I showed my Atari 2600 to my classmates (Age 15-18)

[PitfallHarry2600]

Here they are! I had the opportunity to take some pictures during the showcase

First, there was Pitfall, my favorite game. I put it in there to show the capabilities of the system in 1982, when ET was released

My classmates, playing Combat. The girl has won

Poor guy. He was the volunteer for ET

The screen looked like this during 85% of his game play

This guy was looking at the first Atari cart he ever saw

That's me I took Frogger as an extra in order to show a good 2600 arcade port. Somebody actually recognized the game

That's me too... This time I'm playing Frogger

Overall, everyone participated. They were interested in the Atari and the presentation. The two that played Combat really liked it, and, in fact, ALL my class liked my presentation/showcase... Maybe some of 'em will start playing Atari .

[+JohnnyRockets]

Really cool! Good job!

[StanJr]

You get the Atari Ambassador Medal of Honor! Very well done! You rock!

 

[SlowCoder]

The screen looked like this during 85% of his game play

LOL!

 

Looks like you had a great time.

[atari181]

Thanks for the update and pics!

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Good for you! Nice to see young people sharing the joy of classic gaming! The young people should now how modern games started.

[Red 5]

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[Rex Dart]

Looks like it went well! How did the history lesson bit go?

[PitfallHarry2600]

Everything went perfect. I think I'll get 5,5 or 6 out of 6

[flammingcowz]

What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom?

[atariUCLA24]

I'm 16 and when I tell/show my friends they usually just ask why I would play games with such terrible graphics. All I have to say to them is that its the game-play, not the graphics. I do have one friend who has taken interest in it however, and has started collecting and playing games on his own.

[flammingcowz]

I'm 16 and when I tell/show my friends they usually just ask why I would play games with such terrible graphics. All I have to say to them is that its the game-play, not the graphics. I do have one friend who has taken interest in it however, and has started collecting and playing games on his own.

 

That's how my friends are. They can't understand what I see in them. All they want to play are FPS's and anything older than 2007 is too old

Edited May 23, 2012 by flammingcowz

[atariUCLA24]

I'm 16 and when I tell/show my friends they usually just ask why I would play games with such terrible graphics. All I have to say to them is that its the game-play, not the graphics. I do have one friend who has taken interest in it however, and has started collecting and playing games on his own.

 

That's how my friends are. They can't understand what I see in them. All they want to play are FPS's and anything older than 2007 is too old

Yeah, its like people don't care how the game plays, its just, "wow look how amazing this game looks", or "Look how many different guns I can unlock."

[Rom Hunter]

Well done!

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Edited May 23, 2012 by Rom Hunter

[PitfallHarry2600]

What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom?

Kaboom: Paddles were too jittery

Space Invaders: My Classmates chose Combat instead

[Paulo Peccin]

Congratulations!

 

Peccin

[tremoloman2006]

Thanks for posting the pictures!

 

I especially like the picture you describe as "This guy was looking at the first Atari cart he ever saw".

He looks as though he is thinking "So THIS is what my grandfather was taking about..."

 

Very nice!

[Draugr]

Great job!

 

I'm glad to see today's youth getting a little bit of a history lesson on Atari and the games that we played back then when we were in our early to mid teens.

 

I'll say this. If at 15-18 you love these games, when you get to the current age of us first gen gamers, you'll still love them as if it were only yesterday when you enjoyed them in your youth.

 

I sincerely hope that in another 30 years the 15 yr olds of that time will also be showing off the old Atari, Commodore, Colecovision, etc... systems from the golden age of home computing and video game playing.

 

:thumbsup:

[BillyHW]

Cool demo.

[atari181]

What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom?

Yeah, where are the pics of Space Invaders?

[oldgamesrule]

Cool Frogger for the win. That is my favorite game when it came out I played it for almost 13 hours straight.

 

Neat to see kids today around the Atari takes me back. Did the teacher get in on the game play?

[sqoon]

Maybe some of 'em will start playing Atari .

 

Are 2600 systems and games easy to come by in Switzerland?

[StanJr]

Everything went perfect. I think I'll get 5,5 or 6 out of 6

 

Tell your teacher that the Atariage community gives you a 7 out of 6!

[AtariTexas]

Great job !!

 

And holy cow with all those equations on the blackboard. Makes my head spin

Edited May 24, 2012 by BadHornet

[+HatNJ]

Great pics great job

 

If you get the chance to do it again and have any homebrews from the AA store show your class them

Let them see Games with a 201x date on them And say a 35 year old system still has new games being made can't say that about PS2 or Original Xbox