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Gaming: Life & Ramblings
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TL;DR - I like games.
LONG VERSION -
I've dabbled with games from a very young age, across many different platforms over the years.
Never forget the first one I played either. The now-ancient Radofin Telesport 10. It had 10 different "PONG" style sports games. Hockey, football, badminton. Can't quite remember what the others were.
It grabbed my attention straight away. The perfect companion for (then undiagnosed) ADHD lol.
Little did I know that it was the start of something that would span most of my life (so far).
BBC, Commodore, Amiga, Master System, Mega Drive, Mega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, PSX, PS2, N64, GameCube, Xbox, 360 Elite, One X and recently a Series X.
Also a scattering of mobile games and PCs. The previous being an insanely massive and expensive water-cooled tower for a few years (up until a while ago, when I decided to stick with consoles). A random gift from one of my oldest friends, because he's a legend.
In the end, I did become fed up with constant PC maintenance and opted for the simpler "plug & play" console option. It's done wonders for my stress levels and anger lol.
Looking back, I've played a ridiculous amount of games and owned so many computers and consoles. It's crazy really. Having experienced almost the birth (not quite, but relatively close, at least when it entered people's homes) and seen the growth of gaming, it's been an experience that's for sure.
I don't have most of them anymore. Some broke, some sold, abandoned, lost, who knows. I do still have the PS2 stored away and the old Xboxes. Even bought a SCART to HDMI adaptor for the original Xbox, purely for Pirates of the Carribbean. Probably the best pirate game ever made. Yarrr!
Nowadays, I spend most of my gaming time with either Fallout 4 or Skyrim. With mods, of course. Usually building up settlements in Fallout. Exploring and hunting in Skyrim at the moment, having just modified the game to a fairly decent level.
Occasionally hop on something else, from time-to-time. Usually a random Indie game, such as Kingdom: Two Crowns, Paleo Pines (fantastic and beautifully chilled dinosaur farming game) or paint a car on Forza Horizon 4.
At this point, I'm actually unsure of the reason behind this.   Suppose I did title it with "Ramblings" lol.
Anyone else share an interest in games, have any stories, nostalgic memories, opinions? Anything goes. Don't have to be hardcore into it either. A little blast on Township or Angry Birds is still gaming in my eyes.
Replying isn't my strongest suit (thanks, distrac...), but I'll try and definitely enjoy reading any responses! | |||
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"I'm a massive gamer, have been since I was about 4-5 and my dad bought us a SNES. I've had pretty much every console at one point or other. My current collection includes a SNES, a PS2, a PS3, a PS4, a PS5, an Xbox 360, an Xbox One, a Wii, a Game Boy Advance, a 3DS, and a Switch. My first home computer was an Acorn Electron, on which I loved playing Chuckie Egg and Blitzkrieg. My tattoos are also all going to be video game themed. I currently have the Hylian Crest from The Legend of Zelda tattooed on my back, and my next planned one is Pac-man chasing ghosts on my forearm." Don't know if I can call myself a massive gamer anymore lol. Its more the history I have with them. Doesn't take up as much of my life as it used to, but it's still a nice escape to decompress. Ah, see a mate had the Nintendo, I had the SEGA. Best of both worlds at the time. That's a great collection! Little bit of everything. I had an original Gameboy for a while, but never really ventured into the handhelds. Oh man! I forgot about the Acorn Electron, with the expansion pack thing that plugged into the back! My uncle had one and I spent many hours making the screen say silly words in different colours, while listening to his Queen and Brian Adams tapes lol. Can't recall any of the coding though, apart from each line began with 10, 20, 30 and so on. Haven't played many Zelda games, to be fair. Only the Wind Waker one, for GC back in the day. Which was so good. That's some commitment to gaming, for sure. Hope you enjoy them! Couldn't ever have a tattoo myself. Phobias of this and that, but still cool to see the end results on other people. Mate of mine has a pretty cool classic Sonic on his arm. | |||
"I'm a massive gamer, have been since I was about 4-5 and my dad bought us a SNES. I've had pretty much every console at one point or other. My current collection includes a SNES, a PS2, a PS3, a PS4, a PS5, an Xbox 360, an Xbox One, a Wii, a Game Boy Advance, a 3DS, and a Switch. My first home computer was an Acorn Electron, on which I loved playing Chuckie Egg and Blitzkrieg. My tattoos are also all going to be video game themed. I currently have the Hylian Crest from The Legend of Zelda tattooed on my back, and my next planned one is Pac-man chasing ghosts on my forearm. Don't know if I can call myself a massive gamer anymore lol. Its more the history I have with them. Doesn't take up as much of my life as it used to, but it's still a nice escape to decompress. Ah, see a mate had the Nintendo, I had the SEGA. Best of both worlds at the time. That's a great collection! Little bit of everything. I had an original Gameboy for a while, but never really ventured into the handhelds. Oh man! I forgot about the Acorn Electron, with the expansion pack thing that plugged into the back! My uncle had one and I spent many hours making the screen say silly words in different colours, while listening to his Queen and Brian Adams tapes lol. Can't recall any of the coding though, apart from each line began with 10, 20, 30 and so on. Haven't played many Zelda games, to be fair. Only the Wind Waker one, for GC back in the day. Which was so good. That's some commitment to gaming, for sure. Hope you enjoy them! Couldn't ever have a tattoo myself. Phobias of this and that, but still cool to see the end results on other people. Mate of mine has a pretty cool classic Sonic on his arm."The main reason my tattoos are going to be game-themed is to represent the darkest period of my life that they helped me get through. I wanted to pay homage to the escape they provided at the time. | |||
"The main reason my tattoos are going to be game-themed is to represent the darkest period of my life that they helped me get through. I wanted to pay homage to the escape they provided at the time." Aw, that's cool when they're something personal and have meaning behind them. I absolutely understand what you mean there too. They've probably helped me more than I realise. Still are, really lol. But these days, it's spliced with dogs, walks in the wood and good company. Well, whenever my shoulder decides to behave anyhow. 
Games helped me quit smoking, for one. Kept my brain and hands occupied, so I didn't obsess about it and overall wasn't too difficult.
They've been there through good and bad, built up memories and achieved many things for many people. Especially those with mental or physical health issues. Most of my friends with neurodivergent brains play games too. They're not just time wasters to some, they're tools!
What would be your absolute favourite game? Or top three, if that's tricky to choose just one lol. | |||
"The main reason my tattoos are going to be game-themed is to represent the darkest period of my life that they helped me get through. I wanted to pay homage to the escape they provided at the time. Aw, that's cool when they're something personal and have meaning behind them. I absolutely understand what you mean there too. They've probably helped me more than I realise. Still are, really lol. But these days, it's spliced with dogs, walks in the wood and good company. Well, whenever my shoulder decides to behave anyhow.
Games helped me quit smoking, for one. Kept my brain and hands occupied, so I didn't obsess about it and overall wasn't too difficult.
They've been there through good and bad, built up memories and achieved many things for many people. Especially those with mental or physical health issues. Most of my friends with neurodivergent brains play games too. They're not just time wasters to some, they're tools!
What would be your absolute favourite game? Or top three, if that's tricky to choose just one lol."Oh, now you're asking. 1. The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap 2. Final Fantasy XIV 3. It Takes Two | |||
"Oh, now you're asking. 1. The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap 2. Final Fantasy XIV 3. It Takes Two" I haven't actually played any of those. But aware of the bottom two. XIV is the online one, right? I've played most of the single player titles. Have a fondness for XII, actually. I don't know why, it just does it for me lol.
Mine are not in any particular order, but:
1. TES III: Morrowind
2. Forza Horizon 4
3. Fable II | |||
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"(Mr) Loved gaming as a kid. As an adult I didn’t really game, except trying PS3 and PS4 gaming, badly. Loved my AMIGA as a kid and tried to get decent emulators. Have bought a mini SNES and tried the console emulators. Best modern game I’ve played, was the Castles games on PC. I wish I could find decent games to play. " Dude, Castles was amazing. Have you played the second one? | |||
"Oh, now you're asking. 1. The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap 2. Final Fantasy XIV 3. It Takes Two I haven't actually played any of those. But aware of the bottom two. XIV is the online one, right? I've played most of the single player titles. Have a fondness for XII, actually. I don't know why, it just does it for me lol.
Mine are not in any particular order, but:
1. TES III: Morrowind
2. Forza Horizon 4
3. Fable II"XIV's the online one, yeah. | |||
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"(Mr) Loved gaming as a kid. As an adult I didn’t really game, except trying PS3 and PS4 gaming, badly. Loved my AMIGA as a kid and tried to get decent emulators. Have bought a mini SNES and tried the console emulators. Best modern game I’ve played, was the Castles games on PC. I wish I could find decent games to play. " I hear you. I'm finding it harder to enjoy games, but still find some periods where I do genuinely have fun. Same here, absolutely adored my 1200 (RIP) and sat glued to it throughout my teens. The Settlers, Elite, Dune II, Flashback, Lemmings, so many good games. I also spent hours making rave tracks on OctaMED SoundStudio (and later bought the PC version), ripping the .wav files from anything I could find. Including Worms at one point, which was just weird but everyone loved it lol. What sort of games are you interested in? I have a fair mix, but mostly RPG. Might be able to suggest something. | |||
"XIV's the online one, yeah." Ah, thought so. My housemate played it quite a lot when it came out and said it was good. Just by that point, I'd moved away from the MMORPG genre. I get too obsessed with them lol. | |||
"(Mr) Loved gaming as a kid. As an adult I didn’t really game, except trying PS3 and PS4 gaming, badly. Loved my AMIGA as a kid and tried to get decent emulators. Have bought a mini SNES and tried the console emulators. Best modern game I’ve played, was the Castles games on PC. I wish I could find decent games to play. Dude, Castles was amazing. Have you played the second one?" Favourite was the Crusuaders version. Class | |||
"I miss Twin Kingdom Valley on my relic Commodore 64™. ♥️" Old text-based RPGs were so innovative and a fantastic burst of interactive storytelling. In a way, it's a shame that most modern games have VA now. Kinda why I enjoy the Fallout and TES series, because there is still SO much to read in-game. Specifically the earlier titles, without a main character voice, so you could imagine how they sounded when choosing dialogue. | |||
"(Mr) Loved gaming as a kid. As an adult I didn’t really game, except trying PS3 and PS4 gaming, badly. Loved my AMIGA as a kid and tried to get decent emulators. Have bought a mini SNES and tried the console emulators. Best modern game I’ve played, was the Castles games on PC. I wish I could find decent games to play. I hear you. I'm finding it harder to enjoy games, but still find some periods where I do genuinely have fun. Same here, absolutely adored my 1200 (RIP) and sat glued to it throughout my teens. The Settlers, Elite, Dune II, Flashback, Lemmings, so many good games. I also spent hours making rave tracks on OctaMED SoundStudio (and later bought the PC version), ripping the .wav files from anything I could find. Including Worms at one point, which was just weird but everyone loved it lol. What sort of games are you interested in? I have a fair mix, but mostly RPG. Might be able to suggest something." Forgot about Dune! On Amiga I lived daft games like North v South, Indy500 and the obvious , Champ Manger. On SNES I loved Desrt and then Jungle Strike. | |||
"Forgot about Dune! On Amiga I lived daft games like North v South, Indy500 and the obvious , Champ Manger. On SNES I loved Desrt and then Jungle Strike." I think they remade North v South on the Xbox. Fairly certain I've seen it on the store at some point. It rings a bell. Desert and Jungle Strike! Oh, man. Those are incredible games. Never completed either, but had fun failing. | |||
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"My entire gaming ‘career’ has been PC based flight simulation. Started way back when, FS 3 & 4 at the back end of the 80’s, and have continued right up to the latest version today. I’m more combat based now in DCS World. My biggest problem is the requirements at near supercomputer level, to get a decent and immersive visual experience. Gaming rigs that are WAY beyond my budget. " So in an emergency, you'd be good to land a plane ? 👨✈️ | |||
"My entire gaming ‘career’ has been PC based flight simulation. Started way back when, FS 3 & 4 at the back end of the 80’s, and have continued right up to the latest version today. I’m more combat based now in DCS World. My biggest problem is the requirements at near supercomputer level, to get a decent and immersive visual experience. Gaming rigs that are WAY beyond my budget. So in an emergency, you'd be good to land a plane ? 👨✈️" I’d be that guy, yeah. 👍🏻 | |||
"My entire gaming ‘career’ has been PC based flight simulation. Started way back when, FS 3 & 4 at the back end of the 80’s, and have continued right up to the latest version today. I’m more combat based now in DCS World. My biggest problem is the requirements at near supercomputer level, to get a decent and immersive visual experience. Gaming rigs that are WAY beyond my budget. So in an emergency, you'd be good to land a plane ? 👨✈️ I’d be that guy, yeah. 👍🏻 " Getting Ted Striker vibes 😰🤣 | |||
