This Date in History: Discuss

undercovergeek · October 21, 2015, 04:13:12 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2015, 01:20:49 PM
48 me :(

Oh hell no - old fart

bob48 · October 21, 2015, 04:16:49 PM

Did someone call?......................

JudgeDredd · October 21, 2015, 04:17:56 PM

^ proper old fart >:D

Why? What age are u UCG?

Father Ted · October 21, 2015, 04:33:51 PM

Hmmm...some brinksmanship here I fear. For my my part I remember these films pretty well (on release) - which puts me pretty much at the median age for Grogheads I reckon.

Gusington · October 21, 2015, 05:21:50 PM

In October 1985 I was 11 and had narrowly dodged a family move to New Jersey to move to another part of Brooklyn. Now that I look back at what NYC was like in 1985 I can't believe I made it out alive.

Anyway I had just got a C-64 and was probably playing Impossible Mission or Archon with my best friend, who, thankfully, is still my best friend.

It would be a few years until I graduated to an Amiga 500 and discovered Cinemaware.

WYBaugh · October 21, 2015, 06:17:57 PM

October 1985 would see me as a junior at the University of Florida at the young age of 22. Playing the heck outta my Atari 800 XL.

Cyrano · October 21, 2015, 06:52:26 PM

It is Trafalgar Day, M-er F-ers and anything that stands between me and more than a few tots of rum in honor of the Immortal Memory is getting squished like a bug...and no wild-eyed old dude in a poorly-made car is convincing me otherwise...

bayonetbrant · October 21, 2015, 06:58:18 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2015, 01:07:04 PM
I wasn't playing any games - in October 1985 I was in The Falklands serving Queen and Country.

I was in middle school ;)

MetalDog · October 21, 2015, 07:06:38 PM

Freshman year of high school. Trying to look up the cheerleaders skirts and not get squashed like a bug by the Seniors. Oh! GAMES?! Um...a lot of D&D books, Risk, and Colecovision with an Atari 2600 adapter.

Staggerwing · October 21, 2015, 08:07:32 PM

In 1985 I was in nursing school in the morning, then worked in the ER or drove around in an ambulance in the afternoon and evening. Also, three times a week I'd race around in my Subaru Brat, carrying a big orange jump bag and playing first responder from about midnight to 8AM. Any evenings off I had I'd spend in New Haven clubbing/catching bands at Toad's Place, the Moon, or the Ozone. I'd also take off to hang with friends in Manhattan or Astoria for a weekend when a psycho girlfriend du jour got too dramatic. From 1988 to about 1993 I messed around a bit with a Commodore Vic20, TRS-80 CoCo 16, C-64 and finally an Amiga 500 but not much wargaming from end of high school to early 1990's. That's when I got a PC and computer wargames and later rediscovered a box of my old HighSchool stuff over my parent's garage containing my copies of Von Richthofen's War, Panzer Blitz, and Panzer Leader.

FarAway Sooner · October 21, 2015, 11:53:58 PM

In October 1985, I was just starting my junior year in high school, had been driving for two months, and had more than 2 year under the belt with my old Commodore 64. By then, I think I was finishing up Karateka, Impossible Mission, Crush, Crumble and Chomp and Ultima III.

Took a bit of a hiatus from gaming during the school year, as I'd discovered soccer and was trying mightily (and very unsuccessfully) to discover girls...