tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post8569838201254797608..comments2024-01-21T22:17:21.149-06:00Comments on The Natural State Hawg - ramblings from an Arkie: Yeah, I still dig that AtariHawgWyldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02749940044190568834noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-2996225442338228822008-09-24T21:01:00.000-05:002008-09-24T21:01:00.000-05:00Paul:I do, indeed, need an Atari shirt.And, hey, w...Paul:<BR/><BR/>I do, indeed, need an Atari shirt.<BR/><BR/>And, hey, with Dylan playing, the Wampus Cats may just pull out a win. He could well be the key...HawgWyldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749940044190568834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-4693072351633345932008-09-23T23:45:00.000-05:002008-09-23T23:45:00.000-05:00What you need is an Atari shirt to wear while you ...What you need is an Atari shirt to wear while you are playing your games!<BR/><BR/>Hope all is well.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Conway plays Cabot this Friday night. We probably will get another spanking. And Dylan said the coaches told him to expect a lot more playing time. So we'll see.Paul Eilershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443012393151401891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-50189878920484574832008-09-23T22:44:00.000-05:002008-09-23T22:44:00.000-05:00bsa -- Oh, yes. Mattel Football II. Great game. Wh...<B>bsa</B> -- Oh, yes. Mattel Football II. Great game. Why? Because unlike Football I, you could throw passes in Football II. Instead of that one, I had the Coleco Head-to-Head football game -- it had a pass feature and two people could play (one on offense, the other on defense).<BR/><BR/>Did you know that Mattel re-released some of those old handhelds not long ago (Football II included)? I wasn't too hot on them because you had LCDs instead of LEDs. It's just not the same.<BR/><BR/><B>Athena</B> -- Heh. I've got the top loader NES -- none of the problems you get with the pins in the front-loaders. Like that one, too. However, here's the thing about the Atari -- you never forget your first...<BR/><BR/><B>beth</B> -- Riddle of the Sphinx is still awesome. Very complex game for the Atari.<BR/><BR/>And, I do my part -- can't let any misinformation out about the late, great Atari, right? The 7800 was just released too late. By the time it showed up in 1986, the NES had already dominated the gaming system and people wanted more than superb arcade ports at the time.HawgWyldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749940044190568834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-50351261875693734152008-09-23T19:02:00.000-05:002008-09-23T19:02:00.000-05:00Oh, Riddle of the Sphinx wasn't just good, it was ...Oh, Riddle of the Sphinx wasn't just good, it was AWESOME. Although by today's standards it would probably be stupefyingly boring. But what did I know, I was 9 years old. ;)<BR/><BR/>http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=1253<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the clarification about Galaga for the Atari; we only ever had the 2600.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-28249632728316565882008-09-23T16:59:00.000-05:002008-09-23T16:59:00.000-05:00LOVE pong. We had an atari growing up...no idea wh...LOVE pong. We had an atari growing up...no idea what model it was...but my true love is the 8 bit Nintendo system. I still have it and still play it from time to time, too!Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16857388739858090445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-12490817667458520272008-09-23T16:54:00.000-05:002008-09-23T16:54:00.000-05:00My atari was the Mattel II handheld football game....My atari was the Mattel II handheld football game. I wanted it so bad, what did I get, the basketball game. I asked my mother why I got basketball when they knew I loved football, she said she saw me play basketball the day before she bought it (only because I couldn't get the neighborhood kids to play football, I relented and played basketball).<BR/><BR/>A few years ago, I bought a refurbished unit. I still love it! Who'd think blinking red lights could be so entertaining?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-27657868806825283462008-09-23T16:41:00.000-05:002008-09-23T16:41:00.000-05:00fwaggle -- Ah, I still enjoy my Dreamcast, too. Sk...<B>fwaggle</B> -- Ah, I still enjoy my Dreamcast, too. <I>Skies of Arcadia</I> remains my favorite RPG of all time (yeah, it's a bit juvenile) and my wife and I spent hours beating up each other on <I>Hydro Thunder</I>.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty much a child of the 1980s, too, in that I spent my junior high years, high school years and most of my college years in that decade.<BR/><BR/>The 1990s sucked, by the way.<BR/><BR/><B>Imitationangel</B> -- I only had the 2600, really. My parents bought me an Atari 7800 in 1998 (the year I got divorced from my first wife), and I'm particularly fond of that machine and loved the updated arcade classics for that one -- Food Fight, Galaga, Centipede etc. That's still the one I tend to play as it's backward compatible with all my 2600 stuff.<BR/><BR/>Go ahead and dig out that old Atari. In my mind, a finer system was never produced.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I'm feeling old these days, too. Having a kid in middle school will do that to you, I'm afraid...<BR/><BR/><B>Laura</B> -- I wouldn't give that thing up for anything. I've fried a couple in my lifetime, but I've got about three solid ones stashed around the house now. Atari forever...<BR/><BR/><B>Beth</B> -- "Riddle of the Sphinx," huh? That's a good one.<BR/><BR/>And <B>Galaga</B> was for the 7800. I love that particular translation, too.<BR/><BR/><B>jd</B> -- Neat commercial, huh? The Tubes actually did that commercial for Activision years ago. I actually remember seeing that on television years ago.HawgWyldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749940044190568834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-15391926723681005112008-09-23T13:21:00.000-05:002008-09-23T13:21:00.000-05:00I only briefly got into video games when my soon-t...I only briefly got into video games when my soon-to-be husband bought me a Nintendo set. We stayed up until 4 AM for a few weeks straight playing Super Mario Brothers. The end. But I have very fond memories of playing Gorf at my college arcade. And of the TUBES! Where did that come from???<BR/><BR/>JD at <A HREF="http://idothings.info" REL="nofollow">I Do Things</A>JD at I Do Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637216169419014156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-20877953887571444462008-09-23T13:13:00.000-05:002008-09-23T13:13:00.000-05:00Oh, the Atari 2600, what a wonderful gaming system...Oh, the Atari 2600, what a wonderful gaming system. My sister won a console through a Burger King sweepstakes in 1982 (I think), and it was the happiest day of our young lives. I can still picture her jumping up and down with the phone in her hand after she got the call. ;)<BR/><BR/>It came with Space Invaders, but we quickly hit the bargain bins at the local Zayres store and stocked up on various Activision goodies. (I still dream about playing Riddle of the Sphinx--not sure what that says about me.) I could (and did) play Yars Revenge for hours at a time. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!<BR/><BR/>da old man, Galaga was my favorite too, but I only ever played it in the arcade. Did they make a version for the Atari?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-87644382134957170222008-09-23T11:37:00.000-05:002008-09-23T11:37:00.000-05:00Hi Ethan! My brothers and I grew up with Atari and...Hi Ethan! My brothers and I grew up with Atari and loved it. My favorite games were Pac-Man, Pong, and Slalom. I think it's cool you still have the system.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634146510952805095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-64636244876318016922008-09-23T09:58:00.000-05:002008-09-23T09:58:00.000-05:00Thanks a lot for making me remember that I'm old. ...Thanks a lot for making me remember that I'm old. I'm an 80's baby and have each Atari model produced back then. Yes they still work although I haven't played them in a while. Food Fight was definitely my favorite game along with Ms. Pacman. Come to think of it my parents had me involved with video games early on in life. I had the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Gameboy, and Sega systems. <BR/><BR/>I quit with my video game systems right around the time Sega Dreamcast was released. I can only imagine how much room I would have taken up if I continued to get each new system that was released every year.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm thinking about it I may have to go dig out those old games and relive the past.ImitationAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647787932931903320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-20155161264601758172008-09-23T08:25:00.000-05:002008-09-23T08:25:00.000-05:00man does this bring back some memories. i was a li...man does this bring back some memories. i was a little young for atari (child of the 80s), at the age atari was popular i was doing whatever my parents wanted because i wasn't too absorbed in anything else. and when it came time to bring home a fantastic tv-connected contraption my dad opted for the more utilitarian commodore 64 rather than a video games system.<BR/><BR/>i did get to enjoy games like barnstorming later on, but even at that age (around 8 or so?) it struck me as odd that i couldn't (at the time) <I>program</I> said device, so it lost my interest pretty quick - i was always a hacker at heart. truthfully nowadays the only reason i haven't picked up atari homebrew is because i never found a too-good-to-be-true deal on an atari system i could violate.<BR/><BR/>i was thrilled you mentioned the dreamcast also (a system i <I>have</I> done some homebrew on, admittedly not much though) - while not quite as nostalgic as the atari and NES, it was a groundbreaking console that's seriously underrated and deserves a noted place in gaming history. *climbs down off the soapbox*<BR/><BR/>:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-16522609306451068492008-09-23T01:40:00.000-05:002008-09-23T01:40:00.000-05:00Da Old Man:You're thinking of Combat, specifically...Da Old Man:<BR/><BR/>You're thinking of <I>Combat</I>, specifically the Tank Pong variations. Yeah, that was some great stuff, indeed.<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed it. I was glad I found that old Activision commercial.HawgWyldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749940044190568834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736378642004875114.post-56266516454254107022008-09-23T01:30:00.000-05:002008-09-23T01:30:00.000-05:00Galaga had to be the greatest video game ever, clo...Galaga had to be the greatest video game ever, closely followed by the Tank battle game. I'm thinking it was just called Tank. But you could do bank shots, and it was great.<BR/>Thanks for the trip down memory lane.Da Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02529514518271981093noreply@blogger.com