Toys you didn't have as a kid

I had a Snes. Link to the Past was a very cool game ^^
Also owned a gameboy, and even a Nes (though already had the Snes; some friend has a Nes so I wrongly decided it was worth getting one for those garbage games).
Nintendo never played around with the prices of their own games (Zelda/Mario etc).
 
amadeus said:
I was rather content with the toys I had as a child. The only thing that I never had that I remember I wanted was one of those rugs that looked like a city street to play with Matchbox cars on.

I don’t know if that’s what later got me into SimCity, which I remember my parents saying it looked too complicated for me, but I did get it. I really appreciated that, because it instilled a lifelong love of urban planning that I later parlayed into a successful career in low-wage retail work.
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Sim City was fun. I took away all the roads and made everyone use mass transit. Then there were times when I was in a rotten mood, so I'd embezzle enough money to run the bulldozer continuously to the point that the city ended up as bare scorched earth. Embezzling causes disasters, and I totally ignored the peoples' cries for help.

Not so different from some modern governments...
 
Valka D'Ur said:
Sim City was fun. I took away all the roads and made everyone use mass transit. Then there were times when I was in a rotten mood, so I'd embezzle enough money to run the bulldozer continuously to the point that the city ended up as bare scorched earth. Embezzling causes disasters, and I totally ignored the peoples' cries for help.

Not so different from some modern governments...
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Sim city unlimited money chest buil, summon Godzilla.
 
I was a bit of a spoiled brat and had most toys i wanted. However I always wanted and never had the Star Wars AT-AT:
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Otoh had the Millennium Falcon, the Scout Walker, Vader's Tie Fighter, the Speeder bike and that awful Boba Fett's ship plus a lot of figures of all the characters, so I can't complain that much.
 
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AmazonQueen said:
Can't think of any which doesn't mean we had everything
Toys were something you played with when other kids weren't around
The essential toys were bikes and balls (not at the same time though)
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This is roughly my memory of it as well. I can't think of any single toy I really wanted but didn't get. Lots of things I asked or wished but didn't get but I wasn't opportunistic enough to even ask for anything outlandish or something I knew I wouldn't get. In general I was far more interested in getting sporting gear/equipment than actual toys and those I got - not necessarily exactly what I wanted but at least what I needed. If I had to I could've entertained myself up to high school with a good football.
 
NES or Master System, yes I am that old lol
 
I am sure the Nes was impressive technology, when compared to things like the Atari console.
That thing was ludicrously primitive.
The end of the 80s, start of the 90s saw a market where disparity between computers was enormous. 8-bit trash like Sugar's Amstrad coexisted with the Amiga.
 
Kyriakos said:
The end of the 80s, start of the 90s saw a market where disparity between computers was enormous. 8-bit trash like Sugar's Amstrad coexisted with the Amiga.
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Amstrad later took the CPC hardware to make a games console, the GX4000 (along with an updated CPC Plus range). The 8 bit GX4000 was made to compete with the 16 bit Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. The lead designer claimed the GX4000 was "at least as good" as the Super Nintendo.
 
Nothing Amstrad created was of the level even of the other miserable 8 bit computers ^^

That said, the black monitor and black keyboard did make it look cool. Then you bought in and were in prehistoric times.
 
Chat GTP answer to "Toys you didn't have as a kid":

I had nothing to play with as a kid, but lots of books to learn from. My parents were right, learning is more useful, but once in a while, taking a break helps you feel better. Once I hid a tree branch under my coat to play with alone in my room, pretending it was my friend. I wasn't allowed to see anyone so I felt a little lonely. But after a few days, my mother finally found it and punished me by making me sleep in the doghouse, a rainy night of winter. I caught pneumonia, and my mother told me that would teach me a lesson. Since then I have always respected the rules.
 
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Kyriakos said:
Nothing Amstrad created was of the level even of the other miserable 8 bit computers ^^

That said, the black monitor and black keyboard did make it look cool. Then you bought in and were in prehistoric times.
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The monitor was one feature that set the Amstrad CPC apart from the likes of its two main competitors, the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. The Amstrad was sold as an all-in-one for people who didn't know anything about computers and wanted to buy a computer. The Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum needed a separate cassette deck (floppy disks were too expensive for the British market) and had to be connected to a TV or bought with a separate monitor.
 
Chukchi Husky said:
The monitor was one feature that set the Amstrad CPC apart from the likes of its two main competitors, the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. The Amstrad was sold as an all-in-one for people who didn't know anything about computers and wanted to buy a computer. The Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum needed a separate cassette deck (floppy disks were too expensive for the British market) and had to be connected to a TV or bought with a separate monitor.
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All that set up just to play something daft like Jet Set Willy or Ikari Warriors ^^
Then again, the worst games were the ones Amstrad itself made: Amsoft games. Ridiculous rip-offs. A nasty example would be the Roland series, which was a dumber Willy series; then again Roland in Time is likely the best ever Amsoft game, which tells you all you need to know.
Come to think of it, Roland in Time probably was the first ever game I played in a computer I owned. Roland in Time, complete with slightly disguised Dr Who theme playing - Amsoft :lol:


Meanwhile, Jet Set Willy had the Moonlight Sonata - also in midi, of course. Got to admit, both opening themes were atmospheric. At the time (was 8) I thought the Moonlight Sonata was composed for the game :D
 
Marla_Singer said:
Chat GTP answer to "Toys you didn't have as a kid":

I had nothing to play with as a kid, but lots of books to learn from. My parents were right, learning is more useful, but once in a while, taking a break helps you feel better. Once I hid a tree branch under my coat to play with alone in my room, pretending it was my friend. I wasn't allowed to see anyone so I felt a little lonely. But after a few days, my mother finally found it and punished me by making me sleep in the doghouse, a rainy night of winter. I caught pneumonia, and my mother told me that would teach me a lesson. Since then I have always respected the rules.
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I am sorry your childhood was so miserable! :lol:

Spoiler :
I am surprised at the AI answer; it fits with a story a person might actually tell even if implausible.
 
Kyriakos said:
All that set up just to play something daft like Jet Set Willy or Ikari Warriors ^^
Then again, the worst games were the ones Amstrad itself made: Amsoft games. Ridiculous rip-offs. A nasty example would be the Roland series, which was a dumber Willy series; then again Roland in Time is likely the best ever Amsoft game, which tells you all you need to know.
Come to think of it, Roland in Time probably was the first ever game I played in a computer I owned. Roland in Time, complete with slightly disguised Dr Who theme playing - Amsoft :lol:


Meanwhile, Jet Set Willy had the Moonlight Sonata - also in midi, of course. Got to admit, both opening themes were atmospheric. At the time (was 8) I thought the Moonlight Sonata was composed for the game :D
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My first ever game was River Raid on the Spectrum. I was rubbish at it haha
 
Birdjaguar said:
I am sorry your childhood was so miserable! :lol:

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I am surprised at the AI answer; it fits with a story a person might actually tell even if implausible.
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It sounds straight out of the four Yorkshire men.
 
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I still remember that my father refused to buy it. I even recall which shop had it :p

That said, I'd have become bored of it after a couple of days- he-man toys sucked.

"Spydor"? Really? The thing doesn't even have 8 legs.
 
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