Corby

hehe

We're a bunch of wild and crazy guys!

Yo'Mamma!!

The 5200 was DESIGNED to up against the Intellivision, they didn't know about the Colecovision until it appeared at the '82 Summer Electronic Show when Atari showed off the 5200. I've always read too that Atari was "late" in bringing out a 2600 adapter for the 5200 as the original version had to be modified for it to work! If they were planning to release an adapter, the console would have been ORIGINALLY designed to use it! I don't believe Atari was planning t...

MagnavoxAge

Oldage

Sad times!

Still making crappy YouTube videos that get almost no views, apparently.

Nope, never heard of him. Related to Uncle Cracker or Joe Blow by chance? lol

There is a new Kennedy Cracker Console in the crowdfunding near future?

its too late for me..save yourselves

Sux

I just don't wanna get sucked into Facebook ~ Stan Marsh

VCRs were crazy expensive new too. Food was cheap, and technology was insane.

Yeah, but I have a working VCS from 1977 and a working VCR from 1982. Sometimes the money equaled quality.

I got mine on sale for $129.99 in 1980.

You'll get there Corby! Just stay positive! (LOL)

I have 5,055. Close to having more likes than posts. lol.

72,228 for me so far. Thank you all for viewing me! 8^)

I'm at a mere 1799...I'm new-ish though...Community stats Iceman, I think yours is 10,290...

@Goldleader. Dang it, I wasn't the 1,800th

Corby, you are a sad chick.

lol

@Random Terrain: Violets are blue, your blood is red. Your window is open, I'm under your bed. <3

+1

Your mom? Hell, _I_ retire in 5 years.

@ls650

Yup, I'm nearly 23. Just starting graduate studies this Fall!

Actually, Atari *was* present at the 1985 CES:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/155568-atari-didnt-attend-1985-ces-show-but-did-attend-1985-pcw-show-london/

I just learned from the Atari Age "Did You Know" ticker that Trammel laid off 1000 Atari people in 1984. Seems to me they were on the on the skids way before 1985.

He bought it from Warner in 1984 and was trying to make it profitable again. Of course he layed off thousands. Warner was losing millions.

I have all the games on cartridge plus emulation on 3 xboxes and 2 wii's. I'll pass.

Yet an official NES with that form factor from Nintendo themselves will likely sell a ton because of nostalgia.

I just wish they'd put out controllers Compatible with an NES! That would have been reason enough to get one..+ Spare controllers...

Butthole69 is the password!

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@NE146: I laughed pretty hard at that one!

It seems that the biggest mistake Imagic made was sticking with the 2600 too long. Activision was more diversified, and also succeeded in making an IPO before the crash, both of which helped to keep them afloat during the crash years.

So, before then, they were enchanted?

Makes you wonder had Atari DID give credit to the designers by putting their names & pics on boxes...no bad games! Who'd want their pic on box with a bad game in it? That practice should be in use today! They should have payed more attention to business than listening to lawyers all the time!

"awarded"? Always thought it was because IBM happened to be the lowest bidder. Just business as usual, but worked out further since they could say "made in America" for a while

and the console design and games.

For a second, I thought this was "news." I guess it was, a long time ago. And yeah, giving a contract to someone, even the lowest bidder, is an "award," just like when you "win" an auction by bidding the highest amount.