Johnny_Ibanez

DISCLAIMER: This will only be relevant to UK residents of a certain age. Moc-moc-a-moc, Johnny Foreigner.

Digitiser was a computer games magazine that appeared on Channel 4's teletext service between 1993 and 2003. Reading Digitiser was always the first thing I did in the morning. At it's peak it had a regular cult readership of 1.5million viewers, far exceeding any printed games publication. But the games content was always secondary to the surreal humour, catchphrases and recurring characters. I'm hoping there are some old regulars on here I can reminisce with.

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Mr T was an advice columnist who always ended up warning kids to keep away from his bins.



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Zombie Dave was a games a commentator that only spoke in shambolic zombie-talk. His comment for Tomb Raider was:

- "thrr brrrd wrrz thrr tttrrrdz."

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There was a pair of snakes that spoke in urban vernacular, basically being Ali G before Ali G was even a thing.





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And despite the obvious graphic limitation afforded by the ZX Spectrum style graphics, they were still able to rustle up some photo-realistic representations of famous characters. Such as:

Stevie Wonder

Morrissey

Thom Yorke

Phil Mitchell

amongst others. All the classics. So, any of you skank-o-huss kids have the slightest clue what I'm talking about?

Thanks for your time,

- You guys are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jehuty

Those pics of celebrities Thom Yorke, I don't see it. Stevie Wonder is quite good though Anyway, I don't live in the UK so I've never heard of this.

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Mister.Y

I've never heard of this either, but that looks amazing.

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And what is more, there's been a bloody purple nose and some bloody purple clothes that were messing up the lobby floor. It's just apartment house rules so all you 'partment fools remember : one man's ceiling is another man's floor.

Daviec

I remember it. It was great as it was free, if you don't pay for the TV license.

Sampy

I don't remember this, but I do remember teletext. I'd always hit the wrong button and turn it on and then not be able to get rid of it.

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"Music snobbery is the worst kind of snobbery. 'Oh, you like those noises? Those sounds in your ear? Do you like them? They're the wrong sounds. You should like these sounds in your ear.'"
- Dara O'Briain

Johnny_Ibanez

I cuss you all, man. I cuss you bad.

This was the last ever page of the last ever edition:

Extra Ordinary

Wait, what is teletext? I've never heard of Digitiser or teletext. How does this stuff work?

JackalUK

Teletext is DEEEAAAAADD.

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guitarist41

Teletext.

Old-school shit right there.

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"I ain't one to just stop doin' crap 'cause some corncob opens their gob with 411. Never have been. Never will, you guys." - Karl Welzein

kcmoon5150

Insincere Dave.

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How do you make a signature? Is this a signature? Sig?.... Nature?..... Sigmund Freud?...... Nature Valley?.... Sigmund Fraud?..... Frankie Valli?.... ah, $!*@ it...

Wolfinator-x

One eye bigger than the other

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You are now using UG Black.

Johnny_Ibanez

Teletext is what we had before the internet, kids. It was technologically mind-blowing.



- You really know your stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JackalUK

I remember playing the quiz page a fair bit. I can't remember the name though.

Bamboozle! - Thanks google.

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