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Do you remember how you got hooked on this wonderful thing that we call computer gaming?
What age where you? What console and games did you own and play?
I cant remember exactly how I got started but my main influence had to be my dad, He bought an Amstrad, a spectrum and a dragon 32 while I was young(not sure which order he bought them).I used to love playing games and everytime we went out to buy new games I would go along and pick one of my own.(Games were cheap back then) Bionic Commando on the Amstrad was the first game that I played over and over again. He helped me understand the controls, explained the main idea of the game until I was old enough to do it all myself. I also had an amiga then a SNES, PSX and now a PS2.
My dad really likes games not quite as much as me but he's always up for a quik race on GT2 or a multiplayer on red Faction or F1 2001. His taste in Games are quite good too, he buys a few that he likes so he can play them. I came home one night in January and my PSX was gone, I started to panic, ran downstairs to find out where it was and my mum said that my dad had took it out to his friends so they could have a competition.
I thought games where for younger people not my 50 year old dad. Im 19 and I still like to play on my PS2. I'll probably be interested in games hopefuly for alot longer too. My dads friends then asked if they could borrow it every thursday, I decided to let them as this could encourage my dad to buy me more games, and I was right. : )
So how did it start for the rest of you? If it hadn't been for my dad I woud have missed out on alot of the early games and computers. The SNES would probably be the first I played as my friend also had one. The past has made my gaming experience so much better as I can see just how well things have advanced. So if you have someone who got you started then maybe you should go get your console and challenge them to a race/fight/competition. You owe alot to them!
What age where you? What console and games did you own and play?
I cant remember exactly how I got started but my main influence had to be my dad, He bought an Amstrad, a spectrum and a dragon 32 while I was young(not sure which order he bought them).I used to love playing games and everytime we went out to buy new games I would go along and pick one of my own.(Games were cheap back then) Bionic Commando on the Amstrad was the first game that I played over and over again. He helped me understand the controls, explained the main idea of the game until I was old enough to do it all myself. I also had an amiga then a SNES, PSX and now a PS2.
My dad really likes games not quite as much as me but he's always up for a quik race on GT2 or a multiplayer on red Faction or F1 2001. His taste in Games are quite good too, he buys a few that he likes so he can play them. I came home one night in January and my PSX was gone, I started to panic, ran downstairs to find out where it was and my mum said that my dad had took it out to his friends so they could have a competition.
I thought games where for younger people not my 50 year old dad. Im 19 and I still like to play on my PS2. I'll probably be interested in games hopefuly for alot longer too. My dads friends then asked if they could borrow it every thursday, I decided to let them as this could encourage my dad to buy me more games, and I was right. : )
So how did it start for the rest of you? If it hadn't been for my dad I woud have missed out on alot of the early games and computers. The SNES would probably be the first I played as my friend also had one. The past has made my gaming experience so much better as I can see just how well things have advanced. So if you have someone who got you started then maybe you should go get your console and challenge them to a race/fight/competition. You owe alot to them!
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AliBoy wrote:
> The amiga had lots of games, you could even make your own basic
> ones. Flashback at its time was visulay very impressive and was a
> good game.
Yeah, the first game I remember that had FMV movie sequences.
> The amiga had lots of games, you could even make your own basic
> ones. Flashback at its time was visulay very impressive and was a
> good game.
Yeah, the first game I remember that had FMV movie sequences.
The amiga had lots of games, you could even make your own basic ones. Flashback at its time was visulay very impressive and was a good game.
I started at the tender age of 6, when my dad brought home an Amiga 500. I had some decent games on that like Space Invaders until we upgraded to an Amiga 1200. Then, we had classy games like Superfrog ( best Amiga game ever ) and Flashback ( close runner up in my opinion ).
I started by playing Sonic the Hedgehog at childrens world.
I only played on it every now and then when we went there.
Then my friend got an atari and I wanted a computer too.
My parents bought an amiga for christmas when I was 6.
Big mistake!!!
I stopped working or concentrating on anything else.
I became a computer adict.
My parents hate all computer games now. We only have this PC because they need it for work.
I've managed to control the obsession to fit school work in too but it hasn't helped my social life... :-)
I only played on it every now and then when we went there.
Then my friend got an atari and I wanted a computer too.
My parents bought an amiga for christmas when I was 6.
Big mistake!!!
I stopped working or concentrating on anything else.
I became a computer adict.
My parents hate all computer games now. We only have this PC because they need it for work.
I've managed to control the obsession to fit school work in too but it hasn't helped my social life... :-)
Do you remember how you got hooked on this wonderful thing that we call computer gaming?
What age where you? What console and games did you own and play?
I cant remember exactly how I got started but my main influence had to be my dad, He bought an Amstrad, a spectrum and a dragon 32 while I was young(not sure which order he bought them).I used to love playing games and everytime we went out to buy new games I would go along and pick one of my own.(Games were cheap back then) Bionic Commando on the Amstrad was the first game that I played over and over again. He helped me understand the controls, explained the main idea of the game until I was old enough to do it all myself. I also had an amiga then a SNES, PSX and now a PS2.
My dad really likes games not quite as much as me but he's always up for a quik race on GT2 or a multiplayer on red Faction or F1 2001. His taste in Games are quite good too, he buys a few that he likes so he can play them. I came home one night in January and my PSX was gone, I started to panic, ran downstairs to find out where it was and my mum said that my dad had took it out to his friends so they could have a competition.
I thought games where for younger people not my 50 year old dad. Im 19 and I still like to play on my PS2. I'll probably be interested in games hopefuly for alot longer too. My dads friends then asked if they could borrow it every thursday, I decided to let them as this could encourage my dad to buy me more games, and I was right. : )
So how did it start for the rest of you? If it hadn't been for my dad I woud have missed out on alot of the early games and computers. The SNES would probably be the first I played as my friend also had one. The past has made my gaming experience so much better as I can see just how well things have advanced. So if you have someone who got you started then maybe you should go get your console and challenge them to a race/fight/competition. You owe alot to them!
What age where you? What console and games did you own and play?
I cant remember exactly how I got started but my main influence had to be my dad, He bought an Amstrad, a spectrum and a dragon 32 while I was young(not sure which order he bought them).I used to love playing games and everytime we went out to buy new games I would go along and pick one of my own.(Games were cheap back then) Bionic Commando on the Amstrad was the first game that I played over and over again. He helped me understand the controls, explained the main idea of the game until I was old enough to do it all myself. I also had an amiga then a SNES, PSX and now a PS2.
My dad really likes games not quite as much as me but he's always up for a quik race on GT2 or a multiplayer on red Faction or F1 2001. His taste in Games are quite good too, he buys a few that he likes so he can play them. I came home one night in January and my PSX was gone, I started to panic, ran downstairs to find out where it was and my mum said that my dad had took it out to his friends so they could have a competition.
I thought games where for younger people not my 50 year old dad. Im 19 and I still like to play on my PS2. I'll probably be interested in games hopefuly for alot longer too. My dads friends then asked if they could borrow it every thursday, I decided to let them as this could encourage my dad to buy me more games, and I was right. : )
So how did it start for the rest of you? If it hadn't been for my dad I woud have missed out on alot of the early games and computers. The SNES would probably be the first I played as my friend also had one. The past has made my gaming experience so much better as I can see just how well things have advanced. So if you have someone who got you started then maybe you should go get your console and challenge them to a race/fight/competition. You owe alot to them!
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