After our Apple II+, I didn't touch another Apple Mac computer until I was in college. The Magazine Journalism computer labs used Macs instead of IBM PCs because they were better at print publishing somehow. Took a bit of getting used to.
Remember those multicolored, round Macs they sold in computer stores everywhere in the mid to late 90s?
I actually didn't get a NES right away. I was happy enough playing Pengo on my 5200. Even when my friend got a NES, I enjoyed playing Super Mario Bros. at his house, but it wasn't enough to get me to want to buy one. I actually first played Super Mario Bros. in an arcade anyway. But as soon as Zelda came out, I got one after seeing it at my friend's house. I was impressed you could save the game and come back to it later. So from then on out, I pretty much only played the NES, only to dabble in PC gaming peridoically to play point and click adventures and later on, Lemmings.
I don't know if the Apple IIc was different from the Apple II+ I had, but the IIc had a mouse, so maybe it was. We got our first PC (the Apple II+) when I was about in kindergarten. In fact I remember testing it out at the sales rep's house. He was wearing an Apple rainbow logo shirt and let me sit in his lap to play Pac-Man on the computer we were about to get (remember I was just a little kid). While everyone else was complaining about the bad port of Pac-Man on the 2600, I was happily playing a pretty close arcade version of it on the computer, as well as other arcade games like Frogger and Zaxxon. I also enjoyed a lot of original games on it like Choplifter, Lode Runner, Spare Change, and Aquatron.
I didn't have a ColecoVision, nor did I have any friends or relatives who had one, so my only experiences with it were from commercials and store displays. I remember one display let you play Donkey Kong, and I remember it being pretty impressive for the time. They should make a ColecoVision collection!
I just use the direct link and listen to the podcass from my iPhone. I don't know how much it drains the battery, but I always have a charger nearby so it's not an issue for me.
I wrote a blog about my anticipated games of 2023 here:
http://www.pixlbit.com/blog/20453/cary_is_looking_forward_in_2023
My first 'gaming' PC was the aforementioned Apple ][+. After that I was a fully fledged console gamer. But I did dabble with certain PC games from time to time. Point and click adventures like Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Around high school age I was really into Lemmings on PC. In college I played a lot of Pro Pinball on the PC, as well as Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and classic emulation. Most recently, i would play TellTale's point and click adventures like Sam & Max. But other than that, I've been mostly a console gamer.
If you get a chance, I'd recommend listening to the podcast. I bet you'll learn about some Pokemon games you might want to try.
I'll be lucky if I can beat ONE game in February!
My uncle had an Intellivision back in the day. I remember my cousin and I playing Frog Bog for what seems like hours back then. Not sure why that entertained us so much, but that's kids for ya. I have a PS2 Intellivision collection that's really good.
