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Interests => Games & Home Entertainment => Topic started by: NonLiberalInOregon on January 24, 2013, 08:10:20 PM
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Curious just how far back some of our Cave gamers go. What was the first video game you played, or the first video game you truly enjoyed.
I'll begin. The first game I played was 7 Cities of Gold on the Commodore 64. I enjoyed it alot!
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Probably 'COMBAT' on a friend's Atari
2300 2600.
I never had any video game consoles growing up... my parents thought they were a waste of time and money.
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It is hard to remember exactly. I remember playing some sort of home video game system that pre-dated the Atari VCS. I remember it had a yellow and black case and had pong and pong variants and all the games where hard wired in. I remember my one cousin was very fond of the squash game.
I also remember going to the bowling alley and playing a submarine game and a very primitive racing game and I do not remember the chronology.
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It is hard to remember exactly. I remember playing some sort of home video game system that pre-dated the Atari VCS. I remember it had a yellow and black case and had pong and pong variants and all the games where hard wired in. I remember my one cousin was very fond of the squash game.
Sounds like you had a Magnavox Odyssey.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=1281
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a very primitive racing game and I do not remember the chronology.
Pole Position?
http://youtu.be/NUU_F9TvXco
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I thought you really meant "date yourself" as in, a game where you date yourself. I was like "no way in hell I would date myself. I'm too much of a pain in the ass."
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Pole Position?
http://youtu.be/NUU_F9TvXco
No, it was way before Pole Position. It was all blocky and you saw the oval track from above. It might have had two steering wheels so you could race your friends but I could just be thinking of the home version of the game on the Odyssey2
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Sounds like you had a Magnavox Odyssey.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=1281
I think that was it, although it was my cousin's game. What I remember as squash must have been smash.
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Was either Age of Empires 1 or Warcraft 2. I was a little kid so I didn't know how to play them really.
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Was either Age of Empires 1 or Warcraft 2. I was a little kid so I didn't know how to play them really.
I remember when games used to cost more than $60. When was the last time anyone paid that much for a console or computer game?
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I had Intellivision, it sucked, so I played Galaga, Frogger, and Pacman at the convenience store at the end of my street.
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I remember when games used to cost more than $60. When was the last time anyone paid that much for a console or computer game?
Paid $80 for Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition
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They didn't have collector's editions in my day. :old:
I was flabbergasted to see a bin full of $20 computer games. I guess labor is that cheap when you outsource it to places where they don't speak English or bathe regularly.
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The first video game we had was Pong in the mid 70's. Then we got an Atari. I laugh when I think of how clunkie it was.
(http://0.tqn.com/d/classicgames/1/0/-/H/-/-/Atari2600.jpg)
The first video games at an arcade I remember playing was Pacman, Asteroids, Space Invaders and I loved Centipede. Asteroids made me feel anxious and stressed. :p
This was when I was around 14 or so. I have never been into video games much past my mid teens.
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I can't remember what my first console was but it was either a N64 or a PS2
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I remember when the PS2 went on sale... the line to the store I worked at went all the way down the street and around the corner.
It was a madhouse.
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None.
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Paid $80 for Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition
I paid $149.99 for Star Wars: The Old Republic Collectors Edition. It was a birthday present to myself that year.
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I can't remember what my first console was but it was either a N64 or a PS2
How old are you? :panic:
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Curious just how far back some of our Cave gamers go. What was the first video game you played, or the first video game you truly enjoyed.
I'll begin. The first game I played was 7 Cities of Gold on the Commodore 64. I enjoyed it alot!
You youngin!!!!
Mine was Atari 2600. See, dad was killed and it was all over the news. Mom thought it'd be a good diversion and safer at home during that time. We had games such as Air Sea Battle, Combat, Pac-Man, Missile Command. Asteroids, Backgammon, etc.
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How old are you? :panic:
No kidding!!!
I remember playing PONG at a neighbors house when I was 7 or 8. My parents used to drag me to the bar with them & I learned to play Pacman until the Atari came out. That was a pale substitute to the bar version.
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No kidding!!!
I remember playing PONG at a neighbors house when I was 7 or 8. My parents used to drag me to the bar with them & I learned to play Pacman until the Atari came out. That was a pale substitute to the bar version.
You should probably be a DUer because of that.
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You youngin!!!!
Mine was Atari 2600. See, dad was killed and it was all over the news. Mom thought it'd be a good diversion and safer at home during that time. We had games such as Air Sea Battle, Combat, Pac-Man, Missile Command. Asteroids, Backgammon, etc.
...and you too!
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You should probably be a DUer because of that.
But at least I didn't turn out to be one! :P
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On an Apple ll something.
There was a fly to the planets game. Kind of point in a direction, enter a time or somehting and hit go.
Made lots of booping noise.
If close, you could sort of pan around and find the planet.
Then you ha dot land.
Early 1980's
In the early 70's, there was a "program" that was related to the moon landing. It was on a hand-held calculator.
I remember that distinctly.
Edit, mid seventies.
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"Strategic Conquest."
I remember it well; became addicted to it.
On a Macintosh, 3.5" disc, black-and-white.
Nothing as good as it since then.
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Super Mario Brothers on the original NES around 88-89.
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No kidding!!!
I remember playing PONG at a neighbors house when I was 7 or 8. My parents used to drag me to the bar with them & I learned to play Pacman until the Atari came out. That was a pale substitute to the bar version.
My folks had the Colecovision knockoff of PONG that hooked up to the TV. Played that quite a bit in the early 80's.
At home was the Commodore 64, at school was the Apple (Oregon Trail, Number Crunchers, Carmen Sandiego) and around 1989 I got my first real PC, it was a 386.
Miss the good old days of the original Warcraft: Orcs vs Humans, Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Linx 386, etc.
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PONG , Baby !! :panic:
(http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/095/176709-450-552.jpg)
And , yes , we were even black & white back then ....
Boop ..... Boop ..... Boop ....
then , speed it up
Boop .. Boop .. Boop ..
(http://computermuseum.50megs.com/images/collection/ponganim.gif)
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Computer game or video game?
Computer game was a TRS-80 game based on Star Wars. Incredibly simple (had to be to play it on a 4K machine.)
By the time I hit HS in the early 80's and had a job, my extra quarters (lots of them) went to Tempest. Got to level 80.
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How old are you? :panic:
20, but I'll be 21 this year.
Sweeeet.
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They didn't have them when I was young.....pinball machine was the closest thing we had to a video game.
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20, but I'll be 21 this year.
Sweeeet.
I have a 23 year old son and a 19 year old daughter (as well as a soon to be 14 year old daughter). Why do you want me to feel old? :bawl:
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I have a 23 year old son and a 19 year old daughter (as well as a soon to be 14 year old daughter). Why do you want me to feel old? :bawl:
Old ? I have daughters 24 21 , 18 and a 6 yr old son ... a 6 ?? How'd that happen ? :whistling:
Guess nobody ever explained where they come from .... :rotf: :naughty:
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My folks had the Colecovision knockoff of PONG that hooked up to the TV. Played that quite a bit in the early 80's.
We did too.
At home was the Commodore 64, at school was the Apple (Oregon Trail, Number Crunchers, Carmen Sandiego) and around 1989 I got my first real PC, it was a 386.
I still have my 64. And yes Carmen Sandiego was a blast. Remember Lode Runner and Prince of Persia? :-)
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/fggouSd3dr4[/youtube]
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But at least I didn't turn out to be one! :P
You are accounting minded. There's something naturally wired in our brains to resist liberal bullshit. You, beg, and I are contemporaries and I echo those gaming experiences. I really don't like video Games now unless the kinect is involved and ican move. I sit on the ass for work and school; I just can't do it on my off time.
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No mention of Dragon's Lair? Wasn't it one of the first character type video games?
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20, but I'll be 21 this year.
Sweeeet.
Watch out, she's a Cougar........ :-)
First console was the Atari, I played the crap out of (can't remember the game) a game where you found keys and avoided the dragon.
Coin op: Battle Zone. I NEVER saw any one beat my high score on the machine I played. It was in the millions.
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Watch out, she's a Cougar........ :-)
Not necessarily a bad thing.
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Not necessarily a bad thing.
No, but a panther would be, especially an underground one.
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heh.
[youtube=425,350]xmnlkLc1Foc[/youtube]
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PONG , Baby !! :panic:
(http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/095/176709-450-552.jpg)
And , yes , we were even black & white back then ....
Boop ..... Boop ..... Boop ....
then , speed it up
Boop .. Boop .. Boop ..
(http://computermuseum.50megs.com/images/collection/ponganim.gif)
Me too. Then moved on to the Commodore 64 and a few games like Impossible Mission.
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Combat was the first Atari game I ever played but it was a bit old when I got it. Chopper Command & River Raid were sooooooo much more advanced...
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I of course played Atari's and the first Nintendo's. I have always been very into video games, I am not sure why I am sure there is some phsycological explination.
But it was computer games that drew me further into video games. My first and most enjoyable game.
King's Quest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Quest
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Kings_Quest_Tandy.png)
14 years later in 1998 there last title: King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
Wow, what a difference 14 years made.
(http://theisozone.com/images/screens/pc-44229-41337660784.jpg)
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We did too.
I still have my 64. And yes Carmen Sandiego was a blast. Remember Lode Runner and Prince of Persia? :-)
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/fggouSd3dr4[/youtube]
Oh yes, I certainly do.
Oh, and one of my all time favorites...Dig Dug! I LOVED that game!
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I can't believe I forgot Dig Dug. I guess I played more games than I remembered. :thatsright:
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Pong. In black and white. For a quarter a go. At the entrance to a Sears, there being no "video arcades" yet.
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Pong in the Student Center at the local University. It was like... only the coolest thing EVER!!! Well... at least at that time.
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asteroids, pacman, mrs pacman....
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I remember when games used to cost more than $60. When was the last time anyone paid that much for a console or computer game?
When was that? NES games cost $50, admittedly thats about $100 in todays prices, but games NES through xbox/ps2 were always $50 then in next gen they jumped up to $60
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When was that? NES games cost $50, admittedly thats about $100 in todays prices, but games NES through xbox/ps2 were always $50 then in next gen they jumped up to $60
My first computer was an IBM. About the only place you could buy games for it was Radio Shack, and they were about $60-75, and stayed that way until an Electronics Boutique showed up at the local mall selling PC games for under $55. It was a godsend.
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My first computer was an IBM. About the only place you could buy games for it was Radio Shack, and they were about $60-75, and stayed that way until an Electronics Boutique showed up at the local mall selling PC games for under $55. It was a godsend.
When I was a kid we had an IBM 286 but I was to young to remember how much the games cost
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My favorite game on N64 was conker's bad fur day.
[youtube=425,350]0w5neFPat1w[/youtube]
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The family's first computer was the TRS80 from Radio Shack.Than thing was so heavy to lift, and slower than shit. no internet back then :old:
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Pong, in the bars. First console was N64. I got everybody hooked on golf. My sister-in-law called at 2 am cussing me out because she was trying to sleep & she kept hearing the "WEEEOOOOOO" sound every time my brother hit the ball. O-)
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Played Pong and Asteroids at the mall.
Also played this classic at the local Pizza place in Amarillo:
(http://media.industrygamers.com/editorial/2011/09/Atari%20Football%20Screen%201.jpg)
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I had Intellivision, it sucked, so I played Galaga, Frogger, and Pacman at the convenience store at the end of my street.
At one point Intellivision had the best baseball and football games of any console.
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At one point Intellivision had the best baseball and football games of any console.
So my brother said. :mad:
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Date yourself:
The first video game you played/enjoyed ....HELL NO! I wouldn't go out with me if I were the last person on earth.
Just remembered, I did play Donkey Kong.....when no one was around. Hey, it looked funny for a 35+ year old man to be playing Donkey Kong.
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I had Intellivision, it sucked, so I played Galaga, Frogger, and Pacman at the convenience store at the end of my street.
Yeah, I didn't use a computer for games at all. Still don't, though I'd dabbled in it a few times. What I remember were the plug-in-a-quarter video games from the early 80's. Donkey Kong was a fave. Didn't care much for Pacman or any of the shooting-type vids.
Didn't do Asteroids that much either - just often enough to know I didn't like it.
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My first was a Atari 5200 Consul. I owned at Punch Out.
My first "computer" was a Commodore 64 that I stole from a garage with "tape drive". I had to write my own games. I taught myself basic.
In High School my step father (#3 I think) worked for Apple writing Tech Manuals so he brought home a Macintosh IIE with Hunt for Red October on it. I played it so much at 15 he got me a summer job at Apple testing Video games.
I didnt get another computer or gaming consul until after I ETS'd from the Army. It was a Sega, every Saturday night friends would come over and we would have a Madden tournament.
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A neighbor had one of the original Ataris that played Pong. We got a 2600 a couple of years later.
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Pong.
It was only available at $0.25 at a time on a stand up arcade machine.
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My first computer was an Atari 400. It was a glorified Atari 2600 game machine with a pressure pad keyboard and a cassette tape drive. It only had 16K of RAM.
My favorite game on it was Gateway to Apshai. It was a dungeon crawler game.
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My first computer was an Atari 400. It was a glorified Atari 2600 game machine with a pressure pad keyboard and a cassette tape drive. It only had 16K of RAM.
My favorite game on it was Gateway to Apshai. It was a dungeon crawler game.
Mine was a Vic-20
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Pong on a Texas Instruments TI-99 . Just checked ,and boy those sure have depreciated . Mom should have bought machine guns instead . Live and learn .
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Mine was a Vic-20
If I remember correctly, it had a whopping 5K of RAM...much like a TI-99.
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Pong on a Texas Instruments TI-99 . Just checked ,and boy those sure have depreciated . Mom should have bought machine guns instead . Live and learn .
You'd be surprized. If you have one of those whole systems that is intact and still works, there are collectors that would pay more than what they are really worth. It's a nostalgia thang.
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If I remember correctly, it had a whopping 5K of RAM...much like a TI-99.
4K and a cassette tape drive.
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4K and a cassette tape drive.
Who would ever need more memory than that? :-)
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I also played the crap out of Doom.
Amazing that we have gone from this:
(http://www.thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/doom2-Classic.jpg)
To this:
(http://mmofallout.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/screenshot0004.jpg)
To this:
(http://0.tqn.com/d/internetgames/1/0/Z/g/rift01.jpg)
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Mario Kart, and then NASCAR 2000 a few years later. My love racing games has never let up. About the only game I play on my computer now is a racing sim called Iracing.
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Since Gateway tio Apshai, I have been into dungeon crawlers. I like all of the Dialblo games.
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Since Gateway tio Apshai, I have been into dungeon crawlers. I like all of the Dialblo games.
I like Nethack.
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I like Nethack.
Never heard of it.
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It's an old text-format dungeon game.
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/UnNetHack_zpsafac338b.png)
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I also played the crap out of Doom.
Amazing that we have gone from this:
(http://www.thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/doom2-Classic.jpg)
To this:
(http://mmofallout.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/screenshot0004.jpg)
To this:
(http://0.tqn.com/d/internetgames/1/0/Z/g/rift01.jpg)
Just wait till it becomes practical to unleash the full potential of 64 bit. You will have the equivalent of what is considered a supercomputer now on your desktop. We are aren't even taping 64 bit at 1% of its full potential. Just imagine the kind a graphics you could get with 1 Petabyte Videocard and a total of 32 Petabytes of system memory, and only time will tell if processors will ever be capable of going past 4ghz without burning up.
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It's an old text-format dungeon game.
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/UnNetHack_zpsafac338b.png)
Ah, now I rememebr. I never played it but, I do remember reading about it.
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It was fun, but a good way to wear out the spacebar on your keyboard.
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I also played the crap out of Doom.
Amazing that we have gone from this:
(http://www.thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/doom2-Classic.jpg)
To this:
(http://mmofallout.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/screenshot0004.jpg)
To this:
(http://0.tqn.com/d/internetgames/1/0/Z/g/rift01.jpg)
And in 9 days we get this.....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjY7yFMEk-c[/youtube]
And in the fall of this year.....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJAiOFM2AY[/youtube]
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Just on a lark, I picked up a copy of "Max Payne", an FPS game, a few days ago - $30 at Wal-mart.
Back in the day I spent a fair number of hours playing Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. This FPS is whoa, way mo betta.
But I honestly can't play these games the way I used to any more. Too much going on.
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I remember playing on a pinball machine in 8th grade....
First time I played PacMan was probably in a bar...when I was old enough to get into one and legally buy a drink.... :thatsright:
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Just on a lark, I picked up a copy of "Max Payne", an FPS game, a few days ago - $30 at Wal-mart.
Back in the day I spent a fair number of hours playing Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. This FPS is whoa, way mo betta.
But I honestly can't play these games the way I used to any more. Too much going on.
The newest Max Payne?
I didn't like it. Got it for my 360 and it wasn't as near as good as the old ones I used to play on PC. Or maybe I am getting older.
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The newest Max Payne?
I didn't like it. Got it for my 360 and it wasn't as near as good as the old ones I used to play on PC. Or maybe I am getting older.
I guess it's the new one. Max Payne 3 is on the box. For PC. I don't have an X-box or Wii or any of that kind of thing. If it can't be done on the computer, it ain't worth my time. I ain't buying another damned box to play a video game. :-)