> Back in the day, computers were expensive and games weren't readily available.

You could get a PC for a thousand bucks back then, and shareware was a thing in 1990-91. Crystal Caves, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem were huge hits and there were tons of less popular games...not to mention copying commercial games from friends.

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gxd 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> You could get a PC for a thousand bucks back then

In the United States... In a lot of countries, computers cost a lot more than that in the local currency which, together with lower salaries, made computers inaccessible to most people.

I remember seeing people playing GORILLA.BAS in computer stores...

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egypturnash 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

$1k in 1990 ~= $2.5k today.

	▲	ColdStream an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And that would get you a system that was fairly anemic even for then. There were still some 286 systems being sold then which was 2 full architecture leaps behind at a time when it was starting to become very important.

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QuercusMax 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Crystal Caves! I've been trying to remember the name of that game for ages! I never bought the full version but played the shareware endlessly...

	▲	Arainach 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's a (presumably) excellent modern port of it a available on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330890/Crystal_Caves_HD/ I say presumably because I played their excellent Secret Agent HD port but haven't played Crystal Caves yet.