Of course, I'm pretty sure everyone had a GameBoy and played Pokemon as well.
Doh, I hadn't. My parents didn't allow me to have another game "console" apart from the PC. If I wanted a game boy, they said, I'd have to get rid of the computer.
Choice was clear then, obviously - I kept the computer and regulary borrowed the game boy from friends :D
At that also made my a computer-only. I don't own any console and I haven't played much on them.
The second computer I got was a P1 166Mhz. That was at the time where games like Knights&Merchants and Command&Conquer 1 popped up (about 1995). My rig was too weak to play them with :/
But I've had a demo CD with a more than a hundred game demos on it - including Lost Vikings! I loved that game and played it a lot.
A little later I saw my brother playing Warcraft I and it absolutely fascinated me. I tried to buy it myself a little later and gathered all the money I could find to get it - I needed like 25DM ($10?) and thanks to my grand mother I got it together in time :D
I don't really remember how I got to know Diablo I+II and Starcraft.. it feels like I've known them since the beginning of times :D
But I played a lot of other games and got sucked in.
But I do remember that I got Warcraft 3 and wasn't a huge fan of it. Only after The Frozen Throne was out and a friend of mine got it as well started playing it. Then I finally got an internet connection ( very late :/ ) and started playing WC3 online - If I wasn't already, I became a fully fledged Blizzard fan at that point.
I'm still playing it. After so many years it still steals hours and hours of my time :D
When I first saw the Starcraft II trailer I fistpumped at how totally awesome that was!
And when I first saw this: I couldn't suppress tears of happiness. And I still can't. I have tears in my eyes right now.
I saved this video in my documents as a reminder of an emotional milestone in my gaming life :D
Doh, I hadn't. My parents didn't allow me to have another game "console" apart from the PC. If I wanted a game boy, they said, I'd have to get rid of the computer.
Choice was clear then, obviously - I kept the computer and regulary borrowed the game boy from friends :D
At that also made my a computer-only. I don't own any console and I haven't played much on them.
The second computer I got was a P1 166Mhz. That was at the time where games like Knights&Merchants and Command&Conquer 1 popped up (about 1995). My rig was too weak to play them with :/
But I've had a demo CD with a more than a hundred game demos on it - including Lost Vikings! I loved that game and played it a lot.
A little later I saw my brother playing Warcraft I and it absolutely fascinated me. I tried to buy it myself a little later and gathered all the money I could find to get it - I needed like 25DM ($10?) and thanks to my grand mother I got it together in time :D
I don't really remember how I got to know Diablo I+II and Starcraft.. it feels like I've known them since the beginning of times :D
But I played a lot of other games and got sucked in.
But I do remember that I got Warcraft 3 and wasn't a huge fan of it. Only after The Frozen Throne was out and a friend of mine got it as well started playing it. Then I finally got an internet connection ( very late :/ ) and started playing WC3 online - If I wasn't already, I became a fully fledged Blizzard fan at that point.
I'm still playing it. After so many years it still steals hours and hours of my time :D
When I first saw the Starcraft II trailer I fistpumped at how totally awesome that was!
And when I first saw this: I couldn't suppress tears of happiness. And I still can't. I have tears in my eyes right now.
I saved this video in my documents as a reminder of an emotional milestone in my gaming life :D
Oh God, this is so awesome.