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Subject: 1039
Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 6:13am

I'm with you, yizit.  I swore off video games back when Pac Man and the like were popular.  I had one of those "eureka" moments, while staring at the "game over" screen, and thought "this is stupid!" These machines are designed solely to relieve me of my money - in exchange for a few moments of "brain pudding".  I haven't played one in the 20-30 years since.
 
Last week, I was wandering through one of the large retailers (whos name I won't mention - but it rhymes with - "Walmart").  I rounded a corner and came face to face with a mountain of boxes called "Fiddle Hero" - (the name I have changed to avoid "bad" letters from lawyer type persons).  A gal came up behind me and informed me that those were really fun...she had played one for hours last night, and was completely exhasted today.  So, I said,  I can spend this sum of money, get a toy "fiddle", and spend hours exhausting myself pretending to play the toy "fiddle"?  For the sake of brevity, let's just say I don't think she was overly impressed with my interpritation of the whole matter.  Where's the logic?
 
It makes much more sense to spend thousands on camping stuff and drive hundreds of miles to get wet/muddy/cold, bit or stung by weird bugs that look like they came from another planet and eat lumps of charcoal - that were once fine cuts of meat (at least until I decided to apply my questionable cooking "skills").  Dead  Some people just don't know how to have a good time. LOL
 
Hope to see you "out there" 
]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:13:21 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9225#9225 Fantastic Animation : The last time I played Pac Man... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9222#9222 Author: yizit
Subject: 1039
Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 12:31am

The last time I played Pac Man it was for over 5 hrs straight.Wacko  I was a wreck and never played it again after that.  I won't play any game that has any type of a time requirement or speed.  Talk about stress!!!Star  It made me so irritable and uptight that I couldn't stand being around me.DisapproveLOL ]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:31:54 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9222#9222 Fantastic Animation : the truth is out there https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9202#9202 Author: sylviablue
Subject: 1039
Posted: 22 Jan 2010 at 9:12am

the truth is out there          Cool]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:12:41 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9202#9202 Fantastic Animation : Pac Man was a lot of fun, but,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9185#9185 Author: Guests
Subject: 1039
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 2:29pm

Pac Man was a lot of fun, but,  IMHO "Asteroids" and "Space Invaders" were the best.  A fella could save the universe for only 25 cents!  As I have matured though, I'm not sure it''s worth that much money. Tongue
 
Hope to see you "out there"
]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:29:42 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9185#9185 Fantastic Animation : Pac Man? https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9179#9179 Author: sylviablue
Subject: 1039
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 1:49pm

Pac Man?  Embarrassed]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:49:40 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9179#9179 Fantastic Animation : Or chess! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9177#9177 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1039
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 10:11am

Or chess!]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:11:04 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9177#9177 Fantastic Animation : Joshua How about a nice game... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9172#9172 Author: Butterfly_Lee
Subject: 1039
Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 11:38pm

Joshua 
How about a nice game of Tic Tac Toe.


LeeClap
 
 
Edit: changed to "tic tac toe", the original spelling might have been misinterpreted Confused - techntrek
]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:38:40 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9172#9172 Fantastic Animation : Shall we play a game? Love to. ... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9169#9169 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1039
Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 8:19pm

Shall we play a game?

Love to.  How about Global Thermonuclear War?

]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:15 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9169#9169 Fantastic Animation : Oh yes, I remember 300 baud and... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9164#9164 Author: sylviablue
Subject: 1039
Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 5:43pm

Oh yes, I remember 300 baud and also thought 1200 was FAST.  Big smile
We also has local chat boards and actually met people in person.  Those days are gone. 
Pong anyone?
]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:43:17 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9164#9164 Fantastic Animation : Funny ending. David, the first... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9156#9156 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1039
Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 9:30pm

Funny ending.

David, the first hard drive I bought held 10 mb, it was used, and it still cost me $100 (in 80's dollars).  I was excited to buy a 300 baud modem for that same computer, and even more excited when I later bought a blazing fast 1200 baud modem.  LOL  Who woulda thunk that the BBSs of those days would morph into.... this.

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:30:44 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9156#9156 Fantastic Animation : That was fun. https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9154#9154 Author: sylviablue
Subject: 1039
Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 6:52pm

That was fun.  Smile]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:52:18 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9154#9154 Fantastic Animation : Cute movie. It is amazing how... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9153#9153 Author: Guests
Subject: 1039
Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 5:40pm

Cute movie.  It is amazing how far computers have come.  I harken back to grand days of old - before there were GUIs, before the internet, before hard drives; back, when if you wanted a computer to do something, you had to write your own program!  Oh, and when "Pong" came out...what a marvel!  I remember laboring late nights at the University keyboards trying to produce something pleasing to the professors - a program that worked!  At the time, only the boldest of us could envision at time when computers would talk to each other; a time when most every household would own a computer and we would use them to buy trinkets with credit cards and insult each other at light speed! Tongue
 
Yes, we've come a long way.  Go forth and think boldly, fellow posters!  If the past is any indication of the future....heaven help us!LOL
 
Hope to see you "out there"
]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:40:04 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9153#9153 Fantastic Animation : Check this out. The art work in... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1039&PID=9149#9149 Author: TerryM
Subject: 1039
Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 4:35pm

Check this out.  The art work in the animation is something to see! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=jEjUAnPc2VA#t=20

Terry


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