Originally posted by eagle4x4
There seem to be a lot of fellow "old-timers" in this thread, so I am gonna do Kind of a little Threadjack here.

"Old Gamer" Trivia:

Do any of you recognize my profile Avatar and where it comes from ???

Originally posted by gpett

Originally posted by eagle4x4
There seem to be a lot of fellow "old-timers" in this thread, so I am gonna do Kind of a little Threadjack here.

"Old Gamer" Trivia:

Do any of you recognize my profile Avatar and where it comes from ???

It looks familiar but I have a notoriously bad memory.  I would guess it is art out of a manual for some old SSI game.

Atari got me started. Marathon and multiplayer sealed my fate. Marathon came out on the Mac when everyone else was playing the original Doom. No contest as Marathon was vastly superior. :D

My first PC game was Shadow of the Beast on the Amiga, before then it was console games. Looked like a cool side scroller so decided to try it. I switch back and forth between consoles and PC, though these days I can get a PC for about the price of a console so no real motivation to go back to console gaming.

My parents have pictures of me in diapers and not walking yet, but playing games on a commodore64.  Some game a vaguely remember with a character that would do different things to each letter on the keyboard.   It was meant to teach children their ABCs.  So I guess it was my parents who got me into gaming.  Particularly my Dad who also gave me my first PC, a 486, when I was between 10-12 years old.  I've been playing games for as long as I can remember!

(Living proof against all those sceptics that claim PC Games breed killers...  I've never even been in a physical fight to this day!  Most passive guy you could ever meet.  No drugs, alcohol, smoking, etc... etc...  The conspiracy theorists can claim what they want, but games have nothing to do with it.  )

Originally posted by Picklefoot
   Hello everybody, there are so many opportunities to discover new hobbies. It would appear we've all chosen gaming as one of them.

   So what had gotten you involved with playing them, single player or not.  My mother had a boyfriend when I was younger that moved in. With him he brought a commodore 64, and the first game he played was Bards Tale I. Thats when I was hooked.

A little background would be great.
I have been playing games since the commodore 64. Some of my favorites are The Bards Tale Series, Zork, Gold Box AD&D, Final Fantasy 7, and way too many PC games to mention all of them.
What do you think will appeal to new gamers?
I think a fresh new way of doing combat/raiding/ and rewards without too much complication will eventually come out and that will draw alot of customers.

Do you think people will try to avoid PC games all together?
Not at all once Vista becomes semi normal and actually allows you to turn your computer on, I believe alot of game devs will start implementing DX10 and that will open up a whole new era of great looking and fun playable games.

Did you ever quit?
Only to paint my 2000 point Daemonhunters Army, go Warhammer 40k

What is your one moment you feel like sharing with us that has happened while you were playing?
When I played FFVII for the first time and finally made it to the Golden Saucer. That place was the funnest part of the game IMO.

Lastly, how long do you think you will be playing PC games/what will cause you to stop?
Im not stopping, my wife can whine all she wants.

                                                                               Me in Game Mode lol.



  This thread is for fun, not debates. Feel free to add screenshots, or a picture of yourself in gaming mode.

 
       All replies appreciated,
    best wishes!

I was drawn to PCs because they could do so much, it naturally followed I would sample the gems of PC gaming.(first games I think worms, Black& White, something strategy as PCs good at them-think it with age of empires and something management, I can't remember which football manager game it was.

Originally posted by Picklefoot
   Hello everybody, there are so many opportunities to discover new hobbies. It would appear we've all chosen gaming as one of them.

   So what had gotten you involved with playing them, single player or not.

A little background would be great.
I started to play PC games when I was around 7 - 8 years old (back in Taiwan).  I had a neighbor who worked at a computer store, and my brother and I went there some of the times (when my parents are not at home, and ask our neighbor to watch us.)  I started on one of the RPG games made in Taiwan, and my brother started on a baseball game made in Taiwan.  Then I started to buy more PC games, and such. 

Later on, after we bought a computer for our house, I started with games such as C&C: Red Alert and Warcraft 2 (my friend had it, and I went to his house to play it).  I also started to play games like Age of Empire and StarCraft (since I like RTS games).  I also bought a few Star Wars games (X-Wing vs Tie-Fighter).  I later started to play with Star Wars: Jedi Outcast. 

Then I started my MMO playing with Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided.  I played that game for a good 2+ years (with Final Fantasy XI and City of Heroes added to my MMO playing sometimes during the later years of my SWG experience).  I also have played other MMOs since then (all listed in my sig.)

What do you think will appeal to new gamers?
What appeal to new gamers? I have no idea, but I am trying to finish my school (studying Game and Simulation Programming in DeVry University).  And I'm more focus in MMO than other genre, so I'm trying to see if better MMO designs can attractive new gamers to MMO yet not making the MMO experience a dull one.

Do you think people will try to avoid PC games all together?
No, but it will be combining with the consoles mroe and more (as PC technologies gets improved, so does consoles, and soon it will probably have no difference between a console and a PC.  Most consoles are already a small PC in its own way)

Did you ever quit?
No, I'm a gamer, and I will continue to play MMO (which is more PC friendly for now)

What is your one moment you feel like sharing with us that has happened while you were playing?
Can't think of anything.

Lastly, how long do you think you will be playing PC games/what will cause you to stop?
When the MMO genre gets so saturated with average games and no new concept comes out, I will quit the MMO (maybe PC gaming altogether.)  Then it's back to console for me.

  This thread is for fun, not debates. Feel free to add screenshots, or a picture of yourself in gaming mode.

 
       All replies appreciated,
    best wishes!

We were one of the first households to own the ZX Spectrum in the UK (due to my dads engineering/bug thingy job... his title took up 3 sentences - ex HMS Ark Royal Aircraft, ex NASA.. he was a genius until his heart attacks).

First game i played, no idea how old i was.... "jumping jack" don't remember much except you had to avoid things, jump up platforms and you were a stick man. i was too young to play and it was on a black and white second tv we had. (which was fine i realise now  because the game was in black and white)

Not that great a game (looking back), and i remember getting hit because i was peeling off the rubber keys on the keyboard one day.

later memories involve the CM 64, Amstrad, Amiga, Spectrum (with the cassete included beside the keyboard wo0o), NES, Megadrive.... etc etc

The other one, apart from Spectrum ZX, was before the NES but consoley.. you got 2 light guns, 2 controllers and had 2 games, shooting discs and pong. No idea what it was called, but a lot of fun.

To be completely honest?

PC games could be had for free off of a large local pirate BBS when I was growing up, often times before they were in stores.  Compared to shelling out $50 for an NES cart, PC gaming was a no-brainer.