I'm in danger of falling into the trap in 2 hours 26 minutes time
There's a pristine BBC Master 128 with a disc drive and games on eBay, a decent price (so far) and a chunk of my past nostalgia waiiting to be rediscovered. Only problem is, I've got a fully working free Beeb emulator and almost every game I ever played when I was young tucked away in a few megabytes on my laptop. So why do I need the bulky hardware?

I don't know. I just WANT.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 18:08, 21 replies)

Errrr
So you can lick it in a post retro way...

I offer cheese as an exchange for my financially cheat youth!
(Master_Slob UK minister for cultural appropriation., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 18:18, closed)

Emulating is cheating a tad...
...I know you can simulate a 48k speccy in Flash, but it isn't the same as sitting in front of a fuzzy tv and waiting 10mins to play Manic Miner.

*clicks*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 30 Sep 2010, 18:26, closed)

Manic Miner FT*MF*W!
Woo!

*Cracks open dark recesses of loft to find BBC*
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 18:58, closed)

manic miner is purest joy

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 19:12, closed)

Repton 3 for me, I lurved that game!

( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 0:13, closed)

Never...
Meet your heroes.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 18:52, closed)

This.

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:29, closed)

This
I succumbed to that several years ago. I think Pentium 2s or 3s were all the rage at the time. I found a guy selling a pristine Commodore 64 with disk drive, printer and a bucketload of non-pirated games.

I bought it, spending about $300, had some nostalgia for a couple of days then it sat in the cupboard for a few months before I gave it away.
( Ratsta, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 1:57, closed)

Same
Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be. I wish they'd come out with IK+ on the PC though.
(McChinaman banned, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 5:10, closed)

This is a good statement
I'd love to meet Neil Peart from Rush but from what I divine, he is not a people person. I don't want my hero-myths to be destroyed by having him stamp them into the ground, so I will stay the hell away....and revel in the fantasy.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 1 Oct 2010, 2:44, closed)

DO IT

(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 19:51, closed)

Nowt wrong with that
I have UAE (Amiga Emulator) and a folder full of ADFs but still have my old A500 and A1200 rigged up in the loft for the 'real deal'.

Never had a BBC, used one at School for 'Computer Studies' (or trying to write 'FUCK' on the screen with LOGO).

I was a Spectrum kid, we fought with the C64 kids. IIRC the BBC kid and the Oric-1 girl used to sit in the corner and eat boogers.
(Bad Monkey hasn't had an abusive gaz since, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:09, closed)

it is a heavy burden
being the computer of choice for schools. You are never going to be cool after it's become officially endorsed by the government...
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:46, closed)

spectrum pfft
commie rules
(mersault, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:14, closed)

Jupiter Ace
My first computer.. a sodding Jupiter Ace... although things did pick up with the Acorn Electron that followed!! (why has Elite never been re released for the modern machines??)
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:38, closed)

IT HAS
(kind of) google oolite
(mersault, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:16, closed)

There's also glfrontier
available from tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html.

It is currently eating my life in HUGE chunks, and remains as fun the day I first launched from Lave back in 1985.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:57, closed)

NEWS FLASH
I didn't get it. When you come close to £90 inc p+p you really have to ask yourself.....and someone else wanted it badder than me :-)

Anyway, there's always Next Time.....mua ha ha ha ha!
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:44, closed)

Well done, Rotating Wobbly Hat.

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 8:58, closed)

NEWSFLASH 2 : Oddly enough the seller contacted me almost immediately
With a 'second chance' proposition. Turns out he had an identical one just waiting...sniff sniff? Smells like BULLSHIT! I think he shill outbid me on a false 'protected identity' auction and is trying to backpedal.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:44, closed)

A few years back a mate picked up an Anstrad 464 at a boot sale...
...complete with the obligatroy monitor, a box full of decent original games on cassette and a microswitch joystick.

He paid £12.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:14, closed)