I thought I would tag in here too. I just turned 48 this year. I have been playing video games since there were video games. I fed many a quarter into the Pong machine at the local
Goofy Golf in Florida.
My first computer was an
Altair 8800 I hand built myself. I owned a
TRS-80,
C64 and an
Atari 2600, when they were all NEW. I wrote and sold my first piece of software when I was in the 10th grade, a hurricane tracking program for the TRS-80 and I got royalties from the local Radio Shacks who included it in new computer sales. My
first hard drive was 5mb and weighed 50lbs and was the size of a desk top computer case is now. My first printer was an old
scavanged teletype. I remember out typing a 300 baud modem. I participated in Fido BBS networks. I know Al Gore didn't invent the internet.
For computer gaming, it all started with the TRS-80 and the Adventure series of games and I haven't stopped since. I progressed through the TRS-80, C64 and on to PCs (286 being the first PC I had).
For consoles, I really only had the 2600 and didn't get into them until PS2s came out.
Currently I have a couple computers, 3 PS2s, 2 Xboxs and 2 Xbox360s. I am relatively new to Live (less than a year) as I never got on Live with my original Xboxes.
My 4 granddaughters (11,9,5,3) live next door and spend most of their time at our house. I activly play video games with and against them and I love it! I win most of the time but they can handle me at Guitar Hero, I suck at the guitar controller.
