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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (5 children)

"video games" were mechanical, and you interacted with targets by manipulating a metal spherical pixel using, hand eye coordination, timing and physics. You were rewarded with multiple "pixels" if you were good enough.

They cost 20c to play and you only got 3 lives.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

"Hello, and welcome to Moviefone!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“……… Why don’t you just tell me the name of the movie you’d like to see?”

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (6 children)

dot matrix with stereo sound

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I saw "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" on TV.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

"Slave drive" maybe.

I mean, they'll think it means something totally different.

I'm older than that, but it's definitely something a zoomer wouldn't understand immediately.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (5 children)

There were red pages in the phone book that had a number you could call and enter a four-digit code to hear movie showtimes or the Joke of the Day.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I had a game destroyed because the recorder ate the tape.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or 4. And every time you're setting your console up on a different TV, you're not sure if you're on the wrong channel, or if the coax cable is loose

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I caught 4, maybe 5 channels with a coax cable taped to the wall, in just the right position

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Oh, you have satellite tv? Let's see what's on...
Channel 113, 114, 115, 116, 116West, ...
The 19ft 📡 in backyard: wrrrrrrr rrrr...
...117, 118...

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had (and still have) a Teddy Ruxpin.

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