Your most embarrassing floppy thread

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Tue 24/03/2009 12:44:58

I'd get that round lesion checked, abstauber...and I don't think clamping your penis in a vise repeatedly is healthy!

I still have a box of Amiga hits in a secret cache beneath my bed along with some of my 80's Star Wars figures (I think the Millennium Falcon is back there somewhere) and some Small Soldiers collectibles someone bought for me one Christmas. Oh yeah, and a shitload of Nintendo Powers. Oh wait, this thread was about embarrassing things, right?

I suppose I could admit that I used to have an impressive Playboy collection from the 90's, and I bet the breasts of the women in them are very floppy nowadays!

TerranRich · Sat 28/03/2009 06:30:32

My most embarrassing floppy moment came when my wife called me to bed and I couldn't get it u--

OH, THAT KIND OF FLOPPY. I threw any remaining floppy disks I may have had like 7 or 8 years ago. Hell, pretty soon CD-ROMs will be obselete.

AtheistChase · Sat 28/03/2009 20:03:09

I have buried in my BOX OF MYSTERY a few floppies containing Tetris, Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury...
Are they still available for download? I liked them.

Jon · Sat 28/03/2009 21:36:45

MY MOST EMBARRESING FLOPPY WAS WHEN I COULDN'T GET MY PENIS ERECT

Stupot · Sun 29/03/2009 16:20:38

You need a new hard drive!

Back on topic.. hands up who's old enough to remember those floppy discs which were actually floppy? Meee!

Nothing special... just a sign of age.

OneDollar · Sun 29/03/2009 20:14:39

Quote from: Stupot on Sun 29/03/2009 16:20:38
Back on topic.. hands up who's old enough to remember those floppy discs which were actually floppy? Meee!

Meh, I remember those. Its what happens when your school doesn't have an IT budget.

Peder 🚀 · Sun 29/03/2009 21:43:48

Quote from: OneDollar on Sun 29/03/2009 20:14:39
Meh, I remember those. Its what happens when your school doesn't have an IT budget.

Yeah exactly!

Layabout · Tue 31/03/2009 03:50:27

Or you are simply an old bastard!

OneDollar · Tue 31/03/2009 21:42:18

This was the first game I ever made...

It had the debug mode left on accidentally, a fair few bugs, the odd near-unsolvable puzzle and because it was slightly larger than 1.44 MB I had to .zip the floppy version. Those arrows and letters were part of the broken and very crackable password protection (which was probably just as well because I forgot to include the password with the CD version). Still, it was better than version 2 which introduced a brand new game-breaking bug.

One day I'll get round to fixing it up and give it a place of honour on my website

Trent R · Sat 04/04/2009 01:58:12

$1, is that the Konami code I see written one there?

~Trent

abstauber · Tue 07/04/2009 07:03:02

Hey 1$, this actually very nice (girls might say cute). Does this disc still work? As soon as I started draw a fancy sticker for my first adventure, the disc had read/write errors. So the disc is the only thing left of my first (text)adventure.

PS: I should really rename this thread

OneDollar · Wed 08/04/2009 21:15:21

Quote from: Trent R on Sat 04/04/2009 01:58:12
$1, is that the Konami code I see written one there?

They *are* always stealing my ideas.

Quote from: abstauber on Tue 07/04/2009 07:03:02
Does this disc still work?

Yes, its actually one of the least damaged disks I've got. Unfortunately its got part

of

of a spanned .zip file on there, rather than the original game files. I still have them backed up somewhere though...

Stee · Thu 16/04/2009 21:44:48

Not really embarassing, but Im back home for easter hols and since my room is now "the storage room" were everyone kindly dumps their junk, I'v noticed a couple of floppy disks on my fathers desk that he doesnt even use, next to his computer (that he also doesnt use)

Here's oneI'm particularly proud of, beware its quite a large file so i haven't img tagged it

http://www.agsn.co.uk/16042009038.jpg

A particularly embarassing one, but im sure i was too old for it to be mine. At least its better than what was originally on it

http://www.agsn.co.uk/16042009039.jpg

Anyone remember joecartoon and the frog in a blender animation?

http://www.agsn.co.uk/16042009041.jpg

And the sequel to it Gerbil in a microwave?

http://www.agsn.co.uk/16042009043.jpg

Its a shame really I dont have a floppy drive anymore (whats the point?). I do however have loads of floppies with mouse drivers on them. How many mice do you go through exactly?

If you want embarassing though, i've left hard drives i don't use anymore unformatted and "backup cd's" lying around here, and i know my folks snoop around. Not good when theyre filled with porn $:-\$

Ryan Timothy B · Thu 16/04/2009 23:45:53

QuoteAnyone remember joecartoon and the frog in a blender animation?

http://www.agsn.co.uk/16042009041.jpg

I of course remember frog in the blender. That damned program had a timed virus within it that attacked my bios at a specific time. I think it was like Christmas or New Years. This was at least 8-10 years ago (perhaps longer). I think it attacked a gigantic amount of computers. I remember hearing it on the radio.

Stee · Thu 16/04/2009 23:54:26

Really? It was harmless. Never touched my comp. Maybe someone sent you a dodgy infected version?

Ryan Timothy B · Fri 17/04/2009 00:09:57

Hmm. I was curious to see the dates of this virus and who it attacked and found a few google hits.

QuotePlease be informed that the joke regarding the frog being splattered in a blender and the fish joke (FISH.EXE and
BLENDER.EXE) are suspected to be infected with virus, which will activate on 28 May 99.

These 2 viruses are NOT found in the HOAX list. With the vendor advice please delete these 2 files immediately if you have them
in your hardisk.

So it wasn't Christmas or New Years. It was 10 days after by birthday. I had remembered it being around a 'special' occasion.

This other article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/05/24/BU107617.DTL

Said it attacked 300,000 computers in China alone. 11,000 in U.S.

Stee · Fri 17/04/2009 02:39:01

Wow, guess i was lucky then. None of our computers died, but i guess i could have had a clean version.

Anyway Happy Birthday! Its 3am here.

Hudders · Fri 17/04/2009 15:52:02

Quote from: Stee on Fri 17/04/2009 02:39:01
Anyway Happy Birthday! Its 3am here.

And a month in the future, it seems!

Stee · Fri 17/04/2009 16:53:16

Quote from: Hudders on Fri 17/04/2009 15:52:02
Quote from: Stee on Fri 17/04/2009 02:39:01
Anyway Happy Birthday! Its 3am here.

And a month in the future, it seems!

Yeah sorry i got a little confused

QuoteThat frog, sent via e-mail, also was the likely carrier of the dreadful Chernobyl computer virus that melted down my home PC on April 26.

From the link he gave and

Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 17/04/2009 00:09:57
So it wasn't Christmas or New Years. It was 10 days after by birthday. I had remembered it being around a 'special' occasion.

This other article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/05/24/BU107617.DTL

Said it attacked 300,000 computers in China alone. 11,000 in U.S.

TeenageAssassin · Fri 17/04/2009 21:06:16

i have leasure suit larry for my commador its on like 8 floppy disks and someone overwrote them

more a sad moment than a embarrassing floppy...

i also have a program called 'jolly roger cookbook' if any of you know what that is