PC gaming was hard in the 90s

[Kevin]

PC gaming problems of the 90s

PC gaming in the 90s was not a walk in the park, as many of you may recall

[blaaislaai]

Ah those were the days.

Still remember trying to play counterstike 1.6 online via 56k modem. IN some cases it was smooth, but had major lag spikes every 5 - 8seconds

[Snoopimaru]

Never actually had internet back then, so got my patches off the PC Format or New Age Gaming discs.

Networking was a pain sometimes, with coaxial cables, but it was great fun once you got it working! There was always one guy that couldn't get onto the network..

[MetalSoup]

That was a really good article, Jankevington!

[Donisia]

I still have a very old counterstrike game that i played on our old PC... was amazing, and playing with the mouse after it broke was the best, taking it apart used to be so much fun...

[DieGrootHammer]

Ah, the memories...

I remember taking our family PC to a friend that had internet. I would go and visit the whole weekend and download at least 5 songs the whole weekend!

Also...hehehe...he said stiffy...

[PsychoFish]

Hmmmm...Doom multiplayer over a IPX/SPX network the joys of days gone by

[Snoopimaru]

I would literally walk a couple of km's to a friends house for a LAN (with a CRT monitor, no less!)

And the coolest guy in the room was the guy just installing his 20GB Seagate Barracuda drive - I remember thinking there's no way he would be able to fill it up

[TBlaar]

We played GTA over a serial cable!!!! FFFUUUUUU.............

[PsychoFish]

We played GTA over a serial cable!!!! FFFUUUUUU.............

I remember that, standing in the road shooting the crap out of your mate and the next moment another mate runs over you with a truck...fun times