In reply to a post by mrnelster:

it's a sad world PC gamers live in....

That isn't likely to help the debate to be fair.

Don't fall for the bait Jaxx. Real gamers respect gamers on any platform. PC gaming demands a lot more dedication technically than console gaming. And I haven't got that time. If I had I would seriously think about giving it a go.

Trouble is I love playing and recording music, so a "Mac" ( ) would have to come first for me. Mind you, by the time my kids leave home I probably won't be able to hold a guitar let alone play one!
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Again, I fully agree with you. I'd try to assist people, as and when you can mate, but if they are too fu... set in their 'crepe attitude', or are fishing for arguments, why not just laugh at them - It makes it FUN, and can allow the [very good] people here a laugh.

It makes for a much happier forum, and upsets no-one. Much. Only those that can't actually ENJOY gaming (wierdos).

Edited: To remain 'OT'.

Edited by deleted (Mon 19-Sep-11 22:08:59)

Joystick? Whats one of them? Losing the OT completely now, but what the hell.

My first games machine. Check out this bad boy. You had a different card to slide into the controller for each game.

http://www.intellivision.co.uk/intellivision.jpg
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My dad wouldn't let me have a games console as he said it would burn the screen
Back then it was probably a tele from radio rentals anyway so who cares

Atari 2600 was my first along with a BBC B

Your posts crack me up I did have an Atari back in the day but alas, Pong is before my time!

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

My dad wouldn't let me have a games console as he said it would burn the screen
Back then it was probably a tele from radio rentals anyway so who cares

Lol! If it had burnt the screen, my old man would have gone flipping Radio Rental!
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And there was a time when you would have had to prize this from my cold dead hands.

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Grandstand-...

PSP Or Nintendo? Meh.
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My ZX Spectrum burned my dad's old telly. It left a couple of horizontal white lines across it as I recall. Oops!

The upside was the damage didn't or couldn't get any worse so using this logic, my argument was well, we're screwed anyway so might as well let me keep on gaming.

It wasn't long after that I was packed off upstairs with a new black & white portable, banished to the bedroom.

Can't remember the console but I had a game where a sprite that looked a bit like a motorcycle wizzed along the screen, disappeared off the edge then came back across on a lower level before appearing on the last level and then hitting a ramp and jumping over some boxes that were supposed to be buses. If you were skill full enough they added another box (bus) for your next attempt
Eddie Kid look out

Me and my cousin invested most of our time on this amazing of games

A few more replies to this thread, firstly ive played console games for a long time sega/PS1/PS2/PS3, i left console games as i got bored of them, each console upgrade a ton of old useless games.

Where people get the idea that pc gamers upgrade their rig every 6 months, is funny as its a minority who have too much money, most pc gamers will upgrade their rigs useually every 3+ years. Which isnt far off what the average life cycle of a console used to be.

As for bringing more people into gaming, the wii has proably done more then either the 360 or ps3 for bringing in the most new gamers of different age groups.

My first post was quite harsh, but for once its good to see the improvement between game versions to show how far consoles have fallen behind, pc gaming is there at the front to show what is possible and new.

Console is mainsteam and always will be, fifa round a friends house etc, though consoles and pc's are coming together quite fast, if you look at developements in consoles software features, wont be long till 'consoles disapear'