i love this site. (i have had it bookmarked for yonks but it was posted on hotukdeals which reminded me of it)https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine?&sort=datehttps://archive.org/details/crash-magazine?sort=titleSorterhttps://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine?&sort=datehttps://archive.org/details/amigaformatmagazine?sort=titleSorterhttps://archive.org/details/cuamiga-magazine?sort=titleSorterhttps://archive.org/details/amiga-computing-magazine?sort=titleSorterhttps://archive.org/details/inputmagazine?sort=titleSorter (this one i both loved and hated at the same time - I still remember some of those magazines from back in the day when i used to get them)lots of other non gaming stuff as well https://archive.org/

bigmike20vt said: I am biased.......... I fully admit that however i honestly think the 80's was one of the best (if not THE best) decades to grow up in. Funnily enough i had this conversation yesterday with some friends and the wife as we are currently watching "Stranger Things" on TV.but in general (where i lived at least - which wont be the same for all) crime was practically zerorules were a lot more lax (ie i could go out with friends as an early teenager shooting tin cans with an air rifle, now however... no one does that these days, again, not where i live anyway - and if they did they would be considered to be right scalliesYou obviously didn't live on an estate like the one I lived on. Moved onto the estate in the late 1980's when I was around 15yrs old. I got my head kicked in the first week by some blokes who must of been in their late 30's, all because they decided they wanted the Chinese takeaway I'd ordered. Got my head kicked in a month later and had the videos I'd rented taken and if you wasn't getting kicked in for some other strange reason, then the stray dogs would have a go at chasing you and savaging you. Must admit, it did me the world of good though. I learned to toughen up quickly..

DaftnDirect said: ↑@kojack @LZoltowski @Techy111Thanks @DaftnDirect

I miss the days of being a kid, saving up a few quid and going to WHSmith and picking up the latest magazine with my free CD/Floppy. Or even before that, spending half a day, typing out the code to play a game!Those were the days!

DaftnDirect said: ↑@kojack @LZoltowski @Techy111Done properly lol ;)

You forgot one, or should I say The One.https://archive.org/search.php?query=the+one+amiga&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22computermagazines%22&page=2 Wow! I remember so many of those covers.Edit: Actually you forgot two. How could you not include Amiga Power as well?https://archive.org/search.php?query=amiga%20power&and[]=collection%3A%22computermagazines%22

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Chazmeister
Rising Star
7 years ago
You forgot one, or should I say The One.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=the+one+amiga&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22computermagazines%22&page=2

Wow! I remember so many of those covers.

Edit: Actually you forgot two. How could you not include Amiga Power as well?

https://archive.org/search.php?query=amiga%20power&and[]=collection%3A%22computermagazines%22
Chazmeister
Rising Star
7 years ago
Oh yes and here's a pick for the Elite players among us. Big interview with DB about Elite 2. Oh and if you think gaming is expensive now, just look at those prices back in 92.

https://archive.org/details/TheOneIssue48Sep92
bigmike20vt
Visionary
7 years ago
lol trust me i didnt forget The One, it was by far the best amiga mag imo... however i was in too much of a rush to put my own in so just pasted the ones on the link where i got it from.
(i did put the input one in there myself but that was because i wanted a friend to see that specific link)

had i of done it there would have been more spectrum and less C64. :D

wow that elite 2 interview... how i fantasised over that for ages. it was another year before the game came out after that little tease iirc.
Anonymous
7 years ago
I used to love those days in the 80s reading games magazines. Sinclair User and CVG were my favourites. Used to love typing in the games written in BASIC every month. I learnt a lot from doing that.
bigmike20vt
Visionary
7 years ago
I am biased.......... I fully admit that however i honestly think the 80's was one of the best (if not THE best) decades to grow up in. Funnily enough i had this conversation yesterday with some friends and the wife as we are currently watching "Stranger Things" on TV.

but in general (where i lived at least - which wont be the same for all) crime was practically zero

rules were a lot more lax (ie i could go out with friends as an early teenager shooting tin cans with an air rifle, now however... no one does that these days, again, not where i live anyway - and if they did they would be considered to be right scallies

but the big one......

The birth of home computing with insane improvements really quickly along with the Arcade golden age. *if i had to pick the perfect decade for this it would probably be 1984 - 1994 but lets not split hairs*.

(and the music was pretty fantastic as well imo - ACDC / Iron maiden / Ozzy / metallica all at their best and i even like the pop to a degree)
JohnnyDioxin
Expert Trustee
7 years ago
I still have a box full of Amiga Format (including one with some of my "artwork" in the Gallery on the CD) and a few Amiga User rags. I don't get them out too often - tend to lose myself for a few hours.

Thanks for the links
kojack
MVP
7 years ago
I used to have a bunch of https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing when I was young. Even back then it was odd.
Bad cartoon quality, strange clipart, ads for $10000 hard drives with 11MB storage, more bad cartoons. Actually a bunch of badly drawn artwork. Code to type in (but usually wouldn't work on my trs-80 coco2). Technology that never caught on. Photos of families overreacting to a new personal computer.
It was probably half ads though.

:)
Anonymous
7 years ago
Yup, the 80s were awesome...but you're not correct about crime. There was still plenty of crime about but just less of it I think. Certainly less weapons and drugs on the street and in schools though, although someone at my school went after another kid with a crossbow one day which caused a fair bit of excitement :o :D
Zenbane
MVP
7 years ago
Iol, when I read the Subject for this thread I was expecting something entirely different. Even some of BigMike's word choices elude to it...

Some bedtime reading

bookmarked for yonks

posted on hotukdeals

how i fantasised over that for ages

that little tease

but the big one......
Fazz
Honored Visionary
7 years ago

bigmike20vt said:

I am biased.......... I fully admit that however i honestly think the 80's was one of the best (if not THE best) decades to grow up in. Funnily enough i had this conversation yesterday with some friends and the wife as we are currently watching "Stranger Things" on TV.

but in general (where i lived at least - which wont be the same for all) crime was practically zero

rules were a lot more lax (ie i could go out with friends as an early teenager shooting tin cans with an air rifle, now however... no one does that these days, again, not where i live anyway - and if they did they would be considered to be right scallies

You obviously didn't live on an estate like the one I lived on. Moved onto the estate in the late 1980's when I was around 15yrs old. I got my head kicked in the first week by some blokes who must of been in their late 30's, all because they decided they wanted the Chinese takeaway I'd ordered. Got my head kicked in a month later and had the videos I'd rented taken and if you wasn't getting kicked in for some other strange reason, then the stray dogs would have a go at chasing you and savaging you.

Must admit, it did me the world of good though. I learned to toughen up quickly..