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[CabbageRed]

I also miss this even though it was crap..

About the most theoretically awesome toy ever. It sucked, but I kept coming back to it over and over again. It held such promise that I felt I was somehow 'doing it wrong.'

 

[MetalAlien]

About the most theoretically awesome toy ever. It sucked, but I kept coming back to it over and over again. It held such promise that I felt I was somehow 'doing it wrong.'

Yea it was good for about 3 commands and then the errors added up and it would hit a wall. Still had fun with it though.

 

[Complex Shadow]

 

[adamsappel]

I loved this minidisc player. It had a slot drive, rather than clamshell. I still have a couple laying around.

 

[andycapps]

My am/fm radio alarm clock. 15 years old and still going strong.

Ditto, mine's some old Sony Dream Machine and I hope it never bites the dust. Have a soft spot for it.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Oh and speaking of one old console in particular... while I'm sure most of you have devices that can play PS1 games between PS2, PS3 or PC... how many remember the old PS1 startup sound? It sends me into fits of late-90s nostalgia (I thought it was cheesy back then, but now I think it is The Voice of God).

Listen!

Life was better when there was no Playstation or cellphones. [/spoiler]*removes rose-tinted glasses[/spoiler]

I really loved my Super Famicom. I paid £350 to get it on release week with Final Fight and Pilotwings.

Great days.

 

[Why For?]

Dreamcast
Megadrive
Sega Lock On

 

[giga]

Nikon FA. My first SLR handed down from my dad. Still sitting on my shelf next to my 40D like a champ with its bigass viewfinder.

Nights + this glorious controller.

IBM Model M. Extraordinary.

Pre click wheel third-gen iPod. The only moving part was the lock switch. The backlit red text and capacitive wheel was legendary.

 

[way more]

Lazer tag

 

[jecclr2003]

My iPod did not last as long as my Zune. This thing keeps chugging along.

I am STILL using my 1st gen Zune as my primary music/podcast player. The thing is ROCK solid.

Why can't MS build an Xbox that endures a beating like the Zune does?

 

[BocoDragon]

Life was better when there was no Playstation or cellphones. [/spoiler]*removes rose-tinted glasses[/spoiler]

I remember that era too. Seeing an import Super Famicom at the mall in 1990.... MIND BLOWN.

 

[scotcheggz]

I have an old ZX Spectrum still that comes out maybe once per year. I got it out recently actually and played some Kickstart 2. Was going to make a thread on the gaming side for old computers but sort of forgot. I still have the receipt and everything. I also still have an old manual that teaches you how to code simple games on it and man, the language it uses is hilarious.

 

[The Technomancer]

My cellphone. It doesn't go online, it can't browse Facebook, it only has a number pad, it barely takes pictures and it doesn't have an SD card to get them on or off anyway. It makes phone calls and occasionally texts. I love that thing.

My GameBoy Color as well. First real video game system I ever owned.

 

[Tathanen]

Pf you guys call this stuff old.

This is still sitting next to my bed. I've had it for basically my entire life. I sure don't remember it looking that clean and not-punctured-by-a-pencil-20-years-ago though.

[Edit] Ha, just noticed someone else mentioned an old GE alarm clock, right on.

 

[DMczaf]

It'll make a comeback!

 

[Ultima_5]

Still keep it and a copy of tetris in my backpack for when I get to class early. Gotta love this thing

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

i still use my VCR all the time

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

Lets see...

Playstation 2: Fatty Version
Atari 7800
DVHS camcorders
Cell Phones with real slide out keyboards (they are getting scarce)
Cell Phones with external antennas
HD CRT television sets
Tube Amplifiers
Tube Supercomputers
Analog Keyboards
Reel to Reel tape machines
Pirates

 

[Trent Strong]

i still use my VCR all the time

Same here.

 

[DrFunk]

My iPod did not last as long as my Zune. This thing keeps chugging along.

So good. Motherfucker is still going strong

 

[Naked Snake]

I also miss this even though it was crap..

Holy shit I had one of these! I wouldn't have remembered it in a million years had I not seen this picture :lol

That just gave me a strong rush of nostalgia

Loving this thread.

 

[VAIL]

I loved this minidisc player. It had a slot drive, rather than clamshell. I still have a couple laying around.

One of the best music devices I ever owned, looooved it.

 

[Mr Nightman]

Oldest thing I currently have is an old toshiba satellite laptop, has a 1.4Ghz celeron m, 2gb of ddr2 ram, ati radeon xpress 200m ( horrible couldnt even handle moh allied assault on med/high :lol , and a 40gb ide drive. Still works, and gets hot as a mofo on your lap. My bros got a ferrari acer 3400 laptop thats still putting along, has a athlon 64 1.9ghz cpu, 512mb of ddr ram, 40gb hdd, and a radeon 9700m gpu.

 

[chaostrophy]

IBM Model M. Extraordinary.

You can still buy these brand new, made in Lexington, KY, USA, from a company called Unicomp. I would never use any other keyboard for a desktop PC.

 

[SolsticeZero]

60GB PS3

I've had her since 11/17/2006 and I'm gonna keep her forever. Wifi + Hardware BC FTW!

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

I remember opening this up Christmas morning. That thread on the gaming side where the dude said he hated Donkey Kong Country (and I'm hoping he went to prison for saying that) made me hook mine back up and fall in love again.

 

[Kccitystar]

After opening it on my birthday in 2003, it's still running strong on my XP box and it came with a voucher for Half Life 2 when the game was done. HUZZAH

 

[RoryDropkick]

SDTV in general...

This goes hand in hand with the appreciation for old consoles of course. I have pretty much all of them till hooked up to a small 22" flatscreen SDTV in a nice little setup. I even have redundant consoles displayed: PS1, Gamecube... I have a slim AND phat PS2 on display (one's hard-modded and one's soft-modded). I also have SNES AND Super Famicom, NES AND AV Famicom I love me old consoles.

They all look like SHIT on HDTVs and IMO people who are hooking up old consoles to HDTVs are doing it wrong. And since I have the little SDTV, DVD still lives, Wii Netflix is awesome, I don't have a VCR but I wouldn't be opposed to it if I have a reason.

Love live SD! :lol

*Internet High Five Here* now if only I could get someone to mod my Mega Drive and Duo-R for s-video out.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Still have most of my old consoles besides my N64.

 

[jambo]

Voodoo 2

Original Gameboy Clear

Nintendo 64

 

[Animal]

Pre click wheel third-gen iPod. The only moving part was the lock switch. The backlit red text and capacitive wheel was legendary.

Also my baby. I'm convinced it has the greatest sound quality out of any portable Apple product ever made.

 

[AqueousTransmission]

YESSSSSSS. Omg yes.

 

[speedpop]

C64 and Super 8 cameras.

 

[Shaneus]

Still remember the day I chose it over an iPod... it was the dock and the RCA outputs :lol
Fucking woeful software and support, but amazing quality and depth of sound customisation.

 

[Ferga]

my 7 year old radio clock

 

[Menelaus]

My first MP3 player of any kind...yeah, it was hella ghetto.

 

[MetalAlien]

Doesn't this camera look fimilar to any of you? You guys talk about the movie often enough. I always wanted one... Thought for sure one of you would have recognized it. Mine had the VTR separate, hung on your side.

 

[1138]

(crap picture)

I don't know why exactly. I have a collection of portable gaming hardware and the pocket still stands out to me.

I came here to post this. Good design, and perfect in size. I still use it even though i have a GBA and a DS lite.

 

[Jeramii]

 

[CF_Fighter]

Still remember the day I chose it over an iPod... it was the dock and the RCA outputs :lol
Fucking woeful software and support, but amazing quality and depth of sound customisation.

Agreed on all points. I loved that it supported OGG and FLAC formats too. I remember the hell I went through to convert all my OGGs back to MP3s after I got an iPod Touch.

 

[Fabiollo]

This is my boy:

He is living a brilliant second youth.

 

[rpmurphy]

Haha, I still have a funny back cover ad for that thing which I found in recent years digging through my childhood stuff. The ad model was an uncanny sp0rsk look-alike.

 

[Shaneus]

I don't use it anymore because the hard disk sounded like it was on it's way out... but every moment I spent with the thing I absolutely loved. As I recall, it had pretty kickarse battery life as well. Also had true, perfect gapless playback that convinced me to split all my mp3 mixes into individual files... something I later regretted when my 5G iPod could NEVER fucking get it right.

PS. Holy fuck, you can use a Compact Flash adapter in it! SSD drives, too! Fuck, should drag the old girl out and get 'er fixed up. Batteries are cheap as, too.

 

[Goodacre0081]

"digital dice" we got to make in grade8 electronics class, im amazed it still works after all these years

 

[C.Dark.DN]

wonder where my talkboy is

and how many they sold because of home alone

 

[dejay]

My old Sony Clie PDA. It had volatile memory and would lose everything when it ran out of charge but I had some good shit on there.

I threw it out on the weekend actually - kinda sad to see it go but life it too short to hang onto stuff you don't use.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Nokia 3210 <3

 

[celebi23]

Pre click wheel third-gen iPod. The only moving part was the lock switch. The backlit red text and capacitive wheel was legendary.

My first iPod I saved up for what seemed like years :lol I think I still have it around here somewhere

 

[Always-honest]

good times.

 

[PJV3]

I had the Big Trak and trailer but my sister broke it in retaliation for setting fire to her Mr frosty.

 

[esquire]

BlackBerry Pearl (the original one). I loved messing around with that thing before smartphones became really popular and "user friendly." The good ol' days. The dark ages.