My first original games are from 1989. Those were the golden days! Funny how new games cost only 5-8 € those days. The first games I bought were collections (Great games 1&2?). After 5 years I sold the tape 64 for 120€ and bought my first PC - 486DX33. It had a harddrive and everything!
The main reason I bought PC was to play RPG and strategy games. 64 and amiga were limited when it came to those genres.
Year or two after that I bought my first soundcard (Soundgames?) and modem. Soon I was cruising along the boxes and bulletins playing VGA planets and Zombiemud.