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22 April 2008

A touch of nostalgia for those of us from the Atari generation. (From that blue place.)→[More:] I L'd OL.

post by: mudpuppie at: 14:01 | 12 comments

Cabbage Patch dolls and Atari.

*sigh*

As someone who was an adult (chronologically, anyway) when these things came out, I'm feeling really fucking old right about now.

posted by bmarkey 22 April | 14:15

I'll send you a Cabbage Patch doll if you want to get in touch with your inner kid, b.

posted by mudpuppie 22 April | 14:16

In order to get in touch with my inner kid, you'd have to send Major Matt Mason.

/derail

posted by bmarkey 22 April | 14:19

I really hated It's Fucking Checkers. But I do remember Old-Timey Cop With a Stick - I think it was called Keystone Cops?

posted by Joe Invisible 22 April | 14:23

Maze Craze.

Keystone Kapers was a different game (one of the many Activision titles that mostly make up the highlights of the 2600 catalog).

posted by box 22 April | 14:32

How is it possible that I still have Pac-Man Fever?
I'm sentimental, you say? Ah Shaddap You Face.

posted by Hellbient 22 April | 15:20

I think a better name for Old-Timey Cop With a Stick (pictured below) would be
Get Gallagher^TM
(or maybe just Gallagha^TM)

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Atom Eyes 22 April | 15:48

Never had an Atari, or any game system, while growing up.

posted by deborah 22 April | 16:29

Intellivision was better.

posted by jonmc 22 April | 18:39

The Atari? That's fer the young whippersnappers! I was part of the Pong generation! I can still win the Memory Challenge on Merlin! I kicked the Little Perfessor's ass!

But anyway. The best Atari game, in my opinion, was Berserk. Pitfall was also awesome.

posted by Miko 22 April | 22:24

"Pitfall 2" was the best. YOU COULDN'T PERMANENTLY DIE. IT WENT ON FOREVER AND EVER. It's still my favorite video game of all time.

posted by mykescipark 23 April | 00:30

The best Atari game, in my opinion, is Megamania. Great level design, mostly-twitch-with-a-touch-of-pattern-recognition strategy, and that awesome arcade game thing where it never ends--it just keeps getting faster and faster and harder and harder.

Also, Intellivision better? Hahahaha. Overlays. Intellivoice. Plimpton.

posted by box 23 April | 15:13

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