in 1988 my family got its first computer, i was 5 at the time, and that cristmas we moved to a new town. Here is where i first started playing games, when i was 6, in 1989. First computer, an old microbee somethingorather, first game, pitfall, pacman, all in MONOCHROME BABY!

anyway, 1 year later dad got his first pc, in fact it was the orriginal PC, the IBM 086 XT That introduced me to games like wolfenstien 3D, crystal caves, and many other woderful classics of the XT

The XT kept me entertained whenever my dad would let me use it, eventually intrest faded, and we moved again. This time to sydney. Dad bought a new 286, and once again i played some classic games like goldenaxe, and others. He then upgraded to a 486 with a whopping 66MGhz on turbo, i went threough a phaze of amatuer pirating at the age of 10 and 11, with my friend and the BBS system (yep, long before the internet was publically available)

Then it all changed. Christmas 1995, we got a top of the range pentium, 100 MGhz, and it wasnt for dad, it was for me and my brothers! We also got the game that would change my life forever... Mechwarrior 2. I couldnt get enough of that game, i think i finnished it about 100 x from there i played all the other classics, like doom2, warcraft 2, heroes of might and magic 2... it was an era for 2!!

as i got into my highschool years, PC gaming faded as i concentrated more on studies and friends. However, when my dad once again bought a new PC, a pentium III 660 i returned to the gaming world. games like tony hawkes 2, UT and a few others kept me hooked, then when i finnished highschool i bought my own PC, and havnt gotten off it since :p

actually i have, but this PC has basically evolved form the first specs it had.

Medieval Total War opened me up to the whole online gaming thing, and i havent looked back since