You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remember...

[JK]

Ah yes Wonderboy. That was my game back then. At my peak I used to get pissed off if I didn't break a million. The cloud jump at the end of area 7 round 2 was the bane of my existence but on the rare occasions I got past it I always finished the game (without all the dolls so I never saw the eighth area).

These days I can't remember where all the hidden dolls and letters are and struggle to break 300 thousand.

Cheers

Rob

This was my game.

Clocked with my eyes closed when I was 14.

Stumbled across it at a dodgy fish'n'chip shop a while back.

Couldn't get past the first level.

At least it was still 40 cents!

Yep same, was hooked on this one .. Then a few years later

[Rik E Boy]

I remember getting up in the middle of the night to see Haley's comet - was awesome !

Which year?

regards,

Cheeky Bastard

[dedja]

1910?

[A Mum]

LOL !!

And yes, I like your new 'sign off' REB - it's quite apt

[Booney]

LOL !!

And yes, I like your new 'sign off' REB - it's quite apt

Oh I could think of some...

[Rik E Boy]

LOL !!

And yes, I like your new 'sign off' REB - it's quite apt

Oh I could think of some...

Shut up spoonboy.

regards,

REB

[Booney]

LOL !!

And yes, I like your new 'sign off' REB - it's quite apt

Oh I could think of some...

Shut up spoonboy.

regards,

REB

Not yet.....

[smithy]

I had this game sussed except I struggled with the hammer throw after a few rounds.
Had a long jump of 9.97.

Hours spent on 20c

[Pseudo]

I had this game sussed except I struggled with the hammer throw after a few rounds.
Had a long jump of 9.97.

Hours spent on 20c

Remember Tilt on Hindley St? I used to frequent that particular arcade 'coz they let you play unlimited games on the mezzanine level for a buck, or something like that.. They also had a stand-up Hyperolympic game which featured a joystick instead of the usual buttons; one had to wiggle the stick back & forth as quick as one could, rather than alterately belt the left/right buttons. This was the only place I ever saw the joystick-based version of that game.

I recall one day having a few warm-up games on the downstairs machines, the mate I was with played Hyperolympic with a couple of blokes who were divas at the game. My mate got knocked out after a couple of rounds and we went upstairs for all-you-can-play. After an hour we came back down to find the two divas still playing Hyperolympic. My mate's name was still up on the scoreboard, so it had to be the same game - these blokes had been going for at least 90 minutes and were still going strong!

I was cr@p at Hyperolympic myself, always had trouble with the high jump.

[GWW]

[RJM]

I've been told that one night back when I was 2 or 3 the station forgot to play the Fat Cat goodnight clip and I flatly refused to go to bed because "Fat Cat didn't say goodnight girls and boys". If what I was told is true the station was bombarded with calls from irate parents with kids who wouldn't "go the **** to sleep" until they finally showed the cat going to bed.

Cheers

Rob

[Magpiespower]

buses being yellow and brown.

Double-decker buses!

[CK]

buses being yellow and brown.

Double-decker buses!

That's going back in time now - I remember the old MTT buses that didn't have the air vent on the top, like the Volvo buses had, very well. The "serial number" (red number on the side) for the MTT's used to be from 400-699. The Volvo's went from 700-1199, and the yellow and brown buses PAFC refers to, were the "country" buses, like Stirling, Aldgate etc.

(Yes, I used to be a bit of a bus spotter as a young kid, hip and happening young lad that I was)

[Johno6]

wonderboy, double dragon, alex the kid, street fighter.

i think my life just flashed before my eyes!!

[CK]

Going to the Royal Show yesterday brought back plenty of memories:

- Riding the chair lift and if walking underneath it, being prepared for missiles or worse being dropped from above. One year, a pair of young (around 16 or 17) blokes tried dropping an empty plastic coke bottle on me from above, just missing me. They forgot that it was fairly easy to keep walking pace with them, so I picked it up, and walked along to the end of the chairlift and watched as their faces slowly dropped, as the chair lowered along the line, with me waiting at the end with their bottle

- Going to look at the train display that used to be part of the Western Star butter stall at the northern entrance to Hamilton Hall - when that used to be the main showbag pavilion. Then going to the stalls from the local TV stations for appearances from the local stars of the time, like Dean Davis, Robin Roenfeldt, Joey Moore, Winky Dink, Lionel Williams etc.

- Waiting to be old enough to ride the Mad Mouse for the first time, or the Super Loop. Was a bit disappointed with the latter after all the years of watching it, it wasn't nearly as scary as it seemed.

- My grandfather being one of the sheep pavilion stewards and all going there to his office during the day to drop off showbags. I went back yesterday as I do each year, and as soon as I walk through those doors and get that familiar smell of hay and sheep, instantly I'm six years old again, sitting cross legged on the floor of his office, playing with showbags and watching him judging the sheep. Amazing how much a smell like that brings back such happy memories (he passed away when I was .

[Rik E Boy]

Went to the show with my brother in law who is a Kiwi. We walked past the sheep pavillion and I didn't see him for the rest of the day.

regards,

REB

[johntheclaret]

You used to go to the flicks on a friday night in the A framed Methodist church on Park Terrace Salisbury, across the road from my old school, Salisbury Primary. Then, at about 11 pm, I would walk home on my own, lived up near Holdens. You can't do that these days.

I used to go to those flicks and I went to that school.
Used to go to the flicks on a Saturday afternoon for the matinee. Saw born Free there

[smithy]

Went to the show with my brother in law who is a Kiwi. We walked past the sheep pavillion and I didn't see him for the rest of the day.

regards,

REB

You know you're nearing 40 when you remember when those jokes 1st came out.

[CENTURION]

You used to go to the flicks on a friday night in the A framed Methodist church on Park Terrace Salisbury, across the road from my old school, Salisbury Primary. Then, at about 11 pm, I would walk home on my own, lived up near Holdens. You can't do that these days.

I used to go to those flicks and I went to that school.
Used to go to the flicks on a Saturday afternoon for the matinee. Saw born Free there

what years did you go there?

[johntheclaret]

Ummm.... It would have been middle / late 60's before we moved to Salisbury North.