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07-29-2009, 04:12 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Frederick, MD
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Re: Tech gone wild
I have the reissue version of Mattel Baseball and it's awesome.
My parents had a Betamax machine with a bunch of movies they got from a family friend who used two betamax machines to create copies (Think Netflix and DVD Burner today). Before I moved out, I still had it hooked up in my bedroom watching "Smokey and the Bandit", "History of the World Part I", and "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie". Had a wired remote with a Pause/Resume function...
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07-29-2009, 04:42 PM
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Gamebreaker
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Tech gone wild
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When that Betamax was first bought you probably thought wow this thing is awesome, now you look at and you are like what a bunch of crap. Someday you will do this with an iPhone.
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07-29-2009, 04:47 PM
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Playmaker
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07-29-2009, 04:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ellicott City, MD
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Re: Tech gone wild
We had a Betamax player. For the longest time if we wanted to watch a VHS tape my dad would have to hook our 50lbs. videocamera up to the TV and we'd use it like a VCR.
Who else remembers using the Nintendo Powerpad? The best way to get it to work was to get down on the floor and pound on it with your fists. I also remember the best way to get the Powerglove to work was to wear it on your left and push all the buttons with your right.
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07-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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Hail Raiser
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Age: 53
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Re: Tech gone wild
I had the Sega Saturn, make the wrong choice of going with that system over the Playstation. Fail on my part.
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07-30-2009, 12:02 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Denver
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07-30-2009, 12:05 PM
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Swearinger
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Washington, DC
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Re: Tech gone wild
I remember making mix tapes with cassettes. You know, the boom box with the double tape deck? Who would have imagined iTunes and playlists?
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07-30-2009, 12:19 PM
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Hail Raiser
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lol @ mix tapes. Hell it really wasn't that long ago.
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07-30-2009, 12:24 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Frederick, MD
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Re: Tech gone wild
Nope. I was still making them in college. Had my Aiwa Mini stereo hooked up to my computer (blew out the original speakers, and replaced them with a decent pair of JBL bookshelf speakers), would set up a Mp3 playlist in WinAMP and played it while recording to cassette, which I played in the car since my 1988 Honda Accord coupe still had a tape deck. Good times...
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07-30-2009, 12:44 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Denver
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07-30-2009, 03:19 PM
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Hail Raiser
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I remember riding around in high school with my buddy who was rocking a Ford Pinto, broken stereo, boom box in hand, pumping out some Ratt or Def Leppard. LOL |
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07-30-2009, 03:14 PM
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The Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: Tech gone wild
Commodore 64 remember that game Rat Race?
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