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Old 11-18-2011, 02:28 PM   #12
Lucien21
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I started in 1982 with a ZX Spectrum I got for Xmas from my family.

It was an inexpensive computer with 48k of RAM and played mostly text adventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hob...8video_game%29 . Me and my friends would swap games etc so pocket money on those £15 games was shared.

When I went to college in the late 80's I bought an Amiga 500 which was a fountain of adventure games and because I was working while at college I could get games like Monkey Island etc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETHGr...eature=related) either by buying them or by trading them with friends.

I couldn't afford to buy a PC until I graduated in 1991 and had my first job. I bought a 486 PC on credit and paid it off.

As I was working full time I could afford to buy more games by then and I was into adventure games as well as other types.
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