I never called hint lines (although I definitely remember the Nintendo Power hint line ads and the ads for the LucasArts hint line in The Adventurer magazine). I used to download UHS (Universal Hint System) files from BBS systems if I got stuck.
I did buy a few Hint Books though (The Curse of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango because of their insiders view of the games, including cut footage, and Half Life for Dreamcast, because it was a curiosity since it never came out). :P
Remember the days before DLC? Man those were the days. Remember the days before Gamefaqs, when they had that nintendo power number, and the only thing you could do is call it, but risk getting the belt.
Memories....
Nowadays we have gamergate..... whatever that is.... some feminist crap I guess.....
All that is , is that woman trying to get famou… mores, and you dumb people that get mad at her, take her bait, flame which makes her even more famous. It is obvious to me what she is doing, this comes with age.
It's awesome that your 15 and don't give a shit about modern music, fashion ...etc. Back when I was your age, I used to get shit for preferring 70s things.
A lot of older people get upset when younger people grow a taste for things from "their day" and look at it as "stealing their pop culture" and I think that's really fucking sad. They should be thankful that there are kids out there that agree with their views. I always smile seeing younger kids actually liking and playing the snes, sega genesis, ps1...etc even though they're only about 15 or well underage to grow up in the time. I don't see a problem there at all and I have zero fucking idea why there would be for someone.
I may only be 15, yet I find modern music atrocious at the moment. I actually like music from 1940's.
I also have an enthusiasm for old m… moreaterial fashions: suits, architecture, furniture, etc.
I may only be in my youth, but my sense of fashion and everything else is very dated
I don't listen to a lot of modern stuff, I've always been more of a fan of the classics, mainly bands from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Plus, they're not within the genre of music I usually listen to.
I don't listen to a lot of modern stuff, I've always been more of a fan of the classics, mainly bands from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Plus, they're not within the genre of music I usually listen to.
I'm not old, only 17, but I completely agree that music nowadays completely sucks, I can't even constitute half of it as music. I've always … morebeen more of a fan of classic rock and heavy metal (as you can tell by my name). Bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Rush, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Company, and Billy Joel are fantastic, that's real music.
I choose not to listen to it regularly, but that doesn't mean I'm able to completely avoid it. I'm in high school, it's hard not to go a day without someone blasting on their phone some new song that some rapper or pop artist put out. 90% of the time the song is about sex, drug use, objectifying women, or uses the n word an excessive amount of times. I know not all music is like that, but there's a good amount out there that unfortunately is and becomes insanely popular. Music like that is what you hear on the radio, while the musicians that actually have talent or whose songs actually have meaning to them are rarely played and barely get exposure.
I remember how old consoles didn't have Internet, didn't require you to download updates, didn't force you to watch ads, didn't install the … moregame and didn't ask you for a stupid code to prove that you purchased the game and thereby allowing you access to the full product.
Man the gaming industry now is absolute shit.
I'm not old, only 17, but I completely agree that music nowadays completely sucks, I can't even constitute half of it as music. I've always … morebeen more of a fan of classic rock and heavy metal (as you can tell by my name). Bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Rush, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Company, and Billy Joel are fantastic, that's real music.
Oh thank God, there are a number of 20 and 30 year olds here... I was worried I was in my mid-20s, talking online to a bunch of middle and high schoolers and heading into Chris Hansen territory...
Someone in the 1950's would be saying the same thing about the music of 60's. Also you're telling me that 80s and 90s music, not half of them was about Sex or drugs. Half of the artists from the bands are drug addicts now lmao
I choose not to listen to it regularly, but that doesn't mean I'm able to completely avoid it. I'm in high school, it's hard not to go a day… more without someone blasting on their phone some new song that some rapper or pop artist put out. 90% of the time the song is about sex, drug use, objectifying women, or uses the n word an excessive amount of times. I know not all music is like that, but there's a good amount out there that unfortunately is and becomes insanely popular. Music like that is what you hear on the radio, while the musicians that actually have talent or whose songs actually have meaning to them are rarely played and barely get exposure.
While they wrote songs about drugs and alcohol, a lot of them were actually against their usage and the dangers of them, not practically endorsing them like today. And a lot of people from those times have sought rehab and are better people now because of it. James Hetfield of Metallica is one of the biggest examples of this. He was a huge alcoholic in the 80's and had some anger problems, but he realized that, as a result of this, he was not only embarrassing himself, but his family, so he sought rehab, and he's been sober ever since. Many of the songs on their 8th studio album, St. Anger, deal with themes such as anger, depression, and drug use and the negative effects of them and what they do to a person.
Someone in the 1950's would be saying the same thing about the music of 60's. Also you're telling me that 80s and 90s music, not half of them was about Sex or drugs. Half of the artists from the bands are drug addicts now lmao
Not really. Almost all of the songs that came out this year aren't really about sex, drug use, and objectifying women. (Unless you count those stupid idiots who decide to make crap music famous on vine)
I choose not to listen to it regularly, but that doesn't mean I'm able to completely avoid it. I'm in high school, it's hard not to go a day… more without someone blasting on their phone some new song that some rapper or pop artist put out. 90% of the time the song is about sex, drug use, objectifying women, or uses the n word an excessive amount of times. I know not all music is like that, but there's a good amount out there that unfortunately is and becomes insanely popular. Music like that is what you hear on the radio, while the musicians that actually have talent or whose songs actually have meaning to them are rarely played and barely get exposure.
I had dial up i think all the way till after my parents died. It was a long time. Remember the Dialup sound, i'm going to put it on my cell phone as my ring tone to scare small children.
The RPGS though in the 90s , Square was on point. What happened Square.
Heh, I just logged into my MySpace account for the first time in years just a few days ago to get some pictures from my album. They actuall… morey made it messier than it used to be, believe it or not. They just put all of the old pictures in one big bunch (sorted as migrated from old MySpace, complete with the loss of the original post date of the pictures to the service), and the only way you can see what album they were originally posted in is by clicking on the pictures individually.
Dial up was definitely something else. For a while, I was stuck with a 14.4 kbps modem, which was super slow. I mostly logged into BBS systems with that, and Prodigy, and later AOL. I could get online with AOL, but I didn't do it often, other than to upload my website and check a few other web pages. When I finally got a 56.6 kbps modem, I logged onto the internet all the time. It took me several hours to download a 3 MB MP3 file. :P
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Oh thank God, there are a number of 20 and 30 year olds here... I was worried I was in my mid-20s, talking online to a bunch of middle and high schoolers and heading into Chris Hansen territory...
Edit: meant that reply for Kiwi, but la.
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I was starting to think that almost everyone on here was in high school (not that it's a bad thing, just that I would be doing some life reevaluating). lol Glad to know there is a wide age range in the forums. It makes all the perspectives of the users more intriguing.
Not really. Almost all of the songs that came out this year aren't really about sex, drug use, and objectifying women. (Unless you count those stupid idiots who decide to make crap music famous on vine)
You're reminding me of even more memories. I'm really aging the place up here.
When my friend got a computer in the 1980's (an 8086, with a green screen), I helped him hook it to a modem so he could dialup to BBS systems. Back in those days, you had to pay extra with your telephone carrier to get tone dialing, and his parents didn't pay the extra charge, so he had to connect online with rotary. You had to manually change the modem string when it connected, as the default string was ATDT (for tone), so you'd have to change it to ATDP (for pulse).
We also found out the telephone workman's code for making phone systems ring, and would prank our parents and siblings by setting the phone up to automatically ring, and then they'd pick it up to just hear a faint tone. On the subject of pranks, when pagers were all the rage in the 1990's, my sister got a pager and stuck it under the couch cushion under my mom, causing her to think that one of us had flatulence. Good times. :P
I had dial up i think all the way till after my parents died. It was a long time. Remember the Dialup sound, i'm going to put it on my cell… more phone as my ring tone to scare small children.
The RPGS though in the 90s , Square was on point. What happened Square.
Click here
For other schools that don't have keyboarding classes until after elementary school, it's probably like it was when I was in high school, and is completely optional for credits.
I did take the optional keyboarding class in highschool for credits, and it was taught on Windows PCs. However, I did use my mom's typewriter for fun a few times as a kid. I can see why some of the older authors refuse to switch to computers when typing manuscripts, as the experience with the click clack of the keys and physically having to push the cartridge back after hitting the carriage return key that can't be replicated on a computer. When you get used to something, you tend to prefer to do things that way (which, I guess, is why I still use WinAmp).
We switched to Windows PCs as well, around 2002. We had a few ones before, but not enough for every student. Also my school wasn't the most modern one. I think we were the last class using typewriters, I remember when one day we had to carry them to the school basement for good.
Ah, so it is optional in the U.S.? Then again, most things in american school system are optional, right? I envy you.
Some still do.
For other schools that don't have keyboarding classes until after elementary school, it's probably like it was when I was … morein high school, and is completely optional for credits.
I did take the optional keyboarding class in highschool for credits, and it was taught on Windows PCs. However, I did use my mom's typewriter for fun a few times as a kid. I can see why some of the older authors refuse to switch to computers when typing manuscripts, as the experience with the click clack of the keys and physically having to push the cartridge back after hitting the carriage return key that can't be replicated on a computer. When you get used to something, you tend to prefer to do things that way (which, I guess, is why I still use WinAmp).
A lot of older people get upset when younger people grow a taste for things from "their day" and look at it as "stealing their pop culture" and I think that's really fucking sad
What? Where did you hear that?
I don't see a problem there at all and I have zero fucking idea why there would be for someone.
I agree. I can't imagine anyone having a serious problem with this.
It's awesome that your 15 and don't give a shit about modern music, fashion ...etc. Back when I was your age, I used to get shit for preferr… moreing 70s things.
A lot of older people get upset when younger people grow a taste for things from "their day" and look at it as "stealing their pop culture" and I think that's really fucking sad. They should be thankful that there are kids out there that agree with their views. I always smile seeing younger kids actually liking and playing the snes, sega genesis, ps1...etc even though they're only about 15 or well underage to grow up in the time. I don't see a problem there at all and I have zero fucking idea why there would be for someone.
Somebody on the retrojunk forums had a HUGE shit fit thread about it back in like 2006. Some old fuck who was an 80s kid had a meltdown over kids liking things from his day; bitching about t-shirts with the cabbage patch kids on them and all kinds of things from the 80s. I remember it was called "dear kids of the 2000s era, we want OUR pop culture back". It was a doosy of a flamewar lol.
A lot of older people get upset when younger people grow a taste for things from "their day" and look at it as "stealing their pop culture" … moreand I think that's really fucking sad
What? Where did you hear that?
I don't see a problem there at all and I have zero fucking idea why there would be for someone.
I agree. I can't imagine anyone having a serious problem with this.
Did you ever have one of those really old apple computers with the green screens that you could rub with your finger, and it would make a zip noise. I loved that thing. I had one of my favorite games on it, of all time. Oregon Trail, however i always got sick and died of Dysentery.
You're reminding me of even more memories. I'm really aging the place up here.
When my friend got a computer in the 1980's (an 8086, wi… moreth a green screen), I helped him hook it to a modem so he could dialup to BBS systems. Back in those days, you had to pay extra with your telephone carrier to get tone dialing, and his parents didn't pay the extra charge, so he had to connect online with rotary. You had to manually change the modem string when it connected, as the default string was ATDT (for tone), so you'd have to change it to ATDP (for pulse).
We also found out the telephone workman's code for making phone systems ring, and would prank our parents and siblings by setting the phone up to automatically ring, and then they'd pick it up to just hear a faint tone. On the subject of pranks, when pagers were all the rage in the 1990's, my sister got a pager and stuck it under the couch cushion under my mom, causing her to think that one of us had flatulence. Good times. :P
What these people don't understand is the reason why there's about 20 years or so between when products make a comeback is because the kids who grew up with that stuff are now adults making the stuff they loved for kids of a new generation. It's why kids in the 1980s and 1990s got things like DuckTales (which was based on the 1950s and 1960s Scrooge comics by Carl Barks), and why kids in the 2000s and 2010s are getting things like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (which is based on the My Little Pony toys and cartoons of the 1980s).
Somebody on the retrojunk forums had a HUGE shit fit thread about it back in like 2006. Some old fuck who was an 80s kid had a meltdown over… more kids liking things from his day; bitching about t-shirts with the cabbage patch kids on them and all kinds of things from the 80s. I remember it was called "dear kids of the 2000s era, we want OUR pop culture back". It was a doosy of a flamewar lol.
I didn't actually own an Apple ][ (which is kind of a surprise since I had so many classic computers and consoles at one point that I actually ran a video game museum for a while), but my elementary school was full of them. Oregon Trail was my favorite to play on those computers, definitely.
On the subject of Apple compters, My dad was a teacher and had a Mac that he'd bring home from school from work. My sister and I would play on that all the time, and we'd make up strange stories in Kid Pix (one of the ones I remember that we created together is a story about the Purple Tentacle from the LucasArts game Day of the Tentacle who was chasing after a guy named Bob, who would bounce up and down on his head and make train and automobile noises with his nose). We were weird kids. :P
Did you ever have one of those really old apple computers with the green screens that you could rub with your finger, and it would make a zi… morep noise. I loved that thing. I had one of my favorite games on it, of all time. Oregon Trail, however i always got sick and died of Dysentery.
Oh man, I run a retro game store, and man are cheat devices pains in the butt! There are so many compatibility issues with them that it just becomes a customer service clustereff. :P
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I never called hint lines (although I definitely remember the Nintendo Power hint line ads and the ads for the LucasArts hint line in The Adventurer magazine). I used to download UHS (Universal Hint System) files from BBS systems if I got stuck.
I did buy a few Hint Books though (The Curse of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango because of their insiders view of the games, including cut footage, and Half Life for Dreamcast, because it was a curiosity since it never came out). :P
idk i don't even know what it is or what is going on
i didnt even know there was journalism for gaming lol like who cares just play the fucking games.
It's awesome that your 15 and don't give a shit about modern music, fashion ...etc. Back when I was your age, I used to get shit for preferring 70s things.
A lot of older people get upset when younger people grow a taste for things from "their day" and look at it as "stealing their pop culture" and I think that's really fucking sad. They should be thankful that there are kids out there that agree with their views. I always smile seeing younger kids actually liking and playing the snes, sega genesis, ps1...etc even though they're only about 15 or well underage to grow up in the time. I don't see a problem there at all and I have zero fucking idea why there would be for someone.
.. Are you serious?
I don't listen to a lot of modern stuff, I've always been more of a fan of the classics, mainly bands from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Plus, they're not within the genre of music I usually listen to.
So don't say modern music is 'crap' if you've only touched the surface. Git out of 'ere
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Well it is, to them.
I choose not to listen to it regularly, but that doesn't mean I'm able to completely avoid it. I'm in high school, it's hard not to go a day without someone blasting on their phone some new song that some rapper or pop artist put out. 90% of the time the song is about sex, drug use, objectifying women, or uses the n word an excessive amount of times. I know not all music is like that, but there's a good amount out there that unfortunately is and becomes insanely popular. Music like that is what you hear on the radio, while the musicians that actually have talent or whose songs actually have meaning to them are rarely played and barely get exposure.
yeah that thing is damn near a 15 year old system lol
I remember dial-up.
I win.
I remember listening to my mother's vinyl records of Jefferson Starship and Foghat...
Gamecube is 15 years old?
Excuse me while I go check into a retirement home... I vividly remember the SNES-Genesis war...
Oh thank God, there are a number of 20 and 30 year olds here... I was worried I was in my mid-20s, talking online to a bunch of middle and high schoolers and heading into Chris Hansen territory...
Edit: meant that reply for Kiwi, but la.
I vividly remember the Alamo.
Someone in the 1950's would be saying the same thing about the music of 60's. Also you're telling me that 80s and 90s music, not half of them was about Sex or drugs. Half of the artists from the bands are drug addicts now lmao
While they wrote songs about drugs and alcohol, a lot of them were actually against their usage and the dangers of them, not practically endorsing them like today. And a lot of people from those times have sought rehab and are better people now because of it. James Hetfield of Metallica is one of the biggest examples of this. He was a huge alcoholic in the 80's and had some anger problems, but he realized that, as a result of this, he was not only embarrassing himself, but his family, so he sought rehab, and he's been sober ever since. Many of the songs on their 8th studio album, St. Anger, deal with themes such as anger, depression, and drug use and the negative effects of them and what they do to a person.
Both great and influential bands.
Not really. Almost all of the songs that came out this year aren't really about sex, drug use, and objectifying women. (Unless you count those stupid idiots who decide to make crap music famous on vine)
I had dial up i think all the way till after my parents died. It was a long time. Remember the Dialup sound, i'm going to put it on my cell phone as my ring tone to scare small children.
The RPGS though in the 90s , Square was on point. What happened Square.
Click here
its basically just a troll that a lot of young men/women whoever fell into.
As a serious collector, i can relate where that guy is coming from. Its funny when people talk about their Rare Gamecube games.
haha oh you.
ugh typical lol
I'm not old, but want to check in anyways!
23 years old. Civil Engineering undergrad. Closet musician/composer. Occasional sports enthusiast. Not urban, but more suburban. Check in!
I was starting to think that almost everyone on here was in high school (not that it's a bad thing, just that I would be doing some life reevaluating). lol Glad to know there is a wide age range in the forums. It makes all the perspectives of the users more intriguing.
Almost all of the songs that came out this year aren't really about sex
That depends on what your listening to
You're reminding me of even more memories. I'm really aging the place up here.
When my friend got a computer in the 1980's (an 8086, with a green screen), I helped him hook it to a modem so he could dialup to BBS systems. Back in those days, you had to pay extra with your telephone carrier to get tone dialing, and his parents didn't pay the extra charge, so he had to connect online with rotary. You had to manually change the modem string when it connected, as the default string was ATDT (for tone), so you'd have to change it to ATDP (for pulse).
We also found out the telephone workman's code for making phone systems ring, and would prank our parents and siblings by setting the phone up to automatically ring, and then they'd pick it up to just hear a faint tone. On the subject of pranks, when pagers were all the rage in the 1990's, my sister got a pager and stuck it under the couch cushion under my mom, causing her to think that one of us had flatulence. Good times. :P
We learned typing on typewriters in school. What a waste of paper that was. Do kids even have typing classes in school nowadays?
Nope.
At least not here.
No.
I remember owning a game-shark ...
And my favorite RPG is still The legend of Zelda -link to the past.
Damn I feel old..
I also owned a GameShark, although I had the Gameshark CDX for Dreamcast. However, I remember owning a Game Genie.
Some still do.
For other schools that don't have keyboarding classes until after elementary school, it's probably like it was when I was in high school, and is completely optional for credits.
I did take the optional keyboarding class in highschool for credits, and it was taught on Windows PCs. However, I did use my mom's typewriter for fun a few times as a kid. I can see why some of the older authors refuse to switch to computers when typing manuscripts, as the experience with the click clack of the keys and physically having to push the cartridge back after hitting the carriage return key that can't be replicated on a computer. When you get used to something, you tend to prefer to do things that way (which, I guess, is why I still use WinAmp).
We switched to Windows PCs as well, around 2002. We had a few ones before, but not enough for every student. Also my school wasn't the most modern one. I think we were the last class using typewriters, I remember when one day we had to carry them to the school basement for good.
Ah, so it is optional in the U.S.? Then again, most things in american school system are optional, right? I envy you.
What? Where did you hear that?
I agree. I can't imagine anyone having a serious problem with this.
Somebody on the retrojunk forums had a HUGE shit fit thread about it back in like 2006. Some old fuck who was an 80s kid had a meltdown over kids liking things from his day; bitching about t-shirts with the cabbage patch kids on them and all kinds of things from the 80s. I remember it was called "dear kids of the 2000s era, we want OUR pop culture back". It was a doosy of a flamewar lol.
Did you ever have one of those really old apple computers with the green screens that you could rub with your finger, and it would make a zip noise. I loved that thing. I had one of my favorite games on it, of all time. Oregon Trail, however i always got sick and died of Dysentery.
What these people don't understand is the reason why there's about 20 years or so between when products make a comeback is because the kids who grew up with that stuff are now adults making the stuff they loved for kids of a new generation. It's why kids in the 1980s and 1990s got things like DuckTales (which was based on the 1950s and 1960s Scrooge comics by Carl Barks), and why kids in the 2000s and 2010s are getting things like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (which is based on the My Little Pony toys and cartoons of the 1980s).
I didn't actually own an Apple ][ (which is kind of a surprise since I had so many classic computers and consoles at one point that I actually ran a video game museum for a while), but my elementary school was full of them. Oregon Trail was my favorite to play on those computers, definitely.
On the subject of Apple compters, My dad was a teacher and had a Mac that he'd bring home from school from work. My sister and I would play on that all the time, and we'd make up strange stories in Kid Pix (one of the ones I remember that we created together is a story about the Purple Tentacle from the LucasArts game Day of the Tentacle who was chasing after a guy named Bob, who would bounce up and down on his head and make train and automobile noises with his nose). We were weird kids. :P
Oh man, I run a retro game store, and man are cheat devices pains in the butt! There are so many compatibility issues with them that it just becomes a customer service clustereff. :P