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5 apps for nostalgia
Here's another entry in our "Five Apps For" series, which identifies five iPhone/iPod touch apps that fill a specific niche, appeal to a particular crowd, or cover an area of interest. Enjoy! As an aging child of the 70's and 80's (I'll be 40 in January), I'm feeling nostalgic for the past while cozying up to my own mortality. Call it a mid-life crisis, regression or what have you, but I'm thinking about the old days. This Etch-a-Sketch iPad case kicked the process into high gear and got me thinking about contemporary versions of the games I used to love. After scouring the App Store, I found the selection sadly lacking. Every app I found (with one notable exception) resembled its ancestor only superficially. Still, I present them for your consideration. Here are five apps for nostalgia. Speak & Spell Update: Reader Rockey04 has pointed out iSpeak and Spell ($0.99). Awesome! Who remembers typing out bad words with the good old Speak & Spell from Texas Instruments? I don't mean the 1986 model with that poseur membrane keyboard, but the '78 model with big chunky keys and that unforgettable voice: "That is incorrect. The correct spelling of...." While there's no actual Speak & Spell app in the app store, there is Remix DJ : Speak EZ (Free). Its UI closely resembles that of the Speak & Spell and includes all of the original sounds, including that very same voice; over 200 samples in all. It's meant for DJs to use as a virtual instrument (you can't play any of the old Speak & Spell games), but for free it's still fun to hear the old sounds. Remix DJ: Speak EZ is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Click Read More to see our remaining four picks.
