Proud to be a 1st gen gamer - Page 2

TCD · 26 March 2010, 08:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastardly

Be careful what you wish for eh?

Indeed

Have to say that some decent games with a 'Wow' presentation showed up, so at least partially it wasn't a wasted wish

gimbal · 26 March 2010, 09:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbob2

Im 33 and i started gaming when i was 6 or 7 with a atari 2600. Then i went to spectrum, played on amstrad cp464 and c64, then went to amiga and then psx, ps2 and now ps3 (as well as pc of course)

Yeah man! Atari 2600 to Amiga to PSX to PS2 for me, with a line of PCs running in parallel with that of course

I'm still a geek though, when I get a new toy I still look up the specs.

26 March 2010, 10:56

Hmm I remember the first memories for me are on a ZX Spectrum, though to be honest I am not that old so I was 4 years old when the ZX came out, I can`t remember playing on anything earlier that that ... hehe I was a late starter. Then moved onto the Sinclair QL, then Amiga, Mega Drive/Super Famicom then onto the Saturn ... never had a PS1 ... not that many gaming machines to be honest. Still makes me feel young seeing some of the other game machines people played on when they were young.

mombasajoe · 26 March 2010, 11:06

It began in 1986 with a C16 (Aldi) (http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarch...63956/)...then ->C64 -> A500 -> PC

zipper · 26 March 2010, 12:19

Ha, I started with a Pong clone in '77, followed with Atari 2600 - which still is probably in working order, and tens of cartridges. ET rulez....

_ThEcRoW · 26 March 2010, 14:39

Do you remember nintendo game & watch with panorama screen? Those that had a mirror for reflecting the screen. I have donkey kong jr. still around...

klx300r · 26 March 2010, 15:04

@ mrbob2

nice write up..i think most 35+ years or older users here feel the same way

btw, if the 1st game you played wasnt two vertical sticks moving up and down and hitting another stick moving horizontally on a screen then you're not a 1st gen gamer

Adropac2 · 27 March 2010, 04:43

This gen leaves little to the imagination and that's really the biggest problem- at least for me.It doesn't stop me playing lots of modern stand out games but i ignore the majority of them.Games weren't better back in the older era - in fact they were mostly worse - but they were far more convincing if you look back to how you felt in them

Apart from the odd few, games tend to feel like games these days despite their better than anything graphics.The next big advance in the form of newer consoles will only bring problems like why everything is at odds with the visual splendour

The magic is gone

Falcon Flight · 27 March 2010, 11:14

You had to be a gamer to play older games.
Any fool can play Wii.

haynor666 · 14 April 2010, 08:58

I started from game and watch games then Atari 2600 clone so I guess I'm first generation player

onkelarie · 16 April 2010, 19:39

Allthough I enjoy the latest generation of games, it's very hard to get that same feeling I got when I first played pong back in the 70's....

The game & watch series (and all derivatives that followed) were pretty good too. I owned dozens of those LCD games. The sheer joy of owning and playing those portable games!

DDNI · 16 April 2010, 20:37

I remember getting this way back in '80 when my Dad came home from a 6month posting to Germany... I still own it!

(not my picture)

mike4466 · 16 April 2010, 22:24

1st generation of gaming for me came in around the mid 1970s when the pong tv games were made before this you had to make do with the pocketeers type games but when space invaders came out in 1977 in the arcades that was the kickstart needed to get the masses interested i remember waiting in the queue for hours to try to get to play the game in the leisure centre in rotherham and when the likes of galaxian missile command pacman etc came out later on the future of gaming was here to stay forever.

Dastardly · 16 April 2010, 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

I remember getting this way back in '80 when my Dad came home from a 6month posting to Germany... I still own it!

(not my picture)

Bloody hell theres a blast from the past! I'd completely forgot I'd even had one of those until I saw that pic.

laffer · 17 April 2010, 17:41

My gaming history is less exciting... I started on a Game & Watch (you controlled this cowboy or whatever he was, and you had to protect this wooden fort from hordes of enemies trying to set it on fire... if I recall correctly).

Then I got the C64 a bit later, then Amiga 500 and then eventually a PC.

FOL · 17 April 2010, 18:39

Nice, I remember having one of these back when I was 5.
1983, damn thats a long time ago.

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/PacMan.htm

Funny thing is, he says UK version was called "puckman".
Mine definately was called "Pac-Man".

Peter · 17 April 2010, 18:51

We all used to play Champion Racer at School - it was great fun - Tandy (Radioshack) typically did their own version of this with cycles!

fitzsteve · 17 April 2010, 20:17

My first game was called BMX flyer, it was great and I still remember the little tune it used to play lol! Like the OP I've been a gamer since my Atari 2600 at a very young age, moving onto the Speccy, then the 8bit consoles etc...

I only got my first Amiga when I was about 19 or 20 from a Car Boot sale, didn't have the money back in the day.

Dastardly · 18 April 2010, 00:26

I also had one of these

pantheman · 24 April 2010, 15:55

HAHA!!! I had BMX Flyer m8 still kick ass!!

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26 March 2010, 10:56	#23
ami_junkie Posts: n/a	Hmm I remember the first memories for me are on a ZX Spectrum, though to be honest I am not that old so I was 4 years old when the ZX came out, I can`t remember playing on anything earlier that that ... hehe I was a late starter. Then moved onto the Sinclair QL, then Amiga, Mega Drive/Super Famicom then onto the Saturn ... never had a PS1 ... not that many gaming machines to be honest. Still makes me feel young seeing some of the other game machines people played on when they were young.

26 March 2010, 11:06	#24
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	It began in 1986 with a C16 (Aldi) (http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarch...63956/)...then ->C64 -> A500 -> PC

26 March 2010, 12:19	#25
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,850	Ha, I started with a Pong clone in '77, followed with Atari 2600 - which still is probably in working order, and tens of cartridges. ET rulez....

26 March 2010, 14:39	#26
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 942	Do you remember nintendo game & watch with panorama screen? Those that had a mirror for reflecting the screen. I have donkey kong jr. still around...

26 March 2010, 15:04	#27
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ManCave, Canada Posts: 1,676	@ mrbob2 nice write up..i think most 35+ years or older users here feel the same way btw, if the 1st game you played wasnt two vertical sticks moving up and down and hitting another stick moving horizontally on a screen then you're not a 1st gen gamer

27 March 2010, 04:43	#28
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,093	This gen leaves little to the imagination and that's really the biggest problem- at least for me.It doesn't stop me playing lots of modern stand out games but i ignore the majority of them.Games weren't better back in the older era - in fact they were mostly worse - but they were far more convincing if you look back to how you felt in them Apart from the odd few, games tend to feel like games these days despite their better than anything graphics.The next big advance in the form of newer consoles will only bring problems like why everything is at odds with the visual splendour The magic is gone

27 March 2010, 11:14	#29
Falcon Flight evicted psycho Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: evictee paradise Posts: 166	You had to be a gamer to play older games. Any fool can play Wii.

14 April 2010, 08:58	#30
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,772	I started from game and watch games then Atari 2600 clone so I guess I'm first generation player

16 April 2010, 19:39	#31
onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 528	Allthough I enjoy the latest generation of games, it's very hard to get that same feeling I got when I first played pong back in the 70's.... The game & watch series (and all derivatives that followed) were pretty good too. I owned dozens of those LCD games. The sheer joy of owning and playing those portable games!

16 April 2010, 20:37	#32
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,441	I remember getting this way back in '80 when my Dad came home from a 6month posting to Germany... I still own it! (not my picture)

16 April 2010, 22:24	#33
mike4466 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: grimsby Posts: 291	1st generation of gaming for me came in around the mid 1970s when the pong tv games were made before this you had to make do with the pocketeers type games but when space invaders came out in 1977 in the arcades that was the kickstart needed to get the masses interested i remember waiting in the queue for hours to try to get to play the game in the leisure centre in rotherham and when the likes of galaxian missile command pacman etc came out later on the future of gaming was here to stay forever.

17 April 2010, 17:41	#35
laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	My gaming history is less exciting... I started on a Game & Watch (you controlled this cowboy or whatever he was, and you had to protect this wooden fort from hordes of enemies trying to set it on fire... if I recall correctly). Then I got the C64 a bit later, then Amiga 500 and then eventually a PC.

17 April 2010, 18:39	#36
FOL PSPUAE DEV Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wales / UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,142	Nice, I remember having one of these back when I was 5. 1983, damn thats a long time ago. http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/PacMan.htm Funny thing is, he says UK version was called "puckman". Mine definately was called "Pac-Man".

17 April 2010, 20:17	#38
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,685	My first game was called BMX flyer, it was great and I still remember the little tune it used to play lol! Like the OP I've been a gamer since my Atari 2600 at a very young age, moving onto the Speccy, then the 8bit consoles etc... I only got my first Amiga when I was about 19 or 20 from a Car Boot sale, didn't have the money back in the day.

18 April 2010, 00:26	#39
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,336	I also had one of these

24 April 2010, 15:55	#40
pantheman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK, London Posts: 16	HAHA!!! I had BMX Flyer m8 still kick ass!!

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