To think that DH is REALLY SAD to watch a TV programme about 1980s computer games

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he's watching someone give a running commentary on Out Run which was made in 1985. They're actually transmitting the entire game on TV, crashes and all. How sad is this? It's like watching someone take off their make-up on Youtube but without the funny bits. That's it, I'm going to bed!

Does it even include the whirring and clicking when you loaded the game on your cassette recorder

Depends if he's in his late 30s/early 40s or not. If he is then YABU, leave him alone to relive his childhood memories

Dh is watching some shit about people a buying a plane and stripping it out and selling all the bits.

When it finishes he'll start talking about it, how much money they made and how we should try something like that.

And he wonders why I drink?!

oh what channel is it on, i used to love outrun, we even had the music on a cassette so we could play the music when playing outrun on our sinclair spectrum

My DH would love that programme OP, however I'm not going to tell him. No way am I being put through that

of course it isn't sad!

If I wasn't watching mummy porn Spartacus Blood and Sand I'd watch it. Sounds a good chance for some wine and a book in bed for you though.

Can't remember the channel- some gobshite on Sky. I'll ask him when he comes to bed. Oh dear, he's just turned 40' now I feel mean!

morph we had it on the spectrum as well, you've brought it all ack to me. The tape cassette the whining noises , the loading error and having to start again! Out run was my brothers game but we both played it and I think it was fab. I wish I'd seen the programme what side was iron?

By the way op YABU lol

Yabu

Channel please?

DH watches absolutely everything he can find about wars (any war, he's not fussy), things being destroyed in seconds, how it's made, how do they do that, SAD, very very SAD.

He watched a program last month about an american guy who created the first camera phone whilst his wife was giving birth.... WHAT?!

Sorry, he can't remember which channel it was. Showcase or somethin...

My husband watches something caled Hill billy handfishin' think yourself lucky

YABU, my favourite pass time is watching ads from the 70's and 80's on youtube. Google it, I guarantee you will be hooked!

We watched a programme about tetris last week on BBC4 (i think) and it was fascinating...

really! It would have made a great film (it was a documentary we were watching) and was definitely a case of truth being stranger than fiction. There were the russians changing contract details and slipping things into the small print, then making a big deal of other things so the other people signed without realising they had signed away a load of rights they had previously had, there was Robert maxwell getting gorbachov to try to give them a hard time and reassess stuff because his son had inadvertantly said something wrong which caused ructions, but then he died very soon afterwards, Atari had bought a load of rights off the person who thought he had them but had been diddled by the russians and it more or less finished them off as they were just about to release their version of tetris, it was all just about shipped and then they had injunctions slapped on them to say they hadn't got the rights and they had to scrap everything, and that's just for starters.

not sure if it is still on iplayer but if it is I highly recommend it... (however old you are!)

Where, have I missed it??

Outrun came with a cassette of the music used, which I used to play on my Sony Sports :o

I love BBC4 last night I watched Microworlds about kelp and the creatures who live in it

Dh says is it on iplayer-he'd like to see it too.

No, but it's sad that you denigrate him behind his back for a harmless interest.

Oh leave him alone you big spoilsport. Nowt wrong with geeking out! I'm sure there's stuff you watch/read/do that he doesn't like. I also think it is good for couples to have some separate interests or hobbies.

That tetris programme sounds great! :o

YABU.

Nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia. DH loves that stuff. He's kept busy, I get guilt-free MN time :)