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For fun: Best game-related Christmas present?
Jdurg:
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--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 24, 2007, 09:16:15 pm ---My first computer was a Commodore 128
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Heck yeah, dude. I had a TRS-80 growing up. Good times.
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Yes they were. It's kind of depressing when I watch my nearly 2 year old niece and realize that when she grows up, she will have no idea what life was like before computers, cell phones, high speed internet, internet, antenna TV, etc. I remember when cable TV was an amazing thing that only the wealthy could get. Or when the 5 1/2" floppies were replaced by the smaller, hard cased floppy disks. Heck, I remember when the only internet was on a 5600 kilobaud modem and you logged in to Prodigy to access the net. The idea of 3D graphics was a dream. I remember the Rolling Stones giving the rights to "Start Me Up" to Microsoft for Windows95. I remember when DOS was the only real interface out there. You'd "shut down" and it would tell you "It's okay to turn off your computer now."
Wow that makes me feel really old. I'm depressed knowing that the kids these days can't appreciate the technology we have that makes life so enjoyable, but at the same time I am so happy to be alive these days. ;D
RandyT:
The first VG related present was the Coleco Telstar. My family was pretty poor, but my parents had managed to scrape up enough to get my two sisters and I the game as a shared "big gift". But I don't think that one had the greatest impact on me as a kid.
I worked to buy my game systems, and always had to sell one in order to afford another. I had finally traded up to a Colecovision. I knew that my parents couldn't afford the expensive cartridges for the thing (not to mention the fact that my father could see no value in "computer-related anything" at the time) so I was just expecting another Christmas without anything fun related to video games. But somehow, my folks managed to buy me the Zaxxon cartridge. I didn't get an awful lot else that year, but it was one of the few times I got something I really, really wanted :)
RandyT
Jdurg:
--- Quote from: RandyT on December 27, 2007, 10:48:09 pm ---
The first VG related present was the Coleco Telstar. My family was pretty poor, but my parents had managed to scrape up enough to get my two sisters and I the game as a shared "big gift". But I don't think that one had the greatest impact on me as a kid.
I worked to buy my game systems, and always had to sell one in order to afford another. I had finally traded up to a Colecovision. I knew that my parents couldn't afford the expensive cartridges for the thing (not to mention the fact that my father could see no value in "computer-related anything" at the time) so I was just expecting another Christmas without anything fun related to video games. But somehow, my folks managed to buy me the Zaxxon cartridge. I didn't get an awful lot else that year, but it was one of the few times I got something I really, really wanted :)
RandyT
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I had a Colecovision when I was young!!!! I remember Zaxxon distinctly. I too couldn't get a whole bunch of games due to cost, but I remember having Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Zaxxon, Ladybug, and this driving game where you used a Steering Wheel and pedals. I thought it was the greatest thing on Earth at the time.
vidmouse:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 27, 2007, 09:46:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: Glaine on December 27, 2007, 12:43:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jdurg on December 24, 2007, 09:16:15 pm ---My first computer was a Commodore 128
--- End quote ---
Heck yeah, dude. I had a TRS-80 growing up. Good times.
--- End quote ---
Yes they were. It's kind of depressing when I watch my nearly 2 year old niece and realize that when she grows up, she will have no idea what life was like before computers, cell phones, high speed internet, internet, antenna TV, etc. I remember when cable TV was an amazing thing that only the wealthy could get. Or when the 5 1/2" floppies were replaced by the smaller, hard cased floppy disks. Heck, I remember when the only internet was on a 5600 kilobaud modem and you logged in to Prodigy to access the net. The idea of 3D graphics was a dream. I remember the Rolling Stones giving the rights to "Start Me Up" to Microsoft for Windows95. I remember when DOS was the only real interface out there. You'd "shut down" and it would tell you "It's okay to turn off your computer now."
Wow that makes me feel really old. I'm depressed knowing that the kids these days can't appreciate the technology we have that makes life so enjoyable, but at the same time I am so happy to be alive these days. ;D
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5 1/4" floppies.
And I remember using 300 baud (NOT kbaud) on my C-64. Felt like warp speed when I moved up to 1200 baud :laugh2:
Extreme8:
My first game was a Maganox Odyssey - probably 1974 ish - three games (tennis, squash, and doubles tennis). Total Pong rip off. We cranked on those little potentiometers to control the B&W lines and bouncing dots for hours on end.
Several years later I got a Coleco pocket quarterback. A tiny field of red led's and a couple of controller buttons. Wasted many hours with that thing as well.
The biggie was the TI 99/4a. I asked for a timex-sinclair since I knew there was no way my parents could afford the TI. I was completely shocked to get one.
I thought I had forgotten about all that stuff. Funny how those Christmas memories stick with you for so many years....
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