What was your 1st computer?

nine4surfah · 03-17-2007, 12:35 AM

Back in the 80's everybody was playing Atari, Intellivision, or Colecovision. I wanted something completely different and begged my parents for a Commodore Vic 20. I was lucky enough to get one but other than playing games that came in cartridges I had no clue how to operate it at the time. I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade when I was able to write simple commands and make the screen change colors and make funky sounds but other than that there was nothing else it can do that was useful at the time.

rwwong · 03-17-2007, 12:38 AM

Apple 2e, remember Oregon Trail, and Fraction Crunchers.

Nikki · 03-17-2007, 12:43 AM

i had a gateway, got it around 1993-1994

just4kickz · 03-17-2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rwwong

Apple 2e, remember Oregon Trail, and Fraction Crunchers.

I`m not that old and I still remember those games... in fact I have Oregon Trail and O`dell Down Under or whatever its called on cds... I also have DinoPark Tycoon! I play it every now and then

First computer I ever used was a custom built one that an engineer made for my family to use... not sure what specs but I think its graphic card was Ati "Stealth"? or something? i dont know... cool games were Doom, Decent, and some other games... haha playing these games when i was around 7 or 8. Doom scared me shitless.

First computer that was actually mine was a Compaq Presario laptop... 233mghrtz, 6 gigs, some ATI something mg video card, etc. no ethernet... but there was modem.

nine4surfah · 03-17-2007, 12:50 AM

oregon trail....classic! How about "where in the world is carmen san diego"? that was fun!

just4kickz · 03-17-2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by nine4surfah

oregon trail....classic! How about "where in the world is carmen san diego"? that was fun!

oh wow... brings back good memories... TV show was great tooo

topher04r1 · 03-17-2007, 01:04 AM

apple 2GS ..... number munchers is where it's at !!!

SES_D · 03-17-2007, 01:14 AM

Oregon Trial PWNS!

ehhhwik · 03-17-2007, 01:19 AM

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Oregon Trial PWNS!

+1 i remember playing it in elementary school

DFW_M · 03-17-2007, 01:37 AM

Sinclair Spectrum 64 + Tape player...

Couch · 03-17-2007, 01:57 AM

I'm not sure which one, but it was an Apple that had a Black and Green screen.

I just remember some bunny game, I was very young.

spacedogg · 03-17-2007, 02:14 AM

Commodore 64 all the way dudes.

Pitstop, Ghostbuster, GI Joe, Loadrunner, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?...all great games.

scottwww · 03-17-2007, 02:49 PM

I still have my Commodore 64, 1541 disk drive, and commodore business printer stashed in the garage. I would put it on ebay, but I don't think they bid up to enough money to make it worth the time to pack it up for shipping. I still have my Atari 400 and Atari 800XL computers as well. Lots of games for them all, mostly on 5-1/4 floppy disks.

Jaws · 03-17-2007, 02:58 PM

VIC20 w/8k of RAM, but I had the 16k memory expander

ksfrogman · 03-17-2007, 03:08 PM

Mine was an Apple ][ Plus 48K with 16K ramcard and Z80 softcard. Woohoo!

13" NEC Greenscreen monitor
15" Color Monitor
Epson Printer
Two 5 1/4" disc drives
Applesoft Basic and CP/M

spydrz · 03-17-2007, 03:13 PM

C64

"PRESS PLAY ON TAPE"

NaTuReB0Y · 03-17-2007, 03:33 PM

1993 - my first computer was an Apple Color Classic with 13" monitor......$999 and Apple Laser Printer $450

What a ripped off!!!

The computer had 8 RAM of memory....I think --- and a 80MB Hard-Drive

Ninjaneer · 03-17-2007, 03:34 PM

C64 was nice but never owned one. We'd go over to the computer stores and play though.

First pc was a TI-99/4A back in the 80s. Man I just looked up some of the games, forgot them till I looked it up, real old

I don't think we owned all of these but I definitely remember playing them at one time or another!

PARSEC

Car Wars
Congo Bongo
Donkey Kong
Hopper
Jawbreakers II
Jungle Hunt
M*A*S*H
Micro Surgeon
Pacman
Popeye
TI Invaders

Couch · 03-17-2007, 04:13 PM

I was just thinking, we would probably all have 10x's more fun playing all the old classic games than the new ones.

Which reminds me, my aunt has a mint condition Atari I need to talk to her about it.

AM335 · 03-17-2007, 05:35 PM

I had an Atari 800 computer.

Psycho3 · 03-17-2007, 05:36 PM

I had Korean version of MSX-II. (It was called Daewoo IQ-2000)
It was amazing back then because everyone had Apple II with Black & White Screen, but MSX was colour w/ great sound! I still play few MSX games on my PC.

shimshimhada · 03-17-2007, 05:37 PM

Damn, some of you are ancient. I remember Oregon Trail and Math Cruncher though. I still have my first computer, it's in the storage room, I wonder if it still runs.

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nine4surfah Captain 65 Rep 790 Posts Drives: 325i Electric Red Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325i [0.00]	What was your 1st computer? Back in the 80's everybody was playing Atari, Intellivision, or Colecovision. I wanted something completely different and begged my parents for a Commodore Vic 20. I was lucky enough to get one but other than playing games that came in cartridges I had no clue how to operate it at the time. I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade when I was able to write simple commands and make the screen change colors and make funky sounds but other than that there was nothing else it can do that was useful at the time. __________________
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rwwong Captain 121 Rep 626 Posts Drives: 2006 330i, 2008 Jeep Hemi Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	Apple 2e, remember Oregon Trail, and Fraction Crunchers. __________________ www.richardwestleywong.com
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nine4surfah Captain 65 Rep 790 Posts Drives: 325i Electric Red Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325i [0.00]	oregon trail....classic! How about "where in the world is carmen san diego"? that was fun! __________________
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Couch Colonel 146 Rep 2,900 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00]	I'm not sure which one, but it was an Apple that had a Black and Green screen. I just remember some bunny game, I was very young.
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spacedogg Colonel 205 Rep 2,816 Posts Drives: Debadged Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (0)	Commodore 64 all the way dudes. Pitstop, Ghostbuster, GI Joe, Loadrunner, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?...all great games.
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scottwww Brigadier General 550 Rep 4,760 Posts Drives: 07 BMW 335i, 15 Infiniti Q60S Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I still have my Commodore 64, 1541 disk drive, and commodore business printer stashed in the garage. I would put it on ebay, but I don't think they bid up to enough money to make it worth the time to pack it up for shipping. I still have my Atari 400 and Atari 800XL computers as well. Lots of games for them all, mostly on 5-1/4 floppy disks. __________________ 2007 BMW 335i E92, Montego Blue on Cream Beige, MT, ZSP, ZPP, CA, PDC, CWP and Style 188 for winter
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Ninjaneer Shadow Warrior 153 Rep 2,095 Posts Drives: '07 335i Sedan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	C64 was nice but never owned one. We'd go over to the computer stores and play though. First pc was a TI-99/4A back in the 80s. Man I just looked up some of the games, forgot them till I looked it up, real old I don't think we owned all of these but I definitely remember playing them at one time or another! PARSEC Car Wars Congo Bongo Donkey Kong Hopper Jawbreakers II Jungle Hunt MASH Micro Surgeon Pacman Popeye TI Invaders __________________ 335i E90 / Arctic / Gray / Burl Walnut / Steptronic / ZPP / ZSP / Paddles / CA / Nav / PDC / OEM Spoiler Mods: PIAA Angel Eyes, Rear Fog Switch, Escort X50 Blue hardwire, 30% Charcoal Llumar Installing soon:* Rear Power Outlets (Happy Robot mod!)
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Couch Colonel 146 Rep 2,900 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00]	I was just thinking, we would probably all have 10x's more fun playing all the old classic games than the new ones. Which reminds me, my aunt has a mint condition Atari I need to talk to her about it.
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Psycho3 Private 11 Rep 56 Posts Drives: Alpine White 325i Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada iTrader: (0)	I had Korean version of MSX-II. (It was called Daewoo IQ-2000) It was amazing back then because everyone had Apple II with Black & White Screen, but MSX was colour w/ great sound! I still play few MSX games on my PC. __________________ What's your favorite art? www.artyours.com <-- Find Yours!
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shimshimhada Brigadier General 493 Rep 4,838 Posts Drives: Portal Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portal iTrader: (2)	Damn, some of you are ancient. I remember Oregon Trail and Math Cruncher though. I still have my first computer, it's in the storage room, I wonder if it still runs.
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