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Where are the old (30s) granpa gamers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (3 children)

61 in about 3 weeks. I'm older than Pong, and I game every day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

55 here, and I got to play lunar lander on my dad's lab PDP-8 even before my grandparents got Pong.

Currently working my way through Fallout London.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude, that was my first game too! I kind of wish I still had it (and a screen it would play on).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was 9 or 10 3 first time I saw a Pong arcade machine in a hotel in San Diego.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This was me (figuratively)

https://theweek.com/news/technology/958675/pong-at-50-the-video-game-that-changed-the-world

Gaming has been serious since

https://retrovgames.com/atari2600consolebundle1/

Then I wrote my first game

https://images.app.goo.gl/wNEajrctRbFkJpi18

Now I seek my fortune in glory and plunder

https://seaofthieves.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_of_Thieves

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I love this so much!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm 50 and pong was my first video game. I had to play it on amateur with the bigger paddles because the small ones were insanely small.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Alright, we have enough to run a tournament. Who’s streaming!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I'm also 50 this year, and Pong was my first game as well!

So funny to think that it took an entire console to play one black and white game with primitive graphics and like 4 options... and now we have 3D rendered racing sims we can run on our phones!