Muadib
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Pong was also my first. Heck yeah it counts!Does pong count as computer gaming? That was the first video game I ever played.
Pong was also my first. Heck yeah it counts!Does pong count as computer gaming? That was the first video game I ever played.
To me, that's not a 'computer' game, but a console...Does pong count as computer gaming? That was the first video game I ever played.
Okay, I’ve come to my senses, and now agree with you.To me, that's not a 'computer' game, but a console...
I think Pong counts as an early computer game; there weren't PC's at the time, that's what a computer game was. It's clear what it was. Is, say, "Missile Command" a computer game? It's an arcade game - and I just bought an Atari pack including that game for my PC today. So if I play the arcade version it's not a computer game and play the same game on the PC it is?Okay, I’ve come to my senses, and now agree with you.
Sigh. It's a choice of definition. Was it a deck of cards? A chess board? A basketball? No. Was there computing involved? In terms of using a computer, it did. In terms of the later console/PC split, it wasn't.I had the Pong console in 1977-78. Believe me, it was not a computer. It was a game console.
Oh ya. The big box, the big book.I think it was 1996. Command and Conquer Red Alert started it all for me. Then I picked up Jane's Fighters Anthology and Longbow Gold. I remember buying a PC title back in the day was so grand, it came in a big box and a thick manual.
I remember Phantasmagoria when it came out. Early in the days of CD-ROM, and a big release on multiple discs with lots of FMV and 'real actors'. I remember being quite disappointed in the game and story. It seemed it tried to play off a few things like 'dark story' and shock value.
- Phantasmagoria
Yeah most of the early CD-ROM games were actually crap but because we were impressed with something new we let them slide.I remember Phantasmagoria when it came out. Early in the days of CD-ROM, and a big release on multiple discs with lots of FMV and 'real actors'. I remember being quite disappointed in the game and story. It seemed it tried to play off a few things like 'dark story' and shock value.
But the main new CD-ROM game that led to a massive purchasing of CD-ROM drives, Myst, was not crap.Yeah most of the early CD-ROM games were actually crap but because we were impressed with something new we let them slide.
Interestingly enough, that was not Cyan's first CD-ROM game. They came out with Cosmic Osmo before that. Cosmic Osmo was the first CD-ROM game I ever saw. Well that or one of the Carmen San Diego games.But the main new CD-ROM game that led to a massive purchasing of CD-ROM drives, Myst, was not crap.
Ha, yeah, I remember that sort of thing. I believe it was that first 486 computer that we tried to play Doom on and we finally found we had to boot it into the command prompt (prior to Windows load) so it would have enough memory to frickin run, lol. That beast had a whole 4 MB of RAM in it. It was loaded so early that IIRC the sound didn't even work cause (I'm guessing) the sound drivers weren't even loaded yet.The reason I asked and started a poll is I was curious about how many people remember what it was like to work on your computer all day just to get it functioning and playing one lousy game, and how much progress we've made since then.
DOS games were so bad I eventually had to make boot disks for each of them.Ha, yeah, I remember that sort of thing. I believe it was that first 486 computer that we tried to play Doom on and we finally found we had to boot it into the command prompt (prior to Windows load) so it would have enough memory to frickin run, lol. That beast had a whole 4 MB of RAM in it. It was loaded so early that IIRC the sound didn't even work cause (I'm guessing) the sound drivers weren't even loaded yet.
Haha yup I remember having to screw around with memory like that. Must've found some website or something that explained some of it cause I surely didn't figure it out myself.DOS games were so bad I eventually had to make boot disks for each of them.
Some needed EMS, some needed XMS, some needed the extended lines for my wavetable card. Its too much work trying to get multiple games running under one setup. A disk for each was eventually necessary.
And since DOS loaded damn near instantly it wasn't a big deal.
My OS didn't load that fast again until Windows 10 on a SSD.
Until DOS 6.22 came out, and you could set it up to prompt you for which configuration you wanted to load, that was great and never really got a chance to shine coming so late in the DOS timeline.DOS games were so bad I eventually had to make boot disks for each of them.
Some needed EMS, some needed XMS, some needed the extended lines for my wavetable card. Its too much work trying to get multiple games running under one setup. A disk for each was eventually necessary.
And since DOS loaded damn near instantly it wasn't a big deal.
My OS didn't load that fast again until Windows 10 on a SSD.
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