discussion Games Consols..... Too old?

[Guest]

was quite addicted to pc games for years, until it got expensive upgrading for the new generation of games.half life 1 and 2 were my faves. unreal tournament, plus the call of duty and medal of honour series. tried playing on the kids consoles but just could not get to grips with the controllers. like the keyboard and mouse approach. oh and serious sam,brilliant game. started off on bbc micro and had most early computers at one time. used to type my own programs out on zx81 .

 

[Guest]

Ha ha, you'll find online COD a bit pointless once you're past 60 - reactions just don't cut it with 14 year olds with 400 hours under their belts, but otherwise, hell yeah, old gamers rock!

Not going to argue with that..... Havent played online for a few years, games and players were getting quicker... And i was getting slower.

 

[john i am]

Ha ha, you'll find online COD a bit pointless once you're past 60 - reactions just don't cut it with 14 year olds with 400 hours under their belts, but otherwise, hell yeah, old gamers rock!

Beg to differ john I'm 51 and I've kicked many a teenagers ass on cod total ownage can still strike like a snake even at my age

 

[Guest]

Beg to differ john I'm 51 and I've kicked many a teenagers ass on cod total ownage can still strike like a snake even at my age

Probably hold my own on keyboard and mouse.... Different story on a PS controller

 

[Guest]

was quite addicted to pc games for years, until it got expensive upgrading for the new generation of games.half life 1 and 2 were my faves. unreal tournament, plus the call of duty and medal of honour series. tried playing on the kids consoles but just could not get to grips with the controllers. like the keyboard and mouse approach. oh and serious sam,brilliant game. started off on bbc micro and had most early computers at one time. used to type my own programs out on zx81 .

Ahhhh Half-life 1&2, counterstrike and team fortress.. Glory days (f###### Lagggg).... Can remember upgrading the RAM on my DX66 (typing DOS commands) from 4mb to 8mb.... Cost me about £100

 

[peterairfix]

In my 20s i could spend hours on a games consol now i would play for an hour and six months later i would sell it so to me no interest but i did like the moh series and the resident evil series.

 

[flyjoe180]

Flight simulators... if it isn't paying I don't play

 

[monica]

did play LOTRO for 7 yrs ever day for hrs on end,but once taking back up modeling dont real have time to sit down and


play ,i only use my PC,


but i do like a good zombie game,lefted for dead,dead island are good one,s and if having a bad day or very bad one,better


to go kill zombies for a few hrs lol,

 

[Guest]

Never too old! I’m 72 and still fly sims on my iPad Pro. It’s the boy/girl in us that keeps us going!

 

[PaulTRose]

never been interested............alwys had other things wanting my time

 

[Guest]

Fallout 3 and 4 and all add ons, any WW2 first person shooter and road racing.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

+1 for the Fallout franchise, just finished my 3rd run through of F4 with all the DLC's.

I've now started Red Dead Redemption 2, so thats the next few months sorted out.

 

[Guest]

Never too old! I’m 72 and still fly sims on my iPad Pro.

I used to play World of Warcraft until about 3–4 years ago, and one of the other players in the guild I was in, was the same age as my mother. So yes, you’re never too old to play video games.

 

[Guest]

I've now started Red Dead Redemption 2, so thats the next few months sorted out.

+1

 

[Guest]

Ha. At 70 I was playing against my eldest Grandson. GTA, loved it, driving a big rig along the high way knocking cars out of the way. Or holed up in garage blasting at the Police.
Still have all the kit, but gathering dust as he's moved a way.:crying: We had some great times together, this thread has brought back some great memories.
John.

 

[Gauge1TrainsDK]

I've played games since I was a little kid, but as I remember the time I stopped was around when I got my employment just before finishing uni. I havn't been bored with my work since, but I still find games interesting - just not able to compete with my work, which is very time consuming by choice, and models (trains and kits).

Started with an old Atari 2600, which I had many, many hours of fun with, and did not care if it was new. It was entertaining! Space Invaders, Combat, Missile Command, Ms. Pacman.

Then moved on to Commodore 64 which I got for christmas one year, and I played for days on end: Batman, Midnight Resistance, Donald Duck's Playground, Mega Apocalypse, Silkworm, International Karate, Borrowed Time, Golden Axe, E-Swat, etc., etc., etc.

Around age 14, I bought a pc, and a new world opened up: Warlords, Under A Killing Moon, MegaRace, Civilization II (I think this is the game I played the most during my life), Command & Conquer (got it for my birthday, it had just come out), HOMM 3, Fantasy General, Master of Orion 1 and 2, Carmageddon, Total Annihilation, Worms, Rogue Squadron, Incubation, Subculture, internet porn, etc., etc., etc.

Continued with PC, and played Civ II multiplayer WWII with my friend through many years, Battlefield 1942 (I still play that!), Rome: Total War (probably some of the best single and multiplayer fun I've had!), Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Q3, Theme Park, Raptor, Transport Tycoon, internet porn, etc., etc., etc.

Bought an Xbox at some point, and played that some. Fifa and Forza Motorsport multiplayer with beer and lots of laughs. Simple! Dead or Alive 4. Great graphics and body physics engine

My C64 broke, but in the last few years, I've bought an Atari 2600, Amiga 500 (Pinball Dreams!!! Golden Axe some), Sega Master System v2, Spectrum 128k disc, Spectrum 128k tape, and Sega Saturn. So, I too was bitten by the retro goat.

Nowadays, I still play occasionally. Completed Return to Castle Wolfenstein until the end boss, at which point the GOG-release crashes during the fight, and I can't be bothered. Civilization IV, but it's not the same as II. Carmageddon: Max Damage! Internet porn, maybe. Medieval 2: Total War. Panzer General and Order of Battle with an old friend.

It's been an incredible and fun ride! Not sure how much I will do it in the future, but the memories will still make me feel good.

It was FUN!

 

[Guest]

...Battlefield 1942 (I still play that!)...

Good man!!
Did you play Desert Combat (I think it was called)...a mod from BF 1942? Hours & hours of fun playing that. Back when it was all a bit easier :smiling:

I gave up a bit after 50. Battlefield 4 & a few COD variants. I just couldn't keep up with the teenagers any more and well sadly it just became...not fun any more! Also my PC needed an upgrade to play BF1 so I threw in the towel.
I do miss it sometimes, but then again I don't really apart from the camaraderie of being in a clan for 15 years!

 

[Gauge1TrainsDK]

Good man!!
Did you play Desert Combat (I think it was called)...a mod from BF 1942? Hours & hours of fun playing that. Back when it was all a bit easier :smiling:

I gave up a bit after 50. Battlefield 4 & a few COD variants. I just couldn't keep up with the teenagers any more and well sadly it just became...not fun any more! Also my PC needed an upgrade to play BF1 so I threw in the towel.
I do miss it sometimes, but then again I don't really apart from the camaraderie of being in a clan for 15 years!

I have not tried Desert Combat. I also do find online play to be a bit discouraging sometimes, but not with BF 1942, even though lots of people will continually wipe my ass with my entrails. I was never in a clan, because I could not find the time for that as such. I needed it to be unobligatory, also.

 

[spanner570]

I'm still trying to finish PS4 Ghost Recon - Wildlands which my son bought me for my birthday earlier this year.
Like some others on here me, along with my then very young sons. were in at the start of it all too. I well remember my wife laboriously typing out a whole A4 page of computer nonsense from a magazine only to have a black silhouette of a tank march across the T.V. screen...end of programme! Wonderful stuff at the time though.

I still enjoy playing games ( Too old-Grow up? why?)

Here's me still playing big boys games with my Airsoft Assault Rifle.... My two sons bought me the sweat shirt for my 60th. That's 10 years ago. I still go and have a blast now and then, but now I have to let the enemy come to me rather than chase around the woods as I used to. I wait until I see the whites of their eyes. You can't intentionally shoot at faces, so I aim for their bo****ks.....:tears-of-joy: This also gives me a chance to grab a drink of Ovaltine from my flask...:hungry:

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.....so, as long as you are able, do what you can whilst you can. Who cares what others think or say, it's your life and it's not a rehearsal either!

Cheers.
Oliver Hardy

 

[Ian M]

Another senior delinquent her. Love my relaxing at the pc. Rather annoyed that Windows 10 no longer supports all the controllers I have. Driving an articulated lory or a tractor with a keyboard is not the same.
Used to play a lot of Battlefield, ghost recon but they to are to old to run on my PC. i might buy one of the new shoot em up games but have better things to use my pocket money on these days....