Dawn of the Mac

1984: The Apple Macintosh personal computer is introduced to the world.

Wozniak priced the computer at $666.66, because he liked repeating digits. This price actually surprised me, as the first ever personal computer by IBM was $1,565. That doesn't sound like a lot, but today that would be about 5,000. It was clunky, slow, and could only do basic commands. 

Today for significantly less, you can get a computer a fouth of the zize, with 1000x the capability and possibilies. Laptops now are so powerful they have screens as good if not better than TV's, and can play games at the highest graphic quality and speed. 

I remember the earliest computer games I played was in the late 90's, they were pixilated and simple but they were the most fun I had. I would fake sick just so I could go to work with my mom and play on her extra computer because it was better than the one at home. 
One of my favorites was Zoo tycoon, and a Land Before Time game. There was little content and were learning games, but zoo tycoon was the first customization game I played and it amazed me. From there I played multiple generations of Sims, and whatever the library had that looked interesting.

Now, I look to play the latest games from Steam that have he best graphics and story. A lot of games now have over 300 hours of game play like Skyrim and Fallout, which is an enormous advance in such a small amount of time. 

One of my recent favorites is the newer assassins creed games - Syndicate and Unity. They're both incredible in the graphics department, each having a to scale city- London and France respectively. They're extremely accurate and realistic and playing it really brings you back in time, and can explore parts of the city that still exist today, that you would definitely not be able to explore. I can climb to the top of Notre Dame and Big Ben, run over the roofs of the suburbs and go into the London Dungeons. Developers these days are pulling out all the stops to amaze players.

Just because, here's a side by side of the first game I can remember playing and a new favorite: Land Before Time (1997) and Assassins Creed: Unity (2014)