Computer Games in the 80's

[@sarahbennett8761]

I love hearing them sing the Carmen Sandiego theme pre "Where in the world did these international *somethings* come from?"

[@deividasprunskas6689]

@@emmagracx 7 years here :)

[@ArchDuke519]

I saw Rockapella in college several years back. They were fantastic, and yes they did sing "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" at the end. It was a great nostalgia trip to see and hear them live. I watched the show every day after school.

[@MWTravesty]

When I played Oregon Trail I would always give my character a goofy name and then kill them right away so the beginning of the trail will be filled with a bunch of funny gravestones like "Here lies Superman" or "Here lies a pile of dirt"

[@melissastevens3264]

That was what we did, too!

[@andrearifelj9770]

The where in the world is Carmen San Diego song is where they got the international food taste test theme!

[@AdiShoShuperShweet]

My first PC games were Freddi Fish and Putt-Putt. I also had all those old school Blues Clues PC games.

[@StrangerDangerGames]

Hope that you guys, rhett and link and all the Californian mythical beasts, are safe in that terrible weather your getting and you stay safe. From Mythical beasts from Illinois

[@lelnope30]

I'm in IL too :p

[@jonathan_blu]

I'm in the side of Missouri that's close to Illinois.

[@lelnope30]

***** Yeah, I live around there too. Next to St. Louis :p

[@jhammer2488]

Missouri over here.

[@aidananuskiewicz1292]

IM IN SAN DIEGO lol yeah the weather is bad it's really bad in San Fran but it's still bad in LA and SD too

[@julio-g3]

i feel lie link's childhood was slightly more depressing than rhett's.

[@julio-g3]

well, i should say "less fun". not depressing.

[@dvh3113]

210 step dads? Yeah.

[@BrandiDandelion]

I have a cd with Oregon trail on it, found it at a thrift store, loved that in elementary.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Nuh unh.

[@Fragacide]

I remember the old days of playing math blaster, reader rabbit, pajama sam, and this downhill skiing game that I still see referenced on the internet from time to time thanks to the yeti that would come in from the side and eat you. lol I tried to get Oregon Trail 2 on my pc, but I couldn't get it to work in compatibility mode. Nothing I could do actually made it work. That one was my favorite, because even as a child I knew how cheesy the voice acting and the characters were, and it tickled me in a way. I didn't really give two shits about the resource management or important decision making. My main enjoyment was in seeing the places we ended up and, of course, the hunting mini-game, which I would still rather play over those arcade hunting games to this day.

[@stevenhayes1844]

I love a cappella music, particularly Pentatonix. I think that the older you are, the more you associate a cappella music with more of a barber shop quartet type of sound, but for younger generations it's more of a refreshing break from over-engineered pop music

[@37thraven]

Probably true. Or both, depending if its multiple singers. No synth or minimal.

[@micahphilson]

About the carrying meat thing, did you know bacon was so common on the trail they sold like 5 pounds for like 2 pennies? There was a place where a mountain of bacon actually built up because people needed to lose weight to go over the mountains and were so tired of bacon they just got rid of it. Alcohol, however, could get over $150 a bottle because nobody thought to bring it along the way until they went a couple months without wine or whiskey.

[@MonogoMango]

If I remember correctly the first games I played were for PlayStation 1. Spyro 2 and Crash Bandicoot 2.

[@MonogoMango]

***** Early 1990's

[@JaySay]

I loved Crash!!! And I think my first was pokemon silver on the Gameboy color

[@lukkyluciano]

Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and Mike Tyson's Punchout were my first games. Mike Tyson's PO was the first actual game my parents bought me. Super Mario and Duck Hunt came free with the Nintendo. Want to say 1986 or 1987. I played Oregon Trail in the late 80s and early 90s in school. Also played Number Munchers and Civilization.

[@MonogoMango]

*****​ 1991, so if the 20th anniversary thing Sony is promoting is correct I was 3 years old when PlayStation came out. 1994

[@MonogoMango]

jaysay63 What?

[@LadyCynthiana]

Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego was one of the first computer games I played, and I played it at the library when I was 8 (I was homeschooled at the time and our computer only did DOS and floppies). It opened up a whole new world for me! Oh, and don't ever replace yourselves. We'll love you when you're old crotchety men.

[@xydoit2024]

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[@kouizumi9484]

I LOVED Where in the World is Carmen San Diego!! Favorite show as a kid!!! Watched it every week!!

[@kiradamblaq]

Oh wow I love Where in the world is Carmen San Diego and still like playing it from time to time to this day. I google the answers nowadays though but at least I learn something. Plus I didn't realize that their current game "where in the world..." Has the same tone as that! You learn new things everyday.

[@jane9218]

I'm just gonna say it. I love Pentatonix. I don't care what anyone else says, I love them.

[@nicoleminer615]

+Noel Them hating on a cappella music hurt, man. PTX is definitely at the top but they've made me appreciate a cappella music as a whole. Dey hurt mah feelings.... :'(

[@xBatmanxBroncofanx]

Those games were the best. They even had a show at the planetarium that was Carmen San Diego! Y'all are awesome

[@Anders9521]

I remember playing James Bond: Nightfire all the time, with my brother. Awesome multiplayer, and really funny.

[@jblack5728]

LOVE CARMEN SAN DIEGO! That and Oregon trial was my favorite

[@MIgardener]

I love these videos! keep it going guys!

[@heathers1025]

I think we played Oregon Trail in my 3rd grade class! I discovered Carmen San Diego at a friend's house in middle school. So much fun! I listened to Rockapella in college!

[@snakehands]

I remember playing Oregon Trail in 2nd grade. I got my first home computer I believe in middle school but it was a crappy Kaypro - got our first Mac I think when I was a junior or senior in high school. I remember playing lots of Myst on that.

[@mikeo.4924]

Rhett and Link... keep making this show when you're ninety. I'll expect there'll be less "I remember telling you this in a previous episode," and more re-telling of old stories. I'll still be watching.

[@Matorochan]

Acapella groups are great. It's really fun to sing in one.

[@seriasbaconluv]

Loved watching "Where In the World Is Carmen San Diego?", both the cartoon and quiz show.

[@Melllllzy]

When you watch Rhett and Link, do you mainly look at Rhett or Link? I find that I normally look at Rhett.

[@kz689]

I think I look at Rhett more but I look back and forth while they're talking

[@KelseyAsklund]

Never thought about it but now you bring it up.. its Rhett

[@janinajt4611]

I look at who ever is talking at the time

[@seidimeow]

Rhett leans in more... so Rhett.

[@sashimichii]

I pretty much look at whoever's talking XD

[@SimplyAmanda44]

Oh the sweet, sweet memories... Oregon trail day in the computer lab was the best!

[@VamLoveAndKisses]

The only pc game I got to play in school was Crystal Rainforest. That was cool. At home though I remember we had a 'computer station' in the hall under the stairs. No internet of course. I was allowed to play Catz, Adiboo and the Alladin game which I loved. Then when I got a little older I could play Roller Coaster Tycoon, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago, and the original Sims. Those were the days!

[@JoelBlundellThings]

THANK YOU THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember what Crystal Rainforest was called for WEEKS!

[@joshuecanary]

Rachael McInnes and now 8 year olds are playing gta 5 on next gen console's :/

[@jetblastproductions8954]

Glenn Kievit Yep, I know quite a few of them on GTA online

[@esar96]

I'm 18 and i loved the Oregon Trail back in 4th grade, I loved it so much that i even played one called i believe the "Amazon trail" or something like that. Much fun

[@jesuschrist1953]

The first game I ever played was a long time ago, it was ET for the Atari. That game was the shit! I loved it so much.

[@MamaShawama]

The first game you played was a game called "crown of thorns"

[@FNLynks]

***** am i missing something?

[@jesuschrist1953]

It was "the shit"? More like it was shit.

[@AKABoondock19]

LlamaKorn ET has....Atari itself was the shit.

[@zachary_attackery]

LlamaKorn "officially? by who? some random guy on the internet?

[@FizzyFlaskGaming]

Growing up my dad's boyfriend (long story) was a history teacher, and when I would go to visit for the weekend, his kids had a computer with the oregeon trail on it. They taught me how to beat the game and it is in fact possible. You just have to bring the right mix of professions with you in the beginning.

[@kbwm1212]

OMG!! Why smh for a capella?!? How can you NOT like a capella music! It's the most beautiful and pure form of music there is! Link you are JUST as expressive with your face if not more when you do music videos! It takes so much more talent to sing a capella than a typical singer. Go to a concert of an a capella group and you will NOT regret it!

[@GeminaLuna]

aww, I like what Links mom did :) it's one of these cute mom-things. "please don't hurt my most beloved person in the world with too much homework

[@megakaren2160]

I don't remember the name of the computer game but it was something I played in 1st grade and it was on a mac. All I remember was a green monster thing on a grid and he had to move from square to square and there was also something to do with words. The first home PC game that I really got into was SimCity 2000 - which origin is currently giving away right now.

[@acediamond5399]

Word Munchers.

[@someonerandom256]

We had a computer lab (Apple)at my school. I miss Oregon Trail, & Carmen San Diego! I had a different version of Carmen on our PC at home too. I liked the show too.

[@Gabriel_mendes360]

Im a the only one that always read the others pharases In the wheel?

[@Numb_Knot]

No

[@trishasantiago8976]

Lol I do that as well

[@suffo93]

lol some times I pause to read them :)

[@geronimoPlayzMinecraft]

always!!!

[@BianaBee]

No. I do it too XD

[@lunaticwolverine799]

I was in elementary in the 90s I LOVED Oregon trail. There was also a magic school bus one about space, it was awesome. And my school had a program about problem solving, it was a toilet fixing simulation thing.

[@eveg4268]

We were born 18 years apart but I can relate to all of these games like Oregon Trail and Carmen San Diego growing up.

[@talcumheart8974]

I recently had surgery so I was like I'll watch funny videos to cheer me up! Laughing is painful though so I gotta be careful

[@PSICadetZen]

Soooo what exactly is Rhett and Links opinion on Pentatonix? The Mr.T joke at the end threw me off.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Grumpy Bee I think he does actually like them.

[@emmadavison4601]

I played Where In the World San Diego and I beat it... Twice. Loved that game. I also played Reader Rabbit and many other educational games.

[@samanthaaiello]

Awww I played those in school too. I could never find Carmen either, *and* I don't remember using those Apple computers for anything other than those games

[@AppanParsu]

Our school must have been the first to have a BBC Acorn (British computer) in '83 I was 9, but we only ever got to watch a teacher use it! It wasn't until secondary school (high school) that I got to use any. Bought myself (age 13) a ZX Spectrum +2A. The hours using the cassettes to 'load' up, and 're-load'.

[@TalonStormCrow]

My first pc was a Commador 64... well, household computer... and omfg I LOVE Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, along with the other spin offs. I was into geography majorly as a kid and teen and that game series was so fun! Oregon trail is always a classic! Oh and the kids games how based off of Carmen Sandiego was awesome as well!

[@malinagillooly5981]

In 3rd/4th grade (small school, combined classes) we had a computer in the classroom and I'm sure it had other purposes, but I only remember playing Pong on it during free time.

[@LavallamaProductions]

We played artillery because my computers were Pre-graphic computers like the old IBM green screen pcs in class. You had to plot coordinates and watch the period (that was the ammo) fly across the screen to hit the block on the other side...High intensity there!

[@zeefeesheepwns]

that shade at pentatonix damnnn also when i went to school we didn't get to play actual games we had to do those different question "games" where you pick reading, math, science, or whatever and answer questions and you'd either get a gold ribbon, a blue ribbon, or a white u tried ribbon lol

[@younglava9227]

My childhood games were pajama Sam, putt putt, and reading blaster 2000!! Lol loved those games

[@MrHippo08]

I remember playing games on Windows 1.3. I don't know when that computer came out, but I played it in the 90s/00s

[@littlewing1021]

Oregon Trail, Paperboy, Number Munchers & The Stickybear learning games are mostly what we played in the comp room

[@briankelley9094]

My first experience with a computer was in the mid 80's at my cousin's house. They had a TRS-80 from Radio Shack, it had to be connected to a TV. I remember playing a game that was similiar to Pac-man. But it was also my first time actually typing in programs, it came with a book of various programs. It was fun to play around with.

[@Thecuriousalicee]

I played both of the games and also the Amazon River game and Age of Empires. My mom played Rockapella all the time when I was a kid, that's how I learned all the state capitols. :)

[@Reub3]

Carmen San Diego was my favorite show back in the day. Gosh I'm old lol

[@adammcfarland7952]

Pentatonix is my fave band

[@hollye8722]

My sister and I got this awesome Amazon Trail version of Oregon Trail in a cereal box once, and it was the cooliest of cool! You were on a canoe going down the Amazon River instead of a wagon on the prairie frontier, getting scurvy instead of dysentery. Best cereal box prize ever!

[@IWillResurface]

The first games I can remember playing are Super Mario on the original NES, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Genesis (the game that came with my Genesis). I played NES at a friend's house, but the Sega Genesis was my first video game console. Pretty sure I got it on Christmas of 1991. So, all the consoles I've owned, in order, are the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Playstation (LOVED that system, especially back when it was new, playing Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, etc.), PS2, PS3, and most recently the PS4. I'm thinking about getting an Xbox One some time soon. :)

[@dxkp]

Super Mario World for the SNES was the first game I played. Also duck hunt.

[@mickeymcgee2657]

They still Grannies garden on the computers in my primary school during the early 2000's, and I could never get past the part where you had to feed the dragons

[@danielw2321]

In my early years of school, all I remember doing with computers was learning games too! It was before the time of using computers for typing and printing stuff! There was no Windows... No mouse.... Just DoS and big floppies!

[@jamie.lee717]

What stands out in my head about using computers in school was Mouse Practice. It was to help people learn the new mouse features. And you controller a scuba diver. I just found out what it was called. Took forever to find it

[@haffwayhouse]

First comp: Texas Instruments! With the inflatable robot! Played Hunt the Wumpus A LOT!

[@geronimoPlayzMinecraft]

rhett and link are fantastic!!!! i watch an episode every day :)

[@AngelicaDoucet]

To be honest, I never realized people didn't like Pentatonix. Everyone I know loves them!

[@DaCoder]

I grew up playing on a "Windows Gaming Machine" at my after school care, we always tried to get to the computer first, there were 3 of em, but we also had a SNES and N64, this was in 2001-ish. We had three games to choose from on the PC: Oregon Trail, (Some sort of Oil Rig / Frogger game?), and Wheel of Fortune. I never beat any of the games, seeing as how we only got around 30 minutes to play the game before my parents showed up to pick me up. One time, 11/9/2001 my parents didn't show up for over 4 hours, and gee I wonder why? Well anyways, on that day I beat Oregon Trail.

[@thegamsier4377]

did they make another baby

[@DaCoder]

t3382tl yes.

[@CAPT_Crack]

first time i read this I thought i said 9/11/2001

[@DaCoder]

TheBionicChicken it was: September 11, 2001.

[@DaCoder]

Mango Productions yeah I spelled them so bad even spell correct got it wrong. :P

[@Trekkie_Gal]

I have the soundtrack to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (the show) in my office. I just listened to it the other day. It's not all Rockapella though. I don't think we played Oregon Trail in school, but I do remember playing Lemonade Stand.

[@MegVera]

We used to have the Apple II at home when I was like 2 or 3 years old in the late 80's.

[@timequakezombie]

oregon trail, number munchers, qbert, impossible mission. were my favourites

[@charlesgoss5184]

Oregon Trail, Math Blaster, and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego! On the big floppy disks!

[@lsp]

Oh man Carmen Sandiego was incredible. I remember watching that on PBS with Billy Nye and Square One

[@TheeQueenKathleen]

One of my college professors was one of the creators of Carmen Sandiego. :)

[@jasminkhan3777]

I love Organ Trailer the game, I've been playing it since 09!

[@julien2231]

organ trailer lolll

[@jasminkhan3777]

Lol, I know. I said it wrong.

[@sarahnaberhaus7121]

We used to have a floppy disk with Chip's Challenge on it. It was my most favoritest game.

[@Ki6FHX]

Dad bought me an Apple ][ plus back in 1980 when I was 12. Absolutely love it and learned how to type by coding games The Apple had no mouse, but did have "paddles" like the Atari pong paddles. It also had a 5.25" floppy drive which was like a 520k hard drive.

[@leujin]

One of the first games I remember playing was Stickybear Alphabet on the Apple II. It was basically just the alphabet with each letter having a fun animation. There was another game we had, which I can't remember the name, in which you played a space explorer on an uncharted planet. You had to mix various chemicals to create weapons to fight monsters. The thing I remember most about it is if you made a concoction that wasn't valid, it would become a smelly blob, which I thought was hilarious.

[@theworldrocks12]

My favourite game was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiago. The best game ever and I learnt so much, and the original sims the best!

[@micahphilson]

I took a hiatus when they mentioned Carmen Sandiego and immediately looked up the theme song, a couple episodes, and a collegehumor parody. i loved that show! I just realized I never even finished the show.

[@PencilNeckedGeek]

I'm so old, I played a version of Oregon Trail that R&L apparently don't know about: It was entirely text, no graphics. On the Commodore PET, back in 1978. Ah, sixth grade memories...

[@SixRavenEight]

I identify with every snarky expression and word Link had about acapella.

[@magicsatans]

The first game I ever played was for N64 Conkers Bad Fur Day, and always play it to this date

[@thetearsfoundation]

Link: "I think they're plotting to kill Pentatonix." Me: "NEVERRR!!!" [slams the computer shut].

[@drbrown182]

I remember my first computer ( showing my age ) was a Commodore64 where we played Oregon Trail. But then my best friend got one of the first IBM computers and I played Kings Quest 1 over and over and over again.

[@WildWeirdly]

At school we'd play Zoombinies, Type to Learn, and some weird math game with dancing dinosaurs (or maybe it was a typing game? I don't remember) At home we also had a Carmen Sandiago game, Pajama Sam, Freddy Fish, and (of course) Spy Fox. Spy Fox was HARD. We only ever beat it once, and my brother and I had to use my parent's help.

[@Gingasnap2]

I remember the Oregon Trail game and it was the best thing to happen in class!

[@makeupmadness2010]

When I was in Grade 3/4/5/6 it was all about Runescape and Diner Dash. Runescape was the first social media/chatroom style game that I ever played, that shit was everything. I recently rediscovered Diner Dash but for android and ios and my life has been changed forever.

[@sterlingargentum2147]

I've played Oregon Trail many, many times. I have never lost. Every time I played the game, I finished it in less than fifteen minutes.

[@annaweldon6592]

I remember playing the Oregon trail in 5th grade, but the way my class played it was interactive. We did a reenactment unit and got to choose our characters and travel party. My whole class died. :/

[@wolfsage9066]

The first game I ever played in my life was Spyro the dragon for PlayStation 1. The second game I played was Crash Bandicoot. I still love those games today.

[@rochelle178]

Haha I played this in game in class in grade 4 as well, in 2001-2002. Same as in Rhett's class, we just had this one computer in the room and I don't remember using it for anything else!

[@27dcx]

I remember back when in school we had the apple 2e computers, no mouse but some programs had a mouse like cursor called a "turtle" you moved with keyboard commands.

[@jas38383838]

Made a special machine for older gaming, Pentium II. Have a BUNCH of games for it. I end up playing them more than anything else

[@wumbojumbo5924]

I LOVE the Pentatonix!😝

[@emilypeoples4004]

YOU DON'T LIKE PENTATONIX?! They are my favorite band!! To each his own I guess, but you cannot deny that they have talent!

[@darthpryce]

They never said they didn't like them..

[@emilypeoples4004]

BRADLEY993ds They did say that they weren't fans of A Capella music, and some other things about them.

[@girlgamer4444]

Emily Peoples Actually only link said that

[@BRAIIIIIINS]

I feel the same way. What's so bad about Pentatonix?!

[@bridgetmay8452]

To each his own but caps lock and screaming makes that false

[@christinecrawford]

I love Pentatonix and Home Free, the last two winners of the Sing Off!!! Why no love for the a capella groups??

[@LaterMeansBrick]

My first PC was an 1989 Schneider/amstrad PC :) it ran DOS and i also had original GEM desktop app. And the whooping graphics in CVGA. Darn i regret selling it so much.

[@griftdrift9875]

I like them both

[@7dog123]

My first pc was an AST 500MHz Gameing computer with Windows 95 it had the classic 1993 FPS DOOM (Shareware version), Aceventura: Pet detective (Demo), Oregon Trail, and Microsoft Monster Truck Madness I and II.

[@williamlandefeld4667]

you could beat Oregon trail during the break. I remember when pt 2 came out, you had to beat the 1st one and exchange the floppy disks to play 2.

[@Wendifur_]

I played and beat Oregon Trail in class all the time. The trick was to be the doctor, you got the most money and your family rarely died of sickness or injury. I also played Sim City, the game that started Sims, back when it was a city to build and you didn't control people. Never had the interest to play Carmen San Diego.

[@breezys1278]

In fourth grade we did an Oregan Trail simulation, and we did challenges in class. It was really fun

[@Jameslikeflagella]

in carmen sandiego what were the 3 things you needed? The Loot, The Warrant... AND SOMETHING I CANT REMEMBER OMG