Comments on: A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: card player http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17793 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:21:08 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17793 Great slide show brings me back to when i was a kid looking for all the advertising about the games. Great slide show brings me back to when i was a kid looking for all the advertising about the games.

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: the-topdog http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17787 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:20:58 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17787 LOL! I loved seeing these old advertisements. Having lived through the hype, it gives us a chance to roll our eyes at ourselves. I'm surprised an ad for the ill-fated Mattel Aquarius home computer didn't make it into the slide-show. Now THAT was a lot of hype about nothing. I don't ever remember the whole family gathering around our computers back then. It was mostly just my brother and I... up until the modern PC age where it is definitely a singular, personalized experience rather than a family event. LOL! I loved seeing these old advertisements. Having lived through the hype, it gives us a chance to roll our eyes at ourselves.

I'm surprised an ad for the ill-fated Mattel Aquarius home computer didn't make it into the slide-show. Now THAT was a lot of hype about nothing.

I don't ever remember the whole family gathering around our computers back then. It was mostly just my brother and I… up until the modern PC age where it is definitely a singular, personalized experience rather than a family event.

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: Mattel Aquarius http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17747 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:59:43 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17747 Loved it! Mix up at end. Two links for "More Tech Nostalgia" on the last slide, point to the same article: The Golden Age of Electronic Games 15 Classic PC Design Mistakes Loved it!

Mix up at end. Two links for "More Tech Nostalgia" on the last slide, point to the same article:

The Golden Age of Electronic Games

15 Classic PC Design Mistakes

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: Flip http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17403 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:56:28 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17403 it's like cheering on someone doing algebra it's like cheering on someone doing algebra

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: Moondog http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17401 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:44:48 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17401 I had a friend in high school whose parents were into playing with their C-64 as much as my friend and his brother and sister were. Their C-64 was set up in the family room and was switched from the big TV to the little TV depending on the activity. I had a friend in high school whose parents were into playing with their C-64 as much as my friend and his brother and sister were. Their C-64 was set up in the family room and was switched from the big TV to the little TV depending on the activity.

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: arlandi http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17400 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:34:27 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17400 It's quite interesting to see that the 'ole family PC experience has now evolved into a really individualistic one. At the very least, each family member has his/her own private storage. You do have better multiplayer games than the 80s, but you no longer play while sitting next to the other player. The other guy sometimes sitting half way around the world, and you never seen his face! Don't know if that's good or bad, though. It's quite interesting to see that the 'ole family PC experience has now evolved into a really individualistic one. At the very least, each family member has his/her own private storage. You do have better multiplayer games than the 80s, but you no longer play while sitting next to the other player. The other guy sometimes sitting half way around the world, and you never seen his face! Don't know if that's good or bad, though.

]]> Comment on A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration by: Geoff V. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17397 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:22:08 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/612#comment-17397 Happy Thanksgiving Ben. Happy Thanksgiving Ben.

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