My gaming techie history

BillScarab

davester wrote: »

Im discusted noone else had a Memotech computer. Black hard core machinine with 32kb of RAM and a super fast 4Mhz processor. The top spec model sporting an upgrade to 512kb and thats 1983.

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=168

Quality British Computing

I thought I could remember all of the old machines but I have no recollection of Memotech whatsoever.

I see I'm the only person so far who actually bought a Jaguar as well.

DisgruntledGoat

Can't believe I left the X-com games of my 'list', the first one was awesome. From what I remember the second one (underwater?) was too similar, not much more than the first game with new graphics and renamed weapons, but there was another one too with a big city to guard? Apart from a couple of madly frustrating bugs, that was excellent too.

Another for my 'list' would be Operation: Flashpoint, maybe not an all-time classic but I think the first game I played that featured a really open 3D landscape that didn't confine you to a linear level and freedom to do a lot of the missions in a wide variety of ways

aliEnRIK

DisgruntledGoat wrote: »

Can't believe I left the X-com games of my 'list', the first one was awesome. From what I remember the second one (underwater?) was too similar, not much more than the first game with new graphics and renamed weapons, but there was another one too with a big city to guard? Apart from a couple of madly frustrating bugs, that was excellent too.

Another for my 'list' would be Operation: Flashpoint, maybe not an all-time classic but I think the first game I played that featured a really open 3D landscape that didn't confine you to a linear level and freedom to do a lot of the missions in a wide variety of ways

The 2nd was was underwater and was basically the same. My 2nd hand copy never worked past a certain mission though so cant comment too much on it

Ive never played the other 2 versions ~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM
Hell, I didnt know there WERE two other versions

I played a pc 3d updated varient a few years back but it was cr*p in comparison

Bikertov

While not strictly a gaming machine - does anyone remember the Tangerine home computer ? It was available as either ready built or for home construction.

I recall an old school friend working for a local computer shop building the kits in his bedroom, to sell a ready built.

aliEnRIK

Crikey ~ UFO is like gold dust now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/X-COM-UFO-Enemy-Unknown-for-PC-NR-MINT-MEGA-RARE_W0QQitemZ170419055931QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item27adc46d3b

jamespir

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Crikey ~ UFO is like gold dust now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/X-COM-UFO-Enemy-Unknown-for-PC-NR-MINT-MEGA-RARE_W0QQitemZ170419055931QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item27adc46d3b

:eek::eek::eek:
they had a copy of that in the charity shop near me ill have to see if its\still there

PROLIANT

1991: Amstrad CPC-464 Green Screen.

1999: Pentium Pro 180MHz, 64MB SIM RAM, 1GB HDD, Windows 95 with Internet Explorer.

2000: Homebrew AMD K62 Job, 128MB PC133 RAM, 10GB HDD Windows 98 SE.

2004: Homebrew AMD K8 Socket A 1.2GHZ Duron, 256MB RAM, 80GB HDD (IDE) Windows 2000

2005: Upgrade ^^ 768MB RAM, RAID 1+0 Array. Windows XP Pro

2006: This is when it went out of control, More PC's, more Homebrew jobs, Servers, Networks........I had to nip it in the bud, my house was beginning resemble a data centre minus the fancy do-dahs and air--con.

PROLIANT

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GunJack

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Is that one of those 'button bashing' games?

sort of, but timing was everything can't believe you don't remember it, it was the spectrum version of Track and Field from the arcade

aliEnRIK

GunJack wrote: »

sort of, but timing was everything can't believe you don't remember it, it was the spectrum version of Track and Field from the arcade

Never actually played it. But I kinda half remember it