Recent posts about the most addicting game, etc. is interesting and all but it got me thinkin about the long haul. I'm about to turn 24, and I'm a lifelong gamer. I started on the NES when my older brother got it for Christmas one year, and I've been hooked ever since. So I thought I'd do a little math and work up a *rough* estimate of how much time I've spent gaming. I might not want to know the answer, but screw it if I'm gonna admit it anywhere it's here. Let's see....The earliest that I can figure I was playin games around the age of 4 or 5. Nowadays I'd say I game 3-6 hours a day, so let's say 4.5 hours a day. As I said before, this is an estimate, and in the long run I think it's roughly accurate. 4.5 hours a day X 365 days in a year = 1,642.5 hours a year 1,642.5 hours X 19.5 years = 32, 028.75 hours or 1,334.5 solid days or 3.66 years Wow... that sounds pretty crazy now that I've done the math. Now I know there were periods where I played more or less but as I said it's a rough average. If anyone else wants to do a little math and figure out their numbers, go ahead I'm curious. BTW... I regret nothing!
Well, figuring an average of hours would be too involved because it kept changing over the years. I would say I was about 5 when I started too (on the Intellivision), so that's 26 years.
I guess on deathbed we will be like "I wish I had those extra 3 years. I would invest them in going out more, meeting people, spending time with my family and friends and appreciating life than sitting in front of a tv watching pictures changing as I press buttons"
I'm 26 and I started on the Atari in the mid 80's, then really got hooked with the NES in 88' and been gaming since. As a career and family man, I only game a few hours per week, but I'm still a big fan, and big advocate for gaming for kids, because I definitely credit gaming to the intellectual growth of my own kids, who are doing great in school.
I have been gaming so long that the system requirements of all my games says "585K of RAM needed to fully enjoy this game!", "VGA compatible!", "over 6 megs of graphics!" or "beautiful 3D graphics with over 80 rendered scenes!". Good times, good times.
Thx all for their input. I admit I was curious tho to see how many ppl would do the math and figure out literally how much time has been spent gaming, and the answer is none people. Just as well though, you may not like what you find :shock:
I am 23 and and the first game I remember playing is Pong on the Atari 2600 in 1990...then I got the NES after couple of years, went crazy over it... so I would say its been 15 years.
Hmm.. the evidence here suggests that you have to catch the gaming bug young to get serious with it. And by serious, I mean active on a gaming forum. Would have assumed as much but there it is.
In my case it whould be awful to do the math...my parent weren´t friends of gaming back then whaen I was a child but I played a lot at friends...I got into gaming somewhere around the Atari 2600/NES/C64/Amiga 500-Era.Even if a bit loosely spread,it´s been a looong time ago :x I whouldn´t like what the outcome whould be,thats shure...
when I was little (around age 5 or 6) I would always love to go to the arcades and play some games there since I didn't have my own gaming console. that change when I was 11 when my sister and brother-in-law got me a SuperNES and gave me a couple of games. been gaming with that until high school when one of my friends brought over his Playstation and just left it at my house since they always came by there everyday. then I got addicted to gaming ever since. especially now more than ever. lol.
to sum that up, with my own console in my home, I would say for about 13 years. without console (starting with the arcade obsession), about 19-20 years. lol
One of the first games I ever owned was The Legend of Zelda. It was a gift, upon it's release. The gold cartridge one for NES. It now sits on my mantle, displayed with original manual and box under a glass case.
I have been a gamer since, as much as I could be. So since 87, I think. I played other NES, Atari, and Tandy games before that. But that was the first game I trully lost myself in and the game I consider to be my start.
pleased with all the feedback - again it looks like everyones been at it for quite a while. oldest i've seen the anyone played on is that ollld atari which was slightly before my time. I found some old atari cartridges (like pitfall) at my parents place once.... but the oldest system that i ever played on was the Sega master system. anyone know when that came out? well, i just wiki'd it and it came out fall '86. the nes came out one year earlier so i guess that's the oldest system i ever played. been at it ever since.
according to wikipedia.. and my memory.. the nes was released in 1983.. and the sega master system in 1986.... i was playing my atari games and my friends were too..
according to wikipedia.. and my memory.. the nes was released in 1983.. and the sega master system in 1986.... i was playing my atari games and my friends were too..skyyfox1
Ah, but to be clear, it was released in '83 in Japan. '85 for us United Statesians
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