Gaming History
Online Gaming (MMO)
I’ve played all of the following to one degree or another.
- mid-1980s: Shades mud on Micronet (Prestel)
- 1990-1992: WarwickLPMud, Mist
- 2002-2005: Dark Ages of Camelot (DAOC)
- 2005-current: World of Warcraft (WoW)
- 2007: Eve Online
- 2008: Lord of the Rings Online
- 2008-2009: Warhammer Online
- 2009: Aion
- 2010: A Tale in the Desert
- 2011: Rift
- 2011-2012: SW:TOR
Offline Gaming (Computers/Consoles/Arcades)
I’ve played many games over the years, but this list is kind of the highlights, in rough chronological order:
- Pong (probably on a Magnavox Odyssey Series)
- 3D Monster Maze (ZX-81)
- Jet Pac (ZX Spectrum)
- Candyfloss (BBC B)
- Chuckie Egg (Dragon)
- Hypersports / Track & Field (Arcade + ZX Spectrum)
- Gorf (Arcade)
- Star Wars (Arcade)
- Super Sprint (Aracde, two wheel B&W version)
- California Games (C-64)
- Championship Manager (C-64, PC)
- Tank Wars (PC)
- Civilization (PC)
- Iron Man Offroad (Arcade)
- Roguelike Games (Angband mainly) (PC/Unix)
- Diablo (PC)
- Civ II (PC)
- Diablo II (PC)
Special mention must go to a calculator game. A very simple game on a Casio calculator (MG-880). Mentioned because the whole family played this in shifts until we clocked the score!