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calum Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: www.CompuTalk.net Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:30 pm	Post subject: First PC Game ? What was your first PC game you ever played for the First time in your life? My first - Command and Conquer - windows 98


jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:56 pm	Post subject: Re: First PC Game ? calum wrote: What was your first PC game you ever played for the First time in your life? My first - Command and Conquer - windows 98 The first one I remember playing was something like pong but on a computer from Radio Shack - a Tandy I think... I also the the game was on an audio cassette and took forever to load. I was 4 or 5 at the time - so about 1980.

calum Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: www.CompuTalk.net Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:35 pm	Post subject: Haha that forever to load bit bought back memorys of when I was like 6 and was playing a game called "Tonka Road Builder" or something like that and it litraly took 20 minutes to load the main menu.

jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:22 am	Post subject: yep and 20 minutes was just fine by us... now if it takes 2 seconds we get all irritated!

calum Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: www.CompuTalk.net Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:44 pm	Post subject: Yeah, I used to sit there all the time watching that bar go up, it was so slow

TVDinner Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:10 pm	Post subject: pong. I had a commordore 64 and the original atari games - pong was first for most of everyone.

jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:12 am	Post subject: Pong here too I think.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:35 pm	Post subject: First PC game...? I think it was something like Kasparov's Chess.

jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:40 pm	Post subject: I asked my Dad just to be sure - it was some off brand version of Pong that we played on a Tandy- then we got a C-64 and gaming really took off...

TVDinner Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:14 pm	Post subject: I did have hand held games like football also.

jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:29 am	Post subject: ah you mention handheld football... I had a "Tiger Games" (I think) football game. I can't remember what it was called. But hey - it was awesome! They still make them and I've seen them in Wal-Mart/Target stores.

TVDinner Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:26 am	Post subject: we had hand held football, basketball, but mainly we played the handheld football thousands and thousands of times. Later we had small table top pac man and frogger games also.

George7004 Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:10 am	Post subject: Real War.. thats my first I think..

TVDinner Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:27 pm	Post subject: George7004 wrote: Real War.. thats my first I think.. what game was that. dont think i have ever heard of it.

calum Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: www.CompuTalk.net Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:52 am	Post subject: TVDinner wrote: George7004 wrote: Real War.. thats my first I think.. what game was that. dont think i have ever heard of it. Neither have I, but most of the games back then don't exist now so no-one will have heard of them

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calum

Joined: 07 Oct 2007

Location: www.CompuTalk.net

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:30 pm

Post subject: First PC Game ?

What was your first PC game you ever played for the First time in your life?

My first - Command and Conquer - windows 98

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:56 pm

Post subject: Re: First PC Game ?

calum wrote:

What was your first PC game you ever played for the First time in your life?

My first - Command and Conquer - windows 98

The first one I remember playing was something like pong but on a computer from Radio Shack - a Tandy I think... I also the the game was on an audio cassette and took forever to load.
I was 4 or 5 at the time - so about 1980.

calum

Joined: 07 Oct 2007

Location: www.CompuTalk.net

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:35 pm

Post subject:

Haha that forever to load bit bought back memorys of when I was like 6 and was playing a game called "Tonka Road Builder" or something like that and it litraly took 20 minutes to load the main menu.

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:22 am

Post subject:

yep and 20 minutes was just fine by us... now if it takes 2 seconds we get all irritated!

calum

Joined: 07 Oct 2007

Location: www.CompuTalk.net

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:44 pm

Post subject:

Yeah, I used to sit there all the time watching that bar go up, it was so slow Smile

TVDinner

Joined: 21 Jun 2007

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:10 pm

Post subject:

pong. I had a commordore 64 and the original atari games - pong was first for most of everyone.

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:12 am

Post subject:

Pong here too I think.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:35 pm

Post subject:

First PC game...? I think it was something like Kasparov's Chess.

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:40 pm

Post subject:

I asked my Dad just to be sure - it was some off brand version of Pong that we played on a Tandy- then we got a C-64 and gaming really took off...

TVDinner

Joined: 21 Jun 2007

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:14 pm

Post subject:

I did have hand held games like football also.

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:29 am

Post subject:

ah you mention handheld football... I had a "Tiger Games" (I think) football game. I can't remember what it was called. But hey - it was awesome! They still make them and I've seen them in Wal-Mart/Target stores.

TVDinner

Joined: 21 Jun 2007

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:26 am

Post subject:

we had hand held football, basketball, but mainly we played the handheld football thousands and thousands of times. Later we had small table top pac man and frogger games also.

George7004

Joined: 05 Jan 2008

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:10 am

Post subject:

Real War.. thats my first I think..

TVDinner

Joined: 21 Jun 2007

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:27 pm

Post subject:

George7004 wrote:

Real War.. thats my first I think..

what game was that. dont think i have ever heard of it.

calum

Joined: 07 Oct 2007

Location: www.CompuTalk.net

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:52 am

Post subject:

TVDinner wrote:

George7004 wrote:

Real War.. thats my first I think..

what game was that. dont think i have ever heard of it.

Neither have I, but most of the games back then don't exist now so no-one will have heard of them Very Happy

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