Post by robotnik on Mar 15, 2008 21:45:28 GMT
Dear Sega8bit.com - community,
its almost the return of the lost son to speak so with Luke.
My very first tele-gaming console was a Sega Master System II Power Base back then in christmas 1995. Although being deathly pale at this time, the Master System was the ideal entrance to the culture of video-gaming as it granted easy entry-games as well in the financial aspect then (they were discounted at that time for ~5€/3 Pounds) as in the complexity.
As the time was passing by from then, i devoted (too) much of time for getting my hands on virtually every console ever released: from the most common Nintendo system to most obscure, as Japanese oddities like the NeoGeos or even those special ones produced during the late 70ies and 80ies in my home country Germany (especially FRG, though the communists in the GDR had some [poor] devices of their own). I tended to more and more complex games demanding an equal amount of more and more of my time and energy. This development culminated just recently in using all my spare time for Xbox-Live competetive gaming.
But I hit the road. I re-thought my attitude to gaming and the emphasis I i would give it in my life. One of the main results of my altercation with this subject is the comprehension that the more complex game ain't the better for me. Complex games have the bad attribute to seduce the player to sacrifice all his time and energies to them. They can lead to a kind of addiction, which might be differently based than the physical ones but can be nearly as harmful.
So I decided to reduce the emphasis on gaming in my life and went back to the roots. I now enjoy the not-that complex SEGA Master System games again as a real recreation and not as that couchpotato pseudo-sporting, comepetitive only games provide, and have a nice time building up a formidable collection at (relatively) small costs. That's why I see myself as the prodigal son coming home after all.
My favourite play is Sonic the Hedgehog, not only because it was my very first game, but also because of it's marvellous gameplay, the brillant difficulty-setting and the cheerful atmosphere. Next in my top-3 are the tough Newzealand Story jump'n shoot and the wonderful Columns. I also have a nice time chasing snips on ebay.
(Just recently got a MS II with three controllers and Home Alone for 5€ - 3 pounds ;-) )
As there is just a small number of master-system collecors here in Germany I hope to catch up with the international community in this board to have all the nice talk about our hobbyhorse .
Now let me give in addition some facts on my person:
My name is Nikolai, (thus Robot-Nik
) I am a 20years-old scholar of law from Heidelberg , Germany. Despite being educated quite old-fashioned in a Latin-School, I acquired a distinct interest in anglo-saxonian culture. It's my dream to settle eventually over to the United States or a dominion. I am very interested in pop-culture, movies and English literature too. For someone could want to know it, my favourite read is Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (I also admire the ingenious filmic adaption in Coppola's Apocalypse Now). Foreign cultures capture my imagination and i enjoy travelling (though I have never left Europe :-( )
Best regards
Nikolai!
its almost the return of the lost son to speak so with Luke.
My very first tele-gaming console was a Sega Master System II Power Base back then in christmas 1995. Although being deathly pale at this time, the Master System was the ideal entrance to the culture of video-gaming as it granted easy entry-games as well in the financial aspect then (they were discounted at that time for ~5€/3 Pounds) as in the complexity.
As the time was passing by from then, i devoted (too) much of time for getting my hands on virtually every console ever released: from the most common Nintendo system to most obscure, as Japanese oddities like the NeoGeos or even those special ones produced during the late 70ies and 80ies in my home country Germany (especially FRG, though the communists in the GDR had some [poor] devices of their own). I tended to more and more complex games demanding an equal amount of more and more of my time and energy. This development culminated just recently in using all my spare time for Xbox-Live competetive gaming.
But I hit the road. I re-thought my attitude to gaming and the emphasis I i would give it in my life. One of the main results of my altercation with this subject is the comprehension that the more complex game ain't the better for me. Complex games have the bad attribute to seduce the player to sacrifice all his time and energies to them. They can lead to a kind of addiction, which might be differently based than the physical ones but can be nearly as harmful.
So I decided to reduce the emphasis on gaming in my life and went back to the roots. I now enjoy the not-that complex SEGA Master System games again as a real recreation and not as that couchpotato pseudo-sporting, comepetitive only games provide, and have a nice time building up a formidable collection at (relatively) small costs. That's why I see myself as the prodigal son coming home after all.
My favourite play is Sonic the Hedgehog, not only because it was my very first game, but also because of it's marvellous gameplay, the brillant difficulty-setting and the cheerful atmosphere. Next in my top-3 are the tough Newzealand Story jump'n shoot and the wonderful Columns. I also have a nice time chasing snips on ebay.
(Just recently got a MS II with three controllers and Home Alone for 5€ - 3 pounds ;-) )
As there is just a small number of master-system collecors here in Germany I hope to catch up with the international community in this board to have all the nice talk about our hobbyhorse .
Now let me give in addition some facts on my person:
My name is Nikolai, (thus Robot-Nik
) I am a 20years-old scholar of law from Heidelberg , Germany. Despite being educated quite old-fashioned in a Latin-School, I acquired a distinct interest in anglo-saxonian culture. It's my dream to settle eventually over to the United States or a dominion. I am very interested in pop-culture, movies and English literature too. For someone could want to know it, my favourite read is Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (I also admire the ingenious filmic adaption in Coppola's Apocalypse Now). Foreign cultures capture my imagination and i enjoy travelling (though I have never left Europe :-( )Best regards
Nikolai!
