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First post, by ScoutPilot19

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I've took some my retrocomputers there... I was invited there by the RetrotechSquad, a community from St. Petersburg - they brought about 20 rettocomputers and game consoles to Moscow. Also Richard Gray "Levelord", one of the creators of Duke Nukem 3d was there.)))

Pictures are in film - Fuji Superia 200, Fuji Color 200 and Fuji Velivia 50.

http://imgur.com/gallery/H58EA

Reply 1 of 10, by clueless1

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Nice! Looked like a lot of fun. I wonder if the guy with the Greek flag sticking out of his backpack mistakenly thought it was a "Greek Picnic".

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Reply 2 of 10, by alexsydneynsw

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clueless1 wrote:

Nice! Looked like a lot of fun. I wonder if the guy with the Greek flag sticking out of his backpack mistakenly thought it was a "Greek Picnic".

Flag of Israel 😀

Reply 3 of 10, by ScoutPilot19

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clueless1 wrote:

Nice! Looked like a lot of fun. I wonder if the guy with the Greek flag sticking out of his backpack mistakenly thought it was a "Greek Picnic".

. It's the flag od Israel..) There was a exhebition of Israel Scientific Center and they were giving that flags to the public ))

And yep it was a nice event !

Reply 4 of 10, by alexsydneynsw

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ScoutPilot19 wrote:

I've took some my retrocomputers there... I was invited there by the RetrotechSquad, a community from St. Petersburg - they brought about 20 rettocomputers and game consoles to Moscow. Also Richard Gray "Levelord", one of the creators of Duke Nukem 3d was there.)))

Pictures are in film - Fuji Superia 200, Fuji Color 200 and Fuji Velivia 50.

http://imgur.com/gallery/H58EA

Good for you guys! Looks like Moscow children had fun. I wonder if playing old computer games will be perceived by younger generation the same way those born in the 80s are perceiving Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. I.e. "go for it if you are into it" and not dismiss the hobby as quirky outdated trash. I can't comment on the film much, but looks like you had plenty of fun yourself. A lengthy list of film used gave it away 😀.

Reply 5 of 10, by ScoutPilot19

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alexsydneynsw wrote:

Good for you guys! Looks like Moscow children had fun. I wonder if playing old computer games will be perceived by younger generation the same way those born in the 80s are perceiving Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. I.e. "go for it if you are into it" and not dismiss the hobby as quirky outdated trash. I can't comment on the film much, but looks like you had plenty of fun yourself. A lengthy list of film used gave it away 😀.

Of course there were comments like "ah useless hobby". But most people said "ah I used to play DooM or Alley Cat as a kid" and they and their children had a lot of fun. I think in general in the world people are turning to the Past - in music, and in other fileds ... As people realise that in old times things were made better, more solid and Art was in some way more vivid. (For me I was groving on old music, but for me among the west bands I liked the Grateful Dead, MArc Bolan and Dylan - Black Sabbath and Deep Purple were too "common" for me - I always liked something weird and strange )
Many people play old_games now- mostly in emulators, but I know I lot of 14-19 year of old collectors of 1980-1990 computers here and in other countries. I was born in 1983 and for me it's hard to find a computer made before the date of my brhtm not for them)

And about pictures - I like the film more, than digital, but that time I had no choice - my digital camera was being repaired at the moment)

Reply 6 of 10, by clueless1

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Shows how much I know about international flags. 😊

At least the basic colors (blue and white) I recognized.

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Reply 7 of 10, by gdjacobs

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Jerry Garcia and Bob are great, but the guy best described as 'weird' and 'strange' is Zappa.

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Reply 8 of 10, by ScoutPilot19

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gdjacobs wrote:

Jerry Garcia and Bob are great, but the guy best described as 'weird' and 'strange' is Zappa.

Agree... But here for some reason people who like old, classic rock music know Zappa, and G/D is almost unknown to most rock lovers. As well as MArc Bolan - Disco lovers from 70s know his post 1971 music, but not his elvish/Tyrranazaurus_Rex period.

Reply 9 of 10, by gdjacobs

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I'm not sure about Russia, but everyone knew who Zappa was in the Czech republic. He still made some weird music, though.

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Reply 10 of 10, by ScoutPilot19

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gdjacobs wrote:

I'm not sure about Russia, but everyone knew who Zappa was in the Czech republic. He still made some weird music, though.

I say - evebody here knows about Zappa, but not about the Greteful Dead. And there's no explanation, why(