I still remember when I got my very first computer and I could finally join my group’s LAN parties. It was a 900MHz CPU / 20GB HD eMachines. My friends figured out my video card couldn’t process smoke grenades in CS, so they would only buy smoke grenades and throw them at me until my game crashed immediately to desktop.
Those were the best days.
Edit: Haha I’m really glad this resonated with folks. Equal parts “My first gaming PC was even sadder!” And “I didn’t know they made gaming PCs that sad!” Definitely grew up playing Wolfenstein on floppies on my dad’s PC. The eMachines was the first computer I ever personally owned. It shit the bed permanently at another lab party when I installed so many games my HD would fluctuate showing between 0 and 8 Mb free space available! RIP
ryans_privatess on January 14th, 2020 at 10:53 UTC »
This was like 1 of 5 photos available on the internet at one point
StAUG1211 on January 14th, 2020 at 11:10 UTC »
You couldn't get any part of a PC in a colour other than beige back then.
Jasonwfranks on January 14th, 2020 at 12:41 UTC »
I still remember when I got my very first computer and I could finally join my group’s LAN parties. It was a 900MHz CPU / 20GB HD eMachines. My friends figured out my video card couldn’t process smoke grenades in CS, so they would only buy smoke grenades and throw them at me until my game crashed immediately to desktop.
Those were the best days.
Edit: Haha I’m really glad this resonated with folks. Equal parts “My first gaming PC was even sadder!” And “I didn’t know they made gaming PCs that sad!” Definitely grew up playing Wolfenstein on floppies on my dad’s PC. The eMachines was the first computer I ever personally owned. It shit the bed permanently at another lab party when I installed so many games my HD would fluctuate showing between 0 and 8 Mb free space available! RIP