.... and there after?
Showing me age here but I was first hooked with computers waaaay back in 1981 when my cousin proudly showed me his ZX81 with it's 16k RAM pack strapped to the back and secured with elastic bands and a game I still believe was the forefront of 3D games - Monster Maze. Hard to believe that such a game of which graphics were made up of blocks (and alphanumerical!) could scare the crap out of me!
Well I begged my parents for one (and threatened to phone childline if they didn't but I don't think the latter part is true cos I can't remember exactly when childline started...and I'm kidding) and I got a ZX81 that Christmas! Boy, did I have fun getting the goddamn games to load. If the volume of your cassette deck wasn't right (those noises.... never forget it!) or you so accidentally knocked the ZX81, twenty minutes of waiting for a game to load resulted in... no game. Then starting all over again. Can't believe how impatient I get waiting for a game to load on the PC now which is only seconds!!!
After the ZX81 I went onto the ZX Spectrum with the infamous rubber keyboard. I even bought a DK'Tronics keyboard to go over the top of it. First experience of "proper keys" lol. Lost track of how many games I had for this. Who remembers the company Ultimate Play the Game? Classics like PSSSST, Knight Lore, Jetman, etc. Can't actually remember what the first game was I played on the Spectrum though...
From the Spectrum, I went on to Amiga 500 (soon after, the A1200). My favourite machine of all time. Games, applications, graphics, even programming (released a PD game that went world-wide). First game I ever played on this was Defender of the Crown. Finally parted with it last year. Fortunately I can still play all the classic games for Amiga through an brilliant emulator called WinUAE. Games are free too. Best games of all time on this though for me has to be Slam Tilt (Pinball) and The Settlers... and probably about 60 others too. LOL.
So what was your first "home computer" and can you remember the first game you ever played on it? Tell us what other computers you had too!