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the311guy is offline the311guy
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What's your nerdiest gaming purchase of all time? (or just nerdiest purchase)

I got mine today, a nes controller belt buckle

lol check it out nesbuckle.com

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haha i remmeber i made a homepage like 6 years ago and it was full of those dancing 7up spot guys lol

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What on earth are danicing 7-up spots?

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uh-oh. somebody's gonna post one now.

Thanks Frozzy.

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Cool!

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haha i remmeber i made a homepage like 6 years ago and it was full of those dancing 7up spot guys lol


That smiley has only been here for about 2 years now.

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Not Spot, though.

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I seem to recall a SNES game called CoolSpot which involved zapping mice and cheese, or something like that.

Available from the Virgin Megastore in London as part of a 7 Up/Virgin cross promotion, I think.

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I remember a DOS game called Spot, interesting little game sort of like reversi, but not quite. I could find it on the Net, but couldn't get it to run on my Wintel box.

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I saw that form oh so very long ago

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I thought it was cute.

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It's a DL, yet sadly I find it unworthy of the DL dance.

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Does anybody use usenet any more?

"FidoNet"? Never heard of it...

"WebTV"? Is that still around?

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Why can't the author of that form spell "loser"?

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I seem to recall a SNES game called CoolSpot which involved zapping mice and cheese, or something like that.

Available from the Virgin Megastore in London as part of a 7 Up/Virgin cross promotion, I think.


Yep, Coolspot, I had it on my Amiga 1200

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Does anybody use usenet any more?



Yes.

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What's your nerdiest gaming purchase of all time? (or just nerdiest purchase)

I got mine today, a nes controller belt buckle

lol check it out nesbuckle.com



consider posting this to "other games"

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Heh, that belt buckle reminds me of "Captain N" =)

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So which one of you created this DL?

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Why, you of course, Spikey

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I vote Urban Ranger.

Oops, wrong game.

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Aren't all gaming purchases per se nerdy?

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I don't think so. You can buy a game because you enjoy playing on your computer without devoting your life (or your cultural frame) to it.

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