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Etze · 25 May 2015, 19:12

At first a TI-99/4A (loved it), then a C64 (not bad), then an Amiga 500 (greatest machine ever).

FOL · 25 May 2015, 19:19

Spectrum 48k, Spectrum 128 +2, Spectrum +3, Atari 800XL, Amiga 500.

Simmo76 · 25 May 2015, 22:43

Dragon 32.
In all honesty, it wasn't great when compared to C64 and Speccy, but I loved it dearly and still do to this day.
The Dragon 'version' of Donkey Kong - Donkey King, written by Tom Mix Software and published by Microdeal (IIRC) - was amazing, and still holds up well to this day.
Chuckie egg was also particularly good on D32...

tolkien · 26 May 2015, 07:32

My first computer could be a Dragon32 but as all my friends with computer (two people hejehehe) had spectrum I changed It for the specy.

DDNI · 26 May 2015, 08:37

Plus/4

ACE and Saboteur with frequent sessions of Fire ant, Icicle works and Treasure Island!

Michael · 26 May 2015, 09:17

No Amiga in the voting?! That's really odd.

My first personal machine was an A500 with 2 MB extra mem (2.5 MB toital), extra floppy drive and printer, and connected to a large by that times 25" Sony TV!
The time when home computing was fun!

But really first experience must be some friends 48K spectrum or something.

Unless small LCD hand held's count ?

Neil79 · 26 May 2015, 12:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael

No Amiga in the voting?! That's really odd.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil79

8bit era first, otherwise i'd be here all day listing every single gaming system lol

Plus the Amiga would be bloody obvious considering we are on an Amiga board

Michael · 26 May 2015, 13:32

Had to settle for other

Lemming880 · 26 May 2015, 13:34

Philips NMS 9100

jack-3d · 26 May 2015, 13:55

Other: Casio 9850GB Plus -> Amiga 1200 -> Pegasos -> Amiga(s)

Steve T · 26 May 2015, 19:07

I think the title should be changed to "what 8-bit machine..."

sure were a lot of them too... Speccy +3 was my first machine, probably too young to really appreciate it, kinda cool with the hard cased custom floppies and I wish I still had it, never had many games for it though!

Havie · 26 May 2015, 19:14

Good ol' ZX Speccy for me and have recently rekindled that 1980s feeling with help from a bootsale!

saimon69 · 26 May 2015, 19:14

I had a spectrum 48k, my brother got a VIC-20 and was programming in basic on both (managed to do some simple multicolor games on vic), plus a friend had C64 and we were writing BASIC listing on class

vulture · 26 May 2015, 19:53

ZX Spectrum 128+ , the last Sinclair. Wonderful machine, amazing times!

FOL · 26 May 2015, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve T

I think the title should be changed to "what 8-bit machine..."

sure were a lot of them too... Speccy +3 was my first machine, probably too young to really appreciate it, kinda cool with the hard cased custom floppies and I wish I still had it, never had many games for it though!

+3 was awesome. I had the interface on the back, where you could load a tape and then save to floppy disk. Spent hours jamming my favorite games on to floppies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by saimon69

I had a spectrum 48k, my brother got a VIC-20 and was programming in basic on both (managed to do some simple multicolor games on vic), plus a friend had C64 and we were writing BASIC listing on class

Didn't think speccy was popular anywhere other than UK and some parts of Europe.

saimon69 · 26 May 2015, 20:09

@FOL
well am from italy moved in california ten years ago, thats why

8bitbob · 26 May 2015, 20:14

ZX81 with hires graphics and sound my dad made the boards!, then zx spectrum,atari st,amiga 500

Mrs Beanbag · 26 May 2015, 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve T

I think the title should be changed to "what 8-bit machine..."

sure were a lot of them too... Speccy +3 was my first machine, probably too young to really appreciate it, kinda cool with the hard cased custom floppies and I wish I still had it, never had many games for it though!

I couldn't post about Intellivision then because that has 16 bit CPU!

jiffy · 26 May 2015, 21:36

C64 for me. Bought it in '84, if I am not mistaken. Then an A500 somewhere in 1988. Went 'pc' in '93.

The 64 was cool and I expanded it bit by bit. But boy oh boy, that A500... :-)

Steve T · 26 May 2015, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag

I couldn't post about Intellivision then because that has 16 bit CPU!

well It still looks like its an 8-bit so that's OK...

- Was referring to the limited number of set options in the poll but that era is interesting to me, to see what people had before the amiga.

FOL, I totally missed that trick, and really missed out. never had the tape deck, my time on it was limited to a selection of disk games (which I think cost much more than the tape versions) mostly arcade ports from ocean.

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25 May 2015, 19:12	#81
Etze A3000-Fan Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 321	At first a TI-99/4A (loved it), then a C64 (not bad), then an Amiga 500 (greatest machine ever).

25 May 2015, 19:19	#82
FOL PSPUAE DEV Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wales / UK Age: 45 Posts: 5,999	Spectrum 48k, Spectrum 128 +2, Spectrum +3, Atari 800XL, Amiga 500.

25 May 2015, 22:43	#83
Simmo76 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Derby, UK Age: 47 Posts: 233	Dragon 32. In all honesty, it wasn't great when compared to C64 and Speccy, but I loved it dearly and still do to this day. The Dragon 'version' of Donkey Kong - Donkey King, written by Tom Mix Software and published by Microdeal (IIRC) - was amazing, and still holds up well to this day. Chuckie egg was also particularly good on D32...

26 May 2015, 07:32	#84
tolkien AmigaMan Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Castro Urdiales/Spain Posts: 760	My first computer could be a Dragon32 but as all my friends with computer (two people hejehehe) had spectrum I changed It for the specy.

26 May 2015, 08:37	#85
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Plus/4 ACE and Saboteur with frequent sessions of Fire ant, Icicle works and Treasure Island!

26 May 2015, 09:17	#86
Michael A1260T/PPC/BV/SCSI/NET Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Moscow / Russia Posts: 839	No Amiga in the voting?! That's really odd. My first personal machine was an A500 with 2 MB extra mem (2.5 MB toital), extra floppy drive and printer, and connected to a large by that times 25" Sony TV! The time when home computing was fun! But really first experience must be some friends 48K spectrum or something. Unless small LCD hand held's count ?

26 May 2015, 13:32	#88
Michael A1260T/PPC/BV/SCSI/NET Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Moscow / Russia Posts: 839	Had to settle for other

26 May 2015, 13:34	#89
Lemming880 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 260	Philips NMS 9100

26 May 2015, 13:55	#90
jack-3d kLiker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Brno / Czech Republic Posts: 371	Other: Casio 9850GB Plus -> Amiga 1200 -> Pegasos -> Amiga(s)

26 May 2015, 19:07	#91
Steve T Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 351	I think the title should be changed to "what 8-bit machine..." sure were a lot of them too... Speccy +3 was my first machine, probably too young to really appreciate it, kinda cool with the hard cased custom floppies and I wish I still had it, never had many games for it though!

26 May 2015, 19:14	#92
Havie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK Posts: 1,893	Good ol' ZX Speccy for me and have recently rekindled that 1980s feeling with help from a bootsale!

26 May 2015, 19:14	#93
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,516	I had a spectrum 48k, my brother got a VIC-20 and was programming in basic on both (managed to do some simple multicolor games on vic), plus a friend had C64 and we were writing BASIC listing on class

26 May 2015, 19:53	#94
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	ZX Spectrum 128+ , the last Sinclair. Wonderful machine, amazing times!

26 May 2015, 20:09	#96
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,516	@FOL well am from italy moved in california ten years ago, thats why

26 May 2015, 20:14	#97
8bitbob Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: heywood, UK Posts: 29	ZX81 with hires graphics and sound my dad made the boards!, then zx spectrum,atari st,amiga 500

26 May 2015, 21:36	#99
jiffy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Netherlands Posts: 54	C64 for me. Bought it in '84, if I am not mistaken. Then an A500 somewhere in 1988. Went 'pc' in '93. The 64 was cool and I expanded it bit by bit. But boy oh boy, that A500... :-)

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