lol for real, imagine it’s 1994 spending 2k on a brand new 486dx2. You’re pumped, Doom runs awesome. For a couple of years you can play most games, Warcraft 2, Descent.
2 years later Quake comes out and you try to run it but it’s unplayable… Diablo releases and isn’t playable either… alright time for an upgrade, $1000 later in 1996 you have your sick Pentium 133mhz machine. Quake and Diablo run so well, this is great!
For the next couple of years you can play most games, then 1998 the mother of all gaming years hits… half life, Jedi Knight, Homeworld, Quake 2… you’re barely in the minimum reqs category now, if you don’t have a voodoo 1, forget about it. Time for another upgrade!
Just the game releases that were released in that time period are pretty staggering and show how fast tech was moving.
Looking at Wolfenstien 3d and Half life and realizing there was only a 6 year difference is crazy, Whereas in our modern era GTA 4 -> 5 was a 5 year gap, same as Oblivion to Skyrim.
lol for real, imagine it’s 1994 spending 2k on a brand new 486dx2. You’re pumped, Doom runs awesome. For a couple of years you can play most games, Warcraft 2, Descent.
2 years later Quake comes out and you try to run it but it’s unplayable… Diablo releases and isn’t playable either… alright time for an upgrade, $1000 later in 1996 you have your sick Pentium 133mhz machine. Quake and Diablo run so well, this is great!
For the next couple of years you can play most games, then 1998 the mother of all gaming years hits… half life, Jedi Knight, Homeworld, Quake 2… you’re barely in the minimum reqs category now, if you don’t have a voodoo 1, forget about it. Time for another upgrade!
Just the game releases that were released in that time period are pretty staggering and show how fast tech was moving.
Looking at Wolfenstien 3d and Half life and realizing there was only a 6 year difference is crazy, Whereas in our modern era GTA 4 -> 5 was a 5 year gap, same as Oblivion to Skyrim.