Terence EdenMay 16

Hey, 90s kids! Your bedroom is now in a museum!

(Prague's National Museum, if you want to make a complaint.)

Show threadTerence EdenJun 1

There's a brand new museum in Zagreb - the Video Game History Museum.
https://vghm.hr/

Lots of interactive exhibits - I got to replay the original Space Invaders on a cabinet, Ecco the Dolphin on a MegaDrive, and lost at Asteroids on a vector display.

It also has several "typical gamer bedrooms" of the 1980s-2000s.

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Terence EdenMay 16

Hey, 90s kids! Your bedroom is now in a museum!

(Prague's National Museum, if you want to make a complaint.)

Show threadSaraMay 16
@Edent Needs more stars and moons, and some X Files posters, but 90% right 😂
Show threadinfinimattMay 16
@missiongiraffe @Edent seriously unrealistic: no one liked Ultima 8 enough to hang that poster in their room
Show threadWilliam Wolf Moondel, Esq.May 16
@infinimatt @missiongiraffe @Edent You have been a thorn in my side for far too long, Avatar.
Show threadinfinimattMay 16
@MisterMoo @missiongiraffe @Edent the best part was the total lack of missile weapons b/c oops didn't finish the physics engine
Show threadTillMay 18

@infinimatt

I did.

@missiongiraffe @Edent

Show threadKev QuirkMay 16
@Edent so now I feel really bloody old.
Show threadThiagoMay 16
@kev @Edent Same here!
Show threadPhil Dennis-JordanMay 16
@Edent Some slight incongruity there… I mean, we had a fax machine in the house, but not in my bedroom! Moreover, why is there a VGA switcher next to it?
Also, I don't think I ever saw a playtown carpet fitted to cover the whole room - only as rugs, maybe 1.5x1.5 to 2x2m big.
Show threadJulia RezMay 16

@pmdj

@Edent

Phone, RS232, or centronix switch box I guess?

Show threadRob\Viewdata UKMay 16
@pmdj @Edent
Those switch boxes came in many flavours. I used to use serial ones and printer changeover switches that all looked the same. What that 4-way one is missing is the five wires connected to the back, dragging it off the table, and snaking all over the room.. Strange mix of things overall, and nowhere near enough wires!
Show threadPitWDMay 17

@pmdj @Edent

The switch is for serial or parallel - but even then... stupid position... and where are the wires...🤪

The carpet (still) exist on rolls...

Show threadGrant SlaterMay 17
@pmdj @Edent I think it is an printer port switcher (lpt).
Show threadstfnMay 17
@pmdj @Edent I had it like this, you could buy those playtown carpet by the meter and the seller would cut them exactly to the room dimensions
Show threadKeith KMay 18

@pmdj @Edent

That switch isn't necessarily a vga switcher. It could be a serial or parallel switch, although even those don't make sense, since fax machines typically didn't have any connection to a computer - they were standalone things that just connected directly to the phone line.

Show threadOllie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦May 16
@Edent What 90s kid had a fax machine in their room? Landline maybe but fax machine...
Show thread./nippysaurusMay 17
@distinctdipole @Edent my first thought as well 🤣
Show threadjonathankoren™Jun 1
@distinctdipole @Edent only the coolest kids had a fax. Even the beeper kids had envy
Show threadKrazovMay 16
@Edent Alt-text omits the best part: the carpet. :D
Show threadvirtual void meow()May 16
@Edent There are a few similar ones (also the ones from 80s kids) in Tampere video game museum!
Show threadLuna chanMay 16
@archydragon @Edent A C64 and no 1541 or even a Datasette?
Show threadSteve RootMay 16
@archydragon
I had that elite poster and I still have the Novella "The Dark Wheel".
@Edent
Show threadwoe2youMay 17
@Sroot @archydragon @Edent I still have the Frontier star map somewhere.
Show threadRaffzahnMay 17

@archydragon @Edent Or a 1970s TV Room at the OCM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSNd_RNUhb4

Kleiner Rundgang durch das Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Sommer 2024

YouTube
Show threadAnthony RabineMay 16
@canardpc pour le prochain tribunal des bureaux
Show threadNeil TurnerMay 16
This was in an exhibition at the Leeds City Museum a couple of years ago.
Show threadTerence EdenMay 16
@neilturner.me.uk I had that lamp!
Show threadNeil TurnerMay 16
I had wallpaper with that pattern on!
Show threadSteve RootMay 16
@Edent
Me too! I could feel the heat from it just looking at that photo!
@neilturner.me.uk
Show threadPaul LeaderMay 17
@Edent @neilturner.me.uk oh wow, likewise!
Show threadBrian SmithMay 17
@Edent @neilturner.me.uk
I still have that lamp, but with an led bulb in it so it is a bit cooler...
Show threadʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟMay 16
@neilturner.me.uk @Nickiquote I had that lamp. Squeeeeeek.
Show threadAko May 16
@Edent
Show threadmhdMay 16
@Edent With VHS cassettes of Bean the movie, and… does that say "Lesbian Sex"?
Show threadjavensbukanMay 16

@Edent If anyone needs me i'll be in my height adjustable bed on an O2 tank watching re-runs of Reboot on YTV on period correct hardware.

👴🏻

Show threadjavensbukanMay 16

@Edent Real talk, what BOSS of a kid had a flipping fax machine *and* their own personal telephone line in the 90s!?

What a baller.

Show threadTheoMay 16
@Edent what fancy richie had their own personal computer and a phone/fax machine in your room!

Pretty sure my brother had that play carpet though.
Show threadDanDan420May 16
@Edent Complaint? I wanna go play some Quake on that computer.
Show threadWendy NatherMay 16
@Edent @eltonfc No way, I wanna go see it!
Show threadstuMay 16
@Edent amazing 😍
Show threadAlexis DeveriaMay 16
@Edent It says it's a "Home office" and combines both a fax machine and a kids play carpet so that's a bit weird, but otherwise not bad!
Show threaddiana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱May 16

@Edent

They got the high speed 56K modem. Nice.

Show threadJaviPallideMay 16
@Edent Me encanta, 😍 que recuerdos
Show thread🚲 L'aaaaphabbbbet ᓚᘏᗢMay 16

@Edent @dianea where all the things on the floor have gone ?

Why there is not huge stacks of randoms papers and phone books ?

This were the years in between where we all had to keep things.

Like wires. A lot of wires.

Show threadBrendan ThompsonMay 16
@Edent Those mats were… no are GOATed
Show threadWilliam Wolf Moondel, Esq.May 16
@Edent Ultima 8 doesn't get enough love.
Show threadSusanne OpelMay 16
@Edent Our fax and phone were in the hallway, not the kids‘ rooms.
Show threadAaronDavidMay 16
@Edent
Show threadSébastien DelahayeMay 16
@Edent in the Palais des Beaux-arts de Lille in 2023 (this one is more 00s kids than 90s)
Show threadGuy BockampMay 18
@netsabes @Edent C'est la chambre de l'enfant organisé, propre et ordonné que mes parents ont toujours souhaité.
Show threadMelissa BearTrixMay 16

@Edent

The only thing missing is the waste bin full of tissues ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

Show threadvozer 🎀May 16
@Edent shit, i was born in 2001 and this is kinda nostalgic for me too LOL
Show threadFurbland's Very Cool Mastodon™May 16
@Edent and now, the question everyone is probably asking: does the computer work
Show threadBrettMay 16

@Edent @josh

What kind of a nerd had a FAX MACHINE in their bedroom?

Show threadPaul SuttonMay 17

@bflipp @Edent @josh

Good point, I know some printers had fax built.

Show threadIncident Creator ❎May 17
@bflipp Erm, my daughter?@Edent @josh
Show threadjosh May 17
@vik @bflipp @Edent I always wanted a fax machine!
Show threadnora 🐭 (she/her)May 17
@bflipp me, but it was in pieces because I wanted to find out how it worked.
Show threadBela Lugosi's DreadsMay 16
@Edent ah yes my bedroom fax machine, fond memories