Atari 2600 a Big Hit at the Superbowl...

[lord_mike]

...well, at least my Super Bowl party!

 

I was almost going to retire the venerable 2600... Last year, there was absolutely no interest at all... Of course, I had some real arcade machines competing with it, but this year they are in storage awaiting a move...

 

This year, I had low expectations. I set it up as a matter of form, but I just assumed that no one would play... especially since I had the Nintendo Wii set up....

 

Boy was I wrong! The kids were loving it! I set up the Korokdile cartridge with some hacks and homebrew games I made for my wife, as well as some sports game classics like Home Run and Football. The kids really enjoyed my Adventure hack, and my one 11-year old nephew even asked about what it took to program games! I told him that I got into game programming around his age, and I think software development may be in his future! He was actually playing the Atari and the Wii at the same time!!! Taking turns!!

 

Very cool stuff! Had I actually KNOWN that people would play, I would have spent more time making the multicart. Oh well, there's always next year!!!

 

Atari lives!

[Phantom]

Great Story! update the multi and us again next year!

[Ite]

Cool story I throw drunk parties all the time and we still play it as well especially Custer's Revenge lol.

[tremoloman2006]

If you want to get out of Atari I know I'd love to score your Kroc cart

 

Great story! I leave my 2600 out and whenever people come over they are fascinated and want to play it. Forget graphics... if its a good game, its a good game!

 

Solar Fox, Turmoil, Indy 500, Ladybug, Ms.Pac-Man, Tapper, Spy Hunter, Warlords, and Space Invaders are sure fire winners with my friends anytime.

[Recycled]

Cool story I throw drunk parties all the time and we still play it as well especially Custer's Revenge lol.

 

 

Doesn't count if your drunk or high.

 

 

As Woody Allen said: "If I get a laugh from a person who's high, it doesn't count. You know-'cause they're always laughin'."

[DarthCalvin]

Cool story I throw drunk parties all the time and we still play it as well especially Custer's Revenge lol.

 

 

Doesn't count if your drunk or high.

 

 

As Woody Allen said: "If I get a laugh from a person who's high, it doesn't count. You know-'cause they're always laughin'."

 

 

 

 

I've never had anyone over who drank and didn't play Custer's. Everytime someone visits for the first time they spend 10 minutes staring at all the games and saying things like, "I can't beleive you've got this." "I haven't seen this in forever." or my favorite, "Damn that's old" and then my wife says, "He even has an atari porno game" and you can see where it goes from there.

[mos6507]

Great Story! update the multi and us again next year!

 

Nice avatar, dude. That's right up there with the beat-em-and-eat em one on the non-politically-correct scale.

[Recycled]

Cool story I throw drunk parties all the time and we still play it as well especially Custer's Revenge lol.

 

 

Doesn't count if your drunk or high.

 

 

As Woody Allen said: "If I get a laugh from a person who's high, it doesn't count. You know-'cause they're always laughin'."

 

 

 

 

I've never had anyone over who drank and didn't play Custer's. Everytime someone visits for the first time they spend 10 minutes staring at all the games and saying things like, "I can't beleive you've got this." "I haven't seen this in forever." or my favorite, "Damn that's old" and then my wife says, "He even has an atari porno game" and you can see where it goes from there.

 

 

That's funny.

[SumerNivek]

Very cool. I don't keep my 2600s out, but I do have my Atari Pong out, and that gets a couple of nods.

[Ite]

Cool story I throw drunk parties all the time and we still play it as well especially Custer's Revenge lol.

 

 

Doesn't count if your drunk or high.

 

 

As Woody Allen said: "If I get a laugh from a person who's high, it doesn't count. You know-'cause they're always laughin'."

 

 

 

 

I've never had anyone over who drank and didn't play Custer's. Everytime someone visits for the first time they spend 10 minutes staring at all the games and saying things like, "I can't beleive you've got this." "I haven't seen this in forever." or my favorite, "Damn that's old" and then my wife says, "He even has an atari porno game" and you can see where it goes from there.

 

I love it whenever someone new comes over and I mention I have an Atari porn, nobody believes it until I bring it out and everyone laughs and is shocked lol.