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The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 4:57 pm
by Herb Roflcopter
Yeah, VERY old-school!

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My daughter and I are playing Warlords on a refurbished 2600 console. This model was designed to accept a composite video input, and a red LED power light that my original model did not have.

Also of note is that we play using an old Commodore 64 computer monitor, because the refresh rate on a modern television does not match up at all- new TVs are incompatible with the old technology.

You can buy old cartridges on Ebay for a few bucks; I went and got a copy of Adventure, and found I was not able to complete the harder levels like I used to some 35 years ago. :oops:

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:46 pm
by Cousi
Curse you for getting older Baz!

I call you Baz because that's how I'll always think of you.

Anyway this place is local to me: Flynn's Retrocade. I took my son there a few weeks back and we had a blast. All the old games; Asteroids, Pac-Man, Star Wars (the line art one), Tempest, Dig-Dug, Joust and of course, Tron. Glad to see your daughter's enjoying it as much as you are!

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:27 am
by Herb Roflcopter
Cousi wrote:
Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:46 pm
Curse you for getting older Baz!

I call you Baz because that's how I'll always think of you.

Anyway this place is local to me: Flynn's Retrocade. I took my son there a few weeks back and we had a blast. All the old games; Asteroids, Pac-Man, Star Wars (the line art one), Tempest, Dig-Dug, Joust and of course, Tron. Glad to see your daughter's enjoying it as much as you are!

That reminds me, there's a place 10 minutes from my house that just gets bigger each year:
http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/

It's $20 to get in (it used to be $15) but once you've paid, the games are all free and the ticket is good all day, even if you go home and come back later in the same day.

On an unrelated note, I seldom use the same screen name more than twice, so it was time for another nutty change. :)

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:12 pm
by Cousi
:shock: Oh my. 662 games and adding more all the time? If they all work, that's phenomenal.

Regarding screen names, as someone who works in IT and regularly has to know a dozen different logins and associated passwords I tend to stick with the same one in my personal life. Only so much RAM in my head, don'tchaknow. Although with the divorce I've been thinking of changing from Cousi to something else. I'll probably just leave it because I'm lazy.

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:08 pm
by Blackthorn
Cousi wrote:
Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:46 pm
Curse you for getting older Baz!

I call you Baz because that's how I'll always think of you.
Ah, NOW I recognize him! And his sweet daughter who used to beat him up in their photo shoots! Good to see you both again!

Maybe I should change my name, too. I don't think Bazooka Goof is taken.... :mrgreen:

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:38 am
by Herb Roflcopter
Cousi wrote:
Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:12 pm
Although with the divorce
I've been out of touch and didn't hear about that- I'm sorry. :o
Blackthorn wrote:
Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:08 pm
Ah, NOW I recognize him! And his sweet daughter who used to beat him up in their photo shoots! Good to see you both again!

Maybe I should change my name, too. I don't think Bazooka Goof is taken.... :mrgreen:
Thanks, Blackthorn! :)

My little girl has grown considerably, here's a nine-year span of pics:
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Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:19 pm
by Eric Renderking Fisk
They grow up too fast!

And some of my greatest memories of the time spent with me and my sons were playing video games!

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:43 pm
by Herb Roflcopter
Eric Renderking Fisk wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:19 pm
They grow up too fast!

And some of my greatest memories of the time spent with me and my sons were playing video games!
Regarding the Atari games, my daughter has played them a few times, but not too much. Kids these days have way more advanced games on their phones! She probably can't believe Daddy got by on 8 bit graphics!!! :lol:

Re: The Atari 2600 Thread!

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:11 pm
by Blackthorn
Herb Roflcopter wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:38 am
Cousi wrote:
Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:12 pm
Although with the divorce
I've been out of touch and didn't hear about that- I'm sorry. :o
Blackthorn wrote:
Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:08 pm
Ah, NOW I recognize him! And his sweet daughter who used to beat him up in their photo shoots! Good to see you both again!

Maybe I should change my name, too. I don't think Bazooka Goof is taken.... :mrgreen:
Thanks, Blackthorn! :)

My little girl has grown considerably, here's a nine-year span of pics:
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Oh I love it! Fun pics