/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5918547
You.

>>5918552

>>5918547
I had one of these as a kid. It came with a videotape with some first-person driving footage on it.

I remember these. Toys like this have been around for like 60 years. They dropped off in popularity in the early 90s after the gameboy came out.

>>5918547
I saw a thing similar to this a few months ago but with Outrun.

>>5918580
Whoa they mod it to play outrun on it? They had to use a raspberry pi or something..

>>5918547
Nice, I saw that post on Reddit this morning too! Have an upvote, friend!

>>5918565
How can you remember something that's "been around for like 60 years" when you're a tween?

>>5918774
it's like they are living in the same timeline or something

The holocaust

[sp]Because it never happened[/sp]

>>5918547
I had this exact thing. It might have been a slightly different model, but the "graphics" were identical. Shifter, wheel, everything seems about right. I could have sworn mine was smaller though. I don't remember the whole instrument panel section.

I never played it as a kid. I think I'd play it now. I can enjoy some of those early games like this. But as a kid I didn't get the appeal, I just wanted to go outside into the forest and build forts.

>>5918547
There was a later version of this that was an airplane. I think it was made by a different company.

>>5918624
*dabs epicly*

>>5918547
I feel like I have seen this as a kid but I am not sure. I think I remember it being kind of weird and cool at the time because it was like you were driving on the inside of a hamster wheel. Did it have sound? I feel like it did.

>>5918547
No, I had a police motorcycle version of this and it was my favorite toy ever when I was 4. I have video evidence of it somewhere. I can not for the life of me search for this fucker online. No idea what its called or how to describe it. At least the one I had. I think OP was called "learn to drive" or along those lines

>>5918547
i had one of these growing up in the 80's.

>>5918547
Mine had a black horn

>>5918547
I threw mine into a kiddie pool after getting bored with it.

>>5918547
>not modding it to have a 4k screen and gran turismo

>>5918547
has the rom been dumped? anyone know a cycle accurate emulator for this?

>>5919776
>dumping an electro-mechanical game
Oh you cheeky bastard
*shits in anons mouth*

>>5918547
what a sad toy

>>5918547
I could not for the life of me figure out how this shit worked as a kid. haven't seen one in 25+ years, so I still don't know

>>5921671
I had this one. Super fun.

Fucking amateurs

>>5921695
i love the art on this. looks like you steal eggs, birds can shit on you and steal eggs back, and you want to get eggs before they hatch

>>5921696
This honestly isn’t even a video game. This type of thing is more of an amusement toy

>>5921708
That's pretty much it.

>>5921716
Isn't that what a video game is?
A toy for your amusement?

>>5921686
a roll of paper/plastic with the road and a light acting as a projector. The car was a separate slide of plastic.

>>5918547
Had it

>>5921671
Didn't have it

>>5921696
Didn't have it

>>5918547
When that same pic was posted a few weeks ago?

>>5921716
>>5921740
Not knowing what a toy is...

>>5924532
>not knowing what irony is
FTFYK

>>5918547
I think they used this as the driving simulator when I took driver's ed.

>SCREEEEEEEEECH

>>5921695
>cave man has pacman eyes
Nice

fuck yes! real men take a shit in the sink

>>5918547

>>5918774
It wasn’t mine, it was someone else’s In the family. I assume an uncle or something who had it as a kid. I’m 28.
>>5918797
It wasn’t even a game. It was a just a gimmick sort of trick thing. There was a roll that scrolled constantly and you moved the car yourself. Hitting the drawn on trees or obstacles did nothing to slow you down. One of those underwater ring toss games had more replayability then these.
>>5919464
Mine had sound and I remember being loud and horrible sounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc6hq1zSAvE

In the late 80's I had this weird Batmobile game. It was just the cockpit of the Batmobile, steering wheel an all and a small screen where the video was displayed above the wheel. The game was hard, too hard. 90 degree turns anout all that. Anyone else remember that?

>>5925151

>HEAD Talking to HEAD Baseball

>>5918547
I had one. I think I only played it for a few days but on those days I sometimes did it for hours. I invented several scenarios like running from the police etc. it was fun.

>>5926552
>even has car crash physics
based

Had one of these when I was a kid. You could challenge 100 different boxers.

>>5918547

Does anyone remember a similar toy but it was a spaceship thing with a joystick?
The joystick was a one hand thing so not the dual one, and it was right in front of the screen.

>>5926526
This is the only thing I remember. Some pretty obscure shit in here.

>>5925163
I had this, found it at a garage sale for $.50 in 1985, and it came with a DC adapter.

>>5921671

Bought this yesterday after seeing this thread, always wanted one since I first saw an ad for it in a kids magazine in the.. mid 80s?

I found one of these at a yard sale in the early 2000's, came with the fighter jet VHS.
Imagine having an entire console dedicated to light gun shooting games

>>5926526
For the younger crowd, there was Alphie the educational robot.

>>5918547
Still looking for the airplane version of this. It was similar to pic related but it was a commercial airplane, like a 747 or some shit.

No one remembers these.

>>5929275

I remember seeing comercials for it on tv back in the day, I take it that it was based on that anime with the mechs and the giants?

>>5929429
>I take it that it was based on that anime
No.

>>5929658
my dad has one of these he bought off eBay a few years ago to relive his youth.

>>5918547
I remember that thing. I wish we'd kept it because I kind of want to dissect it now and see for myself how the screen worked.

>>5929736
Holy shit! What is the name of this robot? Been searching for it for ages!

>>5929726
It's a lightbulb inside a translucent drum.

>>5926526
>>5929256
Had both of these growing up. They were my favorite toys

>>5929971
Wow, thanks for ruining the magic of my childhood.

>>5929971
Yeah I know, but I wanna tear it the fuck apart and see it and hold it.

Not 100% sure if this is retro