In this thread, we get nostalgic

[GaryGoafer]

Admit it, whatever stage we are in life, we ALWAYS view the media from our childhood as the most entertaining. Its the ones everyone can have the longest discussions over, and everyone knows the theme tunes for. I managed to get a whole bar singing the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme tune once, I was proper proud.

So...what makes TT feel nostalgic? I was thinking of TV when I wrote this, but anythings fine. With any luck, we'll make people remember things they've forgotten, as nostalgia discussions tend to do. Should be interesting.

Nostalgia thread GO! Pic related.

 

[brad1701]

I had two childhoods.

The first was before 1988. I had no obligations whatsoever. I had no homework and no reason at all to look forward to it, but on Saturday morning, I would get up at seven o'clock and go downstairs just like the big kids. I watched... oh, crap... Smurfs and Transformers and GI Joe and Ghostbusters and He-Man and She-Ra and Thundercats and Silverhawks and Foofur and Gummi Bears and One to Grow On and even Barbie and the friggin' Rockers. This is what bubbles up over my mind when I take those surveys to determine whether or not you're an 80s kid. But then I remember that everyone who remembers those shows was 9, 10, 11 years old. I was 5. I had no one to share them with; I spent the 80s in my own mind.
After 1989... well. Dino-Riders, Beetlejuice, Tiny Toons, Captain Planet, Ninja Turtles^893489, Widget, the entire Disney Afternoon, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Back to the Future^3748934789... everyone my age remembers those. We would come back to school on Monday and act out what we'd seen or go on new adventures with the toys we bought.
I wrote an entire autobiographical script on the period 1989-1994. Most of the last paragraph is in there somewhere. At the end of the day, my elementary school days--the last time I was in a gang of any description; the last time I had a lot of friends--are the bearers of my sweetest memories.
And that's just TV... don't get me started on gimp and slap bracelets.

 

[Snail Shell]

I can name all 13 shows the characters in the Nostalgia Bomb are from.

Rocko's Modern Life
Daffy Duck
Donald Duck
Gargoyles
TaleSpin
Ahhh! Monsters!
Ren & Stimpy
Thundercats
Doug
Two Stupid Dogs
Tiny Toon Adventures
Inspector Gadget
Danger Mouse

I am Snail Shell. Hear me dork!

Snail Shell

 

[Canadian Ninja1]

I didn't watch much in the way of TV, but I can name four games that always bring nostalgia. Mega Man 3, 4, X, and X3. I was always hooked on games, but those four always bring back memories of being a kid, going down to the basement and trying like mad to finish the bosses. And at a young age, it's pretty difficult.

If there's one TV show that makes me feel nostalgic, it's The Price Is Right. But it probably won't give the same feeling once Bob Barker leaves.

 

[juggernaut]

All these and the Herculoids.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I miss things like Late Night Creature Features. Nothing like staying up past your bedtime and catching an incredibly weird flick like Attack of the Mushroom People or Hercules & the Moon Men at some ungodly hour.

Actually, when I have the chance, I still do this, only in this day and age, I can simply order or rent that crazy horror or sci-fi film. It was kinda better when you just had to take it, no matter how goofy the movie was, because that was all that was on until the station went off the air. Yes, I am ancient. 😱

 

[MistressValerie1]

As a youngster, I watched dubbed Star Trek and Gilligan's Island reruns, which means I am also getting old 😀

 

[brad1701]

I didn't watch much in the way of TV, but I can name four games that always bring nostalgia. Mega Man 3, 4, X, and X3. I was always hooked on games, but those four always bring back memories of being a kid, going down to the basement and trying like mad to finish the bosses. And at a young age, it's pretty difficult.

That's why God invented Game Genie.

...what?

 

[Canadian Ninja1]

That's why God invented Game Genie.

...what?

Where's the fun in that? Just standing there shooting without trying isn't fun in too many games.

 

[brad1701]

I was half-joking, but games can still be challenging with Game Genie. Reemember Bright Man's stage in Mega Man 4... the platforms on the half-circular track near the end? Game Genie can't get you through that. Or in Mega Man 3... the spiked shaft in Doc Robot's Spark Man stage.

 

[MistressValerie1]

I get nostalgic for Pac-Man and Asteroids, which we used to play in a video arcade when I was in the Philippines. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember those 😱

 

[Midnight Circus]

Being a refugee from 1982, I was a fan of the "top five" when I was a kid...Gi Joe, Transformers G1, He-Man and the Master of the Universe, Thundercats, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Silverhawks, Bravestarr, and Ghostbusters round-out my earliest memories, but there is one show that will always stand out in my mind as the greatest show ever created by God or man: Captain N.

In terms of video games, the Castlevania series instills me with a great deal of nostalgia. Mega Man comes at a close second, with Metroid, Guardian Legend, Metal Gear, Bionic Commando, and of course Super Mario Bros. pulling up the rear, respectively.

 

[brad1701]

Captain N.

I forgot that one! Damn you! As far as everything else goes--you are, in fact, me.

Video games... Mario 1-3, Mega Man 2-4, Castlevania... again, I never had a Super NES all to myself, so I had to read Nintendo Power and seethe at my misfortune.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I get nostalgic for Pac-Man and Asteroids, which we used to play in a video arcade when I was in the Philippines. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember those 😱

*Raises his crutch in a hearty affirmation

One, at least! 😎

 

[Midnight Circus]

I forgot that one! Damn you! As far as everything else goes--you are, in fact, me.

lol That's quite a compliment, sir! Thanks!

Luckily, most of these shows are currently out on DVD, with a few exceptions (eBay bootlegs pick up the slack for those missing pieces rather well).

I really didn't watch cartoons very much once I got older (homework and such), but one show stands out as shaping my modern perceptions and expectations of science fiction...and that show is Exo-Squad. I blame Exo-Squad and Doctor Who for my interest in sci-fi.

Video games... Mario 1-3, Mega Man 2-4, Castlevania... again, I never had a Super NES all to myself, so I had to read Nintendo Power and seethe at my misfortune.

That's okay...you didn't miss out on much, save for Super Mario World, Super Castlevania IV, and the Mega Man X series. I mean, there were some really good games on the SNES, don't get me wrong...but the NES is, was, and always will be the undisputed console king.

I get nostalgic for Pac-Man and Asteroids, which we used to play in a video arcade when I was in the Philippines. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember those 😱

Big fan of both, though I suppose you could say I've never played them in their full arcade glory (the cabinets were a bit before my time...not much before, but enough to keep me from playing them when they were uber-popular). DigDug...now THERE was an arcade game...

 

[brad1701]

I really didn't watch cartoons very much once I got older (homework and such), but one show stands out as shaping my modern perceptions and expectations of science fiction...and that show is Exo-Squad. I blame Exo-Squad and Doctor Who for my interest in sci-fi.

Exosquad... I used to confuse that with Battletech. *wince* (Aaaaaaand there go alllll my cool points...) Universal Cartoon Studios did it, I also remember that. They, of course, ALSO did Back to the Future, which STILL isn't on DVD yet. Why, God?

That's okay...you didn't miss out on much, save for Super Mario World, Super Castlevania IV, and the Mega Man X series. I mean, there were some really good games on the SNES, don't get me wrong...but the NES is, was, and always will be the undisputed console king.

Share the 8-bit love! You are, by the way, talking to the guy who got to play the Japanese version of SMB2 on his NES (using one of those converters with the silk tags). What did you think of StarFox?

Arcade games, by the way... Turtles & especially Turtles in Time (I spent 11 years looking for that intro song), Mortal Kombat II and Cruis'n USA. That's. It.

DDR, my ass.

 

[general zod1]

I miss things like Late Night Creature Features. Nothing like staying up past your bedtime and catching an incredibly weird flick like Attack of the Mushroom People or Hercules & the Moon Men at some ungodly hour.

Actually, when I have the chance, I still do this, only in this day and age, I can simply order or rent that crazy horror or sci-fi film. It was kinda better when you just had to take it, no matter how goofy the movie was, because that was all that was on until the station went off the air. Yes, I am ancient. 😱

Those were the days
When I was growing up in the 70's and 80's there was a lot of great stuff on TV Saturday mornings and afternoons were.cartoons in the am and old cheesey horror/sci-fi movies in the afternoon

When I was 14 and 15 Star Blazers was on in the afternoon on summer weekdays

Anyone remember the following Japanese sci-fi shows? Ultraman and Johnny Socko and his flying robot? I miss those days

 

[general zod1]

I get nostalgic for Pac-Man and Asteroids, which we used to play in a video arcade when I was in the Philippines. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember those 😱

I remember those 25 cent video games

 

[Canadian Ninja1]

I was half-joking, but games can still be challenging with Game Genie. Reemember Bright Man's stage in Mega Man 4... the platforms on the half-circular track near the end? Game Genie can't get you through that. Or in Mega Man 3... the spiked shaft in Doc Robot's Spark Man stage.

For some reason, I never had trouble with the half-circle tracks. After a few deaths, you learned when to shoot that buddy who would otherwise kill you. If anything, the most memorable moment I had was Dive Man.

"I've tried everything, this guy does not have a weakness!

"You didn't try the Skull Shield."

"Please, how is a shield going to work?"

 

[brad1701]

"I've tried everything, this guy does not have a weakness!

"You didn't try the Skull Shield."

"Please, how is a shield going to work?"

...EUREKA! 😀

But see, it's not so obvious... or easy. You can't just run into him 'cause the barrier disintegrates and you'll take damage. You have to GRAZE him with it. While avoiding his homing torpedoes. No wonder he's the second-to-last regular boss.

..wait... did you get Nintendo Power?

 

[Canadian Ninja1]

...EUREKA! 😀

But see, it's not so obvious... or easy. You can't just run into him 'cause the barrier disintegrates and you'll take damage. You have to GRAZE him with it. While avoiding his homing torpedoes. No wonder he's the second-to-last regular boss.

..wait... did you get Nintendo Power?

My plan was always to jump, set it, then graze him while jumping out of the way again. Repeat until very nice death. And I didn't get NP until I was a little older and the N64 was just out.

 

[brad1701]

I didn't get NP until I was a little older and the N64 was just out.

...I'm old. I started in January 1991 and went 'til October 1997. That means I spent about a year with the N64... then quit. Pfft. Mario, PilotWings, Cruis'n USA and StarFox were it for me, anyway.
But that's how I knew how to beat Dive Man. The Mega Man 4 boss order's been in my memory for 13 years: Toad, Bright, Pharaoh, Ring, Dust, Skull, Dive, Drill. 😀 Oh man... good times...

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Those were the days
When I was growing up in the 70's and 80's there was a lot of great stuff on TV Saturday mornings and afternoons were.cartoons in the am and old cheesey horror/sci-fi movies in the afternoon

When I was 14 and 15 Star Blazers was on in the afternoon on summer weekdays

Anyone remember the following Japanese sci-fi shows? Ultraman and Johnny Socko and his flying robot? I miss those days

Oh, heaven's yes! We used to kick the crap out of each other playing Ultraman in the back yard as kids! Incidentally, I saw a YouTube trailer for a more recent Ultraman movie, and it looked pretty badass(at least as far as f/x)!

 

[general zod1]

Ultraman seasons one and two,the originals,are on DVD now No such luck on Johnny Socko........................Yet

 

[Cbarton]

Heck, Val, I'm old enough to remember the original PONG as an arcade game.

For me, it's the OLD SCHOOL Stuff: Bugs/Daffy/Roadrunner
Archie's Funhouse
Hot Wheels
Banana Splits
The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
Lancelot Links, Secret Chimp
and of course, the Original Schoolhouse Rock!

3...is a magic number...