Commanders Age Span

Not related at all to the game or group
User avatar
Cmdr Kharma
Dangerous
Dangerous
Posts: 3776
Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:28 pm
CMDR: Kharma
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby Cmdr Kharma » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:12 pm

Fuck me........

That brings back a few.......

Where peek and especially poke actually meant something.....

:)
Image

Tor.....Hold on.......Tor.......Wait a bit.....TOR will you stop fecking firing.......Ok......Tor I know a therapist that can help you....... :D My Cmdr also has small feet

User avatar
de Carabas
Master
Master
Posts: 1260
Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:23 pm
CMDR: de Carabas
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby de Carabas » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:25 pm

Was on the BBC micro in '84 when I first got hooked. Loading the game off of 5 1/4 inch floppy drive..... I'm 43 and still recall the amazement at seeing those 3D line graphics.
Image
Rename your screen shots automatically! - Screen Shot Changer Visit MartianFire for more info.

User avatar
MadAzmo
Harmless
Harmless
Posts: 23
Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:04 pm
CMDR: MadAzmo
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: RE: Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby MadAzmo » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:14 pm

Kiltrathi wrote:Right on, commander!

I was 13 when I first played Elite on my ZX Spectrum. I just can't help myself but fall in love with this new version, to some amusement of my wife. I swear I can hear her snigger when I say the word commander out loud.

Well your forum name brings back memories of Wing Commander played when I was a kid.

I am turning 33 in a month and I love you all, truly.

Looking forward to see you in space, Commanders!

PS: I was missing the Space genre since then and nothing let me feel completely happy until I saw the ED teaser years ago.
I still remember the faces me and my bestie made.

Inviato dal mio UMI_SUPER utilizzando Tapatalk
Image

User avatar
Cmdr Kharma
Dangerous
Dangerous
Posts: 3776
Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:28 pm
CMDR: Kharma
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby Cmdr Kharma » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:19 pm

de Carabas wrote:Was on the BBC micro in '84 when I first got hooked. Loading the game off of 5 1/4 inch floppy drive..... I'm 43 and still recall the amazement at seeing those 3D line graphics.


And again being me........

That was when code optimisation actually meant something......
Image

Tor.....Hold on.......Tor.......Wait a bit.....TOR will you stop fecking firing.......Ok......Tor I know a therapist that can help you....... :D My Cmdr also has small feet

User avatar
Cmdr Kharma
Dangerous
Dangerous
Posts: 3776
Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:28 pm
CMDR: Kharma
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: RE: Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby Cmdr Kharma » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:23 pm

MadAzmo wrote:I am turning 33 in a month


Whippersnapper.........

:D
Image

Tor.....Hold on.......Tor.......Wait a bit.....TOR will you stop fecking firing.......Ok......Tor I know a therapist that can help you....... :D My Cmdr also has small feet

User avatar
energygap
Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless
Posts: 40
Joined: Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:17 am
CMDR: energygap
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby energygap » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:27 pm

I was 16 when I played the original back in 1984, I am now 48 and still play games on my computer and Xbox. I love playing Elite and I'm just a big kid at heart, always have been. My friends call me Peter Pan, cos I've never really grown up and don't look or act my age, apparently.

Do what makes you happy, life's too short.

User avatar
JohnLuke
Deadly
Deadly
Posts: 5172
Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:24 am
CMDR: JohnLuke
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby JohnLuke » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:00 pm

Damn bunch of punk kids around here in their 30's and 40's. Christ. :roll:

My first video game was Pong.

Yup, I'm that old.

54 to be exact. I've been a video game junkie since I was a teenager. You'll have to pry the HOTAS, game pad, steering wheel, or mouse out of my cold hands when I'm dead. Oh, and if I'm using the Vive and am non-responsive..... please make sure I'm still breathing. :shock:
-JL

Discord Admin
Forum moderator
FB Group moderator

Image

User avatar
IronDuke
Competent
Competent
Posts: 185
Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:15 pm
CMDR: Iron Duke
CMDR_Platform: None Specified
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby IronDuke » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:04 pm

I started off on the BBC Model B in 84', soon to be 49 and still gaming: In a moment of pure insanity I Just pissed the wife off by ordering a BBC off ebay and having it shipped to Canada :shock: and with all the other gumpf like power converter and RGB conversion unit, it's added up to quite a bit (and that's in Pounds! - Yikes). Heck, I feel my time is running out already :lol:
Image
Distant Worlds Expedition 3302 | 65000 LY From SOL Club

User avatar
pargyrak
Master
Master
Posts: 962
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:11 pm
CMDR: pargyrak
CMDR_Platform: None Specified
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby pargyrak » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:00 pm

Started playing Elite on a ZX Spectrum Plus (upgrade from ZX 81) but most of the time on Elite was on Amstrad CPC 6128.

ON PCs I have played only Wing Commander, Privateer, one more space sim from M$ that can't remember and now E : D. Wife does not thing I am crazy...yet. We were doing the Holo-Me thing tonight together while rocking the baby to sleep...:)
Order of Mobius Council
Image
Friends call me pargy

User avatar
MadAzmo
Harmless
Harmless
Posts: 23
Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:04 pm
CMDR: MadAzmo
CMDR_Platform: PC-MAC
Contact:

Re: Commanders Age Span

Postby MadAzmo » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:30 am

It might change the era but we always do the same thing, but with different heirlooms.
I bough off eBay a NES and am jealously saving my old 286 slightly younger than me with a working HDD "full" of oldies inside it.

You are all warming my heart up and I am now less concerned about becoming a seasoned videogame player in the near future.

Home, al last.

PS: I started my technological addiction back in '89 when I was only 5 with an IBM PC. I envy your older experience with its ancestors.


Inviato dal mio UMI_SUPER utilizzando Tapatalk
Image


Return to “Off-Topic”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 38 guests

cron
i