Look how awesome it is in my time.

[Swaki]

as for technology, i guess the internet back to the 80s, along with a modern pc so i could actually present it, the reason i would choose the 80s is that it would still be as amazing as if i took it back to year 24, but with the added awesomeness that most of the people would live to see, use and become depended on it.

Ehh... The internet existed in the 80s. Most of the standardization in a form we could consider the internet opened to the public in 82, was global by the late 80s, was actually termed the internet in the late 80s. The first ISPs where formed in the early 80s as well.

actually they had it in the 60s, but in the 80s it was about as normal as having your own helicopter is today, it didnt become mainstream until the 90s, and heck even then it wouldn't be recognizable, im talking about bringing 2010s internet back, very few people relied on the internet in the 80s, it would be like taking a cellphone back there.

 

[gellert1984]

As for part B, a Harrier jet to the crusades. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

The same place as your fuel.

On a related note, how far back would we have to go for people's heads to asplode in amazement?

I think you'd hit the 'It's a Witch/Lucifer/DnD player! Burn it!' point long before you hit the 'head asplode' point.

SupCom Forged Alliance

A solar powered portable DVD player with the complete collection of Stargate to Ancient Egypt, for the lol's.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

1- I'd take Batman -Arkham Asylum. For some reason I think that if you brought a game with too in depth story, you would freak people out... so for pure character interaction (with a familiar character to the people of the time) I'd take that! (Who didn't feel like batman at times when playing that?)

2- I'd take a ManPADS back to New York- 11th Sept... For obvious reasons...

 

[manaman]

as for technology, i guess the internet back to the 80s, along with a modern pc so i could actually present it, the reason i would choose the 80s is that it would still be as amazing as if i took it back to year 24, but with the added awesomeness that most of the people would live to see, use and become depended on it.

Ehh... The internet existed in the 80s. Most of the standardization in a form we could consider the internet opened to the public in 82, was global by the late 80s, was actually termed the internet in the late 80s. The first ISPs where formed in the early 80s as well.

actually they had it in the 60s, but in the 80s it was about as normal as having your own helicopter is today, it didnt become mainstream until the 90s, and heck even then it wouldn't be recognizable, im talking about bringing 2010s internet back, very few people relied on the internet in the 80s, it would be like taking a cellphone back there.

The 50s and 60s saw the emergence of computer networks, and on into the 70s it wasn't exactly what we would eventually call the internet. What could legitimately be called the internet was in the 80s. What could legitimately be called the modern internet was the 90s.

You are talking more about the web anyway. While the basic ideas behind the internet have not changed much the web, the majority of the traffic over the internet, has changed drastically.

Cellphones existed in the 80s as well. DTMF systems interlinked with phone systems existed long before that as well. People in the 80s wouldn't have been well acquainted with the prospect of totally mobile communication, but I doubt the cell phone concept would phase them overly much. At least not as much as the prospect of a multi touch interface computer device that blows anything available to the public at the time out of the water.

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

1. I´d take Sports Champions. The motion controllers would blow their minds.
2.I´d go to the 50´s and show them an iPhone.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Part 1) I'd take back Super Mario Bros. The very first one, just as a laugh to see how deflated people get at the apparent lack of technological progress.

EDIT: Oh, I see, but won't they recognize it?

Honestly I reckon even if I took the latest Mario Galaxy they'd recognise it. Mario (and Sonic to be fair) have kinda stuck with what they know over the years.

I suppose I could cut all those 80s kids a break (I'd be among them after all) and bring back Super Mario Kart. Yeah, what the hell, I'm feeling generous today. Super Mario Kart for everybody!

[sub]Disclaimer: Super Mario Kart for nobody.[/sub]

 

[Latinidiot]

Game: Hmm, probably bioshock or something. Half the brilliance of that game is the awe of it; in the 8-bit era everyone will move to ball-town, and let me tell you, they will be trippin' everywhere!

Invention: A pc. Holy crap, it's a magic box!

a magic box without power. WOOT

1: I would take the game Black Ops. See if I can get enough people shocked that they instantly ban every form of game and thus breaking time.

2: I want to take typing writers to the middle ages. See if monks like it.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

2: I want to take typing writers to the middle ages. See if monks like it.

I expect some of the Monks would love it... the others however, I expect would seize it on behalf of the church and burn it...

 

[Swaki]

as for technology, i guess the internet back to the 80s, along with a modern pc so i could actually present it, the reason i would choose the 80s is that it would still be as amazing as if i took it back to year 24, but with the added awesomeness that most of the people would live to see, use and become depended on it.

Ehh... The internet existed in the 80s. Most of the standardization in a form we could consider the internet opened to the public in 82, was global by the late 80s, was actually termed the internet in the late 80s. The first ISPs where formed in the early 80s as well.

actually they had it in the 60s, but in the 80s it was about as normal as having your own helicopter is today, it didnt become mainstream until the 90s, and heck even then it wouldn't be recognizable, im talking about bringing 2010s internet back, very few people relied on the internet in the 80s, it would be like taking a cellphone back there.

The 50s and 60s saw the emergence of computer networks, and on into the 70s it wasn't exactly what we would eventually call the internet. What could legitimately be called the internet was in the 80s. What could legitimately be called the modern internet was the 90s.

You are talking more about the web anyway. While the basic ideas behind the internet have not changed much the web, the majority of the traffic over the internet, has changed drastically.

Cellphones existed in the 80s as well. DTMF systems interlinked with phone systems existed long before that as well. People in the 80s wouldn't have been well acquainted with the prospect of totally mobile communication, but I doubt the cell phone concept would phase them overly much. At least not as much as the prospect of a multi touch interface computer device that blows anything available to the public at the time out of the water.

i know that cellphones existed back then, thats why i used that as an example, you even bring up the multi touch interface, which every single cellphone has now, i seriously got the stink eye when i asked for a cellphone with buttons, its the same thing as with bringing a new game back to the 8 bit area, the fact that its a game will shock no one, the advances that has been made with the technology is the amazing part, heck i could just take broadband back to the 80s, the lack of the EEEHHHHBIBEEEERRHHH sound alone would knock their socks off.

remember the first time you didn't have to make sure no one was going to call you and that no one in your house would as much as think about calling someone else before logging on, just to wait 10 min for a site to load, remember how amazing that was?, thats what im talking about, heck i remember thanking the technology gods for stuff like caller id, texting and DVDs.

 

[Marter]

1. Valkyria Chronicles
2. A microwave - Sometime before they had microwaves

 

[DazBurger]

Portal... May not be the game I like the best, but would make a perfect demonstration on what a game can do in terms of mechanics.

 

[Something Amyss]

Saints Row 2, and start the "video games teach your children to murder!" Thing before it was cool.

Item? Internet porn.

 

[Latinidiot]

2: I want to take typing writers to the middle ages. See if monks like it.

I expect some of the Monks would love it... the others however, I expect would seize it on behalf of the church and burn it...

'Sirs, no, please stop THIS IS NOT WITCHCRAFT.


It's scienc-oh crap.'

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Game: Hmm, probably bioshock or something. Half the brilliance of that game is the awe of it; in the 8-bit era everyone will move to ball-town, and let me tell you, they will be trippin' everywhere!

Invention: A pc. Holy crap, it's a magic box!

I'd probably agree with Bioshock, as it has impressive graphics without sacrificing other qualities and the atmosphere it creates in first person would be even more impressive to them.

As for technology I'd probably take a helicopter to ancient Europe so I could pretend the Gods were descending to Earth.

 

[Vryyk]

Banjo-Kazooie. Once we made that game there was really no topping it.

 

[Skoldpadda]

I Wanna Be The Guy

Come on, it would be funny!

 

[Seneschal]

I don't think just graphics or a story that isn't outright obvious would impress 8-bit gamers, but breadth would! Give 'em Just Cause 2, steal an airliner and perform a 5-mile free-fall into the gigantic map below. Compared to 8-bit games, it's like 20 games in one - much more futuristic and hologram-like than linear stuff like CoD.

 

[Ldude893]

1. Team Fortress 2. It's a good demonstration of how the games in the future are as fun as the games of the 8-bit era, as well as showing off the advancements in graphics.
2. A novelty floating Earth. The Puritans of colonial America will freak out.

 

[thephill]

take my i pod back to any era without them.
i was amazed when i first saw you could put loads of songs on such a small device. take it back to the 40's and times amazement by 1000