Dragster Help!

At 15 I was obsessed with the girl next to me in Chemistry class. The hot computer was a TRS-80 with a whole 2K RAM (not a typo) and you stored your data on a cassette tape.

Gemini and the Beast were the bomb (still are) and it cost about $10 to get into CP and KI. GL was $6.95.

I have to align myself with RealCP over here!!! My Atari 2600 has the Activision "Pitfall" cartridge sitting in it as we speak, from playing this afternoon (unless my wife decided to play Frogger or something when I left for work!!!). Ol' Skoo'!!!

'Moosh I was indeed referring to CPK. Sorry bout the lack of clarity. ;) And Antuan, you get to keep your kitty!

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TheRealCP said:
Oh please, TTD! I have the 8-bit Nintendo and an Atari 2600 that both still work! Geek factor runs high over here.

Anyway, I haven't seen TTD launch either when I've been watching. Fear not - I'm sure I'll see something Saturday!

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Amen to that! Dragster first thing...ahhhhh.

-Tina

<-------who misses her 2600, but still has her Genesis

I would mention what my main obsession was at 14/15, but its a family board.

I should have bought Kleenex stock, tho.

guys i am 12 not 14 or 15, 12 and ive been going to parks my hole life and im 13 in 9 days

Getting back to the main topic they are getting ready to test right now with those jug things that they used last year there are four trucks outside the station.

It looks like on the webcam that the spoiler has returned on the TTD trains. Can anyone else see if the theming has returned or not??

I can't tell either maybe we will see it if when the train moves. if it is back that would explain previous rollbacks during testing.

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cedar fair dude said:
guys i am 12 not 14 or 15, 12 and ive been going to parks my hole life and im 13 in 9 days

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Then you can re-join when you're 13, because you can't join here until you are.

"guys i am 12 not 14 or 15, 12..."

See...the truth sets you free [of Coasterbuzz, at least] ;)

Last time we started talking about video games, Gregleg came on and freaking pwn3d everyone with his massive collection.

But before he does, I can brag about mine... I have a GameCube, PS2, Nintendo 64, Super NES, NES and Atari 2600, and still play them all pretty equally. At other points in my life, I've had a Gameboy, Atari Lynx, Neo Geo, TurboGrafx 16, Sega Genesis... and probably some others I'm forgetting.

I'm pretty sure the SNES is the best video game system of all time.

way to drop the bomb cedar fair dude .

Systems I still have lying around:

Magnavox Odyssey 2000 (the box says 1977 - I'd have been 4!)
Atari 2600
NES
Sega Master System (w/3D glasses)
TurboGraphx 16
SNES
Sega Genesis
Playstation
N64
Gameboy
Gameboy Advance

Systems I owned but no longer have:

Vectrex (really wish I still had this one!)
ColecoVision
That TurboGraphx CD thing (Turbo Duo?)
The Genesis CD addon
Intellivision
The newer version of the Odyssey that competed with the 2600 and Intellivision - name escapes me right now.

The last system I bought for myself was the N64 then I had kids. They're finally getting old enough to start looking at getting back into console gaming. My daughter got the GBA for her 4th B-day and still plays it a bunch and it's going on 3 years.

Edited - Can't believe I forgot my beloved ColecoVision!

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Gonch,

IIRC, the "cartridge" style console from Magnavox was just called "Odyessy". It was silver, and the joysticks had detents at the 8 major positions. I vaguely remember getting geeked about an adventure game for it that came with maps and pieces and such, something like "Quest For The Rings"???

Later,
EV

I have to agree with Den about SNES. Talking about a system that totally revolutionalized the industry.

So far no one has mentioned Sega Dreamcast or Nintendo Virtual Boy. Not that I'm keeping tally.....carry on.

EV,

Didn't the actual console have a keyboard on it too?

Or am I mixing memories in my head?

EDIT - yes it did. Here's the one I had.

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The only console I have is a PS2 that my gf won at work.

I'll build a MAME cabinet when I get a bigger house. I can barely fit the Dragons Lair and Mach 3 machines I have now. :)

Um, yeah, we were talking about Dragster at some point, weren't we? I'll be there the 16th-17th. I'm patient...

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Zanderdad said:
It looks like on the webcam that the spoiler has returned on the TTD trains. Can anyone else see if the theming has returned or not??

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Look here http://www.virtualmidway.com/news/0506041.asp. Scroll down a bit. Walt has a picture of Dragster from this morning. No spoiler.

Here's a better view of that picture. Here's one of the green car. At first I thought there was something wrong with my camera, but then I realized it was just water. :)

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