Very interesting read. Thank you for your (game) service!
I discovered Wing Commander back in 93 or 94 for the Amiga 500 myself. It was a slide-show running but I didn't care (still don't).
Speaking of upgrades. I upgraded earlier in the year eventhough I don't really play much of anything anymore. I feel as SQ42 and Star Citizen will be the final games I'd do upgrades for in my life. There are no other AAA-titles I'm interested in and haven't in a very long time. Starfield killed...
Just a brief post: I can recommend Starfield to scratch that Privateer itch. It's not Star Citizen though neither is Star Citizen. It's not overly complicated and a good way to spend your gaming hours.
I stumbled across a Youtube channel named fmvgamer2010 who has a brickload of videos from the 90's gaming scene.
More to the point he has several videos from a defunct CD-rom magazine called "Interactive Enterteinment" who made video reviews/previews in the mid 90's.
Among the videos were...