Did Anyone Have This Groovy Thing?

[Babs Johnson]

Awesome radios



or this one?



I had the twisty Panasonic one, but in blue. The sound wasn’t very good.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I didn't exactly know what those were. I thought that 2nd one was a Poké Ball.

 

[JaxDad]

I had this…

 

[clh2]

i might have had the ball one…in a green. (or perhaps one of my sisters did).

 

[Mysterian]

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
"I can't do that, Dave."

 

[amcnj]

A close neighborhood friend of mine had the ball and chain one. It must have been around 1970. He brought it to the two week long Boy Scout summer camp we went to and we had it in our tent.

 

[Genie+]

Not quite a groovy thing but sort of. Going through some old stuff yesterday I came across a CD still in wrapper, bought long ago at the supermarket when CDs were going out of fashion and they had a table marked $1. I never opened it after realizing only for Sega Dreamcast and wouldn’t work in my computer.



My son looked it up online: The Typing of the Dead going for $200-300+.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I remember those radios, but didn’t own them. They were cool. A friend had the twisty one in blue. I got this one in 1976 for the bicentennial. LOL, I think it was AM only.

 

[Genie+]

This is a radio 1980, my MIL won it. Still here!

 

[Mysterian]

Not quite a groovy thing but sort of. Going through some old stuff yesterday I came across a CD still in wrapper, bought long ago at the supermarket when CDs were going out of fashion and they had a table marked $1. I never opened it after realizing only for Sega Dreamcast and wouldn’t work in my computer.

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My son looked it up online: The Typing of the Dead going for $200-300+.

How do you type on a Dreamcast? I played this for PC, maybe it was a demo. Kind of frustrating!

I preferred my pirated copy of the original, non-typing House of the Dead, which was really fun and looked as good as the arcade version.

 

[Mysterian]

This is a radio 1980, my MIL won it. Still here!
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That's pretty cool. I once found a Pringles speaker at the thrift. You're supposed to use it with an empty can of Pringles. It was battery powered and used a basic audio cable, perfect for old iPods.

 

[Genie+]

That's pretty cool. I once found a Pringles speaker at the thrift. You're supposed to use it with an empty can of Pringles. It was battery powered and used a basic audio cable, perfect for old iPods.

That’s so cool! Burstin’

 

[Genie+]

How do you type on a Dreamcast? I played this for PC, maybe it was a demo. Kind of frustrating!

I preferred my pirated copy of the original, non-typing House of the Dead, which was really fun and looked as good as the arcade version.

This is the back

 

[BrianL]

How do you type on a Dreamcast? I played this for PC, maybe it was a demo. Kind of frustrating!

I preferred my pirated copy of the original, non-typing House of the Dead, which was really fun and looked as good as the arcade version.

There were official keyboards released for Dreamcast and even a version of this game bundled with one:

That's the Japanese version. The US versions typucally are larger with 10-key pads. Because the Dreamcast was the first console with some real Internet functionality, they sold this and a mouse too.

 

[mjkacmom]

I had the top one.

 

[Mysterian]

There were official keyboards released for Dreamcast and even a version of this game bundled with one:

That's the Japanese version. The US versions typucally are larger with 10-key pads. Because the Dreamcast was the first console with some real Internet functionality, they sold this and a mouse too.

I forgot about the characters with the keyboards strapped to their chests. In the zombie apocalypse, it's the secretaries that will save us.

 

[fla4fun]

I remember those radios, but didn’t own them. They were cool. A friend had the twisty one in blue. I got this one in 1976 for the bicentennial. LOL, I think it was AM only.

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I have this! It was my very first personal radio! It’s packed away in the basement right now.

 

[mamamary]

I had that exact yellow one. I know I had stickers on mine but I don’t know if it came with it or I just put random ones on. Anyone know?

 

[LuvOrlando]

Very cool! I remember them but didn't have any of those, I had a plain free from the bank transistor radio back when banks did that but back then specialty things were sort of rare. I did have a VERY cool comb for my back pocket though

 

[luvthatduke]

I always wanted that radio!

I had/still have this - it's sitting on the stereo cabinet (and it's blue):