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Having great friends in High School meant great times. Being 18 and a senior in 1984 and being able to buy beer at the local liquor store? “Priceless”… by the way I’m on the right…

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40 years of 720° The Ultimate Aerial Experience

720° is a 1986 sports video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades.[7] Based on the sport of skateboarding, the player controls a skateboarder as they compete in various skating competitions, such as ramp jumping and downhill races, to earn cash.

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u/pdroject — 15 hours ago

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Don Johnson’s "Heartbeat" (1986). But it's a wild 80s bootleg edition!

The Album:
Released in 1986, Heartbeat was the hit debut album by Miami Vice star Don Johnson. The title track went straight to #5 on the Billboard charts.

The Backstory:
I believe my aunt (women still love that guy, and probably men too =) ) picked up this cassette at a local market during a trip to Europe in the late 80s.

It is actually a rare Polish bootleg by a label called "T.J. Mix". Back then, Western originals were impossible to find behind the Iron Curtain, so local bootleggers made these to satisfy the massive demand for Western pop music.

u/Greedy_Platform_8089 — 21 hours ago

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What’s an ’80s movie you didn’t like when you first saw it, but later fell in love with?

Maybe you didn’t get it the first time, or it just wasn’t your thing. But years later, something clicked and now you love it.

u/thinkingoutloud136 — 1 day ago

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Myth: History in the Making [1989] The Retro Odyssey!

Each level is centred on a certain location, such as in Hades, an Egyptian pyramid and ancient Greece, where the player must collect a magic orb in each to finish. Each level is based around related myths and legends. The gameplay consists of running and jumping through each level, collecting objects and weapons, fighting enemies and solving puzzles. Enemies include skeletons, demons, wraiths, mummies and vikings. Weapons include a sword, gun and fireballs. Each level contains a mythical boss enemy, such as Medusa, Thor and a Hydra. Puzzles involve using the right object in the right location to progress, such as throwing skulls into a pit of fire to summon a monster, and using the right weapon against enemies, such as attacking a specific monster with tridents. The user manual gave some background information about the various myths referred to in the game and gave hints to the puzzles

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u/thearchivefactory — 1 day ago

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Do you still eat bologna and spam sandwiches? I do. On a warm day I’d make and still make a simple bologna and cheese and tomato on white bread and a little mustard. Fried spam and bologna on cooler days with mayo or cool whip and mustard with tomatoes.

u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me — 3 days ago

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u/HomeNowWTF — 4 days ago

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Cliffs Notes appreciation post- these bad boys bailed me out of many a tight spot back in high school and college!

CliffsNotes was started by Nebraska native Clifton Hillegass in 1958. Hillegass hired literature teachers to condense works of literature into concise summaries, commentaries, author biographies and character analyses.

u/UrbanAchievers6371 — 4 days ago

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The time U2 recorded a live video in LA and got shut down by LAPD

This is the official music video for "Where The Streets Have No Name," from the Joshua Tree album released in 1987.

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u/magiccitybhm — 4 days ago

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Did anybody like Rock and Roll in High School 1979 film and how did you guys find it. What happened to Marla Bloodstone actress since she only did one role?

What do you guys think do you liked the film. Also what happened to Marla Bloodstone aka Marla Rosenfield did any of you guys wish she did more roles like PJ Soles did in some memorable classic films like Halloween, Breaking away, Private Benjamin and Stripes. Well any suggestions about this?

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u/JazzlikeTea7432 — 3 days ago

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Decided to do something constructive with my day and finally find out who shot J.R. I was a kid when it happened, so it only took me 45 years to get around to it.

u/thinkingoutloud136 — 5 days ago

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TETRIS [from 1984 to the Future]

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u/thearchivefactory — 4 days ago

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Linda Fiorentino came on the Hollywood scene with three movies in 1985

She has starred in the films Vision Quest (1985), Gotcha! (1985), After Hours (1985), Jade (1995), Men in Black (1997) and Dogma (1999). For her performance in The Last Seduction
(1994), she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

u/No_Explorer721 — 6 days ago

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44 years ago today- On August 13, 1982 - “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” premiered in theaters. And thousands of us developed instant crushes on Phoebe Cates!

u/UrbanAchievers6371 — 7 days ago

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The Kids in the Hall premiered on HBO on October 1988. It was hilarious and had some pretty hardcore hilarious episodes that no way it would be on prime time television these days. Good thing it’s available on many streaming services if you wanna watch. What was one of your favorite episodes?

u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me — 8 days ago

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The Heathers

In the 1980s, Heather Thomas and Heather Locklear reigned as the era's ultimate blonde pop-culture icons, frequently squaring off in fan allegiance, poster sales, and memorable Battle of the Network Stars appearances.

u/No_Explorer721 — 7 days ago