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    What real life scenario reminds you of a classic retro game?

    Have you ever found yourself in a real life situation where you thought it felt like a classic retro game? It may sound like a stupid question but on occasion in everyday life I get that daft buzz. Best examples I can give are -

    Flying in to London in darkness always feels like the first stage of one of [MENTION=3542]Team Andromeda[/MENTION]'s faves, Soukygourentai.

    Any and every single time I drive through an orange lit tunnel in a sports car I'm immediately transformed to riiiiiiiiiiiiiidge raaaacer!

    This may well just be me.

    #2
    When I clean up my huge mansion full of strange monsters after a huge bender, I’m always reminded of Jet Set Willy.

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      #3
      This is me packing the car for a family holiday:

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        #4
        Driving on an unlit motorway with bright cat's eyes always makes me think of this:

        Last edited by ZipZap; 29-06-2018, 00:29.

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          #5
          I visited Hout Bay earlier this year, which was *straight* out of an arcade racer.





          No, that's not me in the rear view mirror

          (also, flying into London at night for me is a mashup of the flight sim test thing from The Krypton Factor and the Eastenders intro)

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            #6
            When I was at Pismo Beach I took this picture and it reminded my of, well, I’m sure you can all guess which high score table:

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              #7
              Operation Wolf! Classic!

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                #8
                Digging up this great thread!

                Christmas + Snow = Shenmue for me.

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                  #9
                  This automatically plays in my head whenever I see a countdown at traffic lights.

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                    #10
                    Wasp nest at back of girlfriend’s house means that sometimes a visit to the bathroom reminds me of Phoenix if a bunch of them have made their way in!

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                      #11
                      Every time I see an empty car transporter, I want to do a car jump off it.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Colin View Post

                        Any and every single time I drive through an orange lit tunnel in a sports car I'm immediately transformed to riiiiiiiiiiiiiidge raaaacer!
                        I hope you have 'Speedster' playing as you powerslide out of the tunnel.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
                          Every time I see an empty car transporter, I want to do a car jump off it.

                          I came up behind a pickup truck the other day that hand a single plank of wood going up the back and over the cab, I totally wanted to jump it.
                          Unfortunately I was in L.A. in a hire car, I don't think my travel insurance or rental car insurance would have fully covered that

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by EvilBoris View Post
                            I came up behind a pickup truck the other day that hand a single plank of wood going up the back and over the cab, I totally wanted to jump it.
                            Unfortunately I was in L.A. in a hire car, I don't think my travel insurance or rental car insurance would have fully covered that
                            Ha ha ha!
                            "Well, officer, I'd seen it in American movies so many times, I thought it was the law to do a jump!"

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by EvilBoris View Post
                              I came up behind a pickup truck the other day that hand a single plank of wood going up the back and over the cab, I totally wanted to jump it.
                              Unfortunately I was in L.A. in a hire car, I don't think my travel insurance or rental car insurance would have fully covered that
                              Assuming you're on holiday, and assuming you're doing Highway One, that reminded me of Outrun. Yes, I know Outrun is based in Europe, and no, I wasn't driving a Ferrari Testarossa (it was a red Camaro, soft top), but still, it felt like Outrun to me.

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