R.Cade Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 My not-so-young pre-teen was playing H.E.R.O. with me and made an interesting observation. He said "why does the lady at the end of the level always have a baby when you get there?" Watch the graphics at the end of the level - it could be interpreted that you are saving a pregnant lady and she has a baby at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themushroom Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Wonder what she'd say about Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle where Smurfette gets naked when she gets rescued? Edited December 15, 2014 by themushroom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 My favorite is "Wow! It loads so fast!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themushroom Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 My favorite is "Wow! It loads so fast!" that's what SHE said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 My moments involve when you show a "youngster" a game, you play for a few minutes, and they give you a sideways glance like you've gone completely mental. Priceless! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Best part is when you completely slaughter them in a game without even looking at the screen. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataritard Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Best part is when you completely slaughter them in a game without even looking at the screen. ...And they yell at you! You're cheating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Not exactly funny as in "funny", but it definetly made me raise an eyebrow: My nephew, now 18, who barely realized there are game consoles before the PS2, once said while we were playing Jungle Hunt: "Nice graphics" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 ...And they yell at you! You're cheating! Same thing with my nephews (12 and 13). They say "it's not fair, you play these games since you were a kid". And I always mock them about their Xbox360 loading times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Ha ha I noticed with casual games like angry birds and flappy bird we have come full circle. Games and kids are all about a game doing just one thing like space invaders did one thing or asteroids. I was wondering when we were going to circle back. I am surprised how many kids want to play Atari now when they come into my stores. It really is a great thing to see parents and kids passing retro together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain King Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 A typical conversation my daughter who is 8 has with her friends about video games. She acts like Atari is a common thing. "We play Mincraft, Plants vs Zombies and Destiny on Xbox One" "You have an Xbox One? Cool!" "Yeah and we play Adventure, Go Fish and Toyshop Trouble on Atari." "What's an Atari?" "You don't know what an Atari is?" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzeroxx69 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Showed my two daughters some Atari games a few years back... They rolled there eyes at a couple of games.. then i put on Atari basketball.. they went nuts for it playing for like two hours... laughing like maniacs the whole time... i was like WTF?? Definitely a Atari Family moment!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC-42 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 A typical conversation my daughter who is 8 has with her friends about video games. She acts like Atari is a common thing. Yeah, apparently, my elder daughter has been talking to her friends at school about Ataris. She reports that, surprise, "none of them know what that is." A couple years back for her birthday, I set up every Atari and NES in the house in one room and left them on for her and her friends to play at their leisure. It was like watching Borg walking past unassimilated humans, treating them as if they didn't exist. My daughter does like to play the games with me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAtari Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Just show them the Atari when they are very young, they'll think that's all the gaming industry has to offer. Worked with my kid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Kids have come full circle because so many games on the latest gen systems are rated m and they take hours to play without developing any skills. On Atari you can play in ten minutes and develop skills at the game and don't have to listen to curse words and watch graphic violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 "I don't wanna play the crusty graphics game" - My Son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhite2600 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 My son is 19 now. I introduced him to "Daddy's Games" when he was about 2 or 3. Today he will play everything from the 2600 to the PS4 - and enjoy them all. He even volunteers with me at The Personal Computer Museum where he can talk to visitors all about the classics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themushroom Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 In a few days I will give my sister an Atari 2600 six-switch and about thirty games. (Her Xmas wish!) She has three kids, aged 3 to 12, and I look forward to seeing how they react to having a circa-1978 machine with a box of 1977-1987 games in front of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 "I don't wanna play the crusty graphics game" - My Son LMAO My son said something simpler like "What is that block supposed to be"? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 This thread is lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 My son said something simpler like "What is that block supposed to be"? If we're honest to ourselves... so did we quite often back in the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 That's true. But our imagination soared...since we didn't have the realistic graphics of today's games. We HAD to use our imaginations to picture much more than what was on the screen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Related to this topic. Edited December 21, 2014 by Kr0tki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themushroom Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Related to this topic. Judging by the image onscreen in that first picture, there must be another videogame system plugged into that television, ya dig? Edited December 22, 2014 by themushroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Edited December 23, 2014 by Zonie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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