My involvement in video games has been interesting over the years. I've always like them, getting my first taste at the local arcade inside the bowling alley about a mile from my house back in my pre-teen days. Those were the old quarter arcade machines like Galaga and Asteroids. Around that time my parents got us an Atari 2600. Just like when we got our first VRC I was in awe that we could now experience this inside the comforts of our own home. We accumulated quite the collection of games for that system. A few years later my interests shifted to PC-based games. My parents surprised us with a TRS-80 PC one day. My brother and I would play games using cassette tape as a method to store our saves. My game hobby died for a short while when I hit my early teens. Not until the Nintendo (NES) did my desire to game become more of a focal point in my hobbies. Once again, my parents surprised us with a NES console and games for Christmas. I thought Ninja Gaiden was the best-game-ever! Castlevana and Contra were also favorites of mine. It’s great to see these old classics re-released on modern platforms like Xbox Live Arcade.

Through college I didn’t own any additional consoles, but would casually play PC games. The Ultima series is still one of my all-time favorites! However, I would play console games over at my friend’s houses. My friend, Dave, and I spent at least 3 nights a week playing Star Control and listening to Pantara and Dream Theater while drinking beer and grilling dinner. We became very competitive, but in a friendly manor. We’d invite friends over and place dollar bets on the winner.

Here you’ll find all my newer titles and I’ll add my catalog titles over time. Eventually it will be a complete list.