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While I had a 8088 based PC, the hours spent on a friend's 1040ST playing games were in the 500+ Really grateful to the friend and to Atari of course :)
by gbil 2y ago
While I had a 8088 based PC, the hours spent on a friend's 1040ST playing games were in the 500+
Really grateful to the friend and to Atari of course :)
- glimshe 2y agoThis is no longer a common personal dynamic for kids. I grew up going to my buddy's place to play CoCo and MSX, to my uncle's to play Atari 800 and Mac, and friends came over to play Apple 2 and ZX Spectrum. My kid plays with friends, but it's all online through Discord.
- pixxel 2y agoWhilst games were loading we used to go outside and play football or whatever. Taking turns to run indoors to check loading hadn’t crashed. I got to enjoy the rugged real world, and offline technology; for that I’m very grateful.
- rbanffy 2y agoThey sometimes go to each other's houses to play platform-specific games - the kid with the PS5 will go to the kid with the Nintendo and will play Mario something with the other kid who has an Xbox.