Recreating my childhood computer bedroom setup... AGAIN!

[@RetroRecipes]

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[@lo1bo2]

Very nice video! One thing I can totally relate to is not being able to get my knees under a childhood desk. Ended up being 6' 3" tall.

[@RetroRecipes]

@@lo1bo2 Same but luckily I just about still fit. I guess this was an adult desk as it was my left-handed dad's ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@RetroDream]

Glad to see I'm not the only one so deeply nostalGeek as to re-create his own desk, bring out his ancient items, and seat in the middle of it all! My wife doesn't understand this at all, my kids are laughing at me, and sometimes I'm myself inclined to think it's a kind of slight mental illness 😅 But it's so sweet to surrender to it. Thanks for this emotional moment, Christian! Anton

[@capuman]

Loving all this time travel stuff, in fact I've written a sci-fi time travel book based on the commodore 64. It's based on my real childhood memories from the 80s mixed with sci-fi. It's called 'The commodore sphere' and it's the first of a saga of 3. Would love for you to read it.

[@RetroRecipes]

@@capuman That sounds amazing. I was working on a movie idea that ties nostalgia and son and father over the tapes the father left behind of C64 data after he passed. If you have the book in physical form I'd love to unbox a copy and show it on the channel to help you out. You can start the process at the form retrorecip.es/submit 👍🕹

[@jeffflowers5489]

13:40 seeing the 'dog tears' overlay made me smile and tear up a little at the same time.

[@jeffflowers5489]

I'm a few years older than you. At the age you were enjoying the Commodore I was in 1977 or so with the Magnavox Pong game. It's awesome seeing your thoughts rushing back to that time. Godspeed!

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

I got emotional along with you, to the point of tears, as I watched all those warm and fond memories you have come rushing back to you at that moment at your desk. I could see your throat tighten and chest swell with emotion. I still have insurance photos of my Amiga 500+ with my 1084s monitor, external disk drive, my old desk and all of my floppies and games from 1991. Before that, I had the C64 and a huge 1541 disk drive. I would give a lot right now to have all of those precious items back in my life. I think it's incredibly special that you have that desk and everything from 35 years ago. That's also when I had my C64 and Amiga. Incredible memories. Thank you for sharing this. It meant a lot to me that you would allow us to join you on this journey. I was very touched.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad this resonated. Oh wow I wish we had taken insurance photos. In fact I wonder if anyone did...

[@CallousCoder]

I know the feeling! I choked up when “Electric Dreams” played. And I found it fitting he talked about Rambo. Because in a video where I unbox some retro goodies from dear friend Wolfgang from Retro is the New Black (check him out) I open the box with a 40th anniversary Rambo knife that I gotten from a production company I worked for who hold the distribution rights for NL.

[@FatHead1979]

I'd very much echo the same sentiments. I'm generally not particularly sentimental but with that said, remembering the 'tech' and some of the TV programmes I watched whilst growing up (e.g. Knightrider...your KITT videos) in the 80's and early 90's (born Dec 1979) is strangely enjoyable (especially via this channel. I suspect it's partly because many of us viewers share the same powerful emotions you're experiencing whilst producing this type of content. @RetroRecipes please keep up the good work and I hope you and your family have a fantastic Christmas! FYI - My childhood 'tech' history was: 1. Sinclair Spectrum 48K+ 2. Commodore 64 (technically it was my brother's, but we'd sometimes share our stuff with each other) 3. Spectrum 128K +2 4. Atari ST 520 5. Amiga 500 (WHAT a beast of a gaming machine)

[@marvindroogsma7989]

Yep. Right in the feelz.

[@GrognardJakBo]

Another great video. It’s Christmas before Christmas : Electric Dreams, Level 42, Ghostbusters and a nice touch of sweet nostalgia. It’s the eighties again

[@cconcannon5145]

Always here for a bit of 'Something About You'....'World Machine' was my first vinyl LP

[@DarrenBushnall68]

Dude, Loved this episode, not many people get the chance to physically link back to their childhood as you did here and us, the viewers seeing genuine emotion, seeing your memories flooding back before your very eyes, memories thought lost in the annals of time. 👍

[@garthhowe297]

Wow...tugging at our heart strings with this one. Merry Christmas to the whole family!

[@jonathanhalewood5902]

I dread to think how much it costs to ship things like this across from the UK, but I am so glad you did! It's great to watch you set all this stuff up again!

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you. Probably about $2k all in. But a lot of other stuff came over with it from UK storage; even the train set I built with my Dad, that will no doubt feature in a future restoration project, perhaps with Babyfractic :) I always factor in that these things are business expenses though, and this video will one day hopefully cover the cost of the shipping when considering ads and PCBWayyyy and Patreons of course

[@MaxQ10001]

What a wonderful and emotional video 🥰 It's wonderful seeing you channel steadily grow.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹

[@anotheruser9876]

@2:52 Nice Clockwise reference!

[@istvanbally2817]

I knew I shouldn't have chopped those onions. They always make my eyes tear up...

[@carlwells9504]

I had a tape version of Gunship that would crash after a total of 45 min of loading every time it was a night mission. Kids these days don’t know the pain! I still have my childhood furniture at Dads house which will be needing to sell next year so a reunion is likely ☺️

[@Frostie3672]

Funny you should mention that, my tape copy of gunship would always fail loading after flying the mission I was doing, had my copy exchanged numerous times at the store I bought it from in Bristol but each one would fail to load after the mission! So in the end out of frustration I had a friend who had a copy of gunship that worked so I used a cassette deck to copy his tape over my original which finally got my tape version loading correctly. I really enjoyed playing gunship though when a few months later I got hold of an action replay cartridge that had the nova load ripper & transferred the game to disk.

[@carlwells9504]

@@Frostie3672 I just realised I also had a copy of Microprose Red Storm Rising that never worked - F15 Strike Eagle did so not the most reliable record

[@that90sguy266]

This video was amazing, You got so much stuff from when you were a kid including the original desk which is crazy!! I love this and thank you for your entertaining videos that keep me coming back for more!!!!

[@EightPieceBox]

Your detective work this year between the bedroom recreation and KITT has been very impressive! Amazing that you still had the actual desk.

[@VladanDrapela]

Just finished Max Payne and now with your soothing voice and overall beautiful nostalgic video, it really got me into christmas mood. Thank you Perifractic.

[@culttelevision]

This is perhaps the loveliest video you've done old chap. This actually made me happy sad happy. Ghostbusters on C64 was part of a wonderful childhood memory. . Happy Xmas 'Fractics

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot.

[@djm9937]

All those childhood possessions ! Amazing that you still have them. A great video as always :)

[@craig50]

Best video I’ve watched so far,I’m a 51 year old bloke who watched it with tears in my eyes because it reminded me so much of Christmas as a child,and the excitement I got when I first played Ghostbusters on my C64! You are literally living a lot of middle aged men’s (and women’s) dreams,what a truly fabulous channel this is.

[@005AGIMA]

That's amazing. So amazing to be sitting at and using your original desk. I love your nostalgia journey so much. To me, without the memories, it's all just outdated kit. The memories make it special. Thank you so much for sharing yours with us. Happy Christmas.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thanks for sharing that. Yes, the outdated kit becomes real when it's encapsulated in this way, I find. But it works even if you don't have the original desks (as with my Apple //e stand-in desk). It's more about the look and feel of the scene, if you scene what I meme. Happy Christmas!

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

So strange, I've just literally made a video on this exact game in great detail! Wow Peri, you've really pulled at the heartstrings of many nostalgic C64 gamers! ❤

[@RetroRecipes]

Cool! Couldn't find it at your channel; what's the video title to search for (URLs will likely be blocked). I did find Maria's Christmas Box though and wasn't disappointed ;)

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

@@RetroRecipes Just 'Ghostbusters" 😇🕹👌 Loving your channel... always enjoy your content and the awesome music

[@naturalmystery]

These nostalgia journeys are quite emotional. Your so lucky to be able to still own everything and you didn't have parents who would donate (without asking you first) your things you'd stored in cupboards to cousins or their friends grandchildren.

[@mooseyman74]

My parents donated them to landfill 😫

[@RetroRecipes]

Alas my Dad did donate my C64 and all my disks and tapes, but only because I said he could. There was a family they knew who were less fortunate than us, and I was moving up to the 16-bit era. I'm all for charity to this day, yet somehow that's one of my big life regrets 🤷🏻‍♂

[@culttelevision]

I remember coming back from uni in 1994 to find my very collectable TCR set from 1985 had been 'given to the scout auction'. The last one from the factory my mum had gone to get from the closing down Ideal Toy factory in person with all the spares and a Dukes of Hazzard General Lee mint in box. It's still a topic of Xmas lunch contention to this day!!!!

[@RetroRecipes]

@@culttelevision My parents gave me an incredible life but I have to share that my Mum didn't ever quite seem to understand nostalgia or sentiment for "objects". She was often wanting to "get rid of" things that to her were storage or clutter. It's something I can't understand _not_ understanding to this day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@stevesether]

@@RetroRecipes Some people are just like that. I luckily managed to keep my C128, Amiga, and all the disks of pirated software. However, years later in college I found some original PDP-8 programs on paper tape. This was a little before my time, but still a cool piece of history. A co-worker of mine who worked in the same computer lab did some "cleaning" one day, and just threw it out! Why I'll never figure out. He threw out a bunch of other peoples stuff that they didn't give permission for him to throw out. I think some people just assert dominance over space. It's been almost 30 years, and I still am a little steamed at him. Dan, if you're reading this... I didn't forget! Anyway, we can't keep everything. Maybe only having a portion of the things from our past makes us appreciate the few pieces that remain.

[@j-fharbec379]

That Swiss army knife has the Canada Centennial logo from 1967. I don’t know where you got it from but that thing came from Canada.

[@aussie_retro_dude9253]

Another heart felt hit right in the feels episode. How fortunate that you still have a lot of your childhood treasures. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas to you amd yiur family .

[@BoomBox02]

I love watching your videos. I normally cant stay focused on a video if it is longer than 10 minutes, but i can sit through your videos and time just flies by. This had me teary eyed a couple of times. Hope you and your lady have a great Christmas as first time parents.

[@RetroRecipes]

That's wonderful feedback and I take it on board and to heart - thank you!

[@Dream0Asylum]

Great work Peri, and the soundtracks keep getting better and better. Keep the '80s New Wave coming and have a Happy Christmas!

[@Dwarfboysim]

I absolutely LOVE these videos. A journey back in time to beautiful childhood memories. MERRY CHRISTMAS FRACTIC FAMILY!!

[@arkania101]

Wonderful, just wonderful. I think we are all right there with you Peri with those feels. If there’s one thing we all share in this community it’s the love and nostalgia we have for this beautiful old tech. I so miss those days, they were exciting times. Thanks for sharing this with us. Happy Xmas to you and all my fellow retro friends here.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thanks sir! I've definitely found my people here :D And thank you for your support!

[@pureblood8307]

Absolutely resonated with me

[@TMSoYT]

Loved this video. Like many of us here, I watch your videos here reminiscing the time I had a C64. Unfortunately, I sold mine, a little over 35 years ago. Time passes, got married and have had kids and even moved 3-4 hours away. Not even 3 weeks ago, I had a crazy WOW nostalgia moment myself when I decided to buy a used (of course!) C64 with drive and monitor. In the lot of floppy disks that came with it, at least 3 floppies were originally mine with my handwriting still on the labels. I clearly remember those disks, too! I just couldn't believe that some of the floppies that I gave away with my kit when I was in my teens come back to me now, in my mid-fifties. Just WOW. Felt so weird and awesome at the same time. So long story short: Yeah, I totally get the feeling! Thanks for the feels!

[@RetroRecipes]

That is INCREDIBLE sir! I have a search alert for eBay (have had it for years) for UK C64 disks in the hope of some day seeing some of mine. This is great motivation to never give up! May I show your comment if I ever make a video about searching for my original gear?

[@TMSoYT]

@@RetroRecipes Sure, I would be glad if you did. It goes to show you that you should never give up on your search. I'm sure you'll eventually find some of them!!! (edit: removed extra characters at the end)

[@TMSoYT]

Btw, the C64 that I bought a few weeks ago had a VICii2 by 1Stage & Perifractic in it!! I even posted a comment about it 2 weeks ago on your video "Finally a PAL/NTSC Switcher for Commodore 64: The VIC-II²". I thought that was cool considering that I've been watching your channel for a few years now.

[@RetroRecipes]

@@TMSoYT That's amazing! The owner obviously had good taste :)

[@chriswoods562]

Evesham Micros. That's a blast from the past. Went there with my dad to get my bbc model b fixed.

[@phrtao]

Sharing your memories brought back many of my own memories. 40 years ago this Christmas I got my first computer ( a VIC 20 ), the next year I saved up and bought a Commodore 64. I was totally obsessed with it and wrote my own games as well as hacking commercial games to add cheats. In 1986 I saved up for a record player and CD and sold my computer. My school told me I was not good enough to study an O level in computers so I lost interest but those 3 years were the best times I ever had !

[@seangailey9035]

Wow, Christian, you have such a gift for storytelling! You're so honest and so genuine, please know that it's appreciated. Thanks for taking us on that journey with you, and for all the hard work you've put into this channel. Merry Christmas to you too and cheers to a fellow C64 fan.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words Sean - that really means a lot

[@TimmyJoe633]

Loved this, really shows just how much these things meant so us back in the day and the sheer joy they brought. I can also relate to the heartbreak of loosing loved dogs over the years, as i've owned dogs all my life, could'nt bear a day without my two current dogs (one of which, Max has stared on here a few times 😂).

[@RetroRecipes]

Max is a superstar of the channel indeed! We firmly believe dogs are literal angels sent to protect us. Glad you enjoyed this new journey back.

[@Steve_UK77]

Beautiful video, so emotional. Thank you for another year of amazing content. Merry xmas Christian + family ❤

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹 Merry Xmas!

[@Lucasrainford]

That was a wonderful trip down memory lane for you and for me watching too! Almost 40 years is a long time but watching you boot up Ghostbusters took me right back, nostalgia is awesome, bet it's even better reliving it in reality. Good job getting all you childhood stuff back together m8, great vid. Merry Xmas 🎄 🎅

[@freemansteinslab]

I feel truly honored to have been able to join you on such an incredible trip down memory lane...thank you. I would have just turned 7 years old by Christmas of 1986 and around that time, would have been when my brother and I got our first of two C64s. As I write this, I am looking at an old photo I have of myself in one of my old bedrooms. We moved many times, but this was in Ashby-De-La-Zouch and the last place we lived before leaving the Midlands and moving permanently to Cornwall. I am perched on the edge of my red, tubular steel bed and behind me is the recessed bookshelves and wood panelling of our loft-conversion bedroom. Identifiable on my shelves are my 52 volume set of Joy of Knowledge (which I still have to this day and are a lasting reminder of my grandfather, who bought them all for me over several years and who would pass away unexpectedly, just a few years after this photo was taken), a large plastic penguin...which i recall wasa money box given away by Halifax Building Society, as well as the iconic, green spines of my Fighting Fantasy book collection. Sitting on the carpet and propped agaist the panelling are my 12" copy of Guns n' Roses "Use Your Illusion 2" and my brothers 12" copy of Pop Will Eat Itself's "X, Y & Zee"...placing this picture sometime after Sept 1991. Sadly, the TV atop the chest of drawers in front of me is just out of shot, so i cant see whats on it. But in my hands is my old Quickshot Python 1 and in front of my on ther floor is my old C64C...which was several years old and quite worn out by this point...you can even see that I have a cassette inlay card wedged in behind the number keys to keep them from sticking in. Soon after this was snapped, we moved to Cornwall and the tired old C64 was soon retired and replaced with a brand new Amiga 600. Now at 44, I really miss those simpler days and the old computers that brought me so much joy. Perhaps one day, i will take inspration from you and attempt to recreate the scene myself.

[@paulr4279]

Sniff. Great vid, mate. Loved 8 bit Talk Talk too. Happy Christmas to you three. 🎉❤

[@sergeleon1163]

Love this episode and i'm on a quest to relive my past memories as well

[@j.kruger5041]

love this , thanks grertings from Germany Bavaria

[@ambby1898]

I love you guys, I love the feeling of finding something from ones childhood & then re living it & feeling all that good nostalgia that takes us back to an era that was much more simple & amazing, I miss the 80's/90's so much

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words. "Eyes Without A Face", yes indeed. A metaphor for how adults can hide these feelings behind a mask, but I've grown to enjoy letting them show. We are all both the children we once were and the adults we now are.

[@karl-heinznapp2874]

I know exactly how you feel! Each time I'm visiting my parents' home I stay at my old room which over the time became a time capsule. First unnoticable, but over the years a priceless and, as it seems, inexhaustible source of childhood and teenage memories, including some very old and still working Amiga computer hardware (and hundreds of disks). Great video - I'm sure you had to shed a tear or two filming...

[@RetroRecipes]

That's wonderful!

[@primal-bits4777]

I found this absolutely heartwarming. If I were to recreate my room, there would be slightly older tech, and the great poster from the double LP Star Wars soundtrack. Thank you so much for the video 😢

[@RetroRecipes]

Is someone cutting onions...

[@Jody_VE5SAR]

Nostalgia is a powerful force for good. Very much enjoyed your journey here.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thanks Jody, it is indeed!

[@Robbnlinzi]

This is a beautiful video. Thanks. Nothing was nostalgic to me personally as this is your life…yet I FELT your nostalgia. ❤

[@darrenc2721]

It is nice to hear someone else say those words "can i go back?", ive uttered them a few times myself. We often have these memories, but rarely get to reconstruct them so perfectly as you have done with your desk. It is a unique pleasure to watch you work on this video/project! Very emotional to watch you create/bring back a moment of your own personal history/time and share it with everyone.

[@m7hacke]

Great background music. "Together In Electric Dreams" by The Human League. One of my favorite songs and movies. The Level 42 song is great too.

[@gazzmanp]

That's not Level 42 though,is it? Sounds like a cover. A good cover.

[@m7hacke]

@@gazzmanp I know, but that was just an easy way of saying what song it was.

[@gazzmanp]

@@m7hacke I honestly wasn't sure. It's been a very long time since I've heard it

[@LasseDamgaard]

A few years back I found my old Amiga 500 at my parents house. Took it home with me that same day, gave it a nice clean, fixed a few things and have been using it a lot since then. First game I fired up proper was Monkey Island and when the theme tune came on I nearly cried. It weirded me out and it felt totally out-of-body in a way. I instantly remembered playing it all the time with a friend. That must be how I learned most of my English. Now my youngest kid loves to play with me and it gives me immense joy. May you find the same shared love of retro computers with your kid that I have with mine. Merry Christmas to all of you.

[@KraftyLive]

Excellent and emotional video that defiantly allowed me to travel back to 1986, Merry Christmas!

[@stephenelliott7071]

Quite a moment indeed, order has been restored to the Galaxy ;-) A fantastic episode, Merry Christmas guys!

[@signaltome]

Press play on tape. Man that was a long time ago for me. In... about five days I'll turn 42 so it would be a long time ago. I think we had a C-64 for about a year and a half (a used one) before I got my NES console, so MY nostalgia really starts with Nintendo and Mario, but still... Playing "Forbidden Forest" (scary!) and other games I can't even remember any more, I think we only had cheap knock off cheap games, no real mainstream titles. I guess "Bravestarr" might count? But I never got a true handle on that game. We had one cart game, "Soccer" that did not require loading at all. I have "fond" memories of sitting around waiting for games to load though. 😀 Nostalgia hits hard sometimes, glad you got your old desk back, have fun! 😉

[@dewaynescott5114]

This show is the closes thing we have in 2023 to a time machine. So many reminders of my childhood. I still have my Apple 2e and it still works. Thank you for the memories signed a fan of the show.

[@benjaminsmith3151]

I also spent the day moving stuff after a failed computer furnishing experiment. That slingshot brings back a memory. I remember doing the math and figuring out that the little ball bearing ammo they sold cost more than one cent per shot, so I decided I would only shoot actual pennies from that point forward. It might be my earliest memory of being cheap!

[@eskey691]

This must of give you so so many chills and flashbacks and how sweet was the dog photos and i think it would of still had her smell on it. Pressing play and eject and maybe even moving the tape to a set number to skip levels on Gauntlet we all did it. So loved this video as it made me think back to my C64 days and it gave me a right smile 80s to late 90s games and computers had a bit more charm than they do today imo. As always keep up the great work and enjoy Ghostbusters oh before i forget you got much faster data lines if you backed things up on an action replay cartridge. Have a great weekend and take care and just incase Merry Christmas to you all and everyone in the comments 🙂🙂

[@RetroRecipes]

Such memories! Glad you liked this, and Merry Christmas!

[@tonybardalen]

Oh man! I feel this along with you. I wish I had all my stuff from when I was that age. I Get super emotional around the holidays, and this just amplifies the feelings. Cheers mate, and have a really happy christmas!

[@bobbus_74]

I really enjoyed this one. I almost feel second-hand nostalgia on your behalf! Great to see the WHSmith and Tandy shops. I bought many games and accessories from those two shops in Richmond back in the day. Great stuff, Christian,

[@RetroRecipes]

That's awesome! I forget what film that's a clip from but I bought the rights to use the clip. I think it was $500. Well worth it to be able to "go back" to George Street. It was actually 1982 not 1981 BTW. They year the C64 was launched! Could've even been one in that blurry window!

[@bobbus_74]

@@RetroRecipes It's so good to see those kind of videos of towns a few decades ago. Makes me wish I could just walk around there as it was in the 80's one last time.

[@RetroRecipes]

@@bobbus_74 Mate what I'd give...!

[@darrenrussell8980]

I just found an old photo and it reminded me of this video. The photo was of a Christmas morning around 1987, this is unrelated, what I noticed though under the big old TV in the background was the Betamax VCR and under that my Commodore Plus/4, it's joystick, tape deck and one of the white sleeved pack in games next to it :) Was my first computer until I got an Amiga 500 a few years later. The Betamax I took with me to University about 8 years later!

[@Käptn_Wirrbart]

It is indescribable to see how moved you are by your memories - and to share them with the whole world. Thank you so much for that. It may sound strange, but it also gives me back some of that feeling, that magic from a time long gone. Thank you so much. Happy Christmas, Perifractic and to everyone in your community.

[@edabean007]

I have nothing left from my childhood, family included. I am jealous of those with happy memories from those times. Watching heartwarming content like this is hard.

[@kingjoe3rd]

14:16 That Star Wars Insider Issue 27 was my first ever issue, and it came in my mailbox at the end of 1995, I would have been 10 years old. I remember when the only option for Star Wars toys were the original ones from the 70s and 80s that collectors had already turned in to unobtanium by the early 90s and of course what I ended up with, which were called "Bend Em's".

[@RetroRecipes]

That's amazing. May the Force be with you.

[@Catonzo]

I just can't get over the joy I get from seeing others savor their nostalgia in the way it should be. I know far too many people who think of nostalgia as some sort of addiction that should be laid off. That you're only thinking back onto the times of old because you're not happy with what you have now. It's wonderful to see someone fully able to love what and where they are in life now, but still live for the memories they have. If you're expected to lay off your memories then color me a failure because I will certainly not be leaving my precious memories behind. Neither should any of you. Keep it throughout your entire life. The more memories associated with it the better and all the more reason to stick to your guns. Have a wonderful 2024, full of both new and old memories!

[@WaypointComics]

damn, this one melted me. Here's to all the Pipers of our youth.

[@tk91802]

Ah nostalgia, Thanks Perifractic, i hope you, Ladyfractic and all of your family have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New year.

[@fsddevelopment4513]

Was there in 1986. Loved the computer shows.

[@john1kavanagh]

As a C64 owner in the 80s love the choice of Level 42 music in the background. I spent many an hour playing the 64 listening to Capital Radio...

[@lancelange9377]

This video stirred up so many happy fond emotions in me. I could see how much it all meant to you. Thank you for sharing it with us. Definitely put the spirit of Christmas in me my friend. When things are not going well, you are there to bring good feelings. A good friend passed away recently and this was my first genuine smile since then. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

[@TheoRae8289]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate babby Perifractic's patience with that shoulder kitty? 😂

[@RetroRecipes]

RIP Woostyfractic (Wooster)

[@leokearns1221]

I had one of those moments a month ago too. Was watching a youtube clip of a dj cd player from the1990's which was the same as one I bought new in 1996 and started looking on ebay after a few gin's and found a guy selling a broken one for parts. Checked out the pictures and say a permanent marker ring around the number 7 on the label and an LK which was what I used to mark my dj gear with for warranty. Couldn't believe it it was my unit from 26 years ago. I had to buy it and fixed it and it is sitting behind me awaiting a night I am free to go back to the 90's playing cd's. Merry Christmas to all.

[@8bit711]

You can see how much a good person you are from how time you're travelling expedition affects you. Another great vid. Still got my C64 ghostbusters tape.

[@cvdm9663]

Getting and playing Ghostbusters for the first time is one of my fondest childhood memories. I remember that evening and completing it over and over into the early hours of the morning in front of the television. The only other memory that comes close was playing two-player Wizball with a friend until we finally completed it, on that same old giant TV.

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

a Jr high that used to be up the street from me Belle Valley South Belleville Illinois used to have the Commodore 64 we used those in the late 1980s for math games and reading phonics games. they had the floppy disk the teacher had to start the games for us and put a code in. We had one hour on Friday to play math and reading games truth

[@Poisso3]

Thank you continually sharing your nostalgia trips. I am quite envious that you have so much of your childhood still in your possession. I still have dreams of my childhood home/bedroom and I would love to do what you are doing with your childhood bedroom reconstruction. Cheers!

[@raoullangner-macmillan7655]

Such a possitv video, thanks so much. I am so proud to be a tiny little part of the project. Have a nice Xmas with your loved ones.

[@olliedann]

Amazing nostalgic memories! I grew up in Wimbledon in the 80s and I was 14 in 1986. We made regular family trips to Richmond and there is a distinct possibility I purchased Ghostbusters for my breadbin C64 in that VERY SAME WHSmith… but it’s a little hazy. And talking of hard drives, I remember when my parents bought me (after much nagging!) a 1541. It took WEEKS to arrive (tracking, what’s tracking?) and to this day I remember peering out of my bedroom window and hoping the post van would come. Appropriately the Nu Shooz song ‘I Can’t Wait’ was my earworm at the time. Great, great memories!

[@spocklodgic]

You save me so much space doing this and sharing it. Same feelings but with someone else who gets it. Also electric dreams takes me back there too. Have a lot of attached feelings to that movie. Thanks.

[@schweizerbananen]

I had (and still have) the same knife, when I was in the scouts (Wölfli/Pfadi)here in Switzerland. It is a part of the scouts-uniform. And that is 45 years ago

[@UpLateGeek]

Junifractic is such a good dog for tolerating the noise of your vacuum. Most doges I know hate the sound and will bark at it, but Junifractic is even willing to help out by supervising your work.

[@bazza5699]

A real joy to watch, I wish I could recreate my spectrum setup from 1984-5, but it was in the family living room. As the spectrum was a joint xmas present for my sister and I.. (who only wanted to use it when I'd invited my mates over to play on it) we had it set up in the alcove between the front and back room chimney breasts. we lived in a terrace house with a through lounge. the spectrum, cassette deck, 14" tv etc were on a small coffee table in the alcove beneath my dad's floating shelves where he had a Toshiba sm3180 record player-tape deck.. (look it up, it's a beauty). if I wanted to use the computer I'd pull the coffee table out and turn one of the sofa chairs around. I've spend the last few years tracking down items from my childhood bedroom, a bedside alarm clock, puckmonster games, plus the computers :) It's funny seeing 'the royal wedding' in your diary, I remember being at school that day and we were all allowed to watch it on the big school tv..

[@spacerider2227]

I’m the same have many nostalgic feelings and try to recreate the past of times gone by that brought me so much happiness but I’ve also learned to enjoy everyday in the present because these days will soon become past times as well, my advice is don’t dwell too much on past times and ensure the life in front of you today doesn’t pass you by, enjoy time with family and make memories just as good as the past ones

[@Huddison]

Pure nostalgic memories invoked with this video. So much so, that I had to share it on my Discord Server - Merry Christmas to you and your kin 🎄🎅

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas

[@RetroComputingReboot]

What a joy to share this with you. It brought a tear to my eye more than once. Being of the same age, it was like I lived a parallel life but with the ZX Spectrum and Crash. I also had a Raleigh Maverick 😊 Every time I watch 'A Christmas Carol', I think of being that fly on the wall looking back at the Christmas where I got my ZX Spectrum and playing Moon Alert and Airwolf. A very merry Christmas to you, and to everyone whose watched and gets this video 😊

[@historyb5786]

Thank you for the video. I had the same desk here in America and now sit here rather emotionally remembering better times. Thank you

[@SledgeFox]

I loved the picture of I presume your parents while loading up Ghostbusters. I lost mine in my early 30's so that was very touching. I am happy for you and wish you and your now bigger family a silent and thoughtful christmas and a healthy new year!

[@BlockABoots]

The bit with Piper and Puppy fractic got me......I'm not crying your crying!!!

[@nopenottalib4366]

It's SO awesome you still have your childhood desk. My Dad currently has my childhood desk at his house. It was custom built by my Grandpa Bud (mother's side) for me. It was designed for my room I was living in at the time, which had a single wall that had wood paneling on it. (I suspect it was an accent wall.) Anyway, the desk will be mine again one day. What I really wish I still had though was the chair I used to have. So, my family moved to Western NC in 1987. Before that, we lived in Florida which is where NASA used to launch the space shuttle from. Well, NASA had a huge used furniture sale at some point in the very early 80s and my Dad picked up several used pieces of office furniture from them. One of those items was a very heavy metal office chair. It was a greenish color and the fabric was vinyl. The coolest part of the chair was that underneath the seat on the bottom of the chair it had "Property of NASA" painted on it. I loved that chair ... but alas, my mother threw it out after I moved out. That b*tch. (j/k) Anyway - fond nostalgic memories of playing hours of games on my old PCs (TI-99/4A through my first 486) sitting in that chair.

[@carledwards9477]

I am repeating myself, but when a genuine human being such as yourself shows us these incredible memories, it fires off memories of my own. That you wear your heart on your .. desk? is a testament to your parents. My life is definitely richer for having found your channel, and your memories are now shared, and I am really grateful that you have done this. There are amazing people in this world, and the 'fractic family are definitely some of the best. May you have an amazing festive season and thank you again.

[@johnnyretro1975]

That is amazing how you got your leg over that table at your age lol 😂😂 amazing video can't believe you forgot it was in your old house lol bet this was amazing that your childhood right there we always strive to get our childhood memories back you did top job with this table brilliant channel your are top bloke all my love from Manchester in the UK

[@RetroRecipes]

Haha thanks, getting my leg over is definitely getting more perilous!

[@Arkay.]

Hi Christian. I have absolutely no way of re-creating my childhood setup as everything was sold or is long gone now. Seeing you do this, let off enough pure nostalgia to bring back my own personal childhood memories, so I want to respectfully thank you for triggering that within me. What a feeling. Reliving at least some of the greatest of days is an incedible experience! You're so lucky to have preserved so much of your actual past. Great video! Thanks 🙂 Cheers, Arkay.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

I still remember my first desk... very similar in size to yours, only without drawers and made of particle board. I even played the Space Shuttle Simulator game on it! Old, old memories from so long ago...

[@snizzol]

Again, you made my cry, i am so feeling this, recreating what the best times and momorries. thank you so much, merry christmass from the Netherlands.

[@striderskorpion]

The way the plastic wrinkled and/or shrank on the ET school kit kind of makes it look like it's been vacuum sealed.

[@P5ychoFox]

Think of all the hours our childhood bedrooms were unoccupied while we were at school. Imagine somehow travelling back to one of those lost days and exploring the room while the warm sunlight streams in. Your younger self would return none the wiser and not notice where you had been sat on the warm bed…Someone once broke into our house but didn’t steal anything. I like to think it was me journeying back from the future.

[@ItBusinessyoutube]

Very very nice to see the part of you that evokes the little boy you were... These winter days, the warm lights of the house, the video game just downloaded from some BBS for the luckiest or the floppy received from a friend had an incredible charm. A mystery full of fantasy with every cover on a box, Ocean, Lucasfilms, etc etc... I admired your kitt's car, your smile when you got it. I smile, watching the footage of so many video games... Even your house, maybe in one or more of them still lives some of my intros from the time of Skidrow Group... when I was just a kid struggling in college and the best distraction was playing with assembler language and C++. You live to dream. In my opinion, everyone loves dreams and you dream a lot even though you are a man and a great technician.

[@00Skyfox]

I still have my C64 setup on the same desk I used for it back in the 80s. My original C64 is long since fried (possible huge restoration project for the future) and my original 1541 from around 1986 finally went belly up earlier this year, but it’s still the same desk with all the same crap in the drawers. I’ve moved on to a 1702 monitor but still have the various TVs I used for the original setup, and most of my original disks are still functional (I’m slowly finding disks that are starting to give in to age). Problem is I’m in a very cramped space right now, so as soon as the housing market allows I’ll get a new place and be able to spread out and really set everything up right.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

What a fabulous video. You are so lucky to still have lots of your old stuff. The 80’s must have been diary mad coz I kept a daily diary and rated games etc. I vividly remember Ghostbusters on the C64 as I think it was one of the first games to have a realistic voice. Like you it’s lovely to reminisce and I bought an Arcade1up Star Wars off that very reason. Now after an 80’s fruit machine but they are so expensive! All the best from over here in England, your video has made me smile and I’m about to put the kettle on and have a lovely cup of tea.

[@BaconFire]

There's a video circulating on social media labeled smoething to the effect of "The sounds of the 80s" and it had electronic noises like the sound of a tape cassette or VHS tape ejecting, tones on a push button phone, computer keyboard clicks, etc. There is truly something magical about the sounds and smells of older electronics. There is a call and response if you will with these older electronics that newer electronics lack. I've been in IT Support since the release of Windows 3.1 and last year I setup a new office with all the latest computer equipment - what caught me off guard was how similiar the smell of new copier machines warming up smell exactly like the video arcades I visited as a teen!!! I was surpised at the rush of feelings and emotions. Nerd feelingz??? I dont know, but it was joyful as was this video. Thanks for sharing the joys of your childhood and Merry Christmas to you and your family. :)

[@jeffflowers5489]

What's the little shiny object in the far back of the top left drawer?

[@Tossphate]

Thanks for taking me on this special nostalgic journey with you. And if you may permit me to say, from one father of three to one father-to-be, the memories with your new family will be just as sweet. Plus you will have the presence of mind to savour every moment. I stand here doing the roast in the kitchen listening to your video, and I can hear from the living room my children and wife playing Christmas carols on their instruments, and am filled with happiness. I wish you and your family a very merry Christmas mate.

[@metalfacemark]

The feels with your dog, a lot of my memories of my c64 and Amiga are tied up with my dogs growing up, I got my c64 on xmas85 ( I still have the video of me opening it and going crazy), and the year after we got our new puppy for Xmas after losing our first the month before I got my c64. The morning I got my new puppy she chewed up two of my kempston joysticks ! Another lovely video perifractic, lady, baby and puppy frantic , thanks for a great year of wholesome content that I always find warm and fuzzy in my Tum tum

[@streethawkfan]

I loved Biggles Adventures In Time film as a kid, i still watch it now on dvd. brings back many memories.

[@jjlee69]

I have the same knife. I didn't realise it belongs in the desk next to my C64. I will be putting it there as soon as I find it. It's in the garage somewhere.