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A few months after Windows 95 came out, my father decided we needed to upgrade, which also required a new computer. Somehow - I don't know how - he decided on a Gateway 2000, and a couple months later, it finally arrived, a Pentium 120mhz with a whopping 2GB hard drive and Win95 preinstalled.
It was around this time that I had my first access to the Internet. We had Prodigy, on a limited number of hours per month. I explored, as a third grader is prone to do, and found a sort of riddle-based game called Labyrinth. There was a witch with a cauldron, some trolls, and that is about all I can remember. One month, I managed to run the Prodigy bill up to $200 or so playing this game; my father came and had a talk with me. (I don't remember him being angry, so much as somewhat stern; he was probably amused.) After that, we switched to AOL, on an unlimited hours plan. (AOL2.5, if I remember correctly.)
Early graphical adventure games were the first games to catch my eye during the Gateway era. A classmate of mine and I beat Myst all by ourselves, then moved on to Return to Zork, The Manhole, and Treasure Quest. Later came sims; first SimAnt (the ancient DOS version), and then the original SimCity. (SimFarm was given as a gift, but I never got interested in it.) Towards the end, I started playing more action-filled games: Quake 1, Command and Conquer, Red Alert.
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Wow, that’s nuts… can’t believe someone else remembers that game.
Posted by Aa at September 17, 2002 10:08 PM :: LinkPost a comment
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I remember Labyrinth! I remember Baba Yaga’s house, making it to that weird town, and making it to the end game but not figuring out the right way to finish it.
Posted by Ben at September 17, 2002 7:33 PM :: Link