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"DalienX" <somewhere@earth.com> wrote in message
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> Les Steel wrote:
>
>>
>> "DalienX" <somewhere@earth.com> wrote in message
>> news:AhFMd.147066$K7.140820@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> > flightlessvacuum@lycos.com wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> >> JLC wrote:
>> > >
>> >> > How old are you? JLC
>> > >
>> >> Old enough to appreciate a great game, have been gaming on PC since
>> >> the days of ids original castle wolfenstein.
>> >
>> > that would make you about 22, ive been around since the days of the
>> > atari consoles lol
>> >
>> > --
>>
>> As the original Wolfenstein was released in 1983 on the old Atari 800
>> and c64, I am assuming you did 2005 - 1983 =22? Atari consoles aren't
>> "much" older.
>>
http://www.wolf3d.co.uk/castlewolfenstein.php
>>
>> Or are you making the assumption he mean't wolfenstein3d, hence the
>> approx 22 years old guess?
>
> If by wolfenstein3d you mean the 16 color pathetic attempt at a fps..
> then yes i thought that was what he was talking about.
>
> I only picked atari since i knew people would remember it, I acutaly
> have in the cupboard my very first games machine, a Tandy coco3.
> but not many people would know what that is lol
>
> --
> DalienX
Colour Computer 3s were released circa 1986, the first machine I "owned" was
an Amstrad CPC 464 with a colour monitor, got it in 1984. I had played on
friends Atari 2600s and collecovisions etc, but my parents resisted the
consoles and splashed out on a "proper" computer!!!
--
Les