Games & Recreation Childhood toys that take your nostalgia to 11

[the_interloper]

What about favorite arcade games as a kid?? Mine- The Simpsons, TMNT, Daytona, air hockey.

Simpsons and TMNT were pretty similar for mine but both great, I have three brothers so we could all play at once.

Double Dragon was probably the best though, we got good enough to finish it on 80 cents so great value.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Pinnall was addams family and whirlwind, prob some indiana jones too


Outrun was a fav at timezone lock ins

 

[Shell]

My ultimate games room would have a pool table (3/4 size), 2 x daytonas, and an air hockey table. + bar + a giant TV screen + couch = done.


Reckon ive posted this post on here a few times lol. Need to meet someone rich..

 

[Gough]

Pinnall was addams family and whirlwind, prob some indiana jones too


Outrun was a fav at timezone lock ins

South Road Timezone lock ins were great.

 

[Moonwatcher]

I had this
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[Gough]

Does anyone still play Stratego anymore?

 

[Shell]

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.

 

[Over The Post]

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.

FIIK.

 

[Over The Post]

I had this
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This was mine.

 

[Shell]

Scattegories
Pictionary (thats a door? )
Trivial Pursuit (its moops!)
Phase 10
Uno

 

[PoppedCorn]

Game of life
Bogle
Headache

 

[Shell]

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This was mine.

Scattegories was another board game where there was really absolutely no need to purchase it. As long as you got pen, paper, and a brain to come up with the categories.. that was pretty much it.

Could even do a scattegories game thread on BF. Would be fun

 

[LangdonA]

Going back to the 80s. Nerf boomerang.

 

[FRUMPY]

Hypercolour t-shirts

 

[Shell]

Going back to the 80s. Nerf boomerang.

Tony Martin Late Show: "I've been nerfed!!! Luckily i had a little nerf bible in my shirt pocket".

 

[Pistol Night]

 

[Shell]

Kart was the best. Yoshi FTW.

 

[PT Bar None]

Gauntlet, Galaga, Gyruss, Rally-X.
Still give them the odd run on MAME. "Wizard shot the food! Wizard needs food badly!"

In addition to Shell's games room, I'd add a replica upright cabinet containing a cheap PC running MAME and a full stock of ROMs.

On pinball - I remember one I liked way back in the day - I think it was called Stingray???
One I do remember from much later was 8 Ball Deluxe. They had one at the Airman's Club on a base I was stationed to, so it got a fair workout. It was one of those machines that would "talk" to you periodically.
"Stop talkin' and start chalkin'" was one of it's favourites, and sounded vaguely sexual.
One other line it would yell out when you triggered multiball was "MULTI BALL AWAAAAAAAY!"
The AFL should use that when they introduce multiball to ease congestion.

 

[Hawk Dork]

 

[the_interloper]

Hypercolour t-shirts

I used to wear one with happy pants, those grade 4 girls were all over me.

EDIT: Just want to add I was in grade 4 at the time

 

[Shell]

Which one is you?

 

[ShakeNBlake]

 

[Hawk Dork]

Which one is you?

With ball bearing wheels you wanted concrete foot paths, roads were too bumpy only for pram or lawn mover wheels
We had some monster long and steep hills and everyone had a cart per house

 

[Shell]

My Little Pony
Pound Puppies

Never had these but:
Cabbage Patch kids (ugliest things imo)
Care Bears
Rainbow Bright.


I remember my mate next door having a Punky Brewster doll.

 

[Over The Post]

EDIT: Just want to add I was in grade 4 at the time

A necessary disclaimer.