Lemmi Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Joystick Jolter WINS!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfallaimee Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 I'm from April '84, and my Atari Age dates back to December of '84 (not that I remember it...) My parents are big into atari, but they still don't beat JoysticK Jolter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Atari-Jess: Markimus of K. im not sure if ive emailed you asked you yet but do you have an atari computer? or did you have at one point? if you do, ive something to ask if i haven't already done so Atari-Jess: No you haven't emailed me that I know of, but then again, I'm pretty old and confused. I've got an Atari ST 520fm, upgraded to 1 meg (which I know a little about), an Atari 130XE (which I know very little about), and an XEGS which I now know hopefully as much as yourself. What do you need? Markimus of K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 I'm 27. (Oct '74) First System: Atari 2600 First Computer: Commode 64 First Arcade Game: Pong First Favorite Band: Howard Jones -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 DOB: July 23, 1966 First coin-op played: Super Pong First coin-op owned: Centipede First system played: Odyssey 2 First system owned: Sears Super Pong First cartridge purchased: Air Sea Battle First hand-held: Mattel Football First computers used: Commodore PET & TRS 80 First computer owned: Atari 800XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Howard Jones? grrr. Us Nik Kershaw fans used to hate you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 You mean i'm the youngest person here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 10/24/68 = *33* I bought my first console (2600) with my paper route money back in 82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Forget, (23). First Console: Atari 2600 (sold and later buy again), First Computer: C64 (sold to buy a NES), First Console that I still have: NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis8Atari Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 I am 21 and I have been playing Atari since before I knew how to tie my shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmctm1sw Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Im 29 and holding.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noble Kale Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 10/04/83 = 18... but only for a few more days First system: Parents had a pong thing before I was born, but the first I played was a 2600 First Computer: Apple IIGS (stylish!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebossy Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 Next month is my 5th annual 29th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Lost Monkey: with my paper route money back in 82 Ahh, paper route money. Sweet, sweet, paper route money. I bought a 1541 with mine... heh, le geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 I was born one year after the first man walked on the moon (or so they say) First system: Atari 2600 Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 hehe, I was born one year after they stopped bothering going there I'm post space-age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Joystick Jolter: Hello from "The Old Man" The "Grandpa of the Boards" I have children the age of most of you. I'm going to be 56 on 5/9 born in 1946. Wow I didn't know they let things grow that old on this planet. I not only have played games since Day 1 of home video games, but during the 80's played them before most people even saw them. Now that's "FUN"!!! Aren't you Nolan Bushnell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG EARL Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 I am 28 (Aug, 1, 1973) but I bought my first ATARI on 03-05-2002 or 23 days ago. I have an Intellivision that I have had since the early '80's and I just bought a NES today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 1970, it means 32 y.o. My first console was a.. pong clone (polistyl, I think). My First Home Computer was a Vic 20. First videogame I played was... Space Invaders :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joystick Jolter Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 NO! He is a litte older than I am. I have actually talked to the man though. In fact my thoughts on him are rather fascinating. I rank him as one of the most important figures in the computer evolution. Had it not been for the home gaming industry, which no matter what you think, he is the father of, the evolution of the computer would have taken many more years to reach even its current position in our lives. My belief is that had not so many people been involved in the playing of games on both dedicated game machines and computers, manufacturers would never have moved with the speed they did. The gaming industry pushed profits of those involved in computers in the home to such heights that they used every dollar available for R+D to be able to keep up with the "WANTS" of every gamer. Take away the gaming industry from the computer industry and companies would have had no reason to spend the way they did on R+D. So it is in my mind anyway. How did this get so off subject? Leave it to me. Old people and rambling on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nateo Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 My DOB is 6/25/87, and that makes me fourteen. My first system was a Super NES that I got Christmas of '96. My first computer was a Tandy 1000 that my dad bought two years before I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 I quite agree, Joystick Jolter. I think it was Eugene Jarvis who said "The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 quoteFunny, I thought Tempest to be older... I don't know how I should take that... Maybe I'm just old for my age. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 27 Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Its a compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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