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#31

10-24-2006, 07:55 PM

Palindari™

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RE: In other news tonight..

Funny story...

But during my days in the Army ('92) a close friend thought the Super Nintendo was the shizit when it came to game playing. PC's were just coming into the mainstream and I had the latest and greatest 486 system and I showed him then how much better they were.

He was floored and immediately went out and bought a PC as well. Well buyers remorse set in and he hated loading programs and such - besides learning the computer system all together - he almost sold the thing. Over a 12 pack I convinced him to stick with it and soon he was PC saavy and loving the games (then it was XWing lol) couldn't get him away from the thing.

He got out in '93 and went to college studying Comp Sci and got snatched up by IBM the day of graduation in '96.

He's currently Head of one of their database systems for the Midwest.

And it all started from playing on a Nintendo... lol

I still say he owes me for that 12 pack!

#32

10-25-2006, 01:50 AM

euphoriA4

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RE: In other news tonight..

chaos, do you play the game's music when you play? or do you put on your own tunes? i'm a make-your-own-game soundtrack kinda guy...

#33

10-25-2006, 02:13 AM

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i miss sega. i miss sonic and mortal combat.

#34

10-25-2006, 02:14 AM

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same. most ingame music sux so i just make my own playlists

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10-25-2006, 02:16 AM

euphoriA4

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indeed.it wasn't until the final fantasys on PSX that you could really get into the music...

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10-25-2006, 02:51 AM

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i miss sega. i miss sonic and mortal combat.

with the wonders of modern pirating technology you can relplay all the old games over and over again

i love roms

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10-25-2006, 02:52 AM

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ORIGINAL: Palindari

Funny story...

But during my days in the Army ('92) a close friend thought the Super Nintendo was the shizit when it came to game playing. PC's were just coming into the mainstream and I had the latest and greatest 486 system and I showed him then how much better they were.

He was floored and immediately went out and bought a PC as well. Well buyers remorse set in and he hated loading programs and such - besides learning the computer system all together - he almost sold the thing. Over a 12 pack I convinced him to stick with it and soon he was PC saavy and loving the games (then it was XWing lol) couldn't get him away from the thing.

He got out in '93 and went to college studying Comp Sci and got snatched up by IBM the day of graduation in '96.

He's currently Head of one of their database systems for the Midwest.

And it all started from playing on a Nintendo... lol

I still say he owes me for that 12 pack!

I like this story! I remember playing Red Baron online on a 9600baud modem. You had to reboot after every flight. I was ranked in the top ten in the country on Casey's ladder in X-wing v T Fighter. There were people writing mods and creating models for these games from day to day. These are the people that make up the ranks at gaming companies today. I'm not guessing, I know them. It was an interesting time. It was already corporate to a certain extent, but nothing like today.