r/videogames • u/Mintangah17 PlayStation • 12h ago

Discussion / Question what was the very first piece of hardware that started your gaming journey?

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 8h ago

Commodore 64.

I actually copied games by typing the code that had been published in a magazine.

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u/DarthWraith22 5h ago

And the gaming magazines publishing POKE cheat codes for various games in each issue… Ah, those were the days.

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u/Mr-Red33 7h ago

And also was playing games from a cassette player

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u/brasry 7h ago

LOAD

PRESS PLAY ON TAPE

Ah the memories of those carefree days....

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u/baronoffeces 7h ago

BCs Quest and Zork! and typing in whole games from big old books from Waldenbooks

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u/Mindless_Wishbone316 1m ago

Check out C64 Appreciation Society on YT .. dude types them in from Compute's Gazette. Super relaxing!