Old farts (40 plus thread)

The very first video game was Pong. My parents gave it to my older brother and he needed a victim opponent. The first computer game was Colossal Cave Adventure, which was on paper tape which you loaded into a mainframe. Zork was derived directly from that.

In law school, we had a mini arcade by the vending machines and there was much playing of Ms Pacman, Galaga and Joust on study breaks.

My first PC didn't have a hard drive, it had two floppy drives and by carefully loading disks in you actually try to play a game. I spent a lot of time sailing ships around in The Art of War At Sea avoiding enemy ships. The first PC with a hard drive I owned, I bought used, so it came pre-loaded with Civilization. That was a year lost.

Then came MMORPG's, with Meridian 59, Everquest, Dark Age of Camelot, Wish, City of Heroes/Villains, Star Wars Galaxies, WoW, and SWTOR. As well as Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and the Sim games.

It's been fun, but not very productive. Probably should have started beading earlier and pursued it more vigourously.

As far as I remember, for Monkey a.k.a Monkey Magic the inspiration (Journey to the West) is the same, but it was made in Japan. The dubbed version was broadcast by BBC.

Myself I caught a few episodes, about the same time I saw Blake's 7 and Lone Wolf and the Cub.

Buck Rogers


And Erin Grey Right about when I hit puberty. Wheeww!

Same for me. I played it when it was an arcade game before becoming available for the home use. I liked it. It was great beating my father. He didn't care. In the end he got the last laugh by watching my sister kick my butt.

From that point on, I played Asteroids and Space Invaders a lot. Mostly at the bowling alley with friends

When I was in the military, my roommate returned from leave with a nintendo. Everyone in the platoon was in our room every night wanting to play. Played the first Mario game along with Zelda and Donkey Kong.

After getting out of the military, I played every now and then on nintendo. In 2008, I bought a ps3 because buying a blue ray player was more expensive. My first game on it was Fallout 3. 6 months later I retired and been playing ever since. My ps3 has at least 10 000 hours. Most of those hours have been spent playing ME and DA. I got a ps4 in March. Really enjoying the difference it what the graphics look like today versus 20, 30, 40 years ago. Curious to see what they will look like in 20, 30 40 years from now.



Same with me. I remember using Windows 3.1

I'm not sure I want to be an old fart but I qualify, nonetheless. Age is just a number right? At least I tell myself that while I drink to celebrate (or commiserate) my upcoming birthday.

I felt sry for my kids for not getting the tv joke in X-men - Days of Future past.

"All three network huh?"
"And PBS!"

Ah yes...the ol' havin to explain why a joke is funny to your kids because it's a reference to a time before they were born, blues. Then there comes a time when they have to explain things to you!     

Pssst, I don't mind...but some of the folks around here are sensitive about their lawns...just be careful. On the plus side, they may just give you a cookie as well, it depends on their mood.   

I was  a teen with Beastmaster...but when I was about 10 my mom let my sister and I watch Carry-on Gang movies. It was around that time she also picked us up a book called 'Where Did I come From.'

 You may wanna consider carrying an umbrella around here, some of the crotchetier ones are armed with garden hoses.    But you didn't hear it from me...kay.  

Because H.M. Murdock, that's why! And I'm not just saying that because Dwight Shultz voices Bohdan, Murdock WAS my favorite. "White Paper!" & "Trash Bags!"
Not to mention when I'm running around the mountains of Thedas I do it singing this song...especially when I have a steep climb.