The POWER of Atari
by Last night... last night...
So, last night was another one of my "dinner and movie and video game" nights. Have a few friends, watch a movie (It was Ferris Bueller last night) and gather 'round the telly to play some games. The GameCube was humming along with four player Godzilla, when at around 10:00 someone suggested "Hey, let's play Warlords!"
Then it happened... like it always does...
I hook up my old Atari VCS (Later known as the 2600, but this was a pre-2600 variation) to the TV and there was 4 player Warlord goodness going on. It never ceases to amaze me how the Atari can captivate people of all ages. I mean, this is a system, as of this writing, that's hitting it's 26th birthday. Four colors, monophonic sound of bleeps and blips and just about everyone in the room had to play.
Comments I heard were "Man, that game is too cool..." "Forget that Godzilla game, this one is better..." "What awesome gamplay..." "Hey, pause the game/There's no pause button..." These were comments, by the way, from people who either never saw an Atari or were born well after it's heyday!
So we never got to play Marvel Vs Capcom 2 or any of the other games (Besides Godzilla) for the 128-bit systems... it boiled down to an old 8-bit game that captivated everyone til about 1:30 am...
It was the power of Atari!
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I love my Atari and would choose it over any game system any day (to me it is easier and has more interesting games). My older sister gets to keep our atari because we have the N64 which I think is a totally unfair deal.
3am halo is much more fun!
when i saw warlords for the pc, i just shook my head. i remember how fun it was with those dial paddles... but now they've made it too complicated.
yeah...... so...... anyone see the new awake that the cover article is about being addicted to video games.
Yeah, I read that as soon as I got it in the mail.. such a good issue.... I like how the brothers address specific games as being unsuitable for Christians...
yo did you know you will have killed 33,000 people if you beat the game car-mageddon? blew me away (i've never played that game though..i only play tony hawk, as you all know)
i love "the ataris" :-D
me too! they're the best
yeeeaaa! check out my journal! ataris are so rockin sockin finger popin!
cute .. real cute.. long live spam !
i mean .. what exactly is it.. beef? pork ? beef and pork together mixed with gelatinous fluids that taste like meat but not really meat but rather like fake meat that isn't really meat at all? i mean .. whats up...
i thought you meant "i love junk mail" for a second...which didn't really make a lot of sense..but neither did "i love spam ham"...
have you seen recent commercials for spam? THEYRE SO WACKED!
hey, i did the most incredible thing, i survived a round with NO walls!!!! woohooo, the coolest thing ever!
Pure luck... no one got an angle on you...