I went back and edited.  Just saying after your post I went back and updated it.  It wasn't that you missed it.  I just had presumed people would bother to see etc... as actually meaning something.  But, as I noted in another thread, I am doubting people read the original posts anyhow.

Also, I did want to clarify about my magazine stuff.  I think I am increasingly becoming an accidental collector.  It isn't like i am trying to collect.  I just want to have stuff I can play and remember playing.  I end up being a collector as a result.  Blech.  I need room.

Ah nice, I wasn't wrong!

What magazines are they by the way? I used to collect GamePro magazines back in the 90's. I loved how they rated games with those facial expressions (Highest score is a guy with hair sticking up, wide eyed and mouth opened) and the writers with their created character names. It was awesome as a kid. 

That is post-crash stuff you likely have.  The stuff I have somewhere is pre-crash.  I also have Atari 8bit computer magazines, such as Analog and Antic Magazine.  I believe Atari Age also lives on now as a website.

Some of them I recall, which I may have some still somewhere would be (Based on this site http://www.retromags.com/magazines#.Uiu_N8aTiSo):

Computer Gaming World

Electronic Fun

Electronic Games

And now, I am motivated to go hunt down the magazine wherever they are.

Yeah, everything I had was post-crash. I was born in 1984 and didn't begin playing video games until at least 1987-1989, beginning with the 2600 and then moving onto the NES and becoming absolutely obsessed with Zelda, which continues today. Played every single game, except for Wind Waker, which I am happy about actually since it has been remade. I was young and dumb. I looked at the graphics and thought it was "kiddy and terrible." Now I am 29 and I think the style looks so awesome.

Thanks for the link. I am going to check it out. I am trying to learn a bit about things from before my time or during my time that I was too young to understand and appreciate. Just downloaded a ton on Infocom games on my iPhone. Nice collection of text styled games from way back like Zork, The Lurking Horror, etc... Nice collection called "The Lost Treasure of Infocom", released by Activision. You get every single title (Around 12-15 I believe) for just $10.

If I recall correctly, Electronic Fun had a computer game program in every issue people could enter in.  Ahh, those where the days.  And I did think Wind Waker looked real good back when it came out.  It reminded me of an animated movie.

You were probably older and not as young and dumb as I was when it came out.

I was caught up in the stupid stuff in those days. First I argued with kids in highschool about how Nintendo 64>Sony. Then I played PS1 and thought 
Holy Shit!", I fell in love with JRPGs. Still 100% loved Mario Kart 64 though. It's still my favorite title in the series.

Anyways, don't want to continue to derail your tread. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my posts.

To get back on track, I will make mention of how I was an Atari fanboy and hung out until the final days with my Atari 8bit computer against the evil Commodore empire.  I then did eventually get a Commodore 64, and my fanboyism died with that.  I went on to go PC later.

Nothing wrong with that, it only means you have been around the block. I am a PC guy myself, I just did not realize it. I spent 5 years total on DIablo 2 and would waste countless hours of work figuring out the best PVP setups. Never spent as much time on 1 game as I did with Diablo 2 (Other than SaGa Frontier on PS1. No matter what I do I can't ever get bored of that title. We NEED a SF3.)

Anyways, now I FINALLY got back into PC gaming.

Best decision I ever made.

Sorry for the confusion.

Of course! Especially after the massive financial success that was the PS3.