In clearing out all my old computer stuff, I came across quite a few old friends.
First off, there were quite a few 3 1/2" disks with old pictures on them, mostly of my late dog Gypsy. It's still hard coming across her "stuff," even a year and 4 months later. As it always does, this gave me a good cry as I remembered a most amazing dog, and friend. I still miss her each day.
Here's a pic of her from her last Christmas, 2006. It's one of those happy/sad pictures, as I can see the happiness and shine in her eyes, yet I can also see the f***ing cancer (mast cell tumors) on her side that would end her life 2 and a half months after this picture was taken.
Someday, when I think I can, I'll write about this wonderful girl and the happiness she brought me. I really love her and always will.
I also came across a bunch of old computer games that have gone unplayed for years. I have 3 sets of Action PC Football. We played 2 years on CSW in a league called the IFL ("Introverted Football League" with Rich Simon, Bill Ramsay, Pete Stein, Dave Fox, JR Tracy, and I forget who else). It was an 8-player league, and we played with the teams that didn't make the playoffs the year prior. All games were head-to-head over the Internet. I ended up winning both years, once with the Baltimore Ravens (great D, horrid O) and once with the San Francisco 49ers (opposite of the Ravens!). Won 2 Oakland Raider jerseys out of the deal. I had a really good time, win or lose...
My "latest" game is the 2002 season, I'll have to look into updating!
Also found an old Avalon Hill game, 5th Fleet, that I used to have a lot of fun with. I see the website I linked to has ways to install it to an XP machine, I think I'll try, one of these days. This game was US vs. Soviet in the Indian Ocean, with various other nationalities thrown in, such as India and China. I have never played the board "Fleet" games put out by Victory Games, yet I really liked this computer version. Perhaps I should give the board games a try one of these days (sets always seem to be for sale somewhere).There were others there too, perhaps stories for another day. Most, however, will be going into the $1 bin at the moving sale.
I admit, I'm not much of a computer gamer. I go through stages from not playing at all, to playing a little. I tend to get bored trying to figure out hidden documentation, yet on the other hand I don't want to have to go through a 100 page manual to figure a computer game out. Come to think of it, that dichotomy would probably explain why I'm not much of a computer gamer...
Oh, I did play Espana 1936 with Bill last evening. Great game, went the distance for a glorious Republican victory! More, I hope, as I get time...
