Hello from the USA

[SDMatt]

#9851

Hi, I just discovered your podcast a few hours ago – I started with the episode for Machiavelli the Prince. I bought this game in 1996 or 1997. I remember it was on a discount rack at CompUSA. Bought it and loved it, and was surprised to hear a podcast episode about it.

Anyway… I started gaming on an Atari 2600 and upgraded to a Commodore 64 around 1986. I also owned a NES with ROB the robot. I didn’t get into DOS PCs until 1994 because I wanted a system that could run some of the Tradewars 2002 helper programs (IYKYK).

I’ve always been into retro, even playing our Atari into the 90s and using a C64 or C128 as my daily driver until 94. I still have my Commodore gear, along with my (broken) NES, Playstation, N64, and Gameboy Color

[TigerQuoll]

#9854

Is something really retro if you never actually stopped using it since it was new?
One of the great philosophical questions…

Welcome SDMatt!

[SDMatt]

#9902

Thanks!

Interesting perspective on retro 🙂

I’d probably have our old 2600 if my dad hadn’t have sold it. We owned Q*Bert’s Qubes, which is a rare title – and I think he ended getting over $200 for all our Atari gear in the late 90s.

I’m catching up on the backlog of podcasts. The Heretic + Hexen Collection is $3 on GOG, and I’ll probably pick it up after listening to the Heretic episode.