I was born and raised in San Jose, California, USA

--- Konrad Black <PhilliKon--btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi Lizardo from the UK
>
> We seem to be getting a picture of how old people
> are, but where is every
> body from; it would be interesting to see how many
> different countries AR
> made it to.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lizardo Salazar
> [lizardo_salazar--hotmail.com]
> Sent: 04 October 2004 23:14
> > Subject: RE: Player ages.
>
> Hello from Peru!
>
> I close the eyes and I listen the sound!
>
> I have 29 years, and I played the first time AR -
> The City when I had 11
> years old in my Atari 130 XE and it is until the day
> of today interest to me
>
> to read, obvious also of the AR - The Dungeon.
>
> In fact, the best games than I played in that time
> was with my Commodore 128
>
> and my Amiga 1200, but the last one that memory with
> affection of those 2
> machines is Shadow Of The Beast.
>
> But AR in Atari (in Amiga although I was very good,
> I do not like so much),
> always has been another thing, AR - The City for my
> and many friends has a
> very special feeling, the sounds like the wind, the
> whistles, the one of
> them encounter, or the video like the sun leaving,
> the shadows, were
> something magic in truth, and mainly, the mistic and
> history.
>
> Until the day of today I keep with affection the
> original versions in Atari
> and Amiga : -)
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Rebecca Steltzer"
> <rsteltzer--15wpharmacy.com>
> >Reply-To:
>
>alternatereality-From-lizardo_salazar-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
> >> >Subject: RE: Player ages.
> >Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:32:48 -0400
> >
> >Actually, the award goes to me!
> >
> >23 (and female). I played the PC version - it came
> bundled with my
> >first computer. I was 10 years old at the time
> (1990 for those who
> >don't want to do the math) and quickly became
> obsessed with Alternate
> >Reality. At the time thought that I somehow had
> received a "broken"
> >game - I would go through some doors and get an
> error message "Can't
> >find dungeon.exe" or "Can't find arena.exe", etc.
> I was also quite
> >annoyed that no matter what I did, I could never
> join a guild. I had
> >found it all quite mysterious - there were so many
> unanswered questions
> >surrounding AR.
> >
> >Of course when I looked it up online later in life
> I got the answers to
> >all my questions - and then some. It really upset
> me to find out that
> >it was never completed - there was no other game I
> can remember from my
> >childhood that captured my attention quite like AR
> did.
> >
> >Speaking of the past, I have since played the Atari
> version on an
> >emulator and was always struck by how difficult it
> must have been for
> >you all to make money in the city at the beginning.
> The PC version had
> >jobs at various locations - the Inns, the Taverns
> and the Banks - and I
> >could always just work a lot if I needed extra cash
> (or needed to pass
> >some time).
> >
> >Is there anyone else here who played the PC
> version?
> >How do you think it compared?
> >
> >Rebecca
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Piringer, Frank
> [Frank.Piringer--msnyuhealth.org]
> >Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:14 AM
> >> >Subject: RE: Player ages.
> >
> >I'm 26 -- so I guess I win!
> >
> >I got interested in AR back in 1985 (yes, I was 7)
> thanks to those
> >full-page adverts in Home Computing magazine -- the
> magazine published
> >the code for BASIC games, and I was teaching myself
> the language despite
> >being in 2nd grade. Does anyone remember the name
> of the uber-character
> >that was in there--I want to say Jester the Quester
> but I'm pretty sure
> >I'm wrong.
> >
> >Anyway, I had already gotten my feet wet in the RPG
> genre with Wizardry,
> >but I had gotten fustrated with the multi-character
> parties and quasi-3d
> >maps and had sworn off RPGs until I saw the ads for
> AR. Even though my
> >computer was a meager little Apple //c, with it's
> Monochrome graphics
> >and one 360k floppy drive, it was still being
> developed for and had some
> >of my favorite games still to this day (7 Cities of
> Gold, Oregon Trail,
> >and Night Mission pinball)
> >
> >Unfortunately, the only version I ever got for my
> Apple was the Dungeon.
> >Or maybe fortunately, because after playing the
> City much later I can
> >say that the Dungeon was a much more rewarding
> experience for a young
> >explorer. If I had the complete open-endedness of
> the City I probably
> >would have gotten bored pretty quickly. Having all
> of the dungeon's
> >different environments to explore was so
> fascinating for me. I
> >literally spent days just searching every square of
> the Sewers,
> >searching for secret passages and bashing Molds and
> Rats with my torches
> >(my weapon of choice for lv0-3).
> >
> >To this day I'm dissapointed ARO never got
> developed -- the MMO market
> >was still young, and AR was *built* for just that
> kind of world, ten
> >years before they became mainstream. Sometimes, I
> still boot up AR:D in
> >my Apple II emulator -- it just doesn't feel the
> same on any other
> >platform -- and wander around familiar hangouts.
> Not to mention the
> >stares I get on the subway when I sing "The
> Devourer" when I get into
> >the mood ;)
> >
> >
> >Is it him or her? Is it scale or fur? Does it
> occur
> >In the dark of night? Crystal Cavern Light? Metal
> appetite?
> >
> >I want to know...
> >
> >I want to know...you...
> >
> >--Frank
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Darryl Giors [darryl--mindsyncpost.com]
> >Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:56 PM
> >> >Subject: Player ages.
> >
> >
> >Wow, I hadn't previously thought of myself as a
> junior member of the AR
> >List but I just might be one of the youngest. I
> was
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