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I recently started listening to this, and I figured a bunch of RB people would be interested too: The Upper Memory Block (trigger warning: extreme Canadianity). Joe in the podcast takes on games from the DOS and Win95/98 eras and not only reviews them but does a deep and excellent delve into the development stories. He's not hit Civilization yet for fear of overwhelm reasons but he has hit other RB loves. It's a great nostalgia trip for me and I know you guys are in this demo too. After all, Civ4 is how old?
August 1st, 2018, 15:00
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I can't participate in the poll, as I played my first game on a computer which read magnetic cassettes.
Actually, I now see that the Commodore did have a Datasette expansion available for it -- didn't know that. I'm not actually what the hell that machine was that I first played on, it was a couple of times only, and I don't think there were many places beyond the ruins of the Soviet Union where they were being used. That was in like '91-'92. And then this took Russia by storm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendy_(console)
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Commodore 64, Lemmings. Thomas the Tank Engine, Noddy!
But Windows 95 is when I started to play MechWarrior and Red Alert. Red Alert is awesome.
Current games (All): RtR: PB80 Civ 6: PBEM23
Ended games (Selection): BTS games: PB1, PB3, PBEM2, PBEM4, PBEM5B, PBEM50. RB mod games: PB5, PB15, PB27, PB37, PB42, PB46, PB71. FFH games: PBEMVII, PBEMXII. Civ 6: PBEM22 Games ded lurked: PB18
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No poll option for those who started computer gaming on Apple IIs? I moved to DOS and later Windows machines as more options became available.
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(August 1st, 2018, 16:06)haphazard1 Wrote: No poll option for those who started computer gaming on Apple IIs? I moved to DOS and later Windows machines as more options became available.
That's Commodore era, I'd judge .
My Internet ID isn't Commodore the Computer related, by the way.
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I put myself down as Windows 9X, though I did play some DOS games, just not on my own computer. I guess that makes me a pre-schooler, or something?
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I assembler-wrote my own, though that came after the Commodore era on a 486 PC. I originally started on a TI-99 which was contemporary with the Commodore.
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I had fun with cassettes as well, but I view DOS as the starting point (for Tetris and Digger up to Civ 1)
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Aw Windows 3.1 isn't there... I voted 9X since it is the closest, I think. Used to play the hell out of a racing game that I can't even recall the name off anymore (I was like 8 at the time, I think), and some of the free stuff that came with the install. My real gaming "career" started when my parents got an XP PC though. That's when I got into AoE and RoN and I never stopped since 
I did go back and play some of the DOS era classics later, but that was through an emulator on Windows 7 so that doesn't really count.
Also wow some of you guys are old! 
August 4th, 2018, 15:25
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A few of my friends had a Commodore C64.
Most famous game:
I quote Wikipedia: "This German video game is known for its controversial production history and its similarities to the famous Nintendo platform game Super Mario Bros., which prompted legal pressure against the producers of the game."
Nintendo succeeded in having the game removed from stores in Germany, so the only way to get it was to acquire a pirated copy through a schoolyard trade. I actually can't remember anyone who owned a legal copy.   Still, the game was very popular in Germany at that time. The soundtrack is by Chris Hülsbeck, who is also quite well known for his music in other games, including Turrican 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2RkPi5oPN8
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