Space ace

1. there was a mr. pacman?
   2)nope sorry
2. i think i heard of Qbert once, it seems vaugely familiar
3. pinball isn’t bad, but not really fun

What is an Atari 2600?

i think it’s some type of super-ancient gaming system, from like the 50’s or something

oh oh isn’t atari 2600 that gaming system that had pong on it? the game like tennis but with only 2 lines and a ball that bounces back and forth?

yup yup yup and yup

Q-bert was the best! I played that all the time. Well that and Burger-Time. Now those were games.

@alamein:

Does anyone else on this site remember going to the arcade to play:

1. pac man - before there was a mrs. pac man
2. joust, dig doug, or asteriods
3. or have any Idea who dirk the daring, space ace, or Qbert is/are??
4. or just playing the pin ball machines because they were fun?

1. Oh yes!
2. Yep, all those too.
3. and those.
4. and those.

Actually I still own and use an Atari 2600. I am trying to write my own games for it. I’m not alone either. My other web haunt is here: http://www.atariage.com/

BTW: The Atari 2600 actually did not have pong as a game, but one of the the founders of Atari corp did invent Pong which was an arcade game, not a home console game.

Cheers!

This site needs more old foggies… :-?

1. pac man - before there was a mrs. pac man
2. joust, dig doug, or asteriods
3. or have any Idea who dirk the daring, space ace, or Qbert is/are??
4. or just playing the pin ball machines because they were fun?

1. Yes, those feminazi dastards! :o
2. Played it, hell I lived it!
3. Hahahaha, I notice how most of my conversations turn into, “Who’s better: Q*bert or PacMan these days.”
4. Pin ball machines are hands down, the greatest arcade invention ever! You always get the best bang for your buck!

Long live Atari!

Mrs. Pacman: A great victory for the femminazis :D

wait wait, when was there a MR pacman??

1. Defender
2. Asteroids
3. Berzerk
4. Barnstorming
5. Nightrider

I had dozens of these games in the 70’s. Paved the way for you Nintendo/ Playstation kids as well (I’ve evolved into them)!

This “old foggie” put in his vote…

@StrongBad1988:

wait wait, when was there a MR pacman??

No there wasn’t, and no one ever said there was except you. :P

Boy do I remember Atari well. I also loved playing Red Baron, Star Castle, Tempest and Frogger. As for pinball…still my favorite. I have a few machines myself. Gorgar and Black Knight were the ones I played most. Bought Gorgar a few years back…it still talks :D

1. Defender
2. Asteroids
3. Berzerk
4. Barnstorming
5. Nightrider

Played most of the above and lived on them, but what’s barnstorming? :)

1- space invaders
2- asteriods - on the hard level with the little ship.
3- missle command
4- combat- with the tanks-

I have all of these as games on my computer, so I still take the time to play them all the time. :)

Pitfall

I loved Blue Max on the C=64, didn’t play that many arcades though (too expensive when you have the C= at home :) )……

@TG:

Played most of the above and lived on them, but what’s barnstorming? :)

This is barnstorming…

http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=976

It’s okay, but not my favorite type of game.

Oh I remember this! (and the helicopter version too!) Too bad the name escaped me…