Do you actually still use any of this?

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Alright, fess up. Someone, somewhere is keepin' it real and refusing to upgrade. You rock on!



Still using dated tecnology? Be honest...

Even if you still have it laying around, let us know.

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Alright, I have two VCR's. One is also a DVD player and the other I have in the garage.

I have a phone with a cord in my bedroom, but I usually just use the portable anyway.

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I have a cassette player AND I LOVE IT... I have a vcr (but i have a dvd too) and I have my original nintendo. AND I STILL USE IT, THANKS! As of last month, my parents still had a corded phone at their house, but they finally upgraded. every phone is cordless. They also have their 8-track player so there's no excuse for THAT.

I felt like a jerk the other day, some dude had a pager and it went off. I was like, what's up 1994?

Then some jerk scoffed at me and wrote something rude in his Blackberry as I talked on my oldie flip cell phone.

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Use the vcr everyday for recording t.v. shows. Can't beat it.


Maybe with TIVO, but I'm old, and I don't know what a TIVO is. I get the idea it involves a box like thing with electric gadgets in it, and lots of wires, and some kind of payment, so I stays away.



Cassetes rarely.


I still got my old nintindo, use it from time to time when I get nostalgic. It's a super Nintendo though, I think it was the second one out.

SUPER NINTENDO IS DA BOMB YO


I was playing Tetris earlier. Hells yeah.

I play Mario Brothers on it, all the versions. Super Mario is my favorite.


I can fly with my cape and stuff. I would brag about it some more, but I don't want to get beat up.

I still have my vcr, but I hardly ever use it!

I would say I still use a VCR (though it's seldom that I record anything) and a phone with a cord is a definite. Most of the phones in my house are corded; doesn't it suck for you if there's a blackout? I don't have a cell phone, so a corded phone is something that's all over the house.

As for Nintendo, I still have mine in pristine condition, but I have all the NES, SNES, and Genesis games on emulator so I can just play on the computer (probably did that 3 years ago).

I used a cassette player 1998-2001 because I used that to do soundtracks for my animated films, but I actually popped in a tape a few weeks ago to listen to some music tapes I made back in high school. The cassette player is still used in my house during Christmas season, but that would be me parents using the tape instead of me. I don't really listen to music in the car (I've never owned a car), so I wouldn't be using the tape deck in the car either.

Pagers, never used a pager, probably never will.

Pre-remote control television, I used to use one a lot during high school and then one day it exploded and smoke starting coming out the top so that was that.

And Whidden, you must mean Super Mario World, all of the titles are Super Mario Bros. I actually have a lot of fun playing the Super Star Wars Trilogy for SNES, my friends and I played all three together. We also played Final Fantasy 2 (US)/4 (JP) together as a group. I'm about to fire up the emulators again because of this thread.

When I was in my early 20's, I would lay on the couch and play Nintendo.

I got the briliant idea to turn the T.V. sideways, so I didn't have to crook my neck up. This worked for a little while, then the t.v. started smoking, and gave up the ghost.


Talk about a stinky smell.

I have a cassett player in the car. I have two vcrs, but we do own a dvd player. I am hoping to get another DVD player this year.

I saw some store selling Ataris! Really, like who would want to play that dumb pong game?

Atari was cool way back when I was in jr. high and everyone had one, but sheesh! How much fun can ya have with one now.

Threads like these really date people, for me, the cool systems were the SNES and the Sega Genesis. I was in high school by the time N64 and Playstation really took off, so I didn't really pay it any mind. But I hardly pay attention to the new consoles because I don't believe they are worth more than $100-$150, in fact I got a Nintendo when the SNES came out, it was only $50 and the games were under $10.

It's not easy getting old. I am 37.

I wish that I still had my original atari, and nintendo.

(Not to mention all my Star Wars figures, my hot wheels, and sooooo much more)

I wish I had my Barbie motorhome. It was cool. Nikki would love it.

Oh yeah. Our parents went nuts over how much games cost. I'll turn 38 this summer. I have a 20 year reunion comming up and a ten year wedding anniversary. Still, I don't have ANY grey hair yet. (let me hold on to that one o.k. ))

Cassette, VCR, all phones are corded.

As for pager: Does a two-way satellite pager count? One that can send and receive emails and pages, satellite controlled, has calendar and contacts, and memos? If so, pager too.

As for corded phones. Old school for one reason. Conversations cannot be snatched out of the air. Must go to the trunk to "listen in." (Not that I have anything to hide, just like my privacy. )

ICB was right about the cord phone during a blackout. I had this conversation with some pals a few weeks ago. I think everyone should have one just in case.

I still have the Super Nintendo somewhere. But I barely play my PS2 these days so I don't know if I'll be firing up the old girl any time soon.

A buddy of mine has this controller that you plug in to the TV and it has hundreds of old NES games, awesome.

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I have a controller that you plug into the tv, and I play the original Super Mario Bros. and Dig Dug, Popeye, Donkey Kong, etc...

I want that! Where did you get it?

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I bought it at the mall, before xmas, for like $35. It was a kiosk in the midst of the mall. Just look around and see if you can find one. If not, I will see if I can find another one, and pick it up for you, if you want!!!

I will check my mall this weekend, if it's not there I will let you know. That would be awesome.

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No problem... but, I have to see if they are still available down here. It might have just been a kiosk set up for the holiday season. Still, I can see if I have the receipt (though, I might have shredded it) and see if the company name, and number, are on it.

They make a lot of those plug and play games. You can try Target. Sometimes they have old school ones.

I think that the one I have came with, ummmmmmmm 70 games! Can't remember for sure. But, it's just like being a teenager again, and playing those favorite games that you would spend HOURS on.

Let me know if you find one with centipede on it. I loved that game.

I think that it's got that, Sher! It's all the old games from the 80's that we grew up playing.

What about a pre-remote TV? Is it possible anyone uses one?

Remember when they briefly came with a remote that had a cord?

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Oh, I know that there are people who still use 'em... but, not me!

When I was in Kansas, my great aunt had one.

I remember when I was 6 or so, I got a Commodore 64 for my b-day and instead of shelling out another $400 for a monitor by mom bought this small color TV with the dials for like $100. The thing still works after 20 years. Commodore, not so much.

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I was the remote when I was a kid. Dad would sit in his chair and tell me to get up and change the channel.






I like Dig Dug. I wouldn't mind having that. Also Defender, Ms. Pac Man, Robotype, Stargate Defender, Donkey Kong and Galaga and Tempest.

Okay... gonna tell you what's on this game that I have:

Contra
Knight
World Soccer
King of Fighters
Tekken
WWF
Tetris II
Super Mario
Arkanoid
1942
Star Force
F1 Race
Popeye
Galaga
Bomb Jack
Bird Week
Pacman
Star Gate
Space
Mario Bros
Exerion
Road Fighter
Dig Dug
Twin Bee
Binary Land
Door Door
Spartan
Badminton
Wild Gunman
Ninja I
Arabian
Helicopter
Donkey Kong
Lode Runner 2
Snowfield Shoot
Antarctic
Sky Destroyer
Balloon Fight
Millipede
Circus Chablie
Golf
Clu Clu Land
Desert Tank
Combat
Baseball
Magic Jewelry
Macross
Milk & Nuts
Slacom
Speed Tank
Galaxian
Brush Roll
Ice Climber
Hogan's Alley
Warpman
Mice Love Cat
Zippy Race
Calculator
Clay Shooting
Toy Story
Tennis
Pin Ball
Lunar Ball
Sqoon
Monkey
Pooyan
Joust
Duck Hunt
Burger Time
Excite Bike
Formation Z
Painter
Mappy
Bomber Man
Urban Champion
Devil World
Exerion

Joust!!!! I forgot about that one.


I'm getting that. I'm heading for my local Oklahoma mall and looking for a Kiosk. Hopefully we are up to par with California.

Um, Dave, do you know what a kiosk is? It's a little cart, in the midst of shops, that is selling stuff!!!

Anyway... I love this game, and having the "old" stuff. I can't let go of the 80's man.

There are a few missing on your list from the 80's.

I have cassette tapes but don't listen to them much. I'm more of a CD or vinyl record (I LOVE records!) person. My dad has 8-tracks, but we don't play them because the player likes to eat the tapes.

I've never had a Nintendo, X-Box, Playstation, stuff like that, but I've played on the Original Nintendos before. They rule! I've played Yoshi Story, Super Mario Brothers, and Zelda on them. I do own an old gameboy from years ago and still play Tetris, Zelda, and Pokemon red version on it

I've never owned a pager.

I use my VCR every week to tape Lost I love it. We used to own this awesome tape rewinder that was separate from the TV, but it broke. Too bad, because that thing was cool.

My parents, brother, and cousin all own cell phones, but I don't want one. I'd have to start carrying a purse if I had one. Almost every room in the house has a phone in it and they are all corded. The one in my room is a DIAL telephone, not one of those lame PUSH BUTTON ones.

We own a pre-remote control television but don't get to use it anymore. I loved it, with the big knobs and switches and rabbit ears that had to be adjusted every time. I also LOVED the little white dot in the middle of the screen when you turned it off. Then we had to go and win a TV and that on got moved downstairs, then this Christmas dad bought a big TV for a gift to the family and that lovely remoteless TV got moved into a room somewhere. I hate remotes They make people so lazy. My dad will be on the floor watching TV and if he wants to change the volume he has to go and find the remote, even though he is right in front of the TV and can change it by hand.

What about a typewriter? Anyone else still have one of those? We used to have it in the same room as our computer, but that is the same room as our library and the books got so many that we had to move out the typewriter to make room. I used to use it all the time but now it too is put away

So I'm one of the youngest people on this site and I am using stuff that was already updated by the time I was born

Here are all the Nintendo game I have for Nintendo (a much shorter list) :
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda
Crystalis
Time Lord
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

That's it.

Sega Genesis:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mortal Kombat

Sony Playstation:
Final Fantasy VII

I don't have that many game by a long shot, the most I have is for the PlayStation2:
Enter the Matrix
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Tenchu Stealth Assassin: Wrath of Heaven
Madden 2004
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

My house had a computer since 1985, but I we did have a type writer. I remember printing out papers on the noisy dot matrix printer, and the pages were very long. You also had to rip the perforations and get rid of the side strips that kept the pages in line.

Our old printer had paper like that and we still have boxes of the stuff. Sometimes were take the side bits and draw pictures on them and put them in one of those circular twirly things and spin it and we get to see a little silent picture. I can never remember the name of that round spinny thing

I used to think the printers in school were cool because they were color. But to print a page, it had to print a page three times so it had a chance to print the different colors separately. The real annoying thing with dot matrix printers is having to deal with the ink ribbons.

I remember we got our laser printer back in 1992 or so, it was so slow, but we still use it today, great print quality, horrible graphics quality.

My phone's all have cords.

I wish I had an original nintendo

Typewriters, oh yeah. Man, forgot all about those.

I never really used one for anything other than typing random words for about 5 minutes when I visited my parents office as a kid. Always did school work on the 'puter.

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We have a typewriter here at work, and it's used, occasionally. I can't touch it though... because, dang, it's NOT a computer!

It's like, you type a whole letter the misspell a word at the end? WTF? Then I have to white it out and it looks lame. Or redo the whole thing. Shove that.

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Kris- that is the game I want to get, a buddy of mine had the same one. I am going to the mall in the next couple days to find it. If they don't have it we need to set something up so you can hook it up for me. I must have it!

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A basic Namco game is out there at Toys R Us and Target. It has these games on it: Just plug it directly into your TV and play Pac Man, Boscoman, Galaxian, Rally X and Dig Dug.

OR check out this 35 in 1 online at Target

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...asin=B0009S84NI

Heck, the one that I have is... Super Joystick TV Game

I will have it before the night is young.



I am fizz

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i have a phone with a cord upstairs in my game room, and i've used it a couple of times. we also have a vcr which is used i think almost once a day, or it was anyway.

Shadow is in college though, he's legit. He would use smoke signals, eh?

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i'm not in college yet, still have to get this whole graduating business over with. and yeah, i'd use smoke signals if i knew how. knowing me though, i'd probably start a national forest fire.

Hey, I just found my corded phone, on Sunday! It's on a shelf, in case we need it!!! Dang, I had completely forgotten about it.

Hearing the typewrite go "clackityclackityclackity" as you type is wonderful. Especially if you type really fast, then you can type a sentence and take your hands off the keyboard and watch as it gets typed in front of you.

Trippy... man

dekka,
You can get a really stiff computer keyboard.

IBM keyboards were notorious for the noise and the stiffness.

I don't think I've seen a tape player in a car in a while. Seems cars come with CD player standard.

Now computers are being sold without floppy drives.

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I like my computers with floppy drives. I hope I can easily find one when I want my own computer.

I wish that we had a car with a CD drive All of ours are tape-only, and our youngest one is only, like, four years old.

I wish my new cpu had a floppy too. I don't want to buy an external one. Just going to transfer all the info to my jump drive and be done with it.

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I can't remember the last time I used my floppy drive at homeor at work. It has to be at least a year.
I use the VCR to transfer scout video from my camcorder so others can view it. It's still cheaper and easier than making them a DVD of the video.

Floppy drives are definitely obsolete. You can now have a small USB drive that holds 2GB of data and put that on your keychain, or as my friend with a 1GB drive says: "A gig of porn around my neck."

I personally like to shuttle my data around on my 250GB external hard drive (plus it has lights).

Only time I use a floppy is when I have to format the hard drive.