Do people ever say weird things when wearing Atari clothing in public?

[Rev. Rob]

I was in a bar recently, and I am wearing my Atari work shirt. Kind of like a blue Dickies button down with an Atari logo patch over the left breast. A guy comes up to me and starts touching my patch. Then he calls his friends over to look at me. It was very weird.

 

Today I went into a gas station wearing an Atari Asteroid's t-shirt, and the old man behind the counter wanted to tell me how much greater life was when he was a kid, and "what ever happened to Atari, I don't understand Xbox, kids these days..." I just wanted to pay for my gas.

[AtariLeaf]

Saw a young couple in the grocery store the other day. The girl had a Genesis T-shirt and the guy had a SMB 3 shirt. I liked them both ( the shirts ) but I did notice a few people staring and giggling at them. Of course it might not have been the shirts but the goth/emo look about them.

Edited November 16, 2009 by AtariLeaf

[jeremysart]

I have two Atari shirts, the one is new, and the other I wear pretty often. I never really hear anything about it, except when I go into game store I either get "thats cool!" or "Did you check out our game shirts?"

 

Try having a mohawk and 30 piercings. Haha, I got stopped a lot when I was 17.

[the.golden.ax]

Try having a long beard. "how long'd it take to grow that"...

 

AX

[aftermac]

I very rarely get any comments about wearing my Atari shirt... My Detroit Lions hat however, never fails to start a conversation!

[+save2600]

....walked into our local mall and tried to purchase the new Galaga UR ornament without incident before the gal behind the counter asked why I was buying said item. Asked if I was a "big fan" of the coin-op. For the first time in my life, was speechless... and just said 'yes' and tried to focus on the Star Trek communicator they also had in ornate. Can hardly go out anymore without some Kukla, Fran and Ollie trying to engage me in some two dimensional yarn. I swear to God... can one not just be normal anymore?

[the.golden.ax]

....walked into our local mall and tried to purchase the new Galaga UR ornament without incident before the gal behind the counter asked why I was buying said item. Asked if I was a "big fan" of the coin-op. For the first time in my life, was speechless... and just said 'yes' and tried to focus on the Star Trek communicator they also had in ornate. Can hardly go out anymore without some Kukla, Fran and Ollie trying to engage me in some two dimensional yarn. I swear to God... can one not just be normal anymore?

 

 

Perhaps people are just wishing they could let their inner gamer out. Maybe we give them the inspiration.

 

AX

[+save2600]

 

Perhaps people are just wishing they could let their inner gamer out. Maybe we give them the inspiration.

 

AX

 

So wish that was the case AX. Wrong time, right place I suppose. At an age where I've been there and done that... almost no energy left to try to foster a nubile's curiosity. She probably listens to shit anyway and voted ignorantly for some undefined "change" :-(

[user42]

I have a Donkey Kong shirt that never fails to get one or two "I love that shirt"...

[AtariLeaf]

I very rarely get any comments about wearing my Atari shirt... My Detroit Lions hat however, never fails to start a conversation!

 

Try wearing Leaf clothing. Talk about ridicule and mocking - and thats from other Leaf fans!

[jeremysart]

Try having a long beard. "how long'd it take to grow that"...

 

AX

 

I can relate to that one Ax. I had a bear down past my chest a couple years ago an yes, "How long did it take to grow that" was a common question.

 

But man did it feel nice to scratch it

[VectorGamer]

Try having a long beard. "how long'd it take to grow that"...

 

AX

 

I can relate to that one Ax. I had a bear down past my chest a couple years ago an yes, "How long did it take to grow that" was a common question.

 

But man did it feel nice to scratch it

 

Try having to tuck your penis into your sock...

[tetrode kink]

...She probably listens to shit anyway and voted ignorantly for some undefined "change" :-(

She may or may not have been "ignorant" but the "change" was anything but undefined, had you taken the least bit of initiative and actually checked it out.

 

But no, you probably voted for Mr. "Straight Talk" and the Queen of Wasilla. Funny how the "Straight Talk" dried up when he became the candidate of his party. And the Frank Burns of female Vice-Presidential candidates just can't stop herself from bleating moronic, to this day. It's getting so bad even Mr. Straight Talk's campaign staff are throwing her under the bus.

 

And to think she was one step away from the second-highest office of the land. Yah, you betcha.

[Shawn]

Most folks skip my Atari shirt and ask about all my tattoos.

[homerwannabee]

Most folks skip my Atari shirt and ask about all my tattoos.

Well good for you. I would still pick an Atari T-Shirt over a tattoo any day of the week.

[Zwackery]

I had a bear down past my chest a couple years ago an yes, "How long did it take to grow that" was a common question.

 

But man did it feel nice to scratch it

If I saw someone scratching a bear "down past his chest", I'd definitely ask about it. Probably made the bear very happy.

[Tr3vor]

i had a donky kong arcade shirt that pretty much shows the whole first level on the front of it. i stopped wearing it because people kept on saying that i was addicted to video games because i wear it (what assholes) yeah, i dont wear it anymore.

[Kurisu]

i had a donky kong arcade shirt that pretty much shows the whole first level on the front of it. i stopped wearing it because people kept on saying that i was addicted to video games because i wear it (what assholes) yeah, i dont wear it anymore.

 

Welcome to our generation man.

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

i had a donky kong arcade shirt that pretty much shows the whole first level on the front of it. i stopped wearing it because people kept on saying that i was addicted to video games because i wear it (what assholes) yeah, i dont wear it anymore.

 

 

Well if I liked the shirt and someone made that comment I would either ignore or say "Yeah so?" I mean only someone who doesn't "get it" would make such a comment so who cares what they think?

[Tr3vor]

i had a donky kong arcade shirt that pretty much shows the whole first level on the front of it. i stopped wearing it because people kept on saying that i was addicted to video games because i wear it (what assholes) yeah, i dont wear it anymore.

 

 

Well if I liked the shirt and someone made that comment I would either ignore or say "Yeah so?" I mean only someone who doesn't "get it" would make such a comment so who cares what they think?

 

 

yeah, but it gets really annoying and im sick of it.

[user42]

i had a donky kong arcade shirt that pretty much shows the whole first level on the front of it. i stopped wearing it because people kept on saying that i was addicted to video games because i wear it (what assholes) yeah, i dont wear it anymore.

 

 

Well if I liked the shirt and someone made that comment I would either ignore or say "Yeah so?" I mean only someone who doesn't "get it" would make such a comment so who cares what they think?

 

 

yeah, but it gets really annoying and im sick of it.

 

 

Funny, that's the same shirt that I was talking about when I posted ...

I have a Donkey Kong shirt that never fails to get one or two "I love that shirt"...

...and seriously, no one has ever said anything negative to me.

 

Sorry your experience was so different.

[godzillajoe]

Saw a young couple in the grocery store the other day. The girl had a Genesis T-shirt and the guy had a SMB 3 shirt. I liked them both ( the shirts ) but I did notice a few people staring and giggling at them. Of course it might not have been the shirts but the goth/emo look about them.

 

Genesis the band? Or the Sega console? Were they trying to be "ironic" ?

 

They're my favorite band but even I won't talk to anyone wearing the shirt

 

And no one's ever said anything but "hey cool shirt!" when I was wearing my Atari, Pac-man, Space Inavders or Galaga shirt.

 

Some people are kinda clueless though like Galaga they say "Oh Galaxian, cool" but I generally don't "fan boy" them with stern lectuers about video game history. It's usually at a bar in passing, not worth the hassle or being an a-hole about.

[moycon]

I have a Donkey Kong shirt that never fails to get one or two "I love that shirt"...

 

I'll bet I have the same shirt. Basically a black shirt with the first play field of D.K.

I got it at Khol's about a year ago and every time I wear it someone says something about it.

"I loved that game" usually. I recently wore it to Krogers and I got hit up twice about it!!

[Shawn]

Most folks skip my Atari shirt and ask about all my tattoos.

Well good for you. I would still pick an Atari T-Shirt over a tattoo any day of the week.

 

Well thats the difference between me and you. I sport the Atari shirt and the tats. The post was in humor dude. You didn't catch that obviously. To make it clear for you what I ment is that most people are more taken by a body covered in tattoo's than they are the Atari shirt one is wearing. hahaha? Get it now? No? Oh well, I tried to help.

[pinball22]

Yeah, people fairly often say things like "Hey, I used to love Atari!" when I wear my shirt that just has the fuji and says Atari. Other gaming shirts I have (one with a 2600 joystick that says "Roots", one that has Donkey Kong on it, one that has a screen from Atari Football and says "Know your enemies", a couple of Mario ones, and one that has 8-bit food and says "Wizard is about to die. Needs food badly.") don't get as many comments. (Didn't realize just how many game-related shirts I have until I wrote that.)