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.

Atari 2600
Amstrad CPC 464 (w/ green screen monitor)
Atari 520ST
Nes
Snes
N64
Gameboy colour
Playstation
Saturn (Urgh)
N64 (still have and play regularly)
Dreamcast (double urgh)
PC (400Mhz 4MB GFX card)
PC (700Mhz 32MB GeForce 2 - still used)
Xbox (best gaming buy I've ever made)
PC (Celeron 1800 laptop with GeForce 4 Go card - main machine)


Obviously going through school and work my mates have allowed me to play on
other machines as and when they've appeared.

The purchase of the Sega machines was a major mistake - IMHO they are a
reasonable games firm but they cannot make games that translate well for
home play - they should stick to arcade games only.

Apart from the N64, the Nintendo games consoles were never up to scratch
either - all my time was spent searching for decent games. True there were
a few, but the Nintendo attitude of "games are only for kids" really galled
me sometimes.

The machine that raised the bar for me was the ST - never before had I seen
such a wide range of games available for very low cost. I know the graphics
and sound weren't up to the standard of the Amiga, but the range of mature
gamers using it created some amazing games (rather than the more simplistic
stuff out for the Amiga - a schoolboy's machine at the time).

The Playstation was good - 3D games that moved smoothly for once and pretty
good sound as well. The major problem for me was the wide range of games
that lasted no more than 5 hours - One rental and they were complete.

The Xbox I bought is my favourite gaming buy ever. GFX to die for (when
coded properly) and whilst the number of games may be low compared to PS2,
the ratio of good to bad is much higher IMO. I'm happy that I made the
right decision when holding off the PS2. With Live and the planned games to
be released over the next twelve months, it looks to be getting even better.
If Rallisport, Project Gotham, DOA3 and Halo represent the first generation
of Xbox games, the next round should be jaw-dropping!