When was the day you became a 'Hardcore' Gamer?

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Well for me I became I hardcore gamer back in 1986 when I first got my Spectrum 128 +2 (yes, im a old timer), First game I played was Rambo and ever since I was hooked. Them came the amiga 500 from then on I was in limbo land with a PS1, N64 but in 1998 I got my first ever PC.