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Zerlyna, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Atari 2600: combat and ET

DuskLoaf, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

I vaguely remember playing Aladdin on the N64 and a ton of Super Mario 64, that game was oddly ominous in my memories

metaStatic, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

C=64

Wizard of Wor

ElectronSoup, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

The first game I played was Space Invaders in my dad's local pub, he took me specifically to see and experience it.

The first to play at home was a variant of the grandstand 5000.

Then I played an atari 2600 at a cousin's house, and I fell in love with centipede.

Shurimal, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I upgrade when the opsys gets hopelessly outdated (as in apps no longer supporting it) or the device physically breaks. My last phone (Huawei Ascend P7) lasted for 7 years, but the Android 4.4 got just a bit too old, plus I cracked the screen a month after removing the battered to hell glass screen protector...

I don't care much about the phone not getting OS updates since I don't keep anything important on a phone in the first place and I don't care much about CPU/GPU performance since I don't run intensive apps on my phone—that's what my desktop and server are for. My current phone I bought last year will last probably for 5 more years.

counselwolf, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

I remember it was duck hunt or an snes game of Popeye which is based on the original Donkey Kong iirc.

MixedUpMarbles, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

There is a HUGE difference in 4 and 12 GB of ram if you’re using 20 different apps at once that are all running background tasks.

The camera raw megapixel are of little significance these days but things like optical zoom or a larger sensor and aperture make a lot of difference.

The main reason to upgrade otherwise is unsupported OS versions. you’ll stop getting security updates leaving your phone vulnerable to attack.

TheAnonymouseJoker, 2 years ago

4 GB is not sufficient. Glad to have bought a 6 GB RAM device 4 years ago. 6-8 GB RAM is more than sufficient, 12 is overkill. There is some device now even with 24 GB RAM.

visnudeva, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

The first I owned was Alex kid on Sega master system

axtualdave, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

The first one I played was Zelda, on a gold cartridge, on the original NES.

The oldest system I played on was an Atari.

The oldest system I played games on was an Appie IIe, and it was Sticky Bear Basket Bounce. That game is like, my youth.

sagrotan, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

My mother in law died after long sickness and she kinda connected phones, not the best, not the most expensive, but now I’m stuck with 8 phones, all ok for me, this one has that, and that one has this, I’m very confused what I should do, but on principle I’ll never to buy a phones for 1300 € plus, that’s about what a decent one would cost me these days, nope, never. Now I’m up to rooting My collection of Chinese spying apparati, yeah! I WILL SURVIVE THIS! Cheaply!

crossfadedragon, 2 years ago in What is the best peice of media you ever interacted with?

it’s a 3 way tie between link’s awakening [original], a link to the past, and ocarina of time for me. loved the mechanics, music, and just exploring.

Dirk, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Mmmh, not sure. Problably Outlaw.

Carter, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Super Mario World on the SNES.

Flaky_Fish69, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

First video game I remember playing? Short Order on NES (with the pad.) That was followed shortly by monopoly- also NES.

First game I beat? was dad's copy of Zelda (NES,) Which... I wasn't supposed to be playing. I got caught when I saw my dad was struggling with the water temple.
"Dad...dad DAD. you go here. get that. Do this. And then do this that and this."
"Oh. Cool. wait. how do you know this?"
"Oh i beat it last week."
<awkward pause>
"you better pay attention. that's the boss."
"We're not telling mom about this."

float, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

Galaxy S10e gang checking in. Resoldered the USB port because it was corroded. Everything else is working perfectly fine. No plans to ditch it as of now.

TheAnonymouseJoker, 2 years ago

Got any clues on a modern compact device, other than Asus Zenfone 10? Its getting so bad for us compact enjoyers, and all the research makes me end up either on Zenfones, Sonys and budget Oppos/Vivos.