Gruntfuttock

Star Wars was shown for the first time ITV on 24th October 1982,just before we got our first Teletext Telly (remote the size and weight of a brick) and Ferguson VCR. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) wasn't shown until 1988 and Return of the Jedi (1983) was 1989 while having been available on vhs for several years before.

Which video to rent this weekend in 1982?

First day back at junior school,new teacher,new classmates and a desk with someones gum stuck under it from last term and if your really lucky a pencil or rubber !

Oh,I'd better get it going again after a lull!

Time for a game of Super Hang-On !

One over Sheffield right now!

Lola loves the hose pipe!

Powered up the BBC micro yesterday,the old girl still works! Actually rescued her from the bottom of a skip in the grounds of the local school while walking Rafa a few years back. Need to find space to set it up then source a copy of Elite. Also still got our 48k Speccy,but that needs a new power pack. For current retro gaming,I just use my Amazon Fire Tablet,running Retro Arch (for Mega Drive etc ) and Mupen64 (Nintendo64) emulators with a bluetooth controller.My Godson Tomas loves playing Super Mario 64 on it and his sister Mario Kart 64,they've got a XBox1 and PS4 at home but still like games from 20 odd years ago.

Yeah,I like Lou,as you say "dangerously unhinged" maybe thats part of the attraction!

Ghosts is ok,first episode is abit of a slow burner but it picks up. Derry Girls (if only for Sister Michael !)