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Main - The βetaMax Entertainment Center - Your first experiences with computers (1) |
Kiyoshi |
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HEY HEY HEY STAY OUTTA MAH SHED Level: 64 Posts: 22/1016 EXP: 2171601 Next: 42496 Since: 01-02-12 Last post: 4384 days Last view: 4355 days |
As this forum is named after Betamax...
I wonder how many of you ever actually used a Betamax VCR (I remember I did, noisy spring-loaded buttons FTW), or the even better, the Philips Video 2000 system (perfect still image). But in this thread I would like to know about what the thread title says. After using my brother's Scheidegger typing machine for a while, I was a proud owner of a Commodore 64. I liked the simple but often creatively designed games, and I programmed some funny shit in BASIC and assembler. I also made an NSFW futa game in SEUCK, I am glad I don't have it anymore Some of the games I enjoyed were Spy Hunter, Space Taxi and Fort Apocalypse. My first PC was a crappy Packard Bell 486SX. Half of its 160 MB hard drive was filled with crapware. Some games I enjoyed by then were Megarace, Simcity and Doom. ____________________ I don't give a flying feather |
Marzen64 |
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T̨̞͎͓͉̮͓̠o͚͎o ̴̘̼̳͔̥̺͓m̤̤a̸̳̫̜̠̬͉̗ny͕̳ ̥͈̘̞͟c͚̦̳̘̠̟ͅo҉̗͎̮̣͉o̷͍̤̥̞͔͎̹k҉͙̲̩͍̮̮s͈̼͎ Level: 82 Posts: 25/1774 EXP: 5010501 Next: 198726 Since: 01-02-12 From: Internet Last post: 3404 days Last view: 2690 days |
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Not okay Prophet of Celestia Level: 93 Posts: 19/2423 EXP: 7998715 Next: 54095 Since: 01-01-12 From: The Netherlands Last post: 2027 days Last view: 342 days |
I've had a Betamax system in the house way back then 'round the time we also had an MSX. My first computer experience that I still have memories of was our hackintosh (a Lisa modded to run Mac Classic software). My first self-owned system was an Epson HX-20. |
GreyMaria |
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~< Outta here. |
Windows motherfuckin' 95, baby.
God I had so many awesome DOS games I would play on that thing. I can never remember the names of 98% of them, though. Except for Troy. That little green dragon that ran around BRIGHT FUCKING CYAN dungeons. I have that lying around somewhere on my hard drive right now actually. I figured out the level data format too. |
Trelior |
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Level: 127 Posts: 33/4986 EXP: 23609408 Next: 117158 Since: 01-02-12 Last post: 1261 days Last view: 1261 days |
My first experience with computers was probably when I was five. We had a computer than ran DOS and Windows 95. I remember being a very software-destructive hellion. |
Epele |
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The Sorceress. Boing~ Level: 235 Posts: 14/20774 EXP: 200802810 Next: 1123082 Since: 01-01-12 From: UK Last post: 841 days Last view: 35 min. |
Windows 95 for me. Mostly paint until a handful of floppy disk games popped up - Space Invaders, Galaxian and Charm II.
I almost want to play Charm II again - but I need to make a clone exe to read the old level files. The world could always use more heroes! |
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Goddess of the Apocalypse Level: 199 Posts: 7/14042 EXP: 111566527 Next: 1570557 Since: 01-03-12 From: Boston, MA Last post: 257 days Last view: 257 days |
♥7 ✿4495 ★20 I think we may have had Windows 3.1, but my first real experience were probably with the Mac OS 7 machines they had at my elementary school... (I do have vague memories of an Apple II in Kindergarten- this is was 1995, mind you ) I remember I updated them to OS 8 and the computer people were stunned I could figure that out.
The first home machine I was allowed to use heavily had Windows 95, I remember having all sorts of games on that thing. (We had some "Game Empire" CD that had a ton of demos and what-not, I thought it was the best thing ever) Also I was really fascinated by Lotus Organizer for some reason. |
Trelior |
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Level: 127 Posts: 41/4986 EXP: 23609408 Next: 117158 Since: 01-02-12 Last post: 1261 days Last view: 1261 days |
Posted by GywallCan't you use DOSBox? |
Epele |
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The Sorceress. Boing~ Level: 235 Posts: 16/20774 EXP: 200802810 Next: 1123082 Since: 01-01-12 From: UK Last post: 841 days Last view: 35 min. |
Posted by TreliorPosted by GywallCan't you use DOSBox? No. It's a 16-bit windows exe. :/ Kinda unique - I know it was programmed in VB3 (due to a dll file) The world could always use more heroes! |
Kiyoshi |
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HEY HEY HEY STAY OUTTA MAH SHED Level: 64 Posts: 38/1016 EXP: 2171601 Next: 42496 Since: 01-02-12 Last post: 4384 days Last view: 4355 days |
Posted by GywallThen it should work on DOSBox, I got my old Windows 3.11 games working on it, even the ones that use WinG (prototype DirectX).Posted by TreliorPosted by GywallCan't you use DOSBox? You will need the files on the original Windows 3.11 floppies and install it in DOSBox though (Google is your friend). ____________________ I don't give a flying feather |
Emuz |
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11 Hit Combo: Mother's Rosario Level: 108 Posts: 60/3392 EXP: 13251769 Next: 268730 Since: 12-30-11 From: Akron, Ohio; USA Last post: 143 days Last view: 18 days |
Back when I was little my father had a Commodore 64. (and an Atari 400 for that matter) Basically I played with Commodore BASIC, and some of the arcade game clones.
After that went I started Kindergaten the school I went to had a pilot program that not only had Apple ][s but an actual Macintosh. The only one in the whole district. (the next year was different.. everyone that school had one) Used play those old MECC games like Oregon Trail, and Number Munchers. Soon after than I kind of ran the computer in my class room. (seemed to happen every year of my school too. I sended up being a lap tech in high school.) The Dynamic Profile Administrator™"Never Knows Best" Note: if you can see this my layout broke. ALL THE CREDITS WILL BE REVEALED!! 'Victory Noriko' by @thatsheepagain. 'Chibi Dance Noriko' by @Haru__Kitsu. 'Deity's Night Out (Featuring Gabbie)' by @thatsheepagain Noriko Emotes by @Haru__Kitsu. Side Bar Noriko by @thatsheepagain 'Noriko's Nature Walk' by @projectTiGER_ Emotive Noriko by @thatsheepagain. "Space Candy Noriko" by BerryVerrine. "Super Sharp Noriko" by Xionfes. A gift illustration from the wonderful EverKinzPony! "Magical Girl Noriko" by @cute_hospital! "Patient Chibi Noriko" by @Ruii_ki! 'Dapper '60s Noriko' by @thatsheepagain. 'Shiny Chibi Noriko' by @inioli. 'Flower Veil Noriko' by @Sushiee_. 'Noriko in Realism' by @_Sarybuu. 'Noriko's Midnight Adventure' by @projectTiGER_ 'Yukata Noriko' by @yunyunmaru_ 'Birthday Wishes Noriko' by @thatsheepagain |
GreyMaria |
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~< Outta here. |
Posted by GreyMaria I should ask, just in case someone remembers this time around. Wasn't there one Boulder Dash clone with, like, a debug mode you accessed through the function keys, and... two different types of plasma that could expand at different rates? |
Kiyoshi |
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HEY HEY HEY STAY OUTTA MAH SHED Level: 64 Posts: 43/1016 EXP: 2171601 Next: 42496 Since: 01-02-12 Last post: 4384 days Last view: 4355 days |
Posted by GreyMariaOnly ones I know from that time are Supaplex and Trugg.Posted by GreyMaria You might want to try Rocks & Diamonds, an open-source game that can emulate nearly every Boulder Dash/Sokoban game. ____________________ I don't give a flying feather |
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Red Goomba Flipping paper plumber Level: 15 Posts: 11/35 EXP: 13889 Next: 2495 Since: 12-30-11 Last post: 3655 days Last view: 3654 days |
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Buzzy Beetle Red pandas and stuff Level: 43 Posts: 26/398 EXP: 532493 Next: 32553 Since: 01-01-12 Last post: 2486 days Last view: 688 days |
A childhood friend of a father got a computer i messed with, it being a IBM PC compatible clone is all I remember honestly. And then there was the UNIX based computers at my dads work too.
My first PC was a Compaq Presario 486. It looks almost exactly similar to this image. To my own amusement, Compaq kept some typical things i saw with the 486 up until their end, such as the "read the manual" warning above the keybuttons. OS was Win 3.1 but we used Win95 for most of it's lifetime, I think I used it up until 2002'ish or so. ____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org, YouTube
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Hālian |
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Level: 50 Posts: 8/569 EXP: 909943 Next: 37374 Since: 01-04-12 From: Central Florida Last post: 1817 days Last view: 1501 days |
Maple Post-o-Matic 9.2 Windows 98 on a computer I fixed myself at the age of 7 in early 2004.____________________ Layout by Maple. Hoennese Realm Safir Alliance |
Nick |
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Red Paragoomba Level: 19 Posts: 32/62 EXP: 32733 Next: 3044 Since: 01-03-12 Last post: 4476 days Last view: 4450 days |
Didn't your dad abandon your family before you were born? What? ____________________ /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ WON’T YOU BECOME A MAGICAL GIRL? |
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