Atari!

[Spirit_Wolf8356]

We went down my grandma's house today and we got her old Atari! ^_^ It's so cool.

Just wondering how many other people have played Atari?

[Nate]

Are you kidding?! That was all I had when I was a kid!

Ah, the old 2600...man, that was sweet...we got a 7800 later, though.

My first next-gen gaming system was a Super Nintendo...but considering I didn't get that until I was fourteen or so...all I had was the Atari.

[battletech]

I still have my old Atari 2600 and some games.

[TheMelodyMaker]

Atari recently released a CD with a whole bunch of their own 2600 games and several of their original arcade versions; I think it's called "The Classic 80 Games". I bought one; good times. ^_^ (Too bad our actual hardware doesn't work great any more, due to an awful short in the power connector... -_- )

[youngWilliam]

I almost bought a 2600 once, but I was broke and parents wouldn't let me have any money

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Ah, I remember the good old Atari from my early primary school years. They had all these educational games but I was more into the likes of Pac Man, Bomber Man, Buggy Boy, Gauntlet 1 and 2 and The Predator (and many more). It was very fun!
Ah, yes, and I remeber the Atari's had magical powers in Year 4. You would type up your story or whatever and then you could sit back and relax for several minutes as the words appeared on the screen before you! Quite fun , but a real bummer to edit with! But then, when I left after Year 7 they got rid of the Atari's. Boo!!

[cbwing0]

I have played some of the old Atari games. I especially like Battlezone and Pong. I also like Space Invaders, but I'm not sure that that was Atari.

This is an interesting toy...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000645DD/qid=1101574500/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-9147542-9756964?v=glance&s=toys&n=507846

A joystick that you plug into your tv that includes 10 atari games. Not a bad deal (unless you consider the fact that you can get most of the games for free as updated flash games).

[Godly Paladin]

I've played it... While I enjoy playing Genesis games, I can't see the appeal of Atari. It's so...boring. I consider my time playing it wasted. It's a bit too 'old school' for me.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

how much were they sold back then when they first came out?

[Godly Paladin]

The same as current games... $50 for a game.

Acutally, the consoles themselves were far more expensive than current consoles. Whereas next gen stuff goes for about 200 or so, Atari, Genesis, etc., originally went for 300. It's because current game companies are losing money on every console they sell but making up for it on the games.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

that thing cost 300 buckos....... crazyness

i remember when like, n64 games cost 80 bucks n stuff

many stores have like "buy an snes game, get an snes game free! Offer EXCLUDES Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 2 (4) and FInal Fantasy 3 (6)"

hehe, and those games cost around 40 bucks still

[Cap'n Nick]

Totally old skool!

I can't remember how much the games cost, but I do remember that it was a pain to save for them on my allowance.

All of those hours of Asteroids paid off, though

EDIT: Aw dang, if those aren't exactly the three games I would buy! I spent a whole summer working through FF2 with my friends in the cul de sac. You spoony bard! Oh, the memories...

[Mr. SmartyPants]

not ff2, FF4

yep, FF4 was the frist final fantasy i played, followed by final fantasy 6 when i was like, oh say, 10 maybe, i played it way after it was released, and it's my favorite