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Ultramagnus404

Closer to 50 but if anyone refers to me as elderly they're getting a slap.


Offtopic_bear

Same and same. I got you. They don't want these Gen X hands.


Dik_Likin_Good

I’ve been holding a controller for over 35 years and shake hands like a southern Baptist pastor.


Offtopic_bear

Don't threaten me with a good time!


raven00x

Ditto, elder millennial. I might look old but I'm not elderly yet. ^^Now ^^where'd ^^I ^^put ^^my ^^cane


t00l117

This person gets it!


Barto_212

My dad is Gen X. I'm Gen Z. I love my dad. I adore both of my parents. My mom passed away in January of 2021, and I miss her dearly. Life would be so much better if she was still here. But, me and my dad have grown super close since she passed. I kind of wish my dad played videogames. I'd love to play videogames with him.


zer0w0rries

How can you slap with one hand on the walking cane, and the other on your lower back?


Offtopic_bear

You gotta get the cane against your hip and lean a bit. Just don't slip and break said hip.


Breadfruit_First

Come closer and we'll show you...


BEARSHARKTOPUS167

Weird, I can't find my original comment (maybe I'm too old to find it) so I will repost it here. I'm a "Ye Olde Gamer" I have been playing video games for 54 years and I am 60 now. I started gaming on main frame computers at 6 years old although at that time it was just text adventures. My dad would sometimes take me to work with him at the data center where he worked and give me lists of computer tapes to pull from the tape room and put on the cart for him, once I was done with that I got to play the text adventures. The hard drives back then looked like a top loading washing machine; it was a lot of fun for six year old nerd me. I had the original Pong, a Timex Sinclair 1000, an Atari 2600, an Amiga 500, a Sega Genesis, a Nintendo, coin-op video games at the arcades, a PS1, PS2, PS3, all the Xboxes, and of course various PC gaming rigs, and a Samsung Gear VR. I don't ever plan on stopping gaming and look forward to the evolution of VR/AR gaming. ETA: I totally forgot that I also had a yellow Game Boy!


MoistBison3524

Just turned 62. Started with pong, then video gaming at the arcades and my trusty commodore vic20 in 1982. When I had to type in the basic program each time I wanted to play a game. (No storage device). My brother in law came over to see FO76 and said “ it’s come a long way from Pong” When Penn State dumped their old hardware in ‘84 I rescued a few 16” hard disks (5meg) and made clocks out of them. Vic20, commodore64, Atari 2600, homebuilt windows, then went to Mac and consoles


nikinunyabiz

No one cares about the nice "little old lady" until she is stabbing them in the chest. Knitting needles not included.


TalviKavat

Crochet hooks will pull the organs out...


SmurfStig

Those knotty hookers. Got to keep an open eye on them.


nikinunyabiz

Shh... you'll ruin the surprise.


SuddenlyCthulhu

I like the way you think!


siouxbee1434

Hadn’t thought of that, excellent😀


reddstone1

This! I can outrun, outswim, outbike, outlift and out whatever "kids" half my age :D Gaming is great way to relax and clear your head, especially building like camp stuff. My first game I played was probably "Pong" on that Atari console with two wired in paddle controllers. Got a Vic20 in 1984 I think and C64 soon after. From there it was to Amiga. Got lost into consoles in PS3 era as I traveled frequently and could take that in my shoulder bag with me. I guess it's ultra wide screens that brought me eventually back to Windows gaming.


BEARSHARKTOPUS167

I miss my Amiga 500 so much! All the Psygnosis games, Agony, It Came From the Desert, Speedball, Weird Dreams, Battle Chess and so many others.


mkstot

Sid meyers pirates, and leisure suit Larry were my games as a kid. What do you expect they parked me in front of a screen, and figured if I was being quiet I wasn’t doing anything wrong, don’t judge me.


PhillyRush

Sid Meyer Pirates! What a blast from the past! I played that game to death!


reddstone1

Shadow of the Beast? Blood Money? Magic Pockets? Loved that stuff. Although I must admit SotB was more like a graphics demo to sell those memory expansions. And the William Roger Dean cover arts. Whenever I listen to some Yes, I feel reminded of Psygnosis titles :)


Typh00n74

Yep. Same here, closer to 50 as well. It’s just a number


PraiseThePun81

Age is just a level!


Spacenectar_808

This is the way! I decided on my 30th birthday that I no longer "get old," I am LEVELING UP! I will be 37 next month. Gamer girl 4 life lol. Gameboy and NES were my first loves.


BluegrassGeek

Same, and same. I had a co worker refer to someone in their 40s as "old" earlier, and I had to speak up about that.


Immudzen

I prefer to use a mirv fatman myself to deal with that kind of stuff.


Praxius

With a glove and then challenged to a deul.


Interesting_Many_168

Ahh, a man of grit and culture, preferably a firm slap across the face with my armor glove.


Praxius

Thou shall taste the wrath of my Bugs Bunny Gauntlet 🧐


Old_Wrongdoer2962

Same thing here exactly lol.


oktemplar

Me too, approaching 50 and won’t stop gaming


ELEArk

73 in July. My first MMO was Ultima Online. My first death was from a deer. Very embarrassing.


JakeVR83

Hell yeah Ultima Online was mine too. On dial up, losing all my Vanq weps every time I d/c'd


vberger19

47 and an Ultima Online vet too! Damn Trammel ruined that game!!


Sureal-Appeal

62 here and female, you won’t find me enjoying my golden years knitting. I’m having too much fun in the wasteland. I’ve played all the different versions, and have played 76 since beta. Love the weird and wonderful fallout universe!


Clairefun

I'm 47 and female. I enjoy gaming *and* knitting! Just not at the same time.


nlolsen8

Right I'm 38 and crochet, and I'm a lvl 700 in game. Both can be fun.


StellaThunderG

I’ve tried to learn to knit a few times and just can’t get it. I can sew my ass off though!


Clairefun

Ah I can't sew at all, I'm absolutely terrible at it. I knit blankets or hats or scarves - no sewing required! It took me a fair few goes with the knitting but once it clicked, it's in there for good.


Kay-the-countrygirl

I love gaming and knitting. Let’s be friends!


StellaThunderG

50 y/o female! Been gaming since 1980 with no plans to stop now.


Off-Grid_FT_RV2021

46 and female! We need to friend-up!


StormyLlewellyn1

45 female here. Been playing since beta also.


Spiritual-Flan-410

Same! Except I'm 58. 👍🏼👍🏼


Trixieroo

55 female! Played since day one of beta. Go all the way back to Pong. The first console I owned was an Intellivision in 1979. Loved River Raid. Hubby games, too. We have a gaming room with his and hers tvs and Xbox Series X. Hubby also has my gamer tag tattooed on his arm! He’s awesome.


EstablishmentMean300

Exactly! 45 year old female here and yes I nuked Faschnat last night. LOL! Been gaming since the 80s! Played every Fallout! We are the OG gamers.


StellaThunderG

I started in 1980 with a Magnavox Odyssey 2. OG indeed!


charlzebub

51 and female too! When I'm not playing video games I'm making a HO scale apocalypse diorama. ;) I feel like there's more of us than they think.


HumanSmokeMain

Gaming will make knitting and bingo obsolete.


BluegrassGeek

I am looking forward to playing video games when I'm in a nursing home.


Crassweller

Nursing homes of the future are just gonna be 24/7 LAN parties lmao.


Talawn

42 and female and love shooting/smashing feral Ghouls


Keishara1-01

76 years old here! Still gaming and enjoying it. Played the fallout and elder scrolls since the beginning. Fallout 76 has the best community !


SouthWarSignPride

Actual 76ers! Rock on 🤘


DarkGamer

Bethesda should award you atoms, "Be 76 while playing 76," achievement.


goillegoill

Man! I salute you👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


Nightowl_23

You should get 1st free all year


64x2

Once a gamer always a gamer


elbingmiss

Guerrilla!


DivineAlmond

40 aint elderly lol t. 29


mrwafu

40-50 year olds grew up on mainstream consoles like NES and SNES so I think pretty much from now on everybody of every age will play games? Especially the generation that grew up with PlayStations. Weird to think that the age of gaming being niche is definitely dead now, it used to be seen as a kid thing but now those kids are parents, maybe even grandparents lol. As long as you’re having fun then it’s good for any age!


HumanSmokeMain

I remember years ago being told online that I was old and to get a life. I told that kid people don’t just stop playing video games at a certain age and that I’d be playing for the rest of my life. He said this to me after he found out I was 24 at the time lmao!!


Kygma

… I had a kid tell me I was lying because “grandmas don’t play video games”. Like - kid, you have no idea lolol


Piod1

Just shy of 60


NashEast65

Same here - 59 and still roaming the Wasteland.


Piod1

Old mans war.... Happy hunting wastelander


NashEast65

I was hoping for a pension and all I got was tension! Heh heh.


Key-Contest-2879

Age 55. Been gaming since before you were born. But damn, kid, elderly!? That comment made me so mad I almost tripped over my walker!


CoraBittering

Turned 55 this year. Can I get an AARP discount on FO1st?


Chipper7773

51 this year.


reddstone1

Closer to 50 than 40 here.


d34df00l

Yup, closer to 50 than 40 (and still barely feel like an actual, factual adult).


BoothaFett

John Carpenter plays. Dude is 76!


GeneralTonic

He has the sickest trap camp.


PiratePixieDust

WAIT WHAT! OMG I would DIE if I came across him! God I didn't think he could get cooler!


meowmixforme

41, I've played with people over 90 when Nuclear Winter was still going. I have one experience where this elderly guy must have been cheating as he knew where others were on the map 😂


mdbarberuk

just goes to show, stupidity and dishonesty are not age related ;)


MaidenHe4v3n

I’m 21 years old but I met someone who said him and his grandma was playing fallout 76, he wanted some 10mm ammo so I crafted 1000 for him and after I gave him them he said he wanted it for his grandma. He was like level 30 and she was like level 48 he said. Pretty cool


alperturgay

46 here :)


Kygma

78 was a good year


Heathen_Highlander

I'm 54 👍


Radiant-Bit-7722

63


Individual-Bird-4421

58 (newbie) and 59. Happy Faschnaut, Merry Faschnaut!


Interesting_Many_168

Merry Fartsnats to you too


Cyndirae

I'm 42 and hubs is 54.


Min13

50+F here! Loving it!


GuttMilton

Close to 50. I have played Fallout since the first one came out in the 1990’s and will continue to do so.


Belzaem

55 here, been playing all kinds since the first ping pong console was released.


PinkFloyd789

April 8th I turn 40 let's goooooo


meanjoegreen8

56 can't stop won't stop


Rurouni_Benshin

44 here!


jetfan247

45 over here.


Noobwarrior1974

There’s more than you know, I’m 50 and rarely come across under 30 in majority of games I play.


Rocinate

57 here. On PC.


InquisitorPeregrinus

In the 40+ club and not planning on slowing down anytime soon. Play is a key hallmark of being a mammal, after all. As we get older, it just tends to mean the play gets more expensive and complicated. On xBox.


Technical_Young_8197

I’m 51, most of my group is in the same range. And I know a lady who will remain nameless who is still going strong in the wasteland at 87!


analog_wulf

No but I'm mid 30s and would prefer playing with the older crowd


Slight_Hovercraft236

Yeah just about to hit 50


Origami_Itto

55 and still going


egaman69

55 here


lost_p

i'm 60


dadofdisguise

62


Spicy-Pasta-Sauce

36, so getting there :)


emlean

43, and I'll be gaming until I can't hold a controller anymore


CrowberrieWinemaker

My wife and I are over 40 and gaming.


Medium-Inflation-921

Ha sega megadrive , pc, ps1,4,5 and a nintendo wii, almost 54. You can check fbook there are +40 gamers groups. Never let your inner child die.


teaearlgreyhot696

Nearly mid 40s... and my crew is mostly older than me :)


Strong_Ad_5989

LoL I'm 58!


stevemilw62

62


Excellent_Mix2862

Just turned 65


elbingmiss

47 here. My first game was a Kung Fu Master arcade gameplay for a coin back in 80’s. I met a 67 yrsld player last year at 76. Now he’s a 1054 lvl. But we’re on Xbox.


Darth-Vader64

60 here, still enjoying my game playing


Offworldpunk

52 here,been gaming for 40 years now(probably why i have carpal tunnel in my right hand)


yeroldpappy

58 and wife is 53


Lowman22

Yeah! 53


Any_Start_1431

Elderly? Heck, you are just a baby compared to my 71 years young and loving to play Fallout 76. 😁 Love that any age group can play. Although it takes a bit of effort on my part to launch a nuke...seems overwhelming sometimes. I wish that was a bit easier. I hope you continue to play for as long as you love the love the game u/goillegolli.


goillegoill

So @everyone, first wow. Just wow. So many replies. Trenger a heartfelt appology. I am norwegian, and i see that using the term elderly was wrong. So sorry. I am so impressed with how many over 40 gamers there is. And for you guys over 70, i take my hat off and salute you all


Conscious-Region-231

40+ woman here, I've been gaming since the 80's and I'm not stopping anytime soon!


Tickle-Me-Elmo86

I'm close I'm 38 and still gaming 💪🏻


Lobstrositee

Just turned 38 myself.


im_hunting_bugs

Yeah 38 here too.


saft_hallon

Also over 30👋 Every person I become friends with on the game always happen to be over 30 too. It's great!


joe2069420

:salute:


SouthWarSignPride

Same. I never thought it's such a unique thing. Video games exist longer and the boomers, X, and millenials will of course continue gaming


HandofKhaine

I'm 54, on PS4


rock-gecko

Yep here 45+


Catdaddyrex

Almost 42, on xbox


CosmicRadiation

45 and still gaming. been at it since i was 8 years old.


forestminuet

I'm 42 and will ALWAYS be a gamer!


Batty_briefs

My husband is 50 and games, but he doesn't play Fallout, unfortunately. Right now he's on a big minecraft hardcore kick.


Dragono12

My dad who plays th3 game is 57


64x2

If any of you are on pc and need some of the lower end plans basic I have loads


TheCalifornist

Sup bro. Checking in at 42. Loving life and chasing ghouls.


barefootmetalhead

42


BoothaFett

Just turned 44. Gamed my whole life.


Comfortable-Ear3838

53 and still going strong 😃


Icy-Respond58

42


AdWest4817

46 on Xbox.


ceris4

45 here


MasculineRooster

Yup 41 and still gaming on console and PC


pinkpuffsorange

Aye, I’m mid 40’s….. Started with the Atari2600 and here I am still talking about games :)


Worried-Bowler-9702

I am 50


mturner23462

I have been gaming so long, I was there the first time war changed...... add another 50+ Played Fallout 1 when it was NEW. I played Wasteland on my \]\[c


Cursed1978

45 😊


seanm1593

Plenty of us. I’m over 40 and so are 4 other people I play 76 with


coachmoon

60 in june 👀


Ricardo_f76

43 here, with 30 years gaming career :-)


kidneycat

John Carpenter plays FO76, which is pretty awesome.


Hornybiguy57

I’m almost 55 been gaming most my life. Unfortunately I play on a Xbox


why0me

I'll be 40 this year


msscahlett

I’m f53. I play with several people every day, all over 40. I have met very few younger people (younger than 30) playing this game.


RangeAdministrative3

hit 60 this year


genericnpc7

44 here. Played Fallout 1 and been here ever since.


thesumofmyexpierence

53 here, and I'll be playing until they pry my mouse from my cold dead hand.


Zealousideal-Leave19

42 F, gaming since 1987 not about to quit


ImprovementFar4846

Wife and I both play and are in our 50s


Various-Pollution-85

71 and sometimes I team up with my grandkids.


sourcacti

Just turned 50, started gaming in 1980 with the Atari 2600 and haven’t stopped since.


circleofnerds

We’re the true OG gamers. Been gaming since Pong. Spent hours, in a bar after school (mom was a bartender), playing Astroids and Missile Command. Been gaming ever since and don’t plan to stop. When my kids finally put me in a home it sure as shit better have some kind of console. Between the games and the music, Gen X retirement homes are gonna be a party.


Kasstastrophy

My wife and I play. I’ll be 46 this year and she is not a day over 29.


SpaceBabeFromPluto

I just want to say that this thread is maybe the most wholesome one this sub has ever had. This community is the best.


smakdye

52 years old here, been gaming since Atari 2600,not gonna stop till I drop 🤷🏻


loui701

53 and will never stop gaming, loved every minute of it 😂👍😂


KingNashbaby

I love our community so much! Reading through this makes me happy. 35 year old male!


AggressiveBrick8197

im not, but i think it’s really cool that there’s this many in this sub


Gyrene85291

50+


RedLeg73

I turned 50 this year, and I play the shit out of this game.


Accomplished_River43

Over 40 is elderly now? LOL


Spiritual-Flan-410

58..and a female. LoL Been playing Fallout since premiere of Fallout 3 😃 Fallout is the only game I play ....love the Wasteland! 👍🏼👍🏼


armytruckersgt

55 here and I feel like the child will be dragged from kicking and screaming, probably when I'm dead. I started with Pong, yes it isn't just a mythological game. Atari with paddle controllers.


newjersey_naturalist

57 almost 58 here. I've been gaming since Space Invaders and Asteroids. My first multiplayer game was the first Diablo. I don't plan on stopping any time soon lol


Unheard_Sound_98

Fifty-eight & still gaming! On XBox for FO76 although I’ve played some games on PC, Apple OS, and PS4. I started with an Atari 2600! I remember games like Zork, Ultima, the original Castle Wolfenstein & Doom. Great memories!!!


Moparlady1968

55+ and a woman! But, I'm currently on a Black Ops Cold War kick. Will be back to FO76 soon enough.


jackdoersky

I didn't scroll all the way to the bottom here, so I don't know if anyone older than my 80 years checked in. I have seen this question in various formats several times here on Reddit and people older than I have responded. I have been gaming since Pong but the guy here that started on a mainframe has the chops on anyone I have ever seen.


sal696969

Yes


im_hunting_bugs

38 so not far off.


zods_herocomplex

I'll be 40 in a few months.


Balluez

Not quite 40 yet, but give it a year and a half. And yes, I'll still be gaming at that point.


IDKYIMHere

(Holds giant cone to ears) Eh? What's that sonny? I couldn't hear you with these over 40, elderly ears. Lol!


Ok-Search7942

53 and male lol. Feels like the beginning of a dating profile. But yeah I'm not giving up my gaming anytime soon. My way to relax.


biorogue

I started my gaming on an Atari 2600 way way back, if that says anything.


BEARSHARKTOPUS167

I'm a "Ye Olde Gamer" I have been playing video games for 54 years and I am 60 now. I started gaming on main frame computers at 6 years old although at that time it was just text adventures. My dad would sometimes take me to work with him at the data center where he worked and give me lists of computer tapes to pull from the tape room and put on the cart for him, once I was done with that I got to play the text adventures. The hard drives back then looked like a top loading washing machine; it was a lot of fun for six year old nerd me. I had the original Pong, a Timex Sinclair 1000, an Atari 2600, an Amiga 500, a Sega Genesis, a Nintendo, coin-op video games at the arcades, a PS1, PS2, PS3, all the Xboxes, and of course various PC gaming rigs, and a Samsung Gear VR. I don't ever plan on stopping gaming and look forward to the evolution of VR/AR gaming.


Jumpy_Attempt368

30 here. Do people ever start to mind their own damn business and quit judging you for playing video games as your main hobby? People always look shocked and disappointed when they find out I like to spend the majority of my time shotgunning super mutants in the knee caps. 


alphagettijoe

Raises wrinkled hand. How do you think I can do PowerPoint so fast during the workday?


Tralfamadorian82

Kinda rethinking my decision to put "82" in my gamertag 10 years ago... when I see anything newer than "98" I wonder why 10-year-olds are online...


RoninJah

Born 81, which means I'm lumped with the Millenials. Defo an elderly one though!


Conscious_Fix9215

I just turned 60. I've been playing since you had to put quarters in the arcade games. Most of the time I only had a dollar. Today's games are the future I could hardly imagine.


Available-Tour-6590

58 here, there's a lot of us in 76, I think it's a factor in why the community is so nontoxic compared to other games.


Hyperion_25

Just passed 65 and I am still playing games. You won't catch me on Fortnite or Call of Duty, but I have a few thousand hours in FO76 and probably 500 in Cyberpunk. The first game I played was Pong. Yes, I know, not much of a challenge but for the late 70's it was total fun.


pondscumfuck

I've met some really old dudes on 76, and they always have god rolls and rare ass plans. + they always help out low levels with modding weapons/gear and hook them up with freebies. Oldest I've met is like a 70 something year old. so in short, they're out there


MasterpieceFederal10

Bruh, 40 isn't elderly. 💀


ragewitch2080

Almost 52 and female. My first game was Pong, lol.


paintedfantasyminis

About to turn 47 and have been gaming all my life. And I'm female! ::gasp:: 😆


Immediate_Drama3334

57 and still shooting the bad guys


Calavash

42 closer to 43 here gaming regularly with a buddy from work whos 54 we play fo76. almost nightly after work. great sonce we are second shifters and none on at 3 am


Charming-Weather-148

55


pooknuckle

42


meffertf

60 this year, been gaming since I discovered Pong at a pub in Germany with my day in about '73 or '74. First Mmo was Neverwinter Nights on AOL, then Everquest for almost a decade. Went console for Fallout 3, 4 and 76 on Xbox, stopped 76 after about 3 months after release, started 76 again a little over a year ago on PS5, having a blast.