The REAL Playdoh
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Firstly, if you haven't already guessed I'm the original Playdoh from the original early / mid 90’s PC CD Rom era.
All the events took place many years ago in the UK where I no longer reside. This is my story as I remember it. Some facts could be slightly wrong as the passage of time has been so long. I hope some might find it interesting as to what went on in the "warez" scene back in the 80s and 90s.
The Early Days
For me it all started back in the early 80’s with my first Computer, the Commodore Vic 20. Each year at Christmas my parents would buy me at least one BIG present. Previous years it had been a CB Radio (Realistic TRC-2001), A colour 14inch TV, A dual tape to tape stereo system, a portable boombox etc. This year, just before Christmas I spotted a large rectangle box on top of my parents’ wardrobe. Yup it was the Vic 20 starter pack. This included the Cassette tape drive and basic programming books and tapes. I nearly peed myself when I saw it !!
Just after Christmas that year and having tried to learn the Vic 20 programming and failing miserably, I turned my head to the gaming side of things. This for me wasn’t all that good on the Vic 20. I eventually moved onto other computers like the Atari 800 then the Atari 800XL.
Even before I owned the Vic 20 I was fascinated with games. My friend in the last year of primary school had an original Atari console. I would constantly go round and play “Pong” and “Space Invaders” on it. Later I would start popping over the road close to where I lived. The local Leisure Centre had the latest arcade games that I would play after school. I remember listening to Club Tropicana whist playing Donkey Kong, Phoenix or Gorf. Oh, and the “Poppet” sweets in the vending machine … Haha, I loved them. Great times.
After being exposed to most of the early home computers, either by owning them or playing with my friends’ machines, a magical thing happened. The Amiga was launched. This is when I seriously got hooked. The massive jump from the cassette tape to the Floppy Disk was huge for me, just as the Floppy to CD Rom will be further down the line.
All the events took place many years ago in the UK where I no longer reside. This is my story as I remember it. Some facts could be slightly wrong as the passage of time has been so long. I hope some might find it interesting as to what went on in the "warez" scene back in the 80s and 90s.
The Early Days
For me it all started back in the early 80’s with my first Computer, the Commodore Vic 20. Each year at Christmas my parents would buy me at least one BIG present. Previous years it had been a CB Radio (Realistic TRC-2001), A colour 14inch TV, A dual tape to tape stereo system, a portable boombox etc. This year, just before Christmas I spotted a large rectangle box on top of my parents’ wardrobe. Yup it was the Vic 20 starter pack. This included the Cassette tape drive and basic programming books and tapes. I nearly peed myself when I saw it !!
Just after Christmas that year and having tried to learn the Vic 20 programming and failing miserably, I turned my head to the gaming side of things. This for me wasn’t all that good on the Vic 20. I eventually moved onto other computers like the Atari 800 then the Atari 800XL.
Even before I owned the Vic 20 I was fascinated with games. My friend in the last year of primary school had an original Atari console. I would constantly go round and play “Pong” and “Space Invaders” on it. Later I would start popping over the road close to where I lived. The local Leisure Centre had the latest arcade games that I would play after school. I remember listening to Club Tropicana whist playing Donkey Kong, Phoenix or Gorf. Oh, and the “Poppet” sweets in the vending machine … Haha, I loved them. Great times.
After being exposed to most of the early home computers, either by owning them or playing with my friends’ machines, a magical thing happened. The Amiga was launched. This is when I seriously got hooked. The massive jump from the cassette tape to the Floppy Disk was huge for me, just as the Floppy to CD Rom will be further down the line.