Post a pic of you as a kid playing a retro system!

[boatofcar]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/3054445691_4e8af87e67.jpg

Me and my Atari 1200XL, circa 1990. Check out the tv hooked up to it--now that's retro. LOL

Can anybody guess the game I'm playing?

[Mianrtcv]

I have no guess. I just always dig the fact that back in the day (old man voice in effect)... the console was usually bigger than the tv set it played on. And we liked it.

[Joe West]

Yea, Bigger the better.....................

[MrSparkle]

no but i can guess that thats a zenith tv because im pretty sure i had the same one when i was a kid lol.

[tom]

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle

I like it better on 2600 though

[boatofcar]

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle



Correct! Though I should have banned you from competing, Tom. You're the A8 expert round these parts :)

[megasdkirby]

Correct! Though I should have banned you from competing, Tom. You're the A8 expert round these parts :)

That's good ol' Tom for ya!

Yet he still owes me a Twix bar...

[Poofta!]

for 1990 that tv is hella old. i think i have some pics of me gaming on an NES in late 80s. and the tv didnt look that small/old. and it was in ukraine!

still though, love those old pics. if you didnt tell anyone it was 1990 we'd guess early 80s.

[jcalder8]

for 1990 that tv is hella old. i think i have some pics of me gaming on an NES in late 80s. and the tv didnt look that small/old. and it was in ukraine!
That's what I was thinking.

I love checking out old pictures of gaming. Since I'm at my parents house right now I should look for some of mine.

[seizurebot1011]

Some where I have a picture of the day I got my first NES. You have never seen a look of such excitement on a kids face.

[CelticJobber]

Here's a pic of me and some friends playing NES (I'm the one in the white shirt), also in 1990. Anyone care to guess which game we were playing? ;)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/oldschoolnesstyle.jpg

[boatofcar]

for 1990 that tv is hella old. i think i have some pics of me gaming on an NES in late 80s. and the tv didnt look that small/old. and it was in ukraine!




I was retro way before it was cool to be, thanks to my parents not buying me anything new until it was well past its prime. And I love them for it! I didn't get an NES until 1991 (I remember because it was the same year I got chicken pox).

[botolo]

Great Thread. Here it is my contribution! It's me and my dear friend playing with my Commodore 128! Look at the joystick eheheh

[TurboGenesis]

I have just found some pictures from I beleive what is 1992. It is of me playing Zelda: Link to the Past on the SNES… and another picture of the Genesis running a rental game of which I cannot recall what it is.

:embarrassed:
I can post it by Thanksgiving as I will have access to a scanner at my parents home… but I am worry people are laugh at me :(

[jcalder8]

I can post it by Thanksgiving as I will have access to a scanner at my parents home… but I am worry people are laugh at me :(
Unless you are wearing your grandmother's nightgown I think you'll be safe.

[TurboGenesis]

Unless you are wearing your grandmother's nightgown I think you'll be safe.

Naw… just a t-shirt and :embarrassed: tight jeans.

[thom_m]

Unless you are wearing your grandmother's nightgown I think you'll be safe.

Dammit. Now I can't post mine anymore. Still, that was a really comfortable nightgown! LOL

Now, seriously: I don't recall ANY pictures being taken at home while I was playing...which is odd, because my house has always been me and my friend's headquarters (Unlike the other moms, mine wouldn't mind having a bunch of brats playing videogames, talking loud and cursing each other at our place, until late hours), so we were there all the time. Well, I guess none of us kids had a camera back then...

I'll be at my mom's for X-mas. If I find any pic I might have forgotten about, I'll post it here.

[VACRMH]

We used to have my Birthday parties at a local arcade. Too bad it shut down years ago :(


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/vacrmh/RyanatArcade.jpg

I'm Player 1.

[thom_m]

We used to have my Birthday parties at a local arcade. Too bad it shut down years ago.

That's really, really cool! I wish I had thought of that...

[tom]

oh well
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/badpicofme.jpg
ca 1986 left to right: bottle cheap beer, Sanyo monitor, XC11, 130 XE, 1050, above Seikosha printer which plugged straight into the 130XE

We didn't have computers in the 60s when i was really young like those pictures you guys show above, couldn't actually hump a PDP 11 into my parents house, and Pong, phew...not a wink.
I had Mattels Major Matt Mason though, that was fun. And one of those oven 'bake-your-own-creepy-crawlies thingies, even that was fun too. And Hot Wheels of course, they never stayed on the bloody track.

[Zap!]

Still looking for a gaming pic, but here's one for now in my old room around 1981. Recognize any toys?

http://a530.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/1/l_e13a5b91c22db1c2a5903894666984a1.jpg

[evil_genius]

Good thread idea. I gotta pic of me playing Mega Man 3 I will post soon.

[Jumpman Jr.]

This is the best I can do:

I'm in the one on the right. Check the shirt:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JumpmanPOE/Copyofs5.jpg

[CelticJobber]

From my Mario-themed Birthday party in 1989:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/marioparty89.jpg

From circa 1991, with my Nintendo setup:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/NintendoKid.jpg

[Pete Rittwage]

1984-85 Commodore 64 rig....

[Pete Rittwage]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/3054445691_4e8af87e67.jpg

Me and my Atari 1200XL, circa 1990. Check out the tv hooked up to it--now that's retro. LOL

Can anybody guess the game I'm playing?

I have that same television on my C64 rig- just posted!

[Tempest]

Ok here's one of me when I was only 3 or 4 (I think this was Christmas 1980). I'm the red headed one watching my brother play Frogger on the Atari 400 (that's my dad and grandma in the background). What's really odd is that I don't remember ever owning Frogger on tape (that's the Sierravision version not the PB one).

http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/atari400.jpg

The scary thing is that giant Christmas cactus in the background there is STILL alive! :)

Tempest

[boatofcar]

I have that same television on my C64 rig- just posted!

Haha, I was just thinking that! :)

I love your cassette player with detachable speakers :)

[Push Upstairs]

From circa 1991, with my Nintendo setup:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/NintendoKid.jpg

Mega Man 2 or 3?

[megasdkirby]

I'm guessing Mega Man 3, because I can see Snakeman's outline on the top middle of the screen. :)

[Cornelius]

Here's a pic of me and some friends playing NES (I'm the one in the white shirt), also in 1990. Anyone care to guess which game we were playing? ;)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/oldschoolnesstyle.jpg
Blades of Steel?

[XYXZYZ]

1984-85 Commodore 64 rig....

Awesome, you look like you were about to hack into the Pentagon or contact the KGB spies over shortwave. :rocker:

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

http://www.thelogbook.com/earl/hizzouse/q1-07/zaxshawn.jpg

Here's my older brother giving me the Coleco tabletop Zaxxon, circa 1983, and I'm guessing by the shorts and tank top that this isn't Christmastime, so probably my 11th birthday.

That's the same Zaxxon that's in my display-case-o'-tabletops today, too.

Man, birthdays used to rock back then. \\^_^/

[Xian042]

http://www.thelogbook.com/earl/hizzouse/q1-07/zaxshawn.jpg

\\^_^/


You look like Davids little brother, Jeff, from Flight of the Navigator!

[CelticJobber]

Here's a pic of me and some friends playing NES (I'm the one in the white shirt), also in 1990. Anyone care to guess which game we were playing? ;)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/oldschoolnesstyle.jpg


Blades of Steel?


Actually, I think it's the pause screen from Super Mario Bros. 2. And I'm pretty sure that the other game in the pic of me from 1991 is Mega Man 3.

[Aussie2B]

You know, I don't think there ever was a photo of me taken as a kid in which I was playing games, and that kinda stinks now that I think about it. Actually, I think there might be a picture of me playing my Game Boy Color right after I first got it, but I was in my late teens then so it barely counts.

I guess I'm left with just reposting my junior high yearbook photo of me in my Donkey Kong Country 2 shirt. :P Not as awesomely retro as the '80s photos, but oh well.

http://inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/tina_dkc2.jpg

[OldSchoolGamer]

Here is my best one, yes digg the pajamas lol! We were not the richest but I was pretty damned happy this Christmas..........

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/3061082494_40971107a8_o.jpg

[OldSchoolGamer]

Hey is my close friend Tony and my cousin Michael, they are playing Super Nintendo, notice what is on top of it though? Ahem, let's just say my freind Tony is looking through a box of Supernes titles lol!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/3031751232_850d6e64e1_o.jpg

[OldSchoolGamer]

OK last one, I am now a teen here (Still 20 years ago lol!) I am playing Marble Madness..........

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/3031731488_66afcfb039_o.jpg

[boatofcar]

http://www.thelogbook.com/earl/hizzouse/q1-07/zaxshawn.jpg

Here's my older brother giving me the Coleco tabletop Zaxxon, circa 1983, and I'm guessing by the shorts and tank top that this isn't Christmastime, so probably my 11th birthday.

That's the same Zaxxon that's in my display-case-o'-tabletops today, too.

Man, birthdays used to rock back then. \\^_^/


You look like Davids little brother, Jeff, from Flight of the Navigator!


Holy crap, he's right!

Unfortunately, I can't find any pics of Albie Whitaker :(

[aaron7]

http://b0.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00572/00/17/572227100_l.jpg
Woo giant pic! lol

This was Christmas morning when I got my NES... 1987?

[cyberfluxor]

Recognize any toys?
That MM "record player" shows up every now and then around here, and actually saw one just last week up the road.

[TurboGenesis]

Here are some pictures from 1992…

My room
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/Sonic__R/pic02.jpg

and me in my room playing…
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/Sonic__R/pic01.jpg

[Lady Jaye]

Where? There are no pics, TurboGenesis...

I wish I could post something, but the only pic of me as a kid with anything remotely technological is at my birthday when I got my electronic kit from Radio Shack. I don't know where that picture is though (at my parents, I think).

[DeSt-Cyr]

Still looking for a gaming pic, but here's one for now in my old room around 1981. Recognize any toys?

http://a530.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/1/l_e13a5b91c22db1c2a5903894666984a1.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623010_3960.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623011_4286.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623012_4474.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623013_4675.jpg

This pictures was taken in 1988, and I have always that Sony Trinitron TV and it works fine!
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623210_6333.jpg

[MrSparkle]

Here's a pic of me and some friends playing NES (I'm the one in the white shirt), also in 1990. Anyone care to guess which game we were playing? ;)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Nirvana138/oldschoolnesstyle.jpg

pretty hard to makeout im guessing super mario 2 inbetween levels

[Dark_Sol]

Dudes these pics are awesome!

[TurboGenesis]

Where? There are no pics, TurboGenesis...


:?
What browser are you use to surf internet? I posted pics on IE at my parents home. I just check Opera on the Wii and I am using Firefox at my home and pics show up. I use photobucket.com for picture hosting.

Is anyone else struggle to see my pictures?

[p_b]

I can see you.....ahm, wait, you wanted to know that, so it's not really creepy :(

[boatofcar]

Nope, I can see them fine. What's that Genesis game you're playing?

[Lady Jaye]

It's the only pics I can't see. I'm using Firefox 2 on Windows XP Pro.

[zektor]

I have to look through my stuff. Lost alot of pictures in my move, but I have to have some stuff somewhere. I spent at least 80% of my lifetime playing games!

EDIT:

Well, found something...although I am not playing any games in it. My brother and I on a rather flimsy see-saw my mom made for us. You can see that she was well aware of my videogaming fetish by painting Pac-Men and a Ghost on the front of it...haha. I am the one on the left. This is probably 1983 if I were to make a guess.

[Greg2600]

My cousin and I playing one of three systems (Genesis, NES, SNES) in the summer of 1994. I'm 15 or 16 I guess.

http://home.comcast.net/%7Egrizz4/summer_94.jpg

[nintendoeats]

Tom: I could take an identical picture as yours in my room. Of course my TV is bigger, and I have a PSX, Genesis and VB on the desk, and my walls are purple, and I don't have a tacky lamp but other than that its EXACTLY THE SAME.

[shertz]

Playing Congo Bongo on my brothers Atari 800 computer (1982/1983)...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/shertz/STUFF/Promise23.jpg

My Apple 2E (1983 - 1985... not sure) and no that is NOT a 'Members Only' jacket ;-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/shertz/STUFF/Promise31.jpg

I know I have a pic of me playing the Odyssey 2 from 1981 but cant find it. Oh well!

[RPG_Fanatic]

Great pics!!!!

[Xian042]

This thread made me realize I dont have any pics of me playing games as a kid! For shame

[SegaAges]

This makes me want to find any picture of myself as a kid, hehehe.

I am sure that if I find a random pic, it will be game related

[nintendoeats]

Would a picture of me now playing a system that wasn't even out yet when I was born qualify?

[NES_Rules]

No picture, but a video of me getting an NES for Christmas when I was 1.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/th_NINTENDO.jpg (http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/?action=view&current=NINTENDO.flv)

[tcv]

No picture, but a video of me getting an NES for Christmas when I was 1.[/IMG][/URL]

You weren't the Nintendo Sixty FOOOOOOUR kid were you? :o

[Push Upstairs]

If he is, I applaud him for getting someone to drop $1500 for his game system.

[Overbite]

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1081/25/43/802469347/n802469347_1623013_4675.jpg


Damn you look exactly like Q-Bert.

Heres me as a teen, looking as pimp as I usually do.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6612/theimagegf3.jpg

Here's me a little later when I turned into an anime for some reason

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8438/special0240050ag3.jpg

[Push Upstairs]

Heres me as a teen, looking as pimp as I usually do.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6612/theimagegf3.jpg


Teen? Don't you mean "two days ago"?

[Zap!]

Damn you look exactly like Q-Bert.

Heres me as a teen, looking as pimp as I usually do.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6612/theimagegf3.jpg


Haha, that's sooooo late 80's! I dressed the same way (I was 15 in '88), I thought I was so cool too, stone-washed jeans and all. :)

[UnpluggedClone]

No Way DIGI!

[buzz_n64]

Christmas 1988 I believe, or possibly 1989.
http://b1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01290/15/45/1290555451_l.jpg

[UnpluggedClone]

Google 4 Gaga

[orakio_rob]

Man, these pics are fantastic... seeing the one with the f-zero box brought back some memories. Back in the days, the feeling of getting a new game system was just amazing.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

Is there some kind of animal sleeping in the entertainment center?

[aaron7]

Xmas 1987:

http://b0.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00572/00/17/572227100_l.jpg


Xmas 1991:

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/78/l_f91e1e34fdea4b28b7b209e2b3fa0dcd.jpg

[tom]

we had a thread like that already

[Snappaccino]

Xmas 1991:

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/78/l_f91e1e34fdea4b28b7b209e2b3fa0dcd.jpg

I had that exact same robot when I was a kid.

[tom]

Xmas 1991:

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/78/l_f91e1e34fdea4b28b7b209e2b3fa0dcd.jpg

You got a snowshovel for christmas?

[mr obscure]

You got a snowshovel for christmas?

forgett the shovel ,check out the playbo at the background that has to be playboy toys COOL