236 sats \ 18 replies \ @kristapsk 6 Dec 2023 \ on: First memorable retrogame that you played? gaming
First games ever was on some Soviet era computers, don't remember exactly.
First big hit on PC for me personally was Prince of Persia.
Prince of Persia was awesome..
probably my first pc game. Found a glitch on the first level to pass without the sword.
Had older games on spectrum but not memorable
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Yes, you can finish first level without that first fight. Time was important there. Have you finished it? I did, few times, but took some time to manage that.
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No, never finished.
Always got stuck somewhere..
Shit was not easy..
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Hah, that sound as you hit the spikes.
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krsh... taaa da daa ...
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also, I appreciate the username @486DX2, I'm happy for you that you have a co-processor... :)
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The brutal truth is that I only actually had an SX25... I never got the 66mhz beast I really wanted and clearly, I never got over it.
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DX2 66 MHz wasn't the real beast, DX4 100 Mhz was! :)
For SX25 I would not even switch to 486, had AMD Am386 40 MHz (fastest 386, Intel only had 33 MHz) with external FPU (don't remember what was the manufacturer of that, some other company IIRC) before.
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Ahhh but I was coming from a 286 10mhz and probably got sucked in by the 486 hype. I do now to seem to remember those meaty 386s. Good times.
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"My" first PC (actually my mothers, but I had some hours per day access to it) had AMD Am286 14 MHz CPU (again, fastest Intel 286 was 12 MHz), it was in mid-1990s (we weren't rich, so all 386, 486, Pentiums come to me with some delay later).
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I didn't realise AMD were doing chips that early on, I thought it was all intel. I do remember not having a soundcard in my pc (IBM/PS2) that was so frustrating.
I feel the pain! :) I managed to get Pentium 1 75MHz for Socket 4 and it was overheating...
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Pre proper cooling tech eh? I think there were even clip-on co processors weren't there? Cyrix rings a bell?
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It was long time ago, but I think 75 MHz Pentium even could more or less work without a heatsink at all.
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486 could, Pentium could not :)
...so long as you didn't press the turbo button