Speaking of the good old days...

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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

Danish is probably younger than 25

That's not excuse! :)

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The first Nintendo Mario and one with a helicopter flying inside some caves/some local product/ were my favorites from the console games. From the PC games the first game I beloved was old DOS game named “Privateer“ with the Clive Owen staring in the cut-scenes. I still can’t find a match for this game among the new ones.

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That's my point exactly, I see people under 25 wearing space invaders t-shirts.

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John C wrote:

That's my point exactly, I see people under 25 wearing space invaders t-shirts.

But that's merely like kids wearing a Beatles t-shirt. They don't really understand it.

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Mladen Jankovic wrote:

That's not excuse!

I agree. Danish has brought utter shame upon himself with that admission. :rolleyes:

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Pete OHanlon

I remember those games, and I played (and loved) Elite on the BBC, but I'm pre computer games.

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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

It's not a culture issue here, Danish is probably younger than 25.

Or maybe he is an alien :suss:

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:laugh: True.

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Jim Crafton

I'd say he's got negative man points for *all* of 2009.

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Nish Nishant

Jim Crafton wrote:

I'd say he's got negative man points for *all* of 2009.

Ah, I suppose he'd be able to compete in the Woman CPian of 2009 contest then? Because -ve man points is the same as +ve woman points?

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Jim Crafton

Ooh, that's kind of touchy. I'd defer to John S for formal ruling on that.

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Henry Minute wrote:

Anyway I loved it but I cannot remember what it was called.

I know what game you're talking about. I remember being about 6 and loving that game... I can't remember the name either. :(

Henry Minute

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

Because -ve man points is the same as +ve woman points

Oooh boy! Are you ever going to be in trouble?

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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

The accompanying 4-bit music/sound through the PC speaker amazed us all back then

Monty Mole on (I think) C64 had same effect brilliant sounds on that machine.

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That was my first video game system! My brother bought one when they first came out in 1977 for $200 and the games at the time were between $20 and $30. I still have two of the systems (one original style system from a garage sale and a newer system from my mother) and about 85 games for it. :) I have a number of game collections for my PS2 that have old system games on them -- two for the Atari 2600, one for the Intellivision, and a couple for the Sega Genesis/Game Gear. The oldest system we ever owned was a Fairchild Channel F[^] system, which pre-dated the Atari by a year. It belonged to my brother, who bought one at a garage sale in the early 80s. Flynn

Mladen Jankovic

You mean he's on of space invaders? Nay! If he was, he certainly would be familiar with weapons used by his enemy.

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leckey wrote:

So for those who grew up gaming, what was your favorite game(s) and on what systems?

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