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Makaris posted:Oh My loving God I. loving. Loved. Those. Games. Also: Challenge of the Ancient Empires, the hardest of them all. gently caress trying to beat that one on hard. Side note, going all the way back to this:  I was blown away when I saw my Grade 5 practicum class playing it 2 months ago. No graphics upgrades or anything, the exact same loving version as 20 years ago.
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Light Gun Man posted:I hated these things, even as a kid. Why not just make not-retarded proportion figures and give them removable helmets? It's not like the button turns them plainclothes or something. So much toy-rage. I thought much more childly about them. Billy... Blue ranger.... *flips head back around*... Billy... Blue ranger... "hmm I wonder if I can throw him over my house" That was the last i saw of the blue power ranger.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Side note, going all the way back to this: I played it fairly recently too. It's a solid game! I still like SimAnt, too. But SimTunes is the best.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Side note, going all the way back to this: A few years back, I got a few of my students in Japan hooked on "Word Munchers" running in DOSbox. It actually makes me realize that they haven't had a good, big-name educational title in about 20 years (in the same sense of Carmen Sandiego being a household name even though most people haven't played a CS game since its Apple II beginnings); seems after a slight resurgence in the early CD-ROM days they kind of petered out.
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Alhazred posted:
The arcade version with the cockpit and wheel was amazing. At the time, I remember thinking that it was the pinnacle of video game realism that would never be topped. Alas, the Genesis version wasn't nearly as fun.
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betterinsodapop posted:Oh poo poo, Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin'! That game was awesome. Played this quite a lot on a friend's 286 (with utterly awful frame rates) back in the day. The track editor was awesome.
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Light Gun Man posted:I hated these things, even as a kid. Why not just make not-retarded proportion figures and give them removable helmets? It's not like the button turns them plainclothes or something. So much toy-rage. You must have loved the hell out of the Transformers Animorphs line.  E: Who were only outdone in terms of action figure spinoff lines created by people who had to have been on drugs by the truly bizarre "Jurassic Park" Chaos Effect. vv We're all angry about Power Rangers toys. Rahonavis has a new favorite as of 23:25 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Rahonavis posted:You must have loved the hell out of the Transformers Animorphs line. Never was into those, but I suppose I was into Transformers, where they would go from robot to car and back or whatever. Perhaps that a contributing factor. The best Power Ranger toys were the big 8 inch figures, I don't know why they ever stopped making those. Do you want a tiny rear end Gi Joe or this HUGE GODDAMN POWER RANGER HOLY poo poo! Plus the 8 inch rangers, the robot, and the monsters were all close to scale, so your monsters worked for both VS Ranger fighting and VS. Robot fighting. Why would they ever deviate from this? I'm mad about Ranger toys.
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Rahonavis posted:E: Who were only outdone in terms of action figure spinoff lines created by people who had to have been on drugs by the truly bizarre "Jurassic Park" Chaos Effect. I love this. "We've run out of marketable dinosaurs! I know! We'll make some weird combos and then paint them neon colors! GENIUS!"
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Speaking of Power Rangers toys and getting angry about them, I have to admit I was just a tiny bit disappointed when, for my eighth birthday, I got this:  instead of this:   It was cool and all and I didn't really get mad because hey, it was the Megazord, but you couldn't take it apart into the individual dinozords or combine it with other zords (which I didn't have either but whatever) or anything like that. 
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Dr. Ohnoman posted:Speaking of Power Rangers toys and getting angry about them, I have to admit I was just a tiny bit disappointed when, for my eighth birthday, I got this: This is pretty much exactly what it was like for me. I was always insanely jealous of the kids who had the whole Deluxe Megazord. As for content:  I read every single one of these books as a kid, multiple times. Every time I bring it up to people around my age, I get one of two reactions: "Huh?" or "gently caress YEAH BUNNICULA!" I still have some of the books on a shelf at home. I should really dig through them and read them again, the last time I reread them was in high school, and they were still good.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:I. loving. Loved. Those. Games. Well here goes my afternoon- only seems to work with intel macs, but holy hell- http://www.virtualapple.org/numbermunchersdisk.html E: wow I suck at this, my 7 year old self would be so disappointed.
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Speaking of weird 90's poo poo, can everyone please turn your eyes to this Burger King video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2raNFYvDB0 Was this only in certain locations? I can't imagine Burger King having full blown dinners with people waiting on you. And popcorn! But I have the oddest, faintest memory of it so maybe at least the commercials were shown places? e: I do remember the Wendy's Super Bar! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4iQq4oTcmI I loved this thing when I was little. I got to pick out whatever food I wanted to eat, and then I got chocolate pudding for dessert! 
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Daeren posted:This is pretty much exactly what it was like for me. I was always insanely jealous of the kids who had the whole Deluxe Megazord. More toys from my childhood, here's the Biker Mice from Mars! Those bikes were the poo poo:    The Biker Mice from Mars cartoon was pretty much utter garbage in retrospect, but the Finnish dub has become something of a cult classic among 20-something nerds due to the fact it had a whole bunch of sexual references and swearing for some reason. I haven't seen the original English-language version of the show, but I assume it was a lot cleaner. I also believe the Finnish dub became the way it was because whoever was translating it went "Oh gently caress this, another one of these lovely Ninja Turtles ripoffs, I need to do something interesting with this or I'm gonna drink myself to death," wrote the most ridiculous translation he possibly could, and nobody cared enough to do anything about it once the show aired. (I have absolutely nothing to base this on, it's just what I probably would have done in the same situation)
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This was my favorite cartoon of the 90's. I think I had a toy of the Cadillac? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9c2K4Jl5LI also, THIS poo poo  The Thunderbirds Island playset! I had all the toys, the ridiculously large (in comparison) figures, even the silly pink car. I remember that it had a button that would play a sound effect for each of the different ships launching, and another button that would say "Thunderbirds are go!" treiz01 has a new favorite as of 02:45 on Apr 7, 2012 |
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Daeren posted:I read every single one of these books as a kid, multiple times. Every time I bring it up to people around my age, I get one of two reactions: "Huh?" or "gently caress YEAH BUNNICULA!" One of the guys in the department came to the Halloween party as Bunnicula. Only two of us got it, but I was one of them  .
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For some reason, this song was everywhere in the early 90s even though it was released in '88 (I think). Behold, She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCJJkFgt_w
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ServoMST3K posted:For some reason, this song was everywhere in the early 90s even though it was released in '88 (I think). Behold, She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals! Ever since I was 6 or 7 and first heard it, I can't help but think the first couple of lyrics are "I can't stop wettin' the bed."
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Popcorn posted:this is what 1990 was like.PNG The truest post  And the Neon '90s are coming back with a vengeance. A horrible, exacting vengeance.In that Cadillacs and Dinosaurs video, does that guy shift his car's automatic transmission and then immediately shift a manual? Am I seeing that right?
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ServoMST3K posted:For some reason, this song was everywhere in the early 90s even though it was released in '88 (I think). Behold, She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals! I hated the singer's face so much (still do, apparently!). I had to turn off the TV whenever their music video came on.
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Why don't toys smell the same as they did in the 90s? I was hanging with my nephew when I noticed this, they are missing that strangely chemical odour.
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If nothing else the lyrics firmly plant this in the 1990s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJS3xnD7Mus
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Sizone posted:Pauly Shore is doing two standup shows at a bar just down the road from me next month sometime. Tickets are $25.00 though - otherwise I'd probably go.
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Dr. Ohnoman posted:Speaking of Power Rangers toys and getting angry about them, I have to admit I was just a tiny bit disappointed when, for my eighth birthday, I got this: I was about 13 when this show came on and I love how much of a hypocrite I was. "This is BULLSHIT! The giant robot is just a loving Voltron ripoff!....well since it's ON, I might as well watch it..."
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Dr Mantis Toboggan posted:Why don't toys smell the same as they did in the 90s? I was hanging with my nephew when I noticed this, they are missing that strangely chemical odour. I've got a 25 year old toy that has inexplicably maintained that new plastic smell. It's ridiculously how powerful the scent is in activating nostalgia. Like an oralfactory time capsule.
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Wandering Knitter posted:I love this. "We've run out of marketable dinosaurs! I know! We'll make some weird combos and then paint them neon colors! GENIUS!" I remember reading that these were planned to tie-in with a Jurassic Park TV Show that never got made. After the show was scrapped, they just released them anyway. The TV show would probably have been insanely awful.
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OldMemes posted:I remember reading that these were planned to tie-in with a Jurassic Park TV Show that never got made. After the show was scrapped, they just released them anyway. Or absolutely amazing, depending if you were between the age of 7-10 when it came out.
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Dr. Ohnoman posted:Speaking of Power Rangers toys and getting angry about them, I have to admit I was just a tiny bit disappointed when, for my eighth birthday, I got this: My parents were the best. I first got the top one, but a couple of months later they saw the second one in the shops and bought it for me because it was so much better. A friend's dad was on business in Japan a lot and bough him the next generation's set (the one with the toad, I think). Because the series hadn't progressed to that point yet in our country we thought it was some cheap knockoff and didn't like it as much, and he got rid of it pretty quickly. I never understood why back then, but now I realise he was a spoiled brat that was hooked on Nintendos and Gameboys at a very young age, and simply couldn't enjoy simple toys as much as I could. He also never liked legos. loving weirdo.
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Pseudonym posted:In that Cadillacs and Dinosaurs video, does that guy shift his car's automatic transmission and then immediately shift a manual? Am I seeing that right? It might appear that way from your 21st century perspective, but in the 26th century, 
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WescottF1 posted:Pauly Shore is doing two standup shows at a bar just down the road from me next month sometime. Tickets are $25.00 though - otherwise I'd probably go. I was just wondering the other night what modern kids who watch "A Goofy Movie" must think of the character voiced by and very much based on Pauly Shore? OldMemes posted:I remember reading that these were planned to tie-in with a Jurassic Park TV Show that never got made. After the show was scrapped, they just released them anyway. Heck with "Jurassic Park", we almost got an "Aliens" cartoon! (It doesn't look like it would have been very good.)
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WescottF1 posted:Pauly Shore is doing two standup shows at a bar just down the road from me next month sometime. Tickets are $25.00 though - otherwise I'd probably go. Pauly Shore is Dead was pretty damned funny. He just made fun of himself for 2 hours.
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WescottF1 posted:Pauly Shore is doing two standup shows at a bar just down the road from me next month sometime. Tickets are $25.00 though - otherwise I'd probably go. I assume you mean that they pay you $25?
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Palpatine MD posted:I don't think we mentioned this staple of 90's videogaming: I loved the hell out of EWJ and the only reason I don't wish for a new game is because Doug Tennapel, the creator of the series, is a truly terrible human being. 
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Good luck trying to find something more 90s than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QNah-lHpl0
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Wandering Knitter posted:Speaking of weird 90's poo poo, can everyone please turn your eyes to this Burger King video: This seems to me like one of Burger King's typical menu item quirks that pop up from time to time, and never last long. Like the tacos they had in the early 2000s or ribs they had a few years ago. Although that seems to be really peculiar for a fast food restaurant...based on the ad it almost seems like they were trying to compete on some level with a chain diner like Dennys. And likewise, I can't seem to recall that on the menu either nor can I recall the commercial; it was probably test-marketed in a few cities and died a quiet death. Wandering Knitter posted:e: I do remember the Wendy's Super Bar! I remember this being the reason why I always wanted to eat in at Wendy's when I was in grade school. However, like most things remembered from one's childhood I should have let it stay a happy memory. Shortly after graduating highschool (2001) I traveled to Ft. Benning, Georgia with a friend's parents after he finished Army basic training and there was a Wendy's whose franchisee must have been a straggler and still had the Super Bar...I'm not sure if it was just that particular restaurant, but aside from the salad bar everything they served was awful, reminiscent of school cafeteria food. Geoj has a new favorite as of 09:17 on Apr 8, 2012 |
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Holy crap I had completely forgotten about the super bar. Strange thing is I didn't become a fan of it until my junior year of highschool. Previous to that I hated Wendy's (for reasons I can't explain), so the super bar was long gone by the time I was a fan of the chain. I did have it a couple times though - there were a few times that my Dad simply got tired of my picky rear end and made me eat somewhere.
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Vanderdeath posted:I loved the hell out of EWJ and the only reason I don't wish for a new game is because Doug Tennapel, the creator of the series, is a truly terrible human being. Elaborate. Wikipedia doesn't say anything about any nefarious deeds.
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