazarou
19-02-2014, 10:02 AM
Was rummaging through the loft the other day and stumbled across a box of bits that was once my old Commodore Amiga A500.

A complete dinosaur by today's standards but, as a gaming PC, it was miles ahead of its time back in the early 90s.

Used to lock myself away in a dimly lit study for hours on end playing Dino Dini's Kick-Off 2 - not a patch on modern games like FIFA14, but I'll bet it's still strangely addictive even now.. B)


http://i60.tinypic.com/2zipy87.jpg

Anyone else have one ? - view external link (http://youtu.be/rhHDjQCScXI)
kernow
19-02-2014, 11:18 AM
Never owned one. Nearest thing I ever had was subbuteo. :blue:
PapaLazarou
19-02-2014, 11:30 AM
Never really got to grips with Subbuteo - could never seem to flick the players where I wanted them to go.. :D

Me and a mate used to play a lot of Striker, instead..

http://i59.tinypic.com/211pduc.jpg
BlueAdder
19-02-2014, 11:46 AM
When I was a nipper the 'flick-it' football game was Newfooty. Similar to Subuteo but the bases were made of lead and the players were cardboard. I think Subuteo took the idea and updated it to more modern materials.
I remember my Mum bought me some green baize and helped me mark out a pitch using tailor's chalk. Used to send off to Newfooty for new players in the colours of your favourite teams.
Happy days. :D :D
PapaLazarou
19-02-2014, 11:54 AM
When I was a nipper the 'flick-it' football game was Newfooty. Similar to Subuteo but the bases were made of lead and the players were cardboard.

http://i59.tinypic.com/i20i9t.jpg

Never heard of that one before now, BA.. B)

Quite interesting reading how the two formats developed and then merged into one - STL.. - view external link (http://subbuteo.ugocapeto.com/story.shtml)
BilltheCat
19-02-2014, 11:56 AM
An early favourite:

http://i58.tinypic.com/2eq9cas.jpg
Pentridge
19-02-2014, 03:24 PM
This was a bit of cool back in the day.


http://i57.tinypic.com/316b43b.jpg
Southerndown
19-02-2014, 05:24 PM
Never really got to grips with Subbuteo - could never seem to flick the players where I wanted them to go.. :D

Me and a mate used to play a lot of Striker, instead..

http://i59.tinypic.com/211pduc.jpg


I had that too, I loved it.

I also had this...

http://i57.tinypic.com/okpmdu.jpg

It was ok, I was great at scoring own goals!
PapaLazarou
19-02-2014, 07:00 PM
We knew we'd arrived when we were the first in our street to get one of these...

http://i59.tinypic.com/zpslx.jpg

Living the dream.. XD
chief_wiggam
19-02-2014, 08:46 PM
Never really got to grips with Subbuteo - could never seem to flick the players where I wanted them to go.. :D

Me and a mate used to play a lot of Striker, instead..

http://i59.tinypic.com/211pduc.jpg

"Fast single handed action"
That was the way to go when I were a lad. >:)
PapaLazarou
19-02-2014, 09:03 PM
[quote="chief_wiggam"
That was the way to go when I were a lad. >:)[/quote]

Striker required 2 players, Chief. Reckon you might be confusing it with the 1 player variant of Stroker - most popular with ****agers, it normally comprised just one period of less than 5 minutes, you were your own manager so could pull yourself off whenever you liked and each game was always played to a finish.. :D
Brazil_Saint
19-02-2014, 09:51 PM
Grandstand Mini-Munchman was a favourite:
http://i59.tinypic.com/6nt64w.jpg

and Grandstand Invader 1000:

http://i57.tinypic.com/14j20m0.jpg

Great memories, and even 30+ years later, I could still remember the mini-munchman music exactly!

As for gaming, I started on a Spectrum + 48k with Jet Set Willy, Enduro Racer, Yie Ar Kung Fu and Daley Thompson's Decathlon, to remember a few!
PapaLazarou
20-02-2014, 08:45 AM
As for gaming, I started on a Spectrum + 48k...

Other than the mighty Pong console, our first foray into home gaming / computing was a BBC Model B - seem to recall spending an inordinate amount of time both playing Defender and waiting for it to load..

http://i57.tinypic.com/35li8ag.jpg
ozzy62
20-02-2014, 09:18 AM
Where's Pony Fiddler when you need him.

I'm sure this thread would be right up his alley.;D
PapaLazarou
20-02-2014, 09:21 AM
Where's Pony Fiddler when you need him.

http://i57.tinypic.com/epptmp.jpg
ozzy62
20-02-2014, 09:28 AM
Very quick Papa.:D
chief_wiggam
20-02-2014, 06:30 PM
Striker required 2 players, Chief. Reckon you might be confusing it with the 1 player variant of Stroker - most popular with ****agers, it normally comprised just one period of less than 5 minutes, you were your own manager so could pull yourself off whenever you liked and each game was always played to a finish.. :D

I still have occasion to play that game.