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May 8, 2003
have you played Atari today?
Interesting...Infogrames, the creators of my favorite computer obsession Civilization III, have changed their name to Atari. Infogrames apparently legally acquired the retro name two years ago and have decided to rename themselves after the ancient video game overlords.
While my family had the superior ColecoVision system, I did play a lot of Atari 2600 games. What was your favorite Atari game? Mine was that tank game where you could modify the playing field, making the bullets bounce off of the walls (or not).
Posted by jimbo at May 8, 2003 4:26 PM
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Hands down Adventure was my favorite game. I remember fondly getting the secret stone to advance into the secret room.
Posted by: Burl at May 8, 2003 6:12 PM
I still have my ATARI. Pac-Man and Pitfall were my faves. Interest to note that the word Atari(obviously of Japanese Origin) is a derivation of the Word Ataru or Ateru which means "to hit" or in context "To win". God bless the Nihonjin.
Posted by: Dax at May 8, 2003 8:52 PM
two votes for Pitfall!
I also liked Football. It had 4 players on each team and they crrraawwwllllled across the screen.
Posted by: Jdub at May 9, 2003 1:58 AM
We passed over atari for Intelivision. It comes from the English "Intelligent Vision" I think.
GURL
Posted by: GURL at May 9, 2003 10:39 AM
I played Pole Position so much that I ripped the rubber coating off of my joystick.
Boy, that sounds much worse than it should.
Posted by: Chrisafer at May 9, 2003 10:47 AM
Chrisafer...jaysus what are ya tinkin man? Dis is a family blog!
Posted by: GURL at May 9, 2003 11:03 AM
asteroids. i can probably still flip the thing.
pit fall.
and honestly i can't remember what else i liked.
but i dug coleco vision.
Posted by: the mighty jimbo at May 10, 2003 3:32 PM
Ms. Pack-Man was my fav----because it was the game I was best at.
Posted by: jnb at May 10, 2003 11:10 PM
cool site
Posted by: cooldude at November 26, 2003 2:29 PM