gracias Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I was wondering if the late Beatle ever played Atari, perhaps with his son Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xr8dPixel Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i would say ..and its just a guess. No his time would have been taken up with music and working out why yoko had a hard time trying to play the triangle 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Have a feeling probably not, but who knows. Might have felt a little burned by technology. One of the first people they hired onto Apple Corps was this charismatic fellow called "Magic Alex", who conned John into investing into some his hair-brained inventions, none of which really panned out. I'm a little bit off, so before the aficionados send the Blue Meanies after me. : https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Magic_Alex Edited April 5, 2011 by AtariNerd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i would say ..and its just a guess. No his time would have been taken up with music and working out why yoko had a hard time trying to play the triangle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 He was a AVID Atari collector. He indeed wanted people to join in on the new gaming scene. Imagine was based off a dream he had about the future and Atari collecting and even had insite into AA. He just didnt understand it all back then. But like Notradamus we could not complete the link till recently. Dont believe me just look at the Chorus from "Imagine" and tell me that you dont feel the same. "You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one " I think this should be the AA theme song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinChargers Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Out of all the Beatles, I'd bet Ringo has played the most Atari out of all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i would say ..and its just a guess. No his time would have been taken up with music and working out why yoko had a hard time trying to play the triangle I, as well, laughed at this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferghead Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I always wondered this myself. He was pretty much staying home and taking care of Sean from 1975-1980 and wasn't recording in the studio until the middle of 1980, I think. He very well may have had one. I like to think so anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I heard he was a Fairchild Channel F guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss 2600 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) I watched the DVD LENNONYC which had footage of John Lennon being a house husband and taking care of Sean, but there were no clips of them playing video games that I can recall. P.S. I saw the thread headline "Why do I keep getting games like this?" and the song "Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These" came to my mind only with "Games" replacing "Days." Then I saw this thread. Edited April 5, 2011 by Miss 2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I'd guess that he did play Atari 2600 at some point. He seemed like a fun-loving guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Off topic: You gotta wonder what kind of music he would have put out in the 80s, he really started to do some more adventurous stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I've always assumed that "Watching the Wheels" is about Night Driver, and "(Just Like) Starting Over" is about hitting the Reset switch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 ........I wouldn't doubt it.I have been pleasantly surprised numerous times hearing, reading or seeing on TV some extremely famous person that has had some form of classic Atari in their life at one time back then in the 80's or even up until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Considering that Lennon died in 1980, he could have played/owned VCS, Odyssey, Intellivision, or RCA Studio II. All is speculation at this point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He was an Englishman, and a very famous and busy one... I don't think he ever did. He probably worked on music/writting everyday for hours. Then when not doing that, makin' LUV... to Yoko. One way he might have played an Atari VCS, is if Sean wanted one lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Off topic: You gotta wonder what kind of music he would have put out in the 80s, he really started to do some more adventurous stuff Even if he didn't play Atari I think that he would have eventually experimented in some form of interactive media, such as video games. He could have designed some really cool games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Synergy Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Of course he did. The bible code proves it: You may say thAt I'm a dreamer . But... I'm not The only one . I hope somedAy you'll join us . And the woRd wIll be as one. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQW Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I do know that Paul McCartney was an early owner of a NES, as he brought it up in a BBC Radio interview. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Manhattan Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I heard he spent the last 5 years of his life hold up in the Dakota doing heroin and watching TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I was wondering if the late Beatle ever played Atari, perhaps with his son Sean. According to this 1982 article from People magazine, Sean Lennon was an Atari fan. See the 15th paragraph: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083763,00.html The article is an interesting read in itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 If Lennon did, it was likely just to try it out. He was too old for the onslaught of arcades. I will say without question though that Michael Jackson was a big time video/arcade game player/fan. Not sure if that's a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I heard he was a Fairchild Channel F guy. I would say definitely he did, if not Atari then definitely Pong. Those guys were HIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Probably! i always think about stuff like this too. I'm sure Black Sabbath played Atari tho hence they even have a song called 'Breakout' on their Never Say Die album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 In absence of true facts; we're reaching, folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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