The Video Games Headquarters

Video Game Lovers ! Argghhh, no, not here !!! :doh:

Well, the other day I was wondering how many of us (AoS serious audiophile members, I mean) are at the same time video games lovers...


Because, I'm not so ashamed(*) to say that:

- been into video games since... 85 !
- had almost all video consoles since the Genesis Megadrive !
- still have a game arcade cabinet with JAMMA cards...
- played MMORPG actively for several years and still have two monthly subscriptions on WoW and Aion
- never go on holidays without at least two portable consoles

Sooooooooooo, I was wondering ... am I the only video game addict in this (wonderful) forum ?

Sooooooooooo, perhaps if you love video games (and if you dare to show it) you could give a short description of what you like, your gaming history (no need signing with a different account, though :eyebrows:).

After that, perhaps, we could exchange views about games, see who plays what and so on and so forth ? :interesting:

(*) I'm too old for this sh!t !

Well, my journey started at the age of 11, with a ZX81, graduating to a Sinclair Spectrum (48K no less!) in all it's rubber-keyed glory in 1983. I eventually moved to an Amstrad somethingorother, then an Amiga 500 before consoles took hold - A Sega Master System, Gamegear, and then Magadrive & Mega CD before the truly revolutionary PlayStation 1. Next up was the XBox, then PlayStation2, Xbox 360, Playstation3, and Wii, plus DS & a PSP to complete the set - as my wife often says, I really am a spoilt brat!

So, Dimitri - I'll see your "too old for this shit" and raise you about 10 years!

I really love driving games, especially Forxa 2 (Xbox360) and the Gran Turismo series (Playstation) and never much cared for FPS games until Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare. Whilst 5 was ok, 6 (Modern Warfare 2) for me redefines what is possible with today's consoles - and it is pretty damn amazing!

But then playability is what really defines a game - Tetris, Bejewelled etc. proving just as addictive on low-fi platforms... Bit like music really - simple is often best.

I have been known to play the odd game in my time!

Started out on Atari 130XE many years ago (Boulderdash, spy v spy ballblazer)

Later progressed to PS1 ( tomb raider Rayman doom Duke Nukem)

Then PC, where I progressed to professional geek status playing games online mostly Delta Force series ( became member of shadow Company squad, then BOB then the famous ATINOF (mostly playing black Hawk Down) !) don't play so much these days but do enjoy Portal and Half Life 2

Crikey, this takes me back!
Well, my first computer was the Commodore Vic-20 yonks ago. The games were very simple but the novelty factor was obviously there, as well as some surprisingly addictive gameplay---Blitz was a family favourite.
Then the flimsy Speccy 48k with more games than I could shake a stick at: Auf Weidersehen Monty, Spellbound, Dynamite Dan, etc. At a summer school there was a BBC Micro, and I remember playing Repton on that when I wasn't chasing the girls or playing badminton.
I think around this time I was also playing Gauntlet at the arcade section of a local gym/recreation centre. Lost many a 10p on that game. Also Zaxxon.
Gravitated up to the Commie C64, with the Dizzy series, Bard's Tale, Putty, Zool and heaps more taking up my free time.
Then I got the Amiga 500 and started arguing with my friend at the time over which was better, the Amiga or the Atari 500 ST. Xenon 2: Megablast was a fave around that time, along with Jeff Minter's odd games, like Llamatron. EDIT: How could I forget Speedball 2?!?!?!? No better 2-player game exists.
Then the PC came along, and I spent a lot of time at a friend's house playing Doom, which quite frankly used to scare the willies out of both me and him. Still does, actually, even with the lights on! All those little growls in the distance---fab!
At school we had a computer club which had nothing but Mac Classic SEs, and an LC II which had Civilization installed. A friend and I enjoyed that a great deal.
Then I got a job, got some cash, and invested in my first hifi (detailed under my Welcome thread), and computers kinda left my life. When I went abroad I used to partake of console action in tiny wee shops where you paid by the hour for any game you wanted on a variety of consoles---Gamecube and PS2 mostly I think. Here I first encountered Duke Nukem 3D ("It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum---and I'm all outta gum."; "Your face, your ass---what's the difference?")---amazing! Oh, and Einhander, the best scrolling shooter (in the R-Type vein) I've ever played, but rare as hen's teeth.
Came back to Blighty, forgot about computers again (well, except for essays and research). Last games I've played are: World of Warcraft (kind of repetitive, but addictive); Doom3 (scary, excellent graphics); Return to Castle Wolfenstein (excellent); GTA3 (keeps crashing!); Quake 4 (crashing too!); Medal Of Honour: Allied Assault. Now I have an iPod touch and enjoy Wolfenstein 3D (darn zombies are tough though…), Lucky Coins, Bookworm and occasionally, Bejeweled 2.
Truth be told, soon as I got my first hifi, video games were relegated to the back seat, bordering on chucked out of the car completely. Still, nice to know I'm not the only nerd here. :)

i startwed out as a tiny little person with a commador 64 and progressed through gameboy - master system - snes - pc (for ages) then eventually got an xbox and psp! i now just have a little flappy gameboy lite thing
fave games of all time
sim city 2000
transport tycoon
everything gta
tiger woods golf
mercinarys
and most recently i did love a bit of prof leighton
i want a ps3 but hannah is dubious... and to be fair so am i... i cant just pick up and play for a short half hour, stick me in front of gta and dont expect me to talk to you for a few hours!

I started with an Amiga 500+ with Lemmings, Prince of persia and the like....
I soon moved onto a PC, a 286, upgraded with a sound card and CDRom drive, and began my everlasting love affair with point and click adventure games. My first was The Secret Of Monkey Island, and I am always on the search for new good ones... my favourites include the monkey island series, Beneath A Steel Sky, Grim Fandango, Day Of The Tentacle, but you name it, I've probably played it.
I was into FPS games fairly soon after, Wolfenstein and then Doom, and then much later on I was very keen on Unreal Tournament.
I too am a Grand Theft Auto addict, as Hamish no doubt is well aware.... but the best one by far is Vice City, but then I'm a massive fan of films like Scarface and Carlito's Way, so no surprises there.
I've stuck with PC, and have never had a console, but now I dabble on my Nintendo DS, on which I'm rediscovering my love of a good platformer from my Amiga days...
Oh yes, and I am embarrassingly good at guitar hero.... A by-product of unemployment...

ds lite... thats what i meant.. i thoght gameboy lite didnt sound right! (hi dan.. i bought a house :))

So I've just seen! you must be excited.... have you got a date yet?

I could come and have a nose around christmas ;)

hopefully! i need to have a chat with you about your xmas present at some point...but lets not hijack this thread to much .. il give you a ring in the week or summat

sound, shall look forward to that.... probably best to ring me on my house phone if you have the number
Back on topic, I forgot... this year, I've played a lot of Xmen Origins: Wolverine, and Batman Arkham Asylum....