Does anyone else think this is really cool??

[stargate]

or is it just me... :)

I got this Intellivision game off ebay, nothing too special. I am just trying to play a bit more Intellivision because I never really got into the system.... anyway...

In the manual, you can see that some little girl named Michelle must have got the game on Christmas day in 1981. She initially played it by herself and recorded her scores and then played with other friends, keeping score for a few months in the manual. This was 29 years ago. I wonder if Michelle still plays video games? :)

http://i44.tinypic.com/152ff2d.jpg
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[DenDenDos]

Haha! 29 years ago. That's amazing. Definitely think this is cool.

That would be great if you could find her.

[rpepper9]

How old do you think Michelle was? I am guessing that her parents were writing in the book for her. There looks to be three different writing styles, too many to be Michelle's own handwriting evolving over a three month period.

[DenDenDos]

How old do you think Michelle was? I am guessing that her parents were writing in the book for her. There looks to be three different writing styles, too many to be Michelle's own handwriting evolving over a three month period.

We got a mystery on our hands.

[jb143]

First step, of course, would be contacting the ebay seller to see if they know anything. Not much else to go by.

[skaar]

I had a thread about stuff like this awhile back, I always get a kick out of this stuff:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132034

[Rickstilwell1]

29 years ago? She's probably in her mid 30s. Usually after 6 you write your own stuff so if she was like 5, 29 + 5 = 34

[stargate]

How old do you think Michelle was? I am guessing that her parents were writing in the book for her. There looks to be three different writing styles, too many to be Michelle's own handwriting evolving over a three month period.

I think the "Michelle" is written by the same person. Check out the "M"'s and the "i"'s. They look the same. Plus the "i"'s have the circle on top versus just a point.

The times when the writing looks different is only when 2 people played and probably the friends were keeping score.

Plus, what kid can score 37,905 points on Astrosmash and not be able to write?

[DenDenDos]

Plus, what kid can score 37,905 points on Astrosmash and not be able to write?

Maybe she could...

Wonder what she scores now?

I agree that it's probably the same person writing their own name. It gets tricky though because there are different names listed.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

I wonder if she's hot?

I was actually pleasantly surprised when I clicked on this thread, being that you couldn't tell what it was about from the title. It looks like she got quite a bit better over the course of a few months. I wonder how often she played it to get that score? I've never played the game, so I wouldn't know how much of an achievement 208,000 is. Anyway it's a little disheartening when I see a score improvement like that, especially when I play over a long period of time and make little headway on my high scores.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

How old do you think Michelle was? I am guessing that her parents were writing in the book for her. There looks to be three different writing styles, too many to be Michelle's own handwriting evolving over a three month period.

I don't think parents would have made a circle to dot the "i." It's definetely something a little girl would do.

[MissingNo_1231]

it would be cool if there was a forum or something where people could list names on the manuals or in the old used games they bought, and then maybe people could find each other and there would be laughs.

But, since it's the internet, there's always the risk that arguments will ensue with people demanding their copies of games back, or yelling at someone for erasing their file, haha.

[Baloo]

I find this to be really cool actually.

[jcalder8]

Although I like to have my stuff as mint as possible I make an exception when it's been played. I love to see notes, hints, scores, etc... knowing that the game I own now was loved.

[seductus.sum]

Definitely the same person writing each time, and definitely really cool. She must have liked the game a lot, enough at least to get her friends to play too-- Andrea, Mal, Andi, and Betsy.


I had a thread about stuff like this awhile back, I always get a kick out of this stuff:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132034

Anyone from skaar's thread or otherwise have similar pictures to share?

[Mobius]

I always enjoy little findings like this. I also like finding other people's save games on old carts. In fact, I bought a Dreamcast VMU the other day and was disappointed to find all it had on it was a Virtua Tennis save.

[retroman]

i bet she does...and its a Wii...my guess.

[Robocop2]

That is pretty cool. To a certain degree it makes it more unique. While we all know that someone obviously played that used game we just bought at the store; it's all a very sterile experience. Add in stuff like the above and you have someone's personal posession that they probably really enjoyed at some time. Maybe I'm just talking out my ass though.

You should play in on 3/21/10 and write your high score in the next slot ;)

[Porksta]

Or maybe someone wrote all that in last week to make you think it was from back then?

[shopkins]

I love stuff like this.

I have 30-year-old comic books in which kids have written their entire names and addresses in the little fan club, sell Grit and jokes and novelties order forms, probably just as wishful thinking since they obviously never sent them in. It's neat to see this stuff about people who are now in their late 30s or 40s now and see what they were interested in as kids. Sometimes I think about doing a reverse number lookup and calling it and saying "Is Frances there? I want to talk to her about Jughead." And maybe find out if she still likes David Cassidy.

[jb143]

Heh, I have some old Nintendo Power magazines with the renewal cards filled out and have thought of doing the same thing.

[Ed Oscuro]

Handwriting is pretty good for five years old, don't you think? Don't forget Andrea.

[Hari Seldon]

Most likely she moved on.

[DigitalSpace]

Reminds me of my copy of Super Sprint on the NES. One of the cart's former owners was named Naomi - and wrote her name on one corner of the front label with a winking smiley next to it.

It also reminds me of a copy of Ghostbusters for the Master System that I acquired recently. "Eric" and "Heidi" wrote passwords all over the front and back of the manual - and oddly enough, only one of the eight boxes in the "scorebook" section of the manual was filled out.

[stargate]

That is pretty cool. To a certain degree it makes it more unique. While we all know that someone obviously played that used game we just bought at the store; it's all a very sterile experience. Add in stuff like the above and you have someone's personal posession that they probably really enjoyed at some time. Maybe I'm just talking out my ass though.

You should play in on 3/21/10 and write your high score in the next slot ;)

I totally agree.

Yeah, I was considering picking up where she left off, but it felt a bit sacrilegious for some reason.

[BetaWolf47]

You should play in on 3/21/10 and write your high score in the next slot ;)
Oh wow, stargate you should definitely do that!