 my gaming history | |
"Beck" <becksnews@becksnews.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:bejmt5$534$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> I am curious as to what extent peoples experience of gaming is here.
>
> A brief rundown of my gaming history...
>
> I started out with a top of the range Commodore 64 and just loved the text
> based adventure games. I used to awe at the messily pixelated graphics in
5
> colours and thought to myself at the time, "how can graphics get better
than
> this?"
>
> Then I got a SNES, the mario games were wicked and I used to play them
over
> and over again till my thumbs were sore. They had great replayability
>
> Then I went to megadrive and mega cd. Sonic games were my favourites, but
I
> was an excellent shot at Virtua Cop and could play the whole game with the
> gun without being killed once. That indeed took alot of practise to get to
> that level. Massive replayability on that one.
>
> Then I got a ps1 and things started to go downhill. Games started to have
> less replayability for me.I would play a game only maybe a couple of
times.
> My favourite at the time was Rayman and again, I thought what wonderful
> graphics.
>
> Moving on to the ps2... Well I had my ps2 for nearly a year and I loved
it
> to bits, I think I made a mistake swapping my ps2 for an xbox, but thats
> another story.
>
> So on to the xbox. To be honest, I am a bit disappointed. I am finding
it
> hard to find games I want at the moment. There are not aenough games for
me
> to cover my constant game buying. But maybe that is my mistake, I am
buying
> too many games and not finishing them and trading them. Therefore I am
not
> getting the value out of them. Games are also getting alot harder so
> without a lack of cheat device for xbox I am not getting the enjoyment out
> of my games because I am such a **** gamer.
>
> This sounds to me like the circle of life. As I get older I am getting
> crapper at games. I used to be **** hot and nobody could beat me but not
> now. I wonder if when you go past 25 yrs old your brain becomes less
> responsive and your gaming starts to fail.
>
> Anyone else here found they have got worse at games as they get older?
What
> is your gaming history?
>
>
This is what I have owned:
Acorn Electron
Spectrum +2 & +3
Atari STFM + STE
Amiga 500 + 600 + 1200
286 12Mhz, 386 40Mhz, 486 DX2 66, P233 + PIII850
Compaq E500, IBM R31
Gameboy Original + Pocket
Gameboy Colour
Gameboy Advance + SP
Atari Lynx
Megadrive
Snes
Philips CDI
Amiga CD32
NeoGeo CD
Playstation 1 + 2
Gamecube
XBOX
Dreamcast
Virtual Boy
Neo Geo Pocket Colour
Bandai Wonder Swan
This is what what I currently have:
Nintendo 64
Playstation 1 + 2 Jap
Gamecube Jap
XBOX
Dreamcast Jap
Virtual Boy US
Neo Geo Pocket Colour
Bandai Wonder Swan
Megadrive
Snes
P233 + PIII850 Tower PC's
Compaq E500, IBM R31 Laptops
Amiga 500 + 1200
Gameboy Advance SP + Pocket + Original
Cheers,
Lee.
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