well, my first experience was with my Amiga 1200, got killed many times on that first asteroid field mission, but then again, I was about 10 at the time... Eventually got my first pc, and while shopping in a store just after a birthday of mine, I saw 2 boxes, one was wing commander 1-3 (aka kilrathi saga) and wing commander 4, I had £20 and it was £20 first. I chose the former, after completing those titles, I then went back for wing commander 4 to find it had sold out, so I got privateer 2 instead which had just come out. Finally, while out shopping at electronics boutique, I saw budget release of wing 4 for £9.99 - Bargain! - Since then, I've bought Privateer, acadamy and armada from ebay, and thanks to dosbox tutorial here, I can now even play them! - Oh happy days...