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Bulgroz · 29th December 2007, 03:59 PM

I have this recollection of the local cafe having a breakout arcade machine with strips of colored transparent plastic stuck on it to pretend that the white bricks were in fact red/green/blue ...

Then Pong at home, until the Commodore PET (there were a couple at a science museum in Paris and I recall swapping tapes that had "games" on them with other kids), then a VC20, C64, PC (didn'd do amiga or atari 512/1024).

First online game was Action Quake 2 in 98, huge fun on 56K modem (EISA was the ISP, for Melbournites).

Arcade-wise, got nicely hooked on Galaga and Pengo, but pinballs were/are always a favorite. And now with all the pinbal emulators around, I can relive my mispent youth

29th December 2007, 03:59 PM	#104 (permalink)
Bulgroz Elite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 2,489	I have this recollection of the local cafe having a breakout arcade machine with strips of colored transparent plastic stuck on it to pretend that the white bricks were in fact red/green/blue ... Then Pong at home, until the Commodore PET (there were a couple at a science museum in Paris and I recall swapping tapes that had "games" on them with other kids), then a VC20, C64, PC (didn'd do amiga or atari 512/1024). First online game was Action Quake 2 in 98, huge fun on 56K modem (EISA was the ISP, for Melbournites). Arcade-wise, got nicely hooked on Galaga and Pengo, but pinballs were/are always a favorite. And now with all the pinbal emulators around, I can relive my mispent youth __________________ LOTRO: Bul - Human Minstrel Explorer; Bulgrori - Dwarf Hunter Armsman L4D, TF2, COD4: Bulgroz "There is no dark side of the moon really. matter of fact its all dark."