1993, December, actually a little before, I had the inside tip, and an FTP site to get this new game, “Doom”. I remember downloading it at 16kbps dial up. and installing the shareware “beta” on my computer, a 486DX33.
I was captivated. A DOS game, it caused me to upgrade my ram and build a faster machine. But it was awesome. While it was not the first FPS (the first I played was Wolfenstein 3D), it was ground breaking.
As soon as I could buy the full version, my money left my wallet, and I could hardly wait for the full version.
It wasn’t really 3D, the graphics were rather primitive, but it was addictive.
I had a DWANGO account, so I could play dial up multiplayer (this was before the real internet existed for this) and lost a lot of time.
I bought the sequels, and the 2007 remake, and of course the Quake series. (more…)