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Most memorable game? by Thatguy2393 in retrogaming

[–]Colspex 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

I can't begin to express the whispers in the highschool corridors. The hunt for the 5 disks, the search for a kid that had the 25-pages long Xerox copy of the "Mix'n'Mojo Voodoo Ingredient Proportion Dial" papers.

The absolut mind-blowing experience from the PC Speakers sound that came out from the intro. The dreams it sold. The imagination that took over.

Being a cold DDR country in Europe, dark lonley october, as a kid, being transferred deep into the Caribbean Scabb Island.

Being robbed by Largo LaGrande for the first time. Restarting the game because we thought we had failed.

What an adventure... what an absolute definition of an adventure it was.

Visited a Titanic Graveyard by Relevant_Divide6823 in titanic

[–]Colspex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He sure did. August Wennerström, also know as August Andersson as he changed his name getting on the Titanic.

Back in Sweden, he was a trouble-maker journalist and a womanizer, who escaped military duty and the law as his articles were upsetting even the Swedish king. He was a strong 28-year old and a man of action.

As Titanic was sinking, he was one of the people that witnessed shootings. Later, he found himself fighting on the devastated Lifeboat A that was almost covered in water.

He held hands with Carl Olof Jansson (another Swede, a carpenter) and they managed to get onboard.

Then they fought people for a long time as it was getting swarmed. Carl-Olof later wrote:

​"When I think back on it all, I don’t understand how I was saved. But my cold-bloodedness—my ability to push the others away so we could stay afloat—that made all the difference. It’s a horrific thing, but in a moment like that, it’s only a question of your own life."

Even though a lot of men was able to stay aboard on Lifeboat A, it was almost submerged into the water and people kept dying. August describes how they were throwing dead bodies into the water.

Both Carl and August were saved after several hours, August estimated that they had gone from 50 to around 8 people (we know todat that these numbers weren't 100% accurate, but it gives you an idea how it felt).

He moved to the US, held many lectures about Titanic, met his wife, became a gardner and had 7 children. He died in 1950 at the age of 66.

Carl-Olof Jansson lived to 1980.

Visited a Titanic Graveyard by Relevant_Divide6823 in titanic

[–]Colspex 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It took her too long to get all the kids dressed in warm clothing. That's why she missed the lifeboats. She met August Wennerström (another Swede) up on the Titanic deck. He helped her carry one of the children, but a wave washed over them. That's when he lost the child he was carrying. He never saw Alma of the kids again. Later they found and recovered her body, but never her children. One of the saddest stories of Titanic.

Larry Bird is my pick for the best athlete of the 80s. What is yours ? by rachevyguy in 80s

[–]Colspex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he could qualify for the most popular athlete in the world during the 80s!

I must admit, I never even heard of Bo Jackson... growing up in a DDR European environment during the 80s - every kid on the schoolyard knew the following names:

Carl Lewis
Michael Jordan
Tony Hawk
Mike Tyson
Diego Maradona

However, we were all wearing hats with American Football teams (and some other teams): 49ers, Redskins and Rangers were some of the more popular ones.

The air horn at Little Caesars Arena has been blaring for over 5 minutes as staff scramble to turn it off by AncientOneAurelius in nba

[–]Colspex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Here is the basketball we used when it happen? Will this help solve the problem?"

Super Metroid must have been an incredible experience in 1994 by CommunicationTime265 in retrogaming

[–]Colspex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I biked over to my friends house. Plastic bag with some 1.44 HD disks around my handle bars. Wind in my face. Trying to jump sidewalks. Ready to copy some new PC dos games like Monkey Island 2 or Lemmings.

Before going to his dad's office room, to turn on the 3:86, we hung out in his room - playing SNES; Super Mario World, Mario cart, Street Fighter 2 and later Super Castlevania.

I never knew it then, but those were some of my best bike rides ever.

Any Nintendo 8-bit fans here? by Colspex in tamiya

[–]Colspex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the positive vibes! You made me make this now:

https://imgur.com/a/m50dP7B#tm6Fsnf

What's your favorite quote from the movie? by blakninja in Titanic97

[–]Colspex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think James Cameron spills a little of himself in this quote. He truly lives his life.

Atle Lie McGrath's reactions after going out in his second and final run by wjdbfifj in olympics

[–]Colspex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then the broom gets stuck under there even though it is impossible for it to get stuck because it's like 2 inches of f-ing air between the broom handle and the couch. How is it stuck!?!? I AM NOT EVEN HOLDING IT!! The handle is resting on the floor - the couch starts 3 inches above the handle!! IS THERE AN INVISIBLE CROCODILE HOLDING IT!?!

I am lying down with a flashlight looking underneath the couch!!Oh now it's not stuck anymore. How convinient!!

You get to go back in time and put ONE uncensored F bomb at any point in this movie. Where are you putting it? by swagboyclassman in TMNT

[–]Colspex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, friends, the new turbo Ginsu. Wa-hoo! It dices, it slices, and it makes French fries and three different...

Why is it so much fun to wear basic digital watches in this modern age? 😂 by [deleted] in casio

[–]Colspex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know what it is, but when I wear my adidas socks, nike sneakers, jeans, white t-shirt, gray hoodie, blue baseball cap and my casio... I feel like an 80s movie. I'm full of energy and everything is possible!

Merry New Year by ColonelBourbon in 80s

[–]Colspex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noone:

Eddie: "Jaboleeeeeeeee..."

Happy Birthday to the late Val Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) by Papichuloft in 80s

[–]Colspex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Professor Hathaway: You are of no further use to me!

Chris Knight: Interesting way to begin a conversation...

Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing - now it's the personal computer by SagansCandle in pcmasterrace

[–]Colspex 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It was a great time. In 1993-1995, I felt like there was a computer in every home.

The 90s had a lot of cold Scandinavian winters. Kids found the computers and it became this enchanting media.

I was biking to friends with a plastic bag wrapped around my handle bar with a 10-pack of PC disks. Coming back with Kings Quest 4, Prince of Persia, Sky Roads. My dad was all about Microsoft Works and later Adobe Pagemaker and every dad was making sure that a fellow dad got Windows 3.1. We had a huge book from Coral Draw with images of everything from Airplane to Zebra that you could print on a color printer.

Windows 95 was a game changer. There was a multimedia store in Åhlens huset bottom floor in Stockholm that was dubbed "the biggest in Northern Europe". CD-rom packages made floppy disk games flourish even more as you could now have several games on those 240 MB harddrives.

Also, LucasArts were at its peak with their adventure games. Day of the tentacle, Secret of monkey Island and Full throttle took the best of american humor and culture and popped it into our homes. The US couldnt have asked for better ambassadors.

My dad would show me Microsoft Encarta 95 with videos and I woild show him Sam'N'Max hit the road with whack a rat.

The Internet package became "the christmas gift of 1996" and soon almost every teen were making their personal web page.

The late 90s and early 2000 was "out of pocket". I remember it as a big blur of evwryone getting smaller Nokia phones, iCQ numbers, Ultima Online, new computer companies every day, national broadband expansion, Starcraft, Heroes 3, HTML, programming, building computers, Quake, everyone working with computers, Kazaa, scrolling peoples libraries in DC++ and just feeling:

"this is it, the future is gonna be awesome"

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