I was always a gamer. I was born in 1975. Always was a geek. Loved DnD, Dragonlance, Fantasy. My first console was the Telstar Arcade. I played Atari 2600, Coleco Vision (always thought the controllers with the dial were high tech) then when the NES came out I became a Nintendo nut. I started playing on PC's in 1990 with Sierra games Kings Quest, Heroes Quest. I knew then I loved PC hardware. There were so many things to learn, different types of upgrades, VGA? What is that! I remember back in 1990 my buddy showed me how to connect to a BBS over a dialup modem and man...to me doing something like that was nuts. I was 15 and in awe. So between 1990 and 1993 I played with the Sega Genesis and dabbled in my friends pc. Then in 1993 I saw Jurassic Park on opening night and that changed me as a person.
You guys remember the scene where Newman is on his pc at his desk looking at steaming video footage of the guy on the dock talking on the phone telling him the boat was leaving? That scene made me realize everything I wanted to do. I went home that night and made sweet lovin to my girl. Needless to say that weekend she bought me my first own Tandy pc from Radio Shack. HAH! It was a 386 SX (no math coprocessor) that was the DX. 2mb of ram and I bought an extra 2mb for 64$ Had a 80mb hard drive. No cdrom, too much in 1993. I played a lot of the TSR silver box DnD games, Sierra games, all throughout the 90s. I remember getting my first cable modem in 1999 and that was jaw dropping. Going from dialup my whole life to 3mb road runner internet. My friend was sitting next to me in disbelief at how fast the pages were opening up.
Then after 2000 it was pretty much me being an adult and working in tech up until now. Living through all the new stuff and old. I was glad I was part of a generation that still went outside AND grew up throughout all the life cycles of the internet until now.
So thanks Steven Spielberg. JP was a great movie in a great time in tech, gaming and life in general.
How did you guys get started?
You guys remember the scene where Newman is on his pc at his desk looking at steaming video footage of the guy on the dock talking on the phone telling him the boat was leaving? That scene made me realize everything I wanted to do. I went home that night and made sweet lovin to my girl. Needless to say that weekend she bought me my first own Tandy pc from Radio Shack. HAH! It was a 386 SX (no math coprocessor) that was the DX. 2mb of ram and I bought an extra 2mb for 64$ Had a 80mb hard drive. No cdrom, too much in 1993. I played a lot of the TSR silver box DnD games, Sierra games, all throughout the 90s. I remember getting my first cable modem in 1999 and that was jaw dropping. Going from dialup my whole life to 3mb road runner internet. My friend was sitting next to me in disbelief at how fast the pages were opening up.
Then after 2000 it was pretty much me being an adult and working in tech up until now. Living through all the new stuff and old. I was glad I was part of a generation that still went outside AND grew up throughout all the life cycles of the internet until now.
So thanks Steven Spielberg. JP was a great movie in a great time in tech, gaming and life in general.
How did you guys get started?