Paranoid Eyes
Warlord
Haavards said:Finnaly one who noticed
How could I not notice? Then again, PF is my favorite band of all time. I'm surprised noone else caught the obvious reference though.
Remember when you where young?
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How could I not notice? Then again, PF is my favorite band of all time. I'm surprised noone else caught the obvious reference though.
warpstorm
Yumbo? Yumbo!
EdCase said:*sigh* ain't that the truth... unless you count the LED calculator (slimline model,...about the size of a housebrick) that resided in my house
Yeah, my dad was an early adopter too. I think he paid something like $500 for that 4 function calculator. It was awesome.
Mr Greenfinch
Chieftain
Paranoid Eyes said:
Huh.. I opened this thread just to adding "you shone like the sun". Lucky me I browsed to the bottom - otherwise double post would appear
Tomorow Nick Mason will sign his book in my town (Warsaw) - the queue will be one kilometer long
Cave Troll
Chieftain
WOW. you couldn't have decribed it any better. *sniff* those were good times *overtaken by a wave of nostalgia*
man i think i still have my 486 vlb in the basement. a good machine.
*overtaken by a wave of nostalgia*man i think i still have my 486 vlb in the basement. a good machine.
Jonathan
Prince
In 1991 I was in Sweden, a bit behind the times then. I had a 386, got a 486 in 1992, and picked up Civ 1 later the same year.
"I'm going where the water tastes like wine. You can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time." (Identify that, please, if you're old enough!)
"I'm going where the water tastes like wine. You can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time." (Identify that, please, if you're old enough!)
Cave Troll
Chieftain
Hmm. Canned heat I beleive don't remember name of the song.
"Yea, I can tell you what the 80's was like."
"Yea, I can tell you what the 80's was like."
Paranoid Eyes
Warlord
Mr Greenfinch said:Huh.. I opened this thread just to adding "you shone like the sun". Lucky me I browsed to the bottom - otherwise double post would appear
Tomorow Nick Mason will sign his book in my town (Warsaw) - the queue will be one kilometer long
Gotta say, I'm reading the book right now, and so far it's not quite all I could have hoped for. Oh well.
I was in eighth grade and had never heard of the game, when a friend of mine started telling me about the game. Since I have always been a history buff, it sounded really awesome, and the more he told me about the game, the more I wanted to play. Then he handed me the coveted three 3.5" disks and I took it home and installed it. It was the start of a new era for me in gaming.
When Civ II came out, I was travelling to Florida with the family. I made a stop in some highway-side town in Georgia at a computer store and bought it. I had to wait several days just reading the manual before I got a chance to play.
All I remember about Civ III was that I was in my last year or two of college when it came out. I remember the excitement of the beautiful new graphics and new units... and the frustration of "WHAT THE HELL?! My modern infantry just died to a friggin spearman!"
And now here I am waiting on Civ IV, hearing it's been delayed, and wondering how I am going to last until tomorrow after work to be able to play!
When Civ II came out, I was travelling to Florida with the family. I made a stop in some highway-side town in Georgia at a computer store and bought it. I had to wait several days just reading the manual before I got a chance to play.
All I remember about Civ III was that I was in my last year or two of college when it came out. I remember the excitement of the beautiful new graphics and new units... and the frustration of "WHAT THE HELL?! My modern infantry just died to a friggin spearman!"
And now here I am waiting on Civ IV, hearing it's been delayed, and wondering how I am going to last until tomorrow after work to be able to play!
CustodianV131
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Aye right on!
That feeling is part of what's making Civilization such a great series. No other computergame has stayed with me for this long!
That feeling is part of what's making Civilization such a great series. No other computergame has stayed with me for this long!
remconius
Deity
Haavards said:
It was my 286 in 16 colors, but I do remember very vividly. I had forgotten, but when I read this I had a mayor flashback. The earth was without form and void.... wow, that's where it all begun.
Hellpig
Chieftain
Paranoid Eyes said:...you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond.
Sorry, I saw the thread title and I just had to.
A weird tribute for Sid Barret... I guess you as PF fans have heard the story that Sid himself walked into the studio as they recorded just that part of the singing.
Anyways, first time I played Civ was not on a x86 machine but the old Amiga. I was stunned by joy
Then I switched to a PC, around 93 - then I became stunned by the low gameability of those days PC's! 
FenrysWulf
Evil Norse Wolf
I also remember having a computer expert come over to my house to show me how to make Master of Magic run on my computer (you had to have a special disk that allowed the computer to start without starting Windows because it used too much memory) and going out to buy 4 megs of ram to double my memory to 8 whole Megs so I could play Civ 2. I also bought a new computer with a CD rom to some extent because I wanted to play Colonization. I've done a lot for Sid over the years, but he's done a lot for me too.
warpstorm
Yumbo? Yumbo!
Haavards said:Finnaly one who noticed
More people might have had the title been "Remember when you were young"
Marcus_Aurelius
The True Emporer
I also played Civ 1 on our family's Amiga 1200 when I was about 13. My parents were the ones who got the game, but they never played, and I was quickly hooked. Now that all these years have passed, they have each ordered a copy of Civ IV because it looks so interesting. I wonder how much my 10+ years of experience will be an advantage to me in family MP games?
mikephenom
Chieftain
What a great thread. My first encounter with Sid was F15 Strike Eagle on C64. The list of titles that were cast aside when Civ came along goes on and on... SimCity, Gunship, Populous, various TSR/SSI productions. There was even this cool air traffic controller game that managed to actually make things that sounded like real sound come out of the pc speaker. My first sound card (Gravis Ultra) didn't come along till i was in high school. Sid still looks pretty young... Civ5 is going to totally rule!
Double Barrel
Deity
EdCase said:*sigh* ain't that the truth... unless you count the LED calculator (slimline model,...about the size of a housebrick
Man, those were the days! The only 'computer' devices around were digital watches, Atari 2600s, and the Coleco handheld football games!
man, I'm feeling old now.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I remember good ol' Civ 2 on the 486, I loved that game.
Hopefully Civ 4 will live up to it, but it will likely not because it lacks sweet nostalgia.
Hopefully Civ 4 will live up to it, but it will likely not because it lacks sweet nostalgia.
