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Wonktonodi on 17 March 2010

yeah and at first was gaming in the 80s on a black and white tv crazy huh?



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finalsquall on 17 March 2010

I was :D Atari, Commodore, Sega and Nintendo :D



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joshin69 on 17 March 2010

Oh yes, ZX81, C16, C64. So on and so on. My first console was a megadrive though, Quite late to the console gaming world.



 

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NJ5 on 17 March 2010

Yes, I started with the ZX Spectrum probably around 1985-86 (with a black and white TV most of the time) and later with PC probably around 1989. I may have played consoles at friends' places too.

 



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Skeeuk on 17 March 2010
kowenicki said:
80's??

I was gaming in the 70s!


u just pipped me to it.

i was 5 back in 1981 had game and watch games and grandstand paddle console.

can u ever recall dr dental handheld? it was a classic



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binary solo on 17 March 2010
kowenicki said:
binary solo said:
Yep, Commodore 64 (actually stated on the 5Kb Vic 20 with Snackman) for the most part. Though borrowed the Sinclair ZX81 (I think that's what it was called) off a friend from time to time.

Most memorable games:
Arkon
Apache (Gunship)
Paradroid (FTW!!)
Sword of Fargol
Defender of the Crown (PS2 reboot was pretty good, but I didn't like the Robin Hood centric aspect to it)
The Impossible Mission (NOT the same as Mission Impossible)

I think we got an Amiga 500 at some point.

Good times


LOVED my Vic20 - good old commodore.

the zx81 was a joke machine...lol.  the spectrum got a bit better but i hated that squidgy keyboard.

Yeah those rubber keys were naff. Spectrum had a couple of cool games, but my faves were on commodore.

First EA game I ever played was on the C64. I thought they were such a cool gaming company back then.

We sure made our way through a lot of joysticks back then, probably had to buy a new one nearly every 6 months. The reliability of controllers these days compard to joysticks back then shows us there is an upside to the saying "they don't make 'em like they used to".



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milkyjoe on 17 March 2010

Got a NES in 89 with Mario Bros 1 & 2 and a few other games that I don't really remember that well (I was 5).

Also had an Amstrad with games like Back to the Future and Batman (the one based on the movie).



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Kasz216 on 17 March 2010

Yes. My very first memories all pretty much involve me playing video games.

My parents owned 2 systems before I was born. The 2600 and the Astrocade.

Why i'm not sure... neither actually played it, and I swear, the Atari collection had about 20 games.



Arm on 17 March 2010
JGarret said:

When I turned 5 years old, back in 1987, I got a NES from my parents, and have very fond memories of games such as the three Mario Bros games, Ducktales, Castlevania, Contra, MegaMan, Zelda, etc...my older brother had an Atari 2600 which he got in 1979, but I never really played it much...started with the NES and didn´t look back...I´ve read about the 'crash' that happened in 1983 (I was 1 year old lol) and how the NES revitalized the U.S. console market (of course, back then I had no idea all these things had happened)...but anyway, a few gaming related stuff from the 80s that I remember:

- the company Sunsoft (remember that one?...Batman and Gremlins 2 for the NES, for example)

- the Nintendo craze (I still think that, relative to its time, the NES craze was even bigger than the Wii...anyone remember the Nintendo cereal?)

- the very fist issue of Nintendo Power (I still remember that one, it had Mario Bros 2 on the cover)

So, were you gaming in the 1980s?...if you were, what are some things you remember?...if you weren´t, have you any idea how things were?

You sound just like me...

 

I think what really got me to tell my mom that i wanted a NES was... the Zelda commercial... ZELDA!!!... ZEELLLLLLLLDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRe87vRxafQ

I was like WTF is that, I MUST PLAY THAT ( never ending)

she picked it up at Toys R us for my birthday.

 

I did get my first NES when it came out but it wasn't just mine ( cousins and it was at their house) but after the zelda commercial... that was the last straw lol



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weaveworld on 17 March 2010

Videopac 2000 (philips)
Msx 1/2
C64

I think even my 8086 olivetti pc was from the 80's but i'm not sure though. Big ass loud harddrive with a capacity of 20 Mb...

Oh the memories...