PitfallHarry2600 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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 . 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRockets Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Really cool! Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 You get the Atari Ambassador Medal of Honor! Very well done! You rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The screen looked like this during 85% of his game play LOL! Looks like you had a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thanks for the update and pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good for you! Nice to see young people sharing the joy of classic gaming! The young people should now how modern games started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Looks like it went well! How did the history lesson bit go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitfallHarry2600 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Everything went perfect. I think I'll get 5,5 or 6 out of 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammingcowz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariUCLA24 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammingcowz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariUCLA24 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Well done! Thanks for sharing! Edited May 23, 2012 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitfallHarry2600 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom? Kaboom: Paddles were too jitterySpace Invaders: My Classmates chose Combat instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Peccin Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Congratulations! Peccin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draugr Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Cool demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What happened to Space Invaders and Kaboom? Yeah, where are the pics of Space Invaders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgamesrule Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Maybe some of 'em will start playing Atari . Are 2600 systems and games easy to come by in Switzerland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Great job !! And holy cow with all those equations on the blackboard. Makes my head spin Edited May 24, 2012 by BadHornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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