Originally posted by Irishoak My first version of D&D came with cut-out cardboard tabs instead of dice...
That would've been one of the cheesier "Basic D&D" sets from the AD&D 1st ed. era. TSR had a dice shortage for a while. Most (but not all) of the sets that came with chits had a coupon you could send in for real dice.
I even remember when I read BOOKS as a child. Yes...a CHILD...reading BOOKS....for RECREATION! Oh the horror of it all!
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Heh, I think I had read every Hardy Boys mystery novel by the time I was 8.
My first computer was a Vic 20.
I had a Pachinco machine.
But most of the time for fun a bunch of friends of mine and I would run around the neighborhood with BB guns, or squirt guns depending on the time of year, and pretend that we were the A-Team... lol
Anyone remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? I loved those as a kid!
OMG yes. I honestly credit those, in part, to my eventual love of adventure games and then shortly thereafter.... RPGs. What a nice memory.
Why does that sound familiar? That unlocked something, didn't it?
Edit: This is driving me insane. Please hurry and ANSWER MEEEEE! lol Was it a cheat code for something? It's driving me nuts trying to remember...ARRRRGH!
Edit AGAIN: Was it unlimited lives in Super Mario Brothers?? Was it Contra? OMG WTF?! I seriously think I'm getting Alzheimer's and it's not funny.
I remember getting a Vectrex for my birthday, dang that thing was so cool at the time I was the envy of all the kids I had round, though it had a lot of problems & in the end my dad took it back to the store & we got a c64, which the whole family used to play quite competitively, racking up huge scores on several games.
Why does that sound familiar? That unlocked something, didn't it?
Edit: This is driving me insane. Please hurry and ANSWER MEEEEE! lol Was it a cheat code for something? It's driving me nuts trying to remember...ARRRRGH!
Edit AGAIN: Was it unlimited lives in Super Mario Brothers?? Was it Contra? OMG WTF?! I seriously think I'm getting Alzheimer's and it's not funny.
Well it finally happened. Remember as a kid seeing those ads on TV or in a magazine saying "This ain't your daddy's (insert product here)" Well on this site, I just saw an ad for this glove that's supposed to play MMO's without a keyboard or something which states "Not your daddy's powerglove". Wait a minute. I had a power glove. But then that would mean.... NOOOOO!!!
lol, I just turned 29 a few days ago man, feelin' old as well... I never had the powerglove, but I did have that joystick controller and thought it was OP because it had a turbo button... lol I was 5.
In the pre-videogame era, I once supplemented my chemistry set with a few items from my Dad's lab. That led to this dinner conversation: Mom: There is an odor coming from the basement. Me: Sorry. Mom: What are you doing down there? Me: Making stuff. Mom: What stuff? Me: Combinations of chemicals. Mom: WHAT chemicals? Me: Sulfer, charcoal, potassium nitrate Mom (long pause) Ok. Me: May I leave the table? (exits) Dad: Honey, that's gunpowder.
So when I see people say that videogames make kids dangerous, I have to shake my head. Better that then the crazy stuff we used to do.
hahaha I made blackpowder when I was 14, sigh, i'm not that old my I do remember my first "video game system" the original gameboy, LOL black and white tetris, the thing was as big as a brick.
Well, brace yourself, because this is going to be one of those I am so old that ... and my family was so poor that ... posts combined.
We didn't have tv, telephone, car, fridge, or washing machine when I was small. My favourite games were make belief; so running around with my nana's underskirt on being a ballet dancer, or acting out scenes from the film 'She' with a friend, and getting us both so scared we were almost in tears (and I had nightmares that night), or hanging out in the woods with boys and using bits of rope to swing from trees. My favourite solitary pastime was reading (still is, actually).
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I'm Sorry but I still have some original D&D books in the attic that are like cryptic looking.
Sometimes they speak to me in my sleep....
That would've been one of the cheesier "Basic D&D" sets from the AD&D 1st ed. era. TSR had a dice shortage for a while. Most (but not all) of the sets that came with chits had a coupon you could send in for real dice.
Heh, I think I had read every Hardy Boys mystery novel by the time I was 8.
My first computer was a Vic 20.
I had a Pachinco machine.
But most of the time for fun a bunch of friends of mine and I would run around the neighborhood with BB guns, or squirt guns depending on the time of year, and pretend that we were the A-Team... lol
Anyone remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? I loved those as a kid!
OMG yes. I honestly credit those, in part, to my eventual love of adventure games and then shortly thereafter.... RPGs.
What a nice memory. 
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Why does that sound familiar? That unlocked something, didn't it?
Edit: This is driving me insane. Please hurry and ANSWER MEEEEE! lol Was it a cheat code for something? It's driving me nuts trying to remember...ARRRRGH!
Edit AGAIN: Was it unlimited lives in Super Mario Brothers?? Was it Contra? OMG WTF?! I seriously think I'm getting Alzheimer's and it's not funny.
President of The Marvelously Meowhead Fan Club
I remember getting a Vectrex for my birthday, dang that thing was so cool at the time I was the envy of all the kids I had round, though it had a lot of problems & in the end my dad took it back to the store & we got a c64, which the whole family used to play quite competitively, racking up huge scores on several games.
C64 was so awesome!! Out first computer was a Texas Instrument! LOL! Yea, they made computers at one point.
Why does that sound familiar? That unlocked something, didn't it?
Edit: This is driving me insane. Please hurry and ANSWER MEEEEE! lol Was it a cheat code for something? It's driving me nuts trying to remember...ARRRRGH!
Edit AGAIN: Was it unlimited lives in Super Mario Brothers?? Was it Contra? OMG WTF?! I seriously think I'm getting Alzheimer's and it's not funny.
Konami Code!
Worked in many of their games.
lol, I just turned 29 a few days ago man, feelin' old as well... I never had the powerglove, but I did have that joystick controller and thought it was OP because it had a turbo button... lol I was 5.
Not as old as my NASCOM (built from a kit) and my Commodore PET 2001.
hahaha I made blackpowder when I was 14, sigh, i'm not that old my I do remember my first "video game system" the original gameboy, LOL black and white tetris, the thing was as big as a brick.
fun memories
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Well, brace yourself, because this is going to be one of those I am so old that ... and my family was so poor that ... posts combined.
We didn't have tv, telephone, car, fridge, or washing machine when I was small. My favourite games were make belief; so running around with my nana's underskirt on being a ballet dancer, or acting out scenes from the film 'She' with a friend, and getting us both so scared we were almost in tears (and I had nightmares that night), or hanging out in the woods with boys and using bits of rope to swing from trees. My favourite solitary pastime was reading (still is, actually).