My video game memories from a boy in the 70s to army duty in 2001 – Reader’s Feature

Things have come a long way since Space Invaders (Coentor/Wikipedia)

From Space Invaders in the late 1970s to SSX Tricky in the early 2000s, a reader recounts his early history with video games and how being in the army didn’t stop him playing.

There’s been a lot of reminiscing on these pages lately and I thought I would join in. As I’m 54, I have seen a lot of things in the history of gaming, so I am just going to go through some of the memorable moments and with luck bring a few sage nods and the odd smile.

In the late 70s my dad used to run the local football club bar. On a Friday night, as a young whippersnapper, I used to go with him and help bottle up, ready for service that night, before my Mum came and picked me up. I remember going in one Friday and there was this s...