How long have we been "gamers"?

Mivo

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 17, 2012, 10:40:36 AM

The downside of getting older is that in many surveys the bottom options are a steady reminder of that fact.

It's 20+ years for me. I got my first computer at 12 or 13, and I'm forty now. I had an Atari 2600 and some Pong device (to be connected to a TV) before that, so I guess it's about 30 years for me. (Maybe a year more if you want to count those LCD games with a built in alarm clock.

J_HG_T

Newcomer

J_HG_T

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 2, 2012, 7:16:39 PM

27 years old. Started playing when I was five or six years old, so around 20 of gaming for me. Very first game I rememeber well was the original SMB. My parents got me a 8 bit NES for christmass present. It had that triple game cartridge with Tetris, SMB and that crazy fun soccer game. I managed to beat SMB couple of times and that felt amazing. Later got and beat SMB 3 several times. Man, the world 8 is so, so horrible. Still remember it very well.

I had some old console before NES, but I have only hazy memories of it. It had some tank game, space shooter and some kind Pac-Man clone. After doing some research I think it may have been Philips Videopac G7000 (Magnavox Odyssey). The "Videopac" ringed the bell.

Holy S***, I just realised that my parents may still have it stored somewhere. Need to find it! My precious nostalgia!

After NES I got PC and started to play all the awesome Apogee games and other 90's classics, Commander Keens, Dooms, Rise of Triad, Dune 2, Strife, One Must Fall, System Shock, TIE-Fighter and many, many, MANY other classics.

To sum up all my gaming platforms: about 5 PCs, NES, Gamecube, PSP, XBOX 360, Wii and PS3. PC is still easily my favourite platform. My friends had other consoles to fill up the holes. Amiga, SEGA, PS1&2 and XBOX are very familiar to me too. The only major console I've missed is the Super Nintendo. Kinda shame, as I watch gameplay vids of old 16 bit SN games and they still look quite damn good.

tegen

Roving Senior

tegen

Roving Senior

25 800g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 2, 2012, 11:27:13 AM

Now that's a lot of time. My vote: 20y + and I have to admitt I started playing on a console: Atari 2600

First games were: Pitfall / Keystone Keepers / Solaris / Donkey Kong and so on...

Nice thread and time to feel sentimental...

Zethoros

Newcomer

Zethoros

Newcomer

22 100g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 30, 2012, 10:48:00 AM

Played my first games as I was 4 years old, cant even remember the name of those

so it has been 14 years of playing for me then

Nirn

Newcomer

Nirn

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 30, 2012, 6:55:28 AM

Started gaming when I was like 6 lol, Good times.

Yurixy

Newcomer

Yurixy

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 27, 2012, 7:26:15 PM

15 years my guess

nats

Enthusiast

"Its life Jim but not as we know it"

nats

Enthusiast

17 700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 27, 2012, 1:28:36 PM

I am 45 now and Ive been playing since I was around 12 in 1978 - first with a rubbish TV console thing that my dad got, playing a terrible pong like tennis game etc. Then I got my own ZX81 when I was around 15, a Spectrum 48k when I was 16. I got myself an Amiga 600 after a break for university at 26. Finally got a full blown PC at the ripe old age of 29. So I have been gaming for 33 years!

By far the best games were on my Amiga and early PC - F117 Stealth Fighter, F16 Fighting Falcon, M1 Tank Platoon, X-Wing, Wing Commander, Frontier Elite, EF2000, Gunship 2000, UFO, Syndicate, and Civilization. The last game to get my full attention for literally months on end was Falcon 4 around 11-12 years ago.

Since then my game playing has dropped to a trickle because of real life events and because of the load of sequels and, I think, a drop in quality and originality. But I still really enjoy the odd Flight Sim and strategy game now and again. I rarely play any one game for more than 50 hours these days before getting fed up. Probably the only recent-ish games I have played much longer than 50 hours or so are Halflife 2, Call of Duty 1, Batman Arkham Asylum, Flight Simulator X and Rise of Flight.

I cant say it was time wasted as I do remember all those games with fondness and its never completely got in the way of my social life - I didn't really get into games until I was 26 (games weren't all that addictive before that) and I had lived it up a lot before that. I did go through a time where I hardly did anything but work and play games for a few years after that so I am wary now. I think kids have got to be careful not to get too addicted to games playing these days. I see my kid spending a lot of her time playing stupid Facebook games and I have to pry her away. It can destroy your social life if you let it. Its important to have a balance and spend time out making/keeping real friends and doing other things in the real world, as well as spending time playing computer games.

Miqqo90

Newcomer

Miqqo90

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 27, 2012, 8:30:15 AM

I would say I have been gaming for like 10 years. Can't remember exact year of start, but it's a long time. Does it ever feel like time wasted? Not really.

Theodemir

Newcomer

Theodemir

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 25, 2012, 10:50:37 PM

A 'gamer' from the early nighties. The first one I played though can't remember the name of the game but it was on my dad's 386 PC and you threw banana's about and blow things up! Then he removed it to stop me hogging the PC the bastard!

Then the megadrive and countless sonic games with Sonic & Knuckles being my fav... followed up by my first PC game addiction that was Civ. Then like all teens at the time with the Playstation was hooked on FFVII and my love for the whole rpg genre stuck and a few years down the line had Morrowind; being most likely my most played game to date.

And now Endless Space amongst others

hegermeister

Newcomer

hegermeister

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 24, 2012, 12:41:50 PM

Gamer since 1978

... Phillipps G 7000 was my first experience in the world of gaming

killerdis12

Newcomer

killerdis12

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 2, 2012, 9:03:14 PM

Started playing games when i was still in kindergarden, barely understanding my own native language, so you can guess about my english knowedge at that time ^^

If I'm not wrong, my first games was Doom and Age of Empires I and II . Mostly played RTS games (still am :P)

Moshfist

Newcomer

Moshfist

Newcomer

23 200g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 16, 2012, 2:18:15 PM

Played my first game in my 4th year, i am 23 now and been addicted since...

Guardsman322

Newcomer

Guardsman322

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 14, 2012, 2:00:54 AM

I am 22, and I can remember playing computer games as far back as the mid 1990's, so about 17 years, starting with Computer, and branching out to Miniatures at this point. I don't play on consuls, for the simple reason that my parents had decided well before I could argue against it to not allow them in the house. Can't really complain to much though.

MittenMarauder

Guardian

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

MittenMarauder

Guardian

33 900g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 13, 2012, 11:47:53 PM

I have 20+ years as a "gamer" (not that you would know if you met me), but most of that has been playing strategy games. I enjoy the occasional Shooter, Simulator, RPG, and Action/Adventure games.

swedewolf

Newcomer

swedewolf

Newcomer

11 000g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 13, 2012, 9:06:11 AM

Ive played board/family games all childhood. Got first gaming computer called Sinclair ZX81. Long long time ago. Played my first strategy/manager game on the next computer Sinclair Spectrum with rubber/erazer type keys. The game was F1 manager game where the player did all decisions and on race day compeeted with who can swap tyres fastest. Lovely game.

some 25-30 years ago.

krythorian

Newcomer

krythorian

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 13, 2012, 8:41:09 AM

Started to play when dad got his first computer (windows 98 was the OS) I remember that it was a packard bell.

One of the first games I played was Star Wars: pod-racing(During my time as a gamer I have also got the luck to play the arcade version of that game) and I also played some other educational games.

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I played games earlier on dads nintendo too so I have played since the age of 4-6 (from what I can remember) and now I'm 17 getting 18 later this year.

Klappkasper

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Klappkasper

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 12, 2012, 12:53:23 PM

I don't know the exact number of years, but it must be about 18-20 years. (I'm 25 now.)

I remember playing my first games like Blockout (a kind of Tetris in 3D), Stunts(racing game) and the "Robot"-Series (kind of adventure-game) on the old 286er Intel of my dad.

And I still love gaming today, if I find the time for it! =)

Mtwo

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Mtwo

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 11, 2012, 9:06:57 PM

Considering I am 14 and I first played a game when I was 3,that's 11 years for me.

TheFrozenOne

Newcomer

TheFrozenOne

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 10, 2012, 5:58:22 AM

Been playing games since I was 5 or 6, I am 20 now. So about 15 years.

Doom baby.

Alex83

Newcomer

Alex83

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 9, 2012, 8:24:42 PM

My first pc game was Doom2 on 486SX2 in 1996

IluvatarIrmo

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IluvatarIrmo

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 7, 2012, 11:34:09 PM

well now i'm 26 and i've been gaming ever since i was six (i think) Always on PC. Never on consoles :-)

Upturned_Walrus

Newcomer

Upturned_Walrus

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 17, 2012, 8:24:54 AM

I've been gaming since I was three and I'm almost nineteen, so I've been gaming for sixteen years.

OgreWookie

Newcomer

OgreWookie

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 17, 2012, 2:43:50 AM

First experience of gaming was on an amstrad cpc about 30 years ago, believe me I don't miss tape drives although it did give my mate and I an excuse to go for a ciggy while the next game loaded.

First online gaming was 1999, an unreal tournament mod called Tactical Ops (think Counter Strike and you've got it). Started the {Ogre} Old Geezers Riot Excursion clan in 2000 and we carried on playing until tacops died in about 2006 - good times - exceedingly good piss ups when the clan got together.

ogulkoker

Hipster

ogulkoker

Hipster

9 900g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 16, 2012, 11:19:57 AM

Since I was a child!

Goran

Newcomer

Goran

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 16, 2012, 10:01:19 AM

11 years now ^^ Time really goes fast.

SFactor123

Newcomer

SFactor123

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 16, 2012, 7:46:32 AM

It's been more than 9 years since I am gaming.

Nate388

Newcomer

Nate388

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 5:16:15 PM

I was 5 when I picked up my first game, Bionic commando elite forces was the name. I've been a gamer for a while I guess

nats

Enthusiast

"Its life Jim but not as we know it"

nats

Enthusiast

17 700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 11, 2012, 11:40:02 PM

Solardream wrote:
Games were great even in the old days of 8-bit and less graphics, simply because they had a good solid premise. Something all the fluffy graphics in the world can't help. (Look at any modern MMO, they're losing it.)

Cant argue with you there. Tried Star Trek Online because it was free and it was right rubbish. Then tried World of Warcraft because it seems to be the in thing and it was really dull and boring to me. Gameplay has definitely taken a backseat to graphics these days and the games are all the worse for it. I actually feel sorry for the younger gamers that havent experienced UFO Enemy Unknown, EF2000, Frontier, M1 Tank Platoon, Gunship 2000, Simcity, Civilisation (the original), and Wing Commander. Some recent games stand out from the crowd (Halflife, Batman, Rise of Flight, Endless Space Deus Ex Revolution, Skyrim, possibly the new UFO game) but they are few and far between.

Solardream

Old Survivor

Solardream

Old Survivor

13 700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 10, 2012, 7:50:22 AM

I'm in the 20+ crowd. (You people are damn young!)

I started DOS PC gaming when I was 10, but I had my first Atari 2600 earlier then that say 7, back in the 80's. So that's 26+ years actually.

And yeah I don't play modern games like the kiddies do these days. I'm more interested in 'what makes the story-tick' and background information, then flying through some game to get to an ending and finding every bug that let's me cheat. *sighs* KISS is my motto. Games were great even in the old days of 8-bit and less graphics, simply because they had a good solid premise. Something all the fluffy graphics in the world can't help. (Look at any modern MMO, they're losing it.)

Fersoltil

Newcomer

Fersoltil

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 8, 2012, 1:16:09 AM

Haha, we still play Heroquest now and then. It's so naive and innocent. Not like Descent... that's gruesome stuff. Great but unforgiving.

Elderion

Senior Officer

Allà on no ha arribat mai ningú

Elderion

Senior Officer

31 000g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 5, 2012, 9:37:14 PM

I started with an own Spectrum 128K... in a far far galaxy long long time ago... but I playes befores with friends comodore and Spectrum 64

Nomas

Yussho

Nomas

Yussho

28 300g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 7, 2012, 11:23:04 AM

i begun playing computer games on my cousins Amstrad and never stopped playing PC games. Never been a fun of consoles, just a few exceptions for some specific games. Lately i started playing more board games with Twilight Imperium being my favorite. Never managed to complete my Warhammer army though

Yippie

Newcomer

Yippie

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 7, 2012, 11:11:53 AM

At my 22 years old I think I've been gaming for about 17-15 years, I started with watching my dad playing DOOM on our DOS machine and after a while he allowed to to press the CTRL-Button (Shoot), needless to say I felt pretty damn awesome as a kid. After that my parents bought me an SNES and from there it kinda carried on till now.

grigore

Newcomer

grigore

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 7, 2012, 9:50:31 AM

10-20 Years,was 2 and 1/2 when I started,now I am 13

Odincdaj522004

Newcomer

Odincdaj522004

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 7, 2012, 6:20:40 AM

Way to make a guy feel old! *laughs* Twenty-six, nearly finished with medical school, and still up at 2:30 in the morning with a video game...

LastManInSpace

Newcomer

LastManInSpace

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jul 6, 2012, 7:36:11 PM

I voted 20+, although I think it may be around 20 exactly. Started gaming around 2 or 3 and I'm 23 nowadays. What a long, strange trip its been.

VIPflipstar

Pro VIP

flipstar

VIPflipstar

Pro VIP

70 500g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 6, 2012, 4:13:30 PM

I started ever since I built my first PC, and that was at least over 10 years ago.

Zethoros

Newcomer

Zethoros

Newcomer

22 100g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 4, 2012, 5:01:55 PM

Sigmar2408 wrote:
Still remember my first games of a board game called "Hero Quest" with my family when i was about 12, we had some great hours with it and I remember developing new adventures for this as well. Thats 20 years ago now and I still have the game...and desperately want to play it again (haven't for years!) now that i wrote about it.

That is one hell of a game! I loved to play that with my friends when I was 12 too!

Wenchbane

Savior

Wenchbane

Savior

29 700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 3, 2012, 1:18:26 PM

40K, does that count? Started up about 12 years ago... Still have my first army xD

Sigmar2408

Lifter

Sigmar2408

Lifter

4 200g2g pts

12 years ago

Jul 3, 2012, 12:08:17 PM

Still remember my first games of a board game called "Hero Quest" with my family when i was about 12, we had some great hours with it and I remember developing new adventures for this as well. Thats 20 years ago now and I still have the game...and desperately want to play it again (haven't for years!) now that i wrote about it.

craigbic

Newcomer

craigbic

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 1:30:16 AM

I've been a gamer for 30 years and my first computer game was Arcadia for my Commodore Vic-20. Now I fell old! :rolleyes:

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

57 800g2g pts

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 2:43:43 AM

This is awesome. I have to say I'm actually surprised at the fact that so many of us have been doing this for half a decade or more.

VIPXorUnison

Stellar

Fan of the Endless Universe since the ES Alpha. Attended the Gamescon 2012/2015/2016/2017.

VIPXorUnison

Stellar

41 700g2g pts

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 8:08:13 PM

The first consoles I played on where Atari Jaguar, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Gamecube. My first game was a little more than 10 years ago, but the real time since I was gaming isn't yet 10 years in the post.

TheMisfitMagus

Newcomer

TheMisfitMagus

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 7:32:16 PM

I grew up on the "gaming" on the Atari 2600 console since I was a kid and progressed through other consoles as they became available on the market.

My first computer was a TI-99/4. So yeah... Suppose I'm in the "old" category as well.

MODVieuxChat

Chameleon

Truth is a chameleon. Herbert

MODVieuxChat

Chameleon

25 400g2g pts

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 4:29:05 PM

Zelda 1. Not Ocarina of whatever. Zelda 1. On NES. That was awesome, and you had a second quest where the lovcation of everything had been moved. That was really hard to beat.

Still on eof my favorite games of all time (with Zelda 2, even if I must say I agree with the fact that it's less fun. But, he... I've spent so much time on Zelda 2)

Gizmotech

Newcomer

Gizmotech

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 12:48:38 PM

Lets see... 1988 on my original NES playing Zelda. I think that was long enough ago to count. So, going on 24 years now

Corbus

Newcomer

Corbus

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 12:12:04 PM

a have 26 years old and with my first spectrum i had some game, but the first game that i remember play all day was warcraft2, future cop, ufo enemy unknown with 10 years max

MichaelC1

Newcomer

MichaelC1

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 11:49:05 AM

June 1991 was the first time I played a video game, 24 days after my 3rd birthday so that would mean 4 weeks away from 21 years of gaming. I would imagine I played some forms of games before then but I don't remember them so that would leave 21 years video gamer, about 19 years board gamer, 9 years table top war gamer.

Virus

Old

Virus

Old

20 800g2g pts

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 10:05:32 AM

Hmm for about 8 or 9 years. And im only 17 years old.

Mufasa

Old Astronaut

Mufasa

Old Astronaut

22 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 4:30:02 AM

It all started when I was a 4 years old... My mom dropped me off at my babysitters house... My babysitter found these so called 'video games' as good kid entertainers while she did whatever she did. She asked me if I wanted to play Nintendo, and that's when it happened... 'What's a Nintendo?' I said. My life has never been the same. I played the very first Mario party and beat the game, played Rampage and got really good at eating people. The babysitter never looked at the ratings. But soon I had my own Nintendo64 and became a champion at Super Smash Bros and Mario Cart 64. After that my life has been a blur...

Naisho

Informer

Naisho

Informer

17 200g2g pts

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 3:17:29 AM

Let see, I started on an IBM in 1990, played games like CornCob 3D, Lemmings, Castle Adventure... plus many educational games (in addition to teaching myself Dos) at the ripe young age of 2 lol

StK

Newcomer

StK

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 25, 2012, 12:58:00 AM

I feel a little old now.. (^^,)

HorusLupercal

Old

There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

HorusLupercal

Old

26 800g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 11:39:30 PM

I've been a gamer for aslong as I can remember. The first thing I can remember playing was revolution X and Gain Ground on the Sega Genesis. Good times back then

Slytherin

Newcomer

Slytherin

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 10:53:22 PM

cool. most of us are pretty much veteran gamers.

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

57 800g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 10:04:42 PM

repbunny wrote:
If you count Jumpstart as a game, then i've been playing since I was a toddler. I loved those educational games.

I'm totally counting those. I had one for just about each grade level until High School.

ItsThatJerkster

Newcomer

ItsThatJerkster

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 9:38:45 PM

I've been gaming since i was three and its twelve years later and i still am

VIPInFlamesWeTrust

Officer

Do not fight the Harmony. You will be brought into our Harmony.

VIPInFlamesWeTrust

Officer

15 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 8:28:40 PM

Probably started when I got my GBA for my 10th birthday, so 7 years

TanC

Celestial Aurigan

TanC

Celestial Aurigan

27 800g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 6:50:50 PM

Got my first Windows 95 PC in...1995. Played Wing Commander 2, never turned back.

repbunny

Newcomer

repbunny

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 5:47:30 PM

If you count Jumpstart as a game, then i've been playing since I was a toddler. I loved those educational games.

MODVieuxChat

Chameleon

Truth is a chameleon. Herbert

MODVieuxChat

Chameleon

25 400g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 5:44:41 PM

I play since I'm 6 or 7 with my family. Then at 11 : wargames and roleplaying games ! At 12 my first vidéo game.

I'm 33.

O_o

That's 21 years of gaming. Oh my !

Igncom1

Craver

Infantry win firefights. Tanks win battles. Artillery win wars.

Igncom1

Craver

11 400g2g pts

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 12:15:24 PM

id say, about 15 years.

saytrdragon

Newcomer

saytrdragon

Newcomer

6 000g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 5, 2012, 4:51:20 AM

Ah i remember have a Commodore 32 with consistent floppy changing but my first game was Pitfall. Never could beat it. I was about 7.

Pelsjager

Newcomer

Pelsjager

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 5, 2012, 2:27:23 AM

Roughly 20 years ago we got a Nintendo. I was about 4 years old, so, I guess it've barely scratched the 20 year mark.

Brusiol

Forgotten Guardian

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Brusiol

Forgotten Guardian

29 300g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 4, 2012, 10:53:05 AM

playing 20+

(commodore 64, amiga 500, amiga 1200, playstation, pc)

DeathSarge

Newcomer

DeathSarge

Newcomer

16 800g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 2, 2012, 11:46:31 PM

Nearly exactly 20, Commander Keen on DOS was my first.

Kingherod

Newcomer

Kingherod

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 2, 2012, 10:38:48 PM

ComradePaddock wrote:
playing since 2003 halo my first ever game as a child :3

WOW, You are a baby and I AM OLD! LOL oO'

murph

Newcomer

murph

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 2, 2012, 4:16:10 PM

Haha, way to make some of us feel old. 20+ here. Can't remember if Prince of Persia (PC) or Mario (NES) was my first game.

Kingherod

Newcomer

Kingherod

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 2, 2012, 3:44:57 PM

Started playing on an Atari 2600 back in '86 I was about 5 years old, but I still remember most of the games and how they played. Didn't get my first PC until I was 9. It was a 386/SX 33mhz with a 5 1/4" floppy drive and DOS only. I spent hours playing text based games and a few flight games. Anyone here remember Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator or Sopwith?

ComradePaddock

Newcomer

ComradePaddock

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 2, 2012, 2:47:08 PM

playing since 2003 halo my first ever game as a child :3

VIPSharidann

Newcomer

VIPSharidann

Newcomer

16 500g2g pts

12 years ago

May 31, 2012, 7:37:33 AM

began with pencil and paper RPGs when I was about 11 or 12 in school, then boardgames, then computer games.... slowly coming to the 30 years mark as a gamer.

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

Astra

Survivor Cosmonaut

57 800g2g pts

13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 5:26:46 PM

Just as the title asks.

How long have we been "gamers"? I'm thinking mostly of video games, but any and all games are allowed -- post in the comments and tell us what games you play!

Inquisitioner

Officer

Inquisitioner

Officer

20 000g2g pts

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 10:45:29 AM

3 weeks to 1 month? Yeah... Riiiiiight..

PolytheistGoat

Newcomer

PolytheistGoat

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 10:07:49 AM

Celebratin' twenty two years of gaming here!

And to any worrying 'bout age (pah, the singularity'll take the edge off anyhoo) - gamers don't age, we just improve. Like a quality new edition rulebook.

beaker

Newcomer

beaker

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 9:53:47 AM

Since the C64 !!! I was a child, but i remember inserting floppies to play!!

Baerschke

Newcomer

Baerschke

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 28, 2012, 5:51:20 PM

Since 1990 - started with the Commodore C64, followed by an Amiga 500. Since 1994 on PC.

H.P.Winrarsauce

Old Newcomer

H.P.Winrarsauce

Old Newcomer

6 200g2g pts

12 years ago

May 27, 2012, 10:35:01 PM

Since that first day when I was 6, and I played Pokemon Red on an emulator, then, at 7, Age of Empires 2.

Martok

Newcomer

Martok

Newcomer

9 100g2g pts

12 years ago

May 27, 2012, 12:37:56 AM

Going back to when my siblings and I had an original NES, I suppose I've been gaming in some form or another (although I switched from consoles to mostly PC titles after a while) for around 25 years now.

Slytherin

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Slytherin

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12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 8:01:52 PM

I go back to Galaga...

Polistes

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Polistes

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12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 7:41:58 PM

Over 10 years, started when I was 12.... Yeah Im approaching the 20 years mark... Im old

kurim

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kurim

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6 000g2g pts

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 2:30:45 PM

First Games,... Digger on 8086 @ age of 3... so I played for 25 years *g*