I can remember clearly walking into a pub in Perth in the early 1970s and seeing what was the weirdest looking pinball machine I'd ever seen. It was called 'Pong'.
I stuck a coin in the thing and sat down to it with a mate, and several hours later I was already 'hooked'. Through the 'consoles' and 'personal computers' that followed, I kept up an interest, and I can fondly recall hanging out for the next months issue of my favourite mag, so I could type in the code for the games that were included, and check them out on the Vic20 and later the c64 :lol:
There have been lengthy periods since when I've been involved with other pursuits, but I've always come back to them. PC games are my option of choice, and with work responsibilities I find myself watching my children and grandchildren playing them more than I get to sit down to a session myself. But not always.
I've got 'Half-Life on the go at present (I missed that one on the way past

) and Max Payne 2 is sitiing right there waiting for me to get to it. Maybe I'll just lock the doors for a couple of days!
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Grandad
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