Retro segment
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22 in a month here.
I've not had the chance to play earlier games, but I have watched a whole load of YouTube videos.
It only adds fuel to my secret wish that I was an 80's kid.
It wasn't that great been an 80s child Alicorn, I mean you actually had to meet people to talk to them and that ment going *shudders* going outside 
lol
lol
The only real benefit from being an 80's kid (70's actually) and have played the original Elite is that ED looks and plays a kazillion lightyears better.
I've spent hundreds of hours on the old Elite but I haven't the slightest urge to try it again, ED is so cataclysmic better!!!
I've spent hundreds of hours on the old Elite but I haven't the slightest urge to try it again, ED is so cataclysmic better!!!
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What he said lol
What he said lol
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Then "The Goldbergs" is time propaganda!
Outside. Now.
#chiptunes4eva
love how this thread was aimed at the 'younguns' then immediately bombed by us old-timers
Nah, I remember playing Star Raiders, I think, it was on the Atari. ( nearly 50yrs youngun here )
22 in a month here.
I've not had the chance to play earlier games, but I have watched a whole load of YouTube videos.
It only adds fuel to my secret wish that I was an 80's kid.
As an 80's kid, it wasn't that much fun. Now I'm old.
Don't forget Battle Of The Planets. Best ever cartoon. Best ever theme tune. Best ever.
I got Elite free with an Amstrad CPC 464 magazine in the late 1980's. My love affair started there.
Like previously mentioned by someone else though, so much has gone into ED to persuade me never to go back to the original, not even for nostalgia sake.
Like previously mentioned by someone else though, so much has gone into ED to persuade me never to go back to the original, not even for nostalgia sake.
26 myself, never played any of the earlier installments until the past few months. My poor excuse of a laptop can run FE2 and FFE with no issues (but the controls are a nightmare to figure out) and have been meaning to download Oolite. FFE is a lot of fun with the updated graphics. It is nice having seamless space to planet transitions. ED will get there soon...
Eh, i loved the music from the c64's sid6851, especially if made by Rob Hubbard and a few others like Matt Gray, Chris Hulsbeck..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYUb_VI-_9o
Hey can we necro my old thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=243826&highlight=millenials for the noobs the sale attracted??
Someone wanna post to jolt some life into it? I'd do it but it seems a bit shameless (seeing as I started it!), still I was thrilled and agog when a young'un said they regretted missing the heyday of arcades! WOW. Good days.
Someone wanna post to jolt some life into it? I'd do it but it seems a bit shameless (seeing as I started it!), still I was thrilled and agog when a young'un said they regretted missing the heyday of arcades! WOW. Good days.
Played Elite 2 on my Amiga 1200 back in the 90's.
When I say 'play', what I actually mean is 'take off, *pew pew* at random things, death by authorities, rinse and repeat'
Great fun
When I say 'play', what I actually mean is 'take off, *pew pew* at random things, death by authorities, rinse and repeat'
Great fun
Same here, played Frontier for months on end on my Amiga 1200. The assassin missions were very hit and miss as to whether the victim would show up, glad to see not much has changed hahaPlayed Elite 2 on my Amiga 1200 back in the 90's.
When I say 'play', what I actually mean is 'take off, *pew pew* at random things, death by authorities, rinse and repeat'
Great fun