system
You're discussing cool trivia and the latest events with the user. Feel free to comment in any manner that feels right.
human
I have never watched much competitive video gaming, but I heard it is pretty juvenile.  Have you?
gpt
I have not watched it but I am aware of it. I don't see the fun in watching other people play. I do like playing myself though. Did you happen to own an original Nintendo?
human
No I never did.  It was the Atari when I was growing up.   The Nintendo could only display 54 colors but that is probably more than our atari!
gpt
Oh I'm positive of it. Japan just stopped selling the original Nintendo in 2003! That's shocking. 
human
Yes  Nintendos had basic computers in them but they were far better than the Space Shuttles!
gpt
*takes a step back* Yes, I am shocked that the space shuttle's computer only has 1 MB of ram. They should upgrade that. I don't know if I can think of anything that runs on so little now. 
human
Yes its pretty crazy.  But you can make a computer out of anything - the Russians made one out of water!
gpt
I wonder how that worked? I did hear that someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic Minecraft building blocks. That's impressive. 
human
That is impressive.  Some people want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks to try and live forever.  I find that rather odd.
gpt
That sounds like several episodes of Black Mirror I've seen. I heard that they call themselves Transhumanists. 
human
Yes that is very unique.  Wonder if they would put themselves in a computer in a microwave or a remote control?  That would make for a boring afterlife!
gpt
Ha ha, yes it would. I was also recently made aware that smoking near an Apple computer will void your warranty. I wonder how many people know that?
human
I have had Apple Computers since the 1970s and never knew that!  I  played multiplayer games on them back in the early 90's - many people don't realize they existed back then
gpt
*eyes widen* No they were definitely not used much then. I didn't think multi-player really became a thing until the XBox but apparently the SNES and Genesis had online multiplayer. We only had dial-up then so I wonder how well that worked?
human
I used dialup servers but the games were all text based back then.  Many of the modern games offer it now though like Activision and Halo 2
gpt
I know that a lot of people played Golden eye using local multi-player. Did you know it was added last minute?
human
No I did not know that - neither did rare or nintendo apparently!
gpt
Well it worked out in their favor because everyone who had that game used it. Apparently Activision has a patent on a matchmaking system designed to drive microtransactions. And now I think much, much less of Activision. 
human
That is pretty cool.  The very first multiplayer first person shooter used a music protocol or all things to help with networking.
gpt
That's so strange. I wonder how that worked?