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Though I'm a couple of years older, I too am retired. Living where I do in Mid Mexico's far West Coast. There's NO English TV or Radio, and with the exception of "CNN" which as a Republican I can't watch, the satellite "DISH" network is totally in Spanish. Thus I've got hours and hours and more hours invested in this game and a couple of other (Hit Man, No Man's Sky and Red Dead one and two).I'm 68. I've played PC games since they first became a thing. I never played the original Elite, though. Now I have over 3000 hours in ED. Being retired has certain time advantages. All I ever wanted was to retire and play video games, so now I do
That's a very good question! I thought myself as old (40s) due to the majority of players I interact with on my platform, but then I came to this forum and slowly realized that I'm probably "young" by comparison. If I were a PC gamer still, I probably never would have used "Old Duck" as a name, since I kinda expect PC gamers to be old (sorry), whereas console gamers are often the younger millennials and Gen-Z, at least that's been my experience.
So I guess from my frame-of-reference, "old" is 50+ and young is 30s and below... Anyone in their 40s is "just right", unless they use C64 to say that EBL is acceptable
Ah Deus Ex 1 and Max Payne 1. So much fun when they first came out. Actually, with Deus Ex 1, my partner and I have each played it all the way through 10+ times since it's release around...20... years... ago... oh god, the old... it's striking again!I am 'young' (31) so I never played the original games. What draws me to Elite Dangerous? Mostly that almost all other modern games suck, just like modern movies. They all try to do the same thing, while Elite often tries things differently (not always better, sometimes worse, but still more interesting).
Some of my most favourite games:
Jagged Alliance 2
Gothic 1+2
Medieval 2
Mount & Blade
The Witcher 1
Deus Ex 1
Max Payne 1
Need For Speed Porsche
TES Morrowind
Mass Effect 1
Star Wars Kotor 1+2
Neverwinter Nights 1
Some of these games have a sequel that I didn't mention, that's because they suck. Technically The Witcher 3 or Skyrim are better than their predecessors, but they aren't as revolutionary. It's just the same game with better graphics, sometimes it's even the same story just with changed names...
Just like the games in the list above, FDEV has a vision and ambition for Elite. I don't know if they will ever get there. But I prefer an unfulfilled vision over no vision or ambition at all (CoD, BF, AC, etc.).
Me and my dad both played the original on the BBC in 1984 and we both still play E : D now we're mid 40's / 70's, meeting up from time to time when we can in our private group.
The biggest issue for pensioners seems to be trying to squeeze some game time in amongst all of the holidays, gardening, grandchildren, visits to friends etc!
What do you mean, "Archon II"? OG Archon on a C64, thank you. Right after an intense run of Jumpman.Ah Deus Ex 1 and Max Payne 1. So much fun when they first came out. Actually, with Deus Ex 1, my partner and I have each played it all the way through 10+ times since it's release around...20... years... ago... oh god, the old... it's striking again!
Star Wars KOTOR 1 I played through as a joke. Yes, it was a good game. However, it was also a funny game, as it let you play the meta-game "How Stupid Can I make the Jedi look?" Me: "No, yoda-knockoff (in charge of the Jedi and checking before the final battle) everything is fine over here. Why do you ask?" Meanwhile, my skin is pale white with massive veins (Palpatine looked better than me), the assassin droid HK-47 likes me better NOW than I did before the Jedi mind wipe, and I use force lightning for everything. lol Oh, good times.
Neverwinter NIghts 1 (plus expansions) was fun, but was "meh" within a year or two, so I rarely think about it. Morrowind was ok at the time, but then got so boring I didn't come back to the series until Skyrim... and didn't even play that until had been out for five years. Witcher 3 is in my backlog, and where I will be entering that series...
Is anyone here old enough to remember and love Star Control II and played it and the (still available) freeware/updated version "The Ur-Quan Masters"? How about Archon II Adept?
You da man. Right behind ye.I'm 68. I've played PC games since they first became a thing. I never played the original Elite, though. Now I have over 3000 hours in ED. Being retired has certain time advantages. All I ever wanted was to retire and play video games, so now I do
That predates me. I typed my games in Commodore Basic from the back of a magazine, at first with no option to save! Eventually I could save them to tape, then disk, then better disk. I also learned to write my own games, including some of my own 6502 assembly subroutines for performance. Sure beat "dating" and going to dances and all that nonsense my classmates were doing at the time, LOL.I wrote and played games, using paper tape feeds, back in the 70's.
The PDP-8 allowed the 8x8 Star Trek to be expanded to a 64x64 universe on an 8" floppy. I wrote my own.
I wrote and played games, using paper tape feeds, back in the 70's.
The PDP-8 allowed the 8x8 Star Trek to be expanded to a 64x64 universe on an 8" floppy. I wrote my own.
I am an Eisenhower Administration build, rejected from the factory. Started flying, and firing automatic weapons before JFK went to Dallas. Avoid Dallas.
I am also a dog.