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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.
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It looks like a slightly more grown-up version of the "Street Wolf", which was a kids BMX with a pretend gps/map/computer console on it, and a real "plays annoying sounds" feature inside.
Of course, I'm only calling it annoying in retrospect. At the time I was envious of the cool kid down the road, whose computerised-scanner and siren sound machine was essential in defending our street from bad guys.