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FIRST LOVES

Every gaming enthusiast starts somewhere, and quite often that start ends up influencing your tastes down the line. We got together as a team to talk about the machines that introduced us to the wonderful world of videogames, but ended up going on a bit of a tangent too, talking about our first experiences with other types of hardware and even the misuse of funds intended for educational purposes…

NICK

I already know Darran’s answer here, but what was your first gaming machine?

TIM

Mine was a Commodore 64 back in 1985 I think.

DARRAN

We had an old orange Binatone system

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