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justin
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Re: Am I too old for this??!!

there is a club of online gamers average age pushing 40 on the site, their solution to distractions and slow reflexes seems to be playing with themselves. ha ha, you know what I mean.. they play against each other.


BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

said by justin See Profile :

there is a club of online gamers average age pushing 40 on the site, their solution to distractions and slow reflexes seems to be playing with themselves. ha ha, you know what I mean.. they play against each other.
Yes make fun of us old folks. Just remember if it wasn't for us 40+ guys spending billions of quarters on Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong and begging our parents to spend $200 on Atari 2600s and ColecoVisions there wouldn't be a videogame industry today.


justin
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I'd be making fun of myself, I spent a lot of money in my teens on the first space invaders machine I could find!
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C0deZer0
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reply to BF69
But then you all got bored with it which is why the crash happened. Then it took us newbies buying into the NES to make it come back to life.
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Dejavu
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reply to justin
said by justin See Profile :

there is a club of online gamers average age pushing 40 on the site, their solution to distractions and slow reflexes seems to be playing with themselves. ha ha, you know what I mean.. they play against each other.
No, you were right on both accounts Justin.
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BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

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said by C0deZer0 See Profile :

But then you all got bored with it which is why the crash happened. Then it took us newbies buying into the NES to make it come back to life.
No they put out absolute crap and expected us to pay $30 for it. Atari thought because ET made $400 million at the box office people would buy a game with ET on the box even if it sucked ass. They literally only took 5 weeks to make that game and it showed. That's just one example.


cbrigante2
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North Aurora, IL

said by BF69 See Profile :

said by C0deZer0 See Profile :

But then you all got bored with it which is why the crash happened. Then it took us newbies buying into the NES to make it come back to life.
No they put out absolute crap and expected us to pay $30 for it. Atari thought because ET made $400 million at the box office people would buy a game with ET on the box even if it sucked ass. They literally only took 5 weeks to make that game and it showed. That's just one example.
Good call, except I was one of the sheep who bought into that intense E.T. game hype and was out $40 (at the time I think that was the game cost?). I just never saw what was so great about NES. At the time that came out, PC gaming was in it's golden age. I didn't jump back into consoles (from the Atari) until the Genesis came out.


swootton
Computer Nut

join:2001-05-11
Barkhamsted, CT

Actually, Colecovision came out and dominated the market with all the arcade ports. Then Coleco got stupid, they tried to enter the computer market and the Cabbage Patch Kid were the only thing to keep them afloat till they went out of business. By far a better system then anything else in the mid 80s. Then NES came and hooked all the younger gamers with Mario and stole the market after the crash.

I had a Commodore 128d then a PC and got back into consoles with a PS original the Xbox, 360 and Wii. I like mostly racing and puzzle/adventure games. I used to play a lot of Halo when it was new and spent days playing MotoGP on live right after launch.

Being 44 I find myself not keeping up with the younger ones like my 14 YO son. I just have to play against my wife or daughter, then I can almost always win.

cjski
The Wheel Weaves As The Wheel Will

join:2001-01-04
Sun City, CA

said by swootton See Profile :

...I just have to play against my wife or daughter, then I can almost always win.
I got a kick out of your last sentence...lol!


onebadmofo
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Reading, PA
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said by justin See Profile :

there is a club of online gamers average age pushing 40 on the site, their solution to distractions and slow reflexes seems to be playing with themselves. ha ha, you know what I mean.. they play against each other.
.....why you bastard.

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moonpuppy

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reply to justin
Started off with an Atari 2600, got an Atari 1200XL computer then got nothing for a while until I got a Wii and XBOX 360. And I am 40 years old. I play MW on a PC and Xbox 360 in between the nap times of my 4 month old. In fact, she sometimes watches me play.

said by justin See Profile :

there is a club of online gamers average age pushing 40 on the site, their solution to distractions and slow reflexes seems to be playing with themselves. ha ha, you know what I mean.. they play against each other.
Shut it kid and get off my lawn!



Johkal
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"40"....I have socks older than that.


onebadmofo
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said by Johkal See Profile :

"40"....I have socks older than that.
Oh yeah, who owned them first?
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Johkal
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said by Johkal See Profile :

"40"....I have socks older than that.
Oh yeah, who owned them first?
Woolworth!
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onebadmofo
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said by Johkal See Profile :

said by onebadmofo See Profile :

said by Johkal See Profile :

"40"....I have socks older than that.
Oh yeah, who owned them first?
Woolworth!
What's a "Woolworth"?

"....oooh about $3.50"

Ok, now that, THAT joke is outta the way.....
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Johkal
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LOL!

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