The golden age of gaming

[Freyr Oakenshield]

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

[...] besides it's purely subjective [...]

ditto

[MrsWargamer]

I thought about that Table Top Simulator yesterday, and then I realized something....

I have a fiance now...

Wait, I might be about to experience a truly awesome moment in my life

My fiance has shown an interest in my wargames.

SCORE!!

[Kuokkanen]

Congrats! Here's to hope your golden days are just ahead and within reach

[rico21]

Love, the best wargame![&o]
[:D]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

I thought about that Table Top Simulator yesterday, and then I realized something....

I have a fiance now...

Wait, I might be about to experience a truly awesome moment in my life

My fiance has shown an interest in my wargames.

SCORE!!

He's after your game collection!

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

I thought about that Table Top Simulator yesterday, and then I realized something....

I have a fiance now...

Wait, I might be about to experience a truly awesome moment in my life

My fiance has shown an interest in my wargames.

SCORE!!

He's after your game collection!

warspite1

So that is what is meant by "men are after only one thing".....

[JReb]

ORIGINAL: rico21

Love, the best wargame![&o]
[:D]

well said! [:D]

[Kuokkanen]

I just realized something important. As The Immortal John Hancock says in the video: game developers are still alive and original equipment is working. But that won't be forever.

Just some months ago in my brother's house, CRT TV dedicated for our old game consoles went out with a bang. Luckily our mother had 1 to spare, and she brought it over. Jack Tramiel passed 6 years ago, and it won't be long before Grim Reaper will claim more significant people in video game industry one after other.

Equipment fail. People die. We are at (or close to) the tipping point. Have you ever wanted to buy a drink to someone significant and thank him (or her) for the video games and equipment (s)he had worked his/her ass off to make for you? Now's the time to do that. THIS is what The Immortal John Hancock meant. And it took me this long to understand it.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Kuokkanen

I just realized something important. As The Immortal John Hancock says in the video: game developers are still alive and original equipment is working. But that won't be forever.

Just some months ago in my brother's house, CRT TV dedicated for our old game consoles went out with a bang. Luckily our mother had 1 to spare, and she brought it over. Jack Tramiel passed 6 years ago, and it won't be long before Grim Reaper will claim more significant people in video game industry one after other.

Equipment fail. People die. We are at (or close to) the tipping point. Have you ever wanted to buy a drink to someone significant and thank him (or her) for the video games and equipment (s)he had worked his/her ass off to make for you? Now's the time to do that. THIS is what The Immortal John Hancock meant. And it took me this long to understand it.

eBay has lots of old video equipment. I bought a disk drive for my Atari 800 there.

[comodi]

I just watched the video. Kids these days are more concerned with gaming apps you can easily download on OS or Play Store. No need to buy expensive hardware if you don't have the budget for it anymore.

I remember back in the day, I would save my allowance to buy the games I like.

[Perturabo]

I would say that 80s and 90s was the golden age. Boxed games with big manuals, diverse genres of games carried by stores. Stuff that is unthinkable now like Microsoft publishing Close Combat series games.

[altipueri]

Civilization 2 and Sid Meier's Gettysburg.

[Cataphract88]

I loved my old Avalon Hill games.