Arise, ARISE! Children of the 80's! MWAHAHAHAHA!

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-10-30 05:13pm

http://www.geekamerica.com/articles/80s/

Although frankly, I don't remember a single thing....

Syke!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-30 05:24pm

That'd mean something if I was American, fortunately, I'm not.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-30 05:30pm

"If you can punch in "up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, start" in less than 3 seconds"

So true.

otter · Post by **otter** » 2003-10-30 05:35pm

[Q]-You actually bought and listened to Weird Al tapes.[/Q]

He-heh

Guilty! I had the "Dare to be stupid" and "Weird Al 3-D" cassettes

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-30 05:38pm

I am an evil child of the 80s. I listen to cheesy 80s music like Laura Branigan's Self Control.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-30 05:42pm

neoolong wrote:"If you can punch in "up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, start" in less than 3 seconds"

So true.

I vaguely remember that being a cheat code of some kind on the NES or SNES. Which is it?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-10-30 05:43pm

Shinova wrote:
neoolong wrote:"If you can punch in "up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, start" in less than 3 seconds"

So true.
I vaguely remember that being a cheat code of some kind on the NES or SNES. Which is it?

It's the infamous Konami code which I believe originated in NES Contra.

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-10-30 05:52pm

The 80's were fucking awesome. God, i wish i could go back just for one day....

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-30 05:56pm

The 80s also had the STRANGEST music.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-10-30 05:57pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
Shinova wrote:
neoolong wrote:"If you can punch in "up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, start" in less than 3 seconds"

So true.
I vaguely remember that being a cheat code of some kind on the NES or SNES. Which is it?
It's the infamous Konami code which I believe originated in NES Contra.

Although the web site made a mistake. The full Konami Code is Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right, BA Start.

In Contra and Lifefforce, it gave you 30 lives.

In Gradius, it gave you full powerups.

In Gradius II(SNES)... I forget. I think the original code killed you, but a variation gave you the powerups.

In Zone of the Enders: the 2nd Runner, if you pull it off during the Boss Battle Extra Mission against Vic Viper, it unlocked the Vic Viper Gradius-style minigame(without you having to get it during the story mode again). Inputting it again during the minigame gives you full powerups.

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-10-30 06:03pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
Shinova wrote:
neoolong wrote:"If you can punch in "up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, start" in less than 3 seconds"

So true.
I vaguely remember that being a cheat code of some kind on the NES or SNES. Which is it?
It's the infamous Konami code which I believe originated in NES Contra.

It was also famous for being the "blood code" on the Sega Genesis version of the original Mortal Kombat that made all the SNES whores jealous. But that was the 90's.

Konami has been using this code since the days of Contra and Punch Out.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-30 06:25pm

kojikun wrote:I am an evil child of the 80s. I listen to cheesy 80s music like Laura Branigan's Self Control.

So do I.

Listening to 80s music is probably my largest guilty pleasure.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-30 06:27pm

I like the good ol' eighties games.

Ah, GTA: VC, how I love thee.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-10-30 06:34pm

Wow, I'm a child of the 80's...and I didn't even really live through them. Ah the joys of hanging around your older siblings as much as you could. Because of them I often refer to myself as an almost 80's child.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-30 06:38pm

I stopped counting around fifty.

Blacktron legos were the shit

YOU DAMN RIGHT THEY ARE!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-30 06:41pm

SAMAS wrote:
Ghost Rider wrote:
Shinova wrote: I vaguely remember that being a cheat code of some kind on the NES or SNES. Which is it?
It's the infamous Konami code which I believe originated in NES Contra.
Although the web site made a mistake. The full Konami Code is Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right, BA Start.

In Contra and Lifefforce, it gave you 30 lives.

In Gradius, it gave you full powerups.

In Gradius II(SNES)... I forget. I think the original code killed you, but a variation gave you the powerups.

In Zone of the Enders: the 2nd Runner, if you pull it off during the Boss Battle Extra Mission against Vic Viper, it unlocked the Vic Viper Gradius-style minigame(without you having to get it during the story mode again). Inputting it again during the minigame gives you full powerups.

It also worked for Abadox.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-10-30 07:00pm

I just barely missed that era, being born in '86. Some of the list still applies to me though.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-10-30 07:06pm

Shinova wrote:The 80s also had the STRANGEST music.

Like the Disco of the 70s and boy bands and grunge bands of the 90s were any better.

pellaeons_scion · Post by **pellaeons_scion** » 2003-10-30 07:15pm

Ahh the 80's, big hair, fluro, DEVO, Madness, The Young Ones.....whats not to like? OK, punky brewster was an abomination and should be slain...buts thats about it as far as I remember

Transformers, Machine Men, Atari, C64, StarBlazers, Battle of the Planets..aahhhh...bliss

I miss the 80's...thats why its fun watching Degrassi Junior High..a dose of the 80's all over again

</nostalgia_mode> One more trip down amnesia lane...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-30 07:22pm

The only thing I remember from that list is Duck Hunt. Then again I was born in September 85.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-10-30 07:22pm

You envied the kid down the street who had all six Constructicons.

I WAS the kid down the street who had all six Constructicons.

There were a number of things in that list that I wished I'd never hear about againtranzor-z

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-30 07:57pm

Darth Servo wrote:
Shinova wrote:The 80s also had the STRANGEST music.
Like the Disco of the 70s and boy bands and grunge bands of the 90s were any better.

Hey, at least most of the stuff in the 90s and 70s at least sounded like something! A lot of the stuff from the 80s sounded like a collection of sounds put together with some over-done electronic mixing and lyrics added in.

This is not to say that there were indeed some really good pieces out from the 80s, but in general, blaaaahhh.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-30 08:00pm

You just shut the hell up, Space Cadet.

pellaeons_scion · Post by **pellaeons_scion** » 2003-10-30 08:02pm

Yes it sounds like "something" alright...I just havent worked out what

*searches through mp3's for some Devo to save his soul*

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » 2003-10-30 08:05pm

Shinova wrote:Hey, at least most of the stuff in the 90s and 70s at least sounded like something! A lot of the stuff from the 80s sounded like a collection of sounds put together with some over-done electronic mixing and lyrics added in.

This is not to say that there were indeed some really good pieces out from the 80s, but in general, blaaaahhh.

You obviously missed metal. The '80s were the peak of heavy metal... although it didn't gain as much acceptance in America as the hair bands, it still was fairly popular.