[Boudica]

Oh gosh, the boot speed was crazy. Not that we would have thought of it as slow at the time per se...

You do? I spent many an hour playing that as a young child! It must have been around 2001-2003 when I was playing, so that sounds about right. I googled the release date: 1999!

Yes I remember when It was booting up, I'd go Into the kitchen and make a cup of coffee. On my return It booted Into the Windows environment, and sometimes I still had to wait until all running processes, services etc finished loading.

The reason I remember the game, Is because my friend's kids were very young at the time and that's all they played. I've just Googled It now too and you're right, It was released In 1999. I actually thought It was later. I also remember "My Little Pony" on CD that was compatible with Windows 95.

My, a mere toddler at the time, once decided to mash on all the keys while it was booting up... The machine, henceforth, broke. That was the end of that one. xD I don't think he recalls what PCs used to be like, or knows the sound of dial up!