Good bye Ceefax, cheers for everything!

TheMightyTen · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:31

Well, the last analogue signal is switched off in Northern Ireland tonight at 23:30 BST and with it goes Ceefax the worlds first Teletext service.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20032882

I used to rely so much on Ceefax in the days before the World Wide Web was easily available, I think I'll kind of miss it, was a great source for news and Video+ codes

It's time is well and truly passed but the ending of an era all the same

G|mp · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:32

R.I.P. Bamboozle

Hades · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:32

RIP. I used to have so much fun just missing the page I wanted and having to wait another minute for it to come around

Diesel · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:33

I remember rushing home from school and reading every football related story on there. pages 302 and 312 were a must.

Steedie · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:33

I remember trying to read football scores

brb starting on page 3/9
brb MOTD has been on by the time you get back to page 1

TheMightyTen · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:33

G|mp said:
R.I.P. Bamboozle

Russinating · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:33

Not going to be fun explaining it to the grand kids.

Remember my parents using it to check lottery results and sports scores etc, and it taking ages with it having to go through every number until it reached your 'page'.

mrk · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:35

Mmmm I remember Teletext, used to get game cheat codes from Digitizer back in the day and play Bamboozle!

I also sent a joke in to the jokes page and it got published

antijoke · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:35

G|mp said:
R.I.P. Bamboozle

Epic game.

Guerrilla · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:37

Hades said:
RIP. I used to have so much fun just missing the page I wanted and having to wait another minute for it to come around

I remember that well

RIP Ceefax.

dalin80 · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:37

Digitizer was awesome, twas a sad day when it was replaced with the naff gamecentral if memory serves.

Somnambulist · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:37

Hades · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:39

In a years time I bet we start hearing nasty rumours about how Ceefax got up to no good every night. I bet the BBC even tried to hide the rumours. Trust me on this, we have more to hear on this story

G|mp · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:39

Kids these days, don't know they're born.

I was joking about Ceefax a couple of years back and my Nephew asked what Teletext/Ceefax was, we explained it was like the internet but with **** graphics

bsoltan · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:43

Game reviews used to be pretty good. Used to read the jokes page fairly regularly as well. Was a really good service.

Mr-White · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:44

wow I thought ceefax was already long dead lol

I only ever used it for the footie scores.

MW

Energize · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:46

Now if we can just get rid of bbc three as well...

It would be another squanderance of tax payers money gone.

Fire_fly · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:50

I have fond memories of playing Bamboozle.

Now and Next page on 606, saved me much time going through the TV mag to find out what was on next.

GravyMonster · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:51

G|mp said:
R.I.P. Bamboozle

TheMightyTen said:

anticonscience said:
Epic game.

You know you can get the android app, right? Probably for iOS too, but not looked.

Kamwah · 23 Oct 2012 at 12:52

Horse Racing results!