get_the_subbies_on Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 In laws having a clear out before a house move and have delivered this little beauty. Now educating my son who has been brought up on PlayStations and FIFA on the joys of proper computer football! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, get_the_subbies_on said: In laws having a clear out before a house move and have delivered this little beauty. Now educating my son who has been brought up on PlayStations and FIFA on the joys of proper computer football! Those wee twiddly knob controllers. Mind we got a gun for ours once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get_the_subbies_on Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Those wee twiddly knob controllers. Mind we got a gun for ours once. I tell you what though. They were certainly built to last. It must have been in the attic for over 30 years. Plugged it in, tuned the telly and ready to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, get_the_subbies_on said: In laws having a clear out before a house move and have delivered this little beauty. Now educating my son who has been brought up on PlayStations and FIFA on the joys of proper computer football! Used to connect it to the telly and having to wait until some show was watched before you could play on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Progressing the early binatone and Atari systems. You'd wait 10 minutes for the game to load then it would f uk up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Funny how giant these were for their whopping 1.2 Mb. Just enough for a game of Frogger though. Edited January 21, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Chief Toffee Teeth Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Those were ordinary taws in Coatbridge.Not to be confused with ordinaries - as above, but with only one colour.There were also taws, gilawgies and gilawgy taws ( sp. ed? ), Waterloos and steelies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Before he became a millionaire pop singer I vaguely remember the rag and bone man on my street. Real blast to streets of the olden days.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Ylf said: grifter bike these go for a few quid now My mate had one. We "humourously" called it a Rifter... Our family being slightly tinky, I had a Raleigh Phaser bought from a scout jumble sale for a tenner. It wasn't as cool as a BMX but I quite liked that bike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 37 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Funny how giant these were for their whopping 1.2 Mb. Just enough for a game of Frogger though. Or Mr EE on the BBC Micro 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Shotgun said: Most of my Subbuteo players suffered double leg breaks, some of them multiple times. Fortunately, Airfix glue worked better than any modern physio treatment. One of my Scotland players just had a big blob of glue instead of legs and was notably shorter than the rest. I decided he was Billy Bremner and played him in midfield. The boy could curve around the opposition players like a dream. It seems a bit appropriate that my subbuteo set contains a headless Hibs player .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: I had one and a day out to Stanley Mills when it was derelict, finishing off the windows that were already broken with various bits of rubble. Absolutely lethal bits of kit. When was this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 hours ago, tamthebam said: My mate had one. We "humourously" called it a Rifter... Our family being slightly tinky, I had a Raleigh Phaser bought from a scout jumble sale for a tenner. It wasn't as cool as a BMX but I quite liked that bike. I got a second (possibly third) hand ultra burner for my birthday one year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: https://youtu.be/MtBoRp_cSxQ Dundee's European Challenge on the ZX Spectrum is the greatest computer game ever to have existed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 There was always someone who had family connections in the articulated lorry industry who managed to get their hands on a large steely. They were the ultimate marble prize - lost many a good marble trying to get one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'll just leave this hereIconic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, John Lambies Doos said: I'll just leave this here Iconic Destroyer of joysticks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Destroyer of joysticksYip.. Or the O and P key if you couldn't afford a joystick.Shout outs also to Back to Skool, Skooldaze and Manic Miner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sjc Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Dee Man said: Dundee's European Challenge on the ZX Spectrum is the greatest computer game ever to have existed. Is that Begbie, bottom left? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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