Another Old Man enters the Milieu

[PoorlyAged]

Hello all.

 

I'm retired. Been gaming for awhile now, I started on my son's NES. Moved to PC a decade or so ago. I have some ideas for mods, but my learning curve is steep. Please, be patient while I stumble and fall and ask for help.

 

See you in the Funnies.

Edited January 17, 2017 by PoorlyAged

[soupdragon1234]

Welcome. You've got a few years on me but its never too old to learn anything I didn't know a thing about modding never mind Bethesda games a few years ago and now I have thirteen mods hosted on Nexus. :smile:

[dalvarion]

Nice to meet another aging gamer as they say, I myself just had to retire, not by choice as they say, but I am looking into learning how to mod, any tips maybe free online courses or something someone can guide me to.

[ElectricMessiah]

You have a few years on me as well. Turned 48 last Nov.

I'd just written the below post on another thread, but it may apply here. :smile:

Keep in mind all the listed transitions came with their own learning curves.

Self taught... its not that tough if your willing to stick your face in a manual or website.

When I need to learn about something new with computer hardware, I usually start at www.tomshardware.com

 

 

Monkey Island 1 on Amiga500 and Lemmings on the grey/nicotine-yellow chunk we had as a PC back in the days. Oh, I spent long nights saving those suicidal little rascals. Then came Doom. Enough said ...

 

I started seriously gaming on the Appl ][c.

Kings Quest 1 and Lode Runner were my first addictions. :)

Choplifter also comes to mind... as do the arcade classics.

But they didn't hold me like the KQ series and Lode Runner did.

 

Though I never replaced any internal components of the Apple][c, I did take it partially apart to lean how it worked.

This computer also intruded me to external hardware such as modems and disc drives.

 

I later moved onto the Amiga and owned A2500 w/Video Toaster, A500 and A600 (still in garage somewhere) at various times.

Dungeon Master by FTL was my big addiction in my early Amiga days. DM2:Chaos Strikes Back was my favorite. Think of an early style of Legends of Grimrock.

Learned to do all my own hardware upgrades.

 

Oooh... and don't get me started on Lemmings!!! I miss that game. I'd buy it again if it were on Steam. I think I have something called "clones", but it doesn't compare.

And iirc, Ultima 5/6 and specifically 7 fell in here somewhere. U7 grabbed me too.

 

Then a few years later Commodore went bankrupt. So I sold all my Amiga gear to some company in Hawaii (I lived in Kansas and sold it over FIDONET)

I took that money and bought a car and my first PC Clone. Win 3.11 on a first gen Pentium 1.

 

Dragon Lance and some other SSI games come to mind from that time period. Turn based RPGs.

Also 3D games were not too far off, like Eye of the Beholder series and other similar block RPGs.

 

I also believe this was the time frame I was introduced to Bethesda through Arena and then later Daggerfall.

I never played Redguard or Battlespire (due to bugs and bad reviews), but I pounced hard on Morrowind when it came around years later.

 

I've never looked back since Daggerfall. I knew I was a Bethesda fan then, as much as I hated them. Serious love/hate relationship in those days. lol

 

Since then I've continued to play all the Fallouts (not 1&2) and TES games and they dominate my hard drive and they are all modded. :)

As for Fallouts 1 and 2, I want to play them, but as a mod inside the Fallout 3/FNV/F4 engine. Last I checked F1 was under development as a mod for F3.

 

Diablo 2 was an addiction. Really miss the Necromancer Class from that game. I enjoyed Diablo 3, but it never became an addiction.

Path of Exile is the first game I started paying attention to how many hours I invest in a game. 872 so far, so I guess it qualifies as having grabbed me.

I"m sure I'll go back to the game again some day.

 

 

Tried ESO and just couldn't get into it. I figure MMOs are not my thing.

I do intend to give it another shot in 2017 or 2018 before I uninstall it.

 

And of course, I'm ready and waiting for TES6 and Fallout 5. :drool:

 

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[Atarinut]

Hi all,

I'm another of the old timers...will be 62 in about 19 days!

F04 is the only game I'm playing, even though I have others and, a PS4.

I love this game, and my wife hates it lol!!

Take care gents!

[Deleted2433418User]

Old guy here too ;-) 54 now playing FNV ansd ME2.. started with Sid meiers "Pirates" on C64.. i absolutely detest FO4.. But Skyrim is a "go-to" Game when i get bored

Wife´s a gamer so no problemos on the Homefront when i stare at the screen for hours.. :-)

Take care out there..