Originally posted by ECHOxxONE:

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

As another old gamer "who has seen it all" I have put Valheim in my top 5 of "best modern games".

In random order: RDR2, KSP, Valheim, Project Zomboid, XCOM2.

Games like these are pure gold.

I started gaming on a C64. Growing up in the 8-bit era, playing all the classics. It has been an amazing experience to see how computers and games have evolved over the past 40 years.

I enjoy reading stories from people like yourself. It's a breath of fresh air.

8 bit hahaaa, how far tech has come and now to be able to stream our game play for other people around the world to connect to on twitch or youtube. Going from no cell phone's to the large bricks and now powerful handheld pc's has been exciting to be apart of.
This will be interesting to see what the next 10 years holds for the game world. Thanks for sharing Eekhoorn.

- 600 baud modems
- Bulletin Boards
- Line shifting :) and hoping for the best
- Arcade Joysticks
- 5 1/4 disks that you could clip to make them double sided
- Tube Televisions
- VCR
- Greenpoints (The Netherlands: transmission mast for cell phones you had to be close to)
- Sending letters (snail mail) to publishers and ask for merchandise (so many posters)
- Copy parties where you'd bring your computer. TV, disk etc. to exchange the latest demos and games... nobody cared. (Remember Fast Hack'em)

Great times. In my memory the most romantic era of gaming. Everything was new, so inefficient, slow, bulky... sometimes even dangerous (bzzzt, ouch) and we all thought it was great! Probably looking with rose colored glasses... but man, those were the days.

Wouldn't want to swap my modern tech though. It's the journey that counts... and it has been one hell of a ride so far. But yeah... still playing old games every now and then.