>> ^raverman:
nice!
This is a bitch to play on guitar hero


>> ^Rotty:
Nice. Kind of reminded me of an ATARI 2600 though.


Maybe its the unreleased Atari 2600 Guitar Hero?

Nice. Kind of reminded me of an ATARI 2600 though. I wanted to see what some Mozart looked like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ6R6hz1SFc

These sorts of games existed well into the 2000s. They just became handheld GameBoy/GameBoy Advance games. In a portable environment I prefer them.

I have a pretty comprehensive console emulator interface set up on my TV that we use a lot when guests come over. The young ones never had much trouble with the older NES/SNES games. What really threw them off were the Atari 2600 games. Make this kid play Yars Revenge or something.

I didn't know this was going to (d)evolve into an E-Peen thread, but I love that game, so here goes:

My first gaming experiences were, of course, Atari-2600 related. I still have the console and ~80 carts in my closet.

My folks bought their first computer, an Atari 4800 (lol.) I have fond memories of hand-entering the BASIC code for games, debugging them manually, and saving them to cassette tapes. We also actually purchased a phenomenal game called Lode Runner that is still emulated today.

First official console: Sega Genesis. I was unhappy with the palette "warmth", so I traded it up for a SNES. I still have that console as well. My wife and I resolved many disputes with Doctor Mario and Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

After I got out of the military, I bought my first PC, a CompuAdd 486, with which I happily played Doom, Doom2, Duke Nukem, Interstate '76, Mechwarrior (1,2), Tie Fighter, X-Wing, Warcraft, Populous, the list goes on.

It wasn't long after that my wife and I invested in a Nintendo 64, which I wasn't very pleased with. The games that we enjoyed were great, but the variety wasn't so much. We got a lot of mileage out of Mario Kart 64, Mario 64, and of course Ocarina of Time.

Disappointed with the 64, we bought a Playstation. There were a few games that became marital aides, primarily Tekken 3 and Super Puzzle Fighter. However, the console's primary purpose quickly became Spyro. I think my wife may have had a thing for that little dragon. Syro's 1-3 are still near to our hearts (I'm glad that they were all released on the PSN.)

Subsequently, we purchased a Dreamcast, primarily because of how easy it was to boot-leg games for the system. Other than the Sonic games, only Jet Set Radio stands out as a mentionable Dreamcast game. Simply fantastic.

After that, we dove into the PS2. Gran Turismo 3, 4, Jak&Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Final Fantasy XII, ICO, Shadow of the Colossus were the highlights. Oh yeah, also Odin Sphere, great game. Ew, and Shin Megami Tensei 3, that too.

Back to the PC, I had purchased a beefed up system in 2006, primarily for Half-Life 2, but also fell back in love with Team Fortress and Counter Strike. That's also when I began my on-again off-again love affair with MMO games. Final Fantasy XI, the first I'd tried, was a bitch-lover, more a 2nd job than a "fun game". Since, I've played City of Heroes, World of Warcraft, Lineage2, EVE, and (most recently) Lord of the Rings Online. In between multi-player gaming, I've spent solo-time on Oblivion, Overlord, Sims3, Bioshock, and the fantastic Fallout 3.

On the mobile front, what started out as travel-toys for my son have turned into nice gaming distractions as well. We have Nintendo DS's, and a PSP. I've put a shameful amount of time into Pokemon Pearl (played through twice fully, on third play now.) On the PSP, Patapon was a nice distraction, as was Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology.

Year before last we bought a PS3. Stand-outs are: Little Big Planet, all of the PixelJunk games, Flower, and Infamous.

That's it for my gamer's resume. Hope I get the job.

Not as much as I used to, and sadly since I wish I had more time to play some of the stuff today. The earliest games I would play were on the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64.

I would agree though, I picked up Mass Effect now that its only $20 on Steam despite already having it on the 360... because I cannot stand playing a game like that with a controller. I have played just about every fps game from even before Wolfenstein 3D (Catacombs of the Abyss anyone?) to whats available now with a mouse and keyboard.

My Steam username is *cough* Croccydile but I have not really played Left4Dead since it got boring to me. I can only get a decent group for Expert with people I know at LANs.

Oh yeah, um, we do try to get in WC3 play at lans with most of what everyone likes to play... mostly tower defense maps and I think one called Seven Heroes?

>> ^blankfist:
^Good job, RS. You are to the internet what Obama will ultimately be to the economy: well intentioned but incapable of delivering.

Oh yea? Well you are to the internet what stupids will ultimately be to the stupid: you're stupid and I think Kubrick's use of color is drab and sterile.

Wut is geniusis of this? Did I mis fire thread?

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Too big words. rasch no like. Less [monosyllabic word for syllables].

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Too big words. rasch no like. Less [monosyllabic word for syllables].

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Why not raschfist make funny game machine pikchure?

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'atari, coin op, old school, ad' to 'atari, 2600, arcade, computer, games, coin op, old school, ad' - edited by kronosposeidon

I had an Atari 2600 myself. Two, in fact. The first one was made of wood (for real). We bought the second when the wooden one packed in, and it was made of new-fangled plastic. To be honest I preferred the wood.

I remember we had a really old tube TV that we played Duck Hunt on as kids. There was something about the TV that if you aimed at the exact center of the screen with the light gun held directly to the glass, the game registered a hit every single shot...

So, being curious at how far duck hunt goes, I decided to use this cheat to beat the game. Guess what? IT NEVER ENDS! Actually, it does end, because they made impossible to win- somewhere after level 100 they start sending 4 ducks up, but you only have 3 bullets to hit them. A few levels of missing 1 duck per level spells your demise. (and no, you can't hit 2 ducks with 1 bullet)

I mean, we expect Atari 2600 games that simply go on forever, but most NES games were beatable, even if the endings were cheesy.

So, even though I've never hunted ducks in real life, never had a complaint about cunnilingus skills, and never threw hot coffee on a coworker and got fired, I feel his pain. The dog had to die.

OK, "E.T." on the Atari 2600 made me vote for this video.

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^ You don't have the nostalgia factor going for you on Tr2n. These were heady days of Atari 2600s and Tron video games in the arcade.

god the sound effects sound like they are from an atari 2600.