Pong was the OG...but THIS was IT!
Posted by Altrebelle@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 57 comments
2 years BEFORE Intellivision Console! Eat your heart out Mattel! 😂😂😂😂
Posted by Altrebelle@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 57 comments
2 years BEFORE Intellivision Console! Eat your heart out Mattel! 😂😂😂😂
ProfessionalAir124@reddit
Best of times !!!!
SCCHS@reddit
We used to go to Sears just to play Pong. And the entire store always smelled like popcorn.
Doublestack2411@reddit
I remember we had Intelivision and Atari, but I really started to blossom as a gaming with the Commodore 64, lol.
Working_Tea_8562@reddit
Hours and hours of playing frogger with my Mom after supper. I can still hear her laughter at such joy she was having with us kids. That was at least 40 yrs ago. RIP mom ❤️
brainfogmidsentence@reddit
With you there! My Mom couldn't understand our attraction to Atari.... then we sat her down in front of Frogger, and she was hooked! Frogger became her game. Dad came home to me making dinner & Mom still playing Frogger– my Dad just smiled🙂🙂
CaliRollerGRRRL@reddit
Did you have the version with the chickens? What was that one called?
Working_Tea_8562@reddit
No? Never heard of that one?? Sounds crazy.
CaliRollerGRRRL@reddit
Here it is, it was called Freeway
Miserable_Jacket_129@reddit
I remember the hope I had everyday thinking I'd beat Pitfall.
ericinnyc@reddit
Wasn't there some sort of prize if you beat the game, took a picture of your TV, (got it developed,) and sent it to Activision?
brainfogmidsentence@reddit
Yes indeed! Did this a few times back in the day– take a photo of myself next to my win screen, send to Activision, and Activision would send an award patch.
Miserable_Jacket_129@reddit
It appears so!
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7iqjsk/found_a_patch_i_won_for_completing_100_on_pitfall/
yabyum@reddit
Fucking pitfall.
So many hours spent.
And you look back at those graphics now compared to games you can play on your phone and remember how happy those days were.
Miserable_Jacket_129@reddit
I've seen technology advance to the point I'm ready to revert back to Atari-level tech.
Also...fucking Pitfall.
llllllllIIIIIIl@reddit
I hated these guys!
llllllllIIIIIIl@reddit
Those stupid headhunters!
lcrker@reddit
Yars Revenge
Kitchen-Witching@reddit
Adventure! That game was my jam.
zombie_overlord@reddit
I just discovered today that you can buy a brand new Atari 2600.
https://atari.com/products/atari-2600-plus
MonkeyWrenchAccident@reddit
Where is the love for Joust ? Riding an jumping ostrich with a lance. This was our favourite. And the first real player vs player my friends and i ever had.
Agitated-Sea6800@reddit
Asteroids was the Jam!
ElYodaPagoda@reddit
We had boxed our Atari away for years, then brought it out and played a ton of Asteroids, and Combat! Oh we had some good times with those old crappy games. It just required a bit of imagination!
External_OGZ@reddit
Yars Revenge and Defender!
EatMorePieDrinkMore@reddit
I loved Yars Revenge. Lining up that one shot was so worth it.
MooseBlazer@reddit
The Wood-grain is what made it so so bad ass
red286@reddit
I dunno... the Atari 2600 Jr was still pretty sweet looking without it.
MooseBlazer@reddit
You couldn’t tell I was joking?
ResponsibleRoof8844@reddit
Do t forget the first computer. Ours was a Microbee or Commodore 64
Frosty-Survey-8264@reddit
Vic-20 came out 2 years earlier than the Commodore 64.
mpls_big_daddy@reddit
Missile Command!
adorato@reddit
Got ours in 4th grade. Loved it!
Pretty_Substance_312@reddit
Those are the wrong controllers…need the dial controller for pong
Those controllers when playing pitfall could be brutal…palm of hand rest on the top to move the character
notworkingghost@reddit
The LEGO one is awesome.
CaliRollerGRRRL@reddit
I liked frogger & the chicken version of that, asteroids & space invaders & ms Pac-Man
Trandoshan-Tickler@reddit
Yep, had PONG, Atari 2600, and Intellevision. I was very entertained in the late 70s - 80s. SEGA Genesis was my last console before I built my first PC.
TheColdWind@reddit
Pong was like the harbinger to me. I became aware of a whole new possibility.
AbruptMango@reddit
It was the gold standard.
bee_burr_wzz@reddit
River Raid, every day after school.
jwezorek@reddit
My greatest Atari 2600 memory is that I was one of the people who found the easter egg in Adventure without knowing it was there or anything.
Well, I had heard a rumor from some neighborhood kids that their was a "secret world" you could get to in Adventure so I was kind of half-assedly looking for that even though kids were big liars.
But, anyway, I liked Adventure and would just screw around with it for fun. At some point I realized that there was little square area in the black castle catacombs that are impossible to get to without using the bridge, went in there, and found the dot, a single pixel object that is the key to the easter egg room.
But the easter egg room looks as though it has two exits. So while I was super excited to find it, I was disappointed that two apparent exits were not exits and did not lead to a secret world.
Malfunction1972@reddit
Combat, space invaders, yars revenge, and adventure
blonde_opinion@reddit
Oh, the days when we all believed the future meant owning our own personal robot dog and becoming best friends with a slice of cheese named Fred!
aWanderingPiano@reddit
I beat ET and Adventure. My first two completes.
I wouldn't beat another game until the Bungee Software Marathon games (precursor to Halo) on an Apple and N64 Golden Eye.
KCchessc6@reddit
Hours and hours playing missile command. I miss the early 80s
RemissionMission@reddit
My mom and dad were going through a divorce when this came out. Each parent wanted me to live with them. My dad bought me one of these in order to sway me to choose living with him. I opted to stay with my mom (trust me, that was the best decision), and I played it every other weekend when I went to my dad’s.
TwistedMemories@reddit
Pfft, the game console may be gone, but I still have the manual…ugh, I’m getting up there
winter_rainbow@reddit
But 5 years after the Odyssey was released. The Odyssey never gets the love it deserves.
Mrjlawrence@reddit
I had the odyssey and loved it
HURTBOTPEGASUS9@reddit
Weird art, favorite game.
Watch_Noob_72@reddit
Well… Space Race, but PONG is nearly as old. Regardless, the VCS was definitely IT.
LivingEnd44@reddit
I got this for Christmas in 1982 and it was the best gift of my life.
My grandmother bought me Donkey Kong. She put it inside a sweater before wrapping it because she knew I'd shake it.
CharmReductionINC@reddit
I had this but I loved my intellevison.
trmentry@reddit
I just found this on Amazon and ordered one to get my childhood back.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BT36XWTS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Cool-Importance6004@reddit
Amazon Price History:
My Arcade Atari Game Station Pro: Video Game Console with 200+ Games, Wireless Joysticks, RGB LED Lights, Atari 2600/5200/7800 and More * Rating: ★★★☆☆ 3.7
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prophet74@reddit
!good bot
HazySkyFire@reddit
Missile command forever.
twirlingmypubes@reddit
My mom went through so many joysticks because of Ms Pacman and Megalomania
32yearsateacher@reddit
My brothers and I got that for Christmas and Mom still has it and the games! Need to break it out and play.