Writing about old games these last couple of days got me thinking about some of the first games I played...
When I got my first computer, a Commodore 64, we bought it second hand, and we got one game with it. I didn't recall the name of it, but after a few minutes with the MobyGames game browser, I found it - Equinox.
I don't remember much about the game. I'm sure I enjoyed it at first, but then I didn't have much to choose from :-) I think it had teleporters and stuff... If anyone remembers this game, I'd love to hear about it :-)
I also recall the first game I bought myself. I'd gone to the only shop in town which had a (tiny) selection of computer stuff, intending to buy another joystick (I'd hoped they would have the one called "The Boss")...
They didn't have the joystick I wanted, but they did have a game which caught my eye: Gauntlet. The price was 149 swedish kronor, which is about $20...
I hadn't heard about it then (arcades were not something we had in Sweden back then), so it was a cover that convinced me to buy the game. It was clearly a fantasy game, with a warrior, an elf, a wizard and a valkyrie...
The game itself was awesome (obviously). You would run around in dungeons killing monsters, and I don't know how many hours I spent playing this game... But it was a lot!
I played it recently on the Xbox, with some friends, and I must say that it's still really good fun. Sometimes, it's the simple games that are the most fun, and this is definitely one of those...
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