bedouin Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 In the movie the Dahmster is in a grocery store playing Pitfall on a woodgrain 2600, presumably during the late 80s or early 90s. Odd . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 In the movie the Dahmster is in a grocery store playing Pitfall on a woodgrain 2600, presumably during the late 80s or early 90s. Odd . . . Yeah what's odd is that he's in a grocery store...I thought he went to the bar shopping for meat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 That's Koppa's Deli In Milwaukee. I've heard about it in another thread where you can sit and play Atari games but I never visited the store. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Yeah what's odd is that he's in a grocery store...I thought he went to the bar shopping for meat? LOL. That's Koppa's Deli In Milwaukee. I've heard about it in another thread where you can sit and play Atari games but I never visited the store. Interesting info. I wonder if he actually was a frequent visitor/player there or if the film creators just said, "Hey, let's include this novelty place in Miwaukee." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I work in Milwaukee. I should go check that place out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 That's Koppa's Deli In Milwaukee. I've heard about it in another thread where you can sit and play Atari games but I never visited the store. Someone had that as their avatar, I think it was Wonder007. Do they still have that setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Someone had that as their avatar, I think it was Wonder007. Do they still have that setup? Yes, that is the current set up, complete with that stack of games on the shelf. Fun place to visit, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 That's awesome. Have to remember that if I'm ever in the area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I have to assume the games on the shelf are common games otherwise they might get stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Dunno, you think a person willing to travel a great distance to see an Atari kiosk would be the kind of guy to steal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceDice2010 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 That's Koppa's Deli In Milwaukee. I've heard about it in another thread where you can sit and play Atari games but I never visited the store. I want this so bad. That would be a sweet toy. Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Maybe little kids in the Milwaukee area might take a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) I want this so bad. That would be a sweet toy. Lloyd Yeah, plus when friends come over to play you can tell them midway through the game that you wonder which controller Dahmer used and if he had just eaten some head cheese. Edited June 12, 2014 by bedouin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMq_MNo4UQ It's hard to tell from the video but it looks like they're playing Outlaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_L Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Dahmer never got too far in Pitfall! He just liked watching the player get eaten by the gators.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Plenty of supermarkets carried Atari 2600 games back in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Dahmer never got too far in Pitfall! He just liked watching the player get eaten by the gators.... Or chomp on things like Pac Man what a sicko..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Too bad Jack Thompson was busy worrying about 2 Live Crew then, he could've defended Dahmer and argued that the whole thing was caused by the Texas Chainsaw Masacare 2600 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20ohm20 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 This thread just reminded me that the 7-11 near where I lived from 1981 until 1984 sold Atari 2600 cartridges. They were kept in a rotating plexiglass case near the cash register. I bought Turmoil and Riddle of the Sphinx there. The only grocery store that I ever remember anything Atari being sold in was a grocery store chain called Alpha Beta (all of which closed or turned into Ralph's around 1993-1994, IIRC). In 1984 or 1985 they had a Christmas toy display that had Atari 2600 Jr's prominently featured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_L Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Jeffery Dahmer was born in 1960, so he would have been 17 at the time the Atari VCS was released. That's well within the age group for Atari users, and I don't know if he was into Atari or not at any point, so it's unknown if he actually played Atari in that store. The thing about movies is that most everything you see is there for a reason, and rarely is the reason because it happened in reality. When it comes to films about actual historical events, there's alot of things never done, words never spoken, places never visited that happen because they're condensing reality into a 90 minute movie, yet they still want to convey certain things. In the case here, maybe they wanted to showcase something known to people in the area, or wanted to convey a specific time period, etc. As for the whole Dahmer case, the one thing that is unbelievable, but true, was that Dahmer had kidnapped a 12 year old asian kid (Filipino I believe) who didn't speak a word of English, and had somehow managed to escape, and while running down the street ran into two cops, naked, bleeding from his rectum, and Dahmer came along and somehow convinced the cops that this 12 year old kid was his 19 year old gay lover with whom he was having a quarrel. Somehow these idiot cops were duped by this story and gave the kid back to Dahmer who... well, you can imagine what happened to the kid. He didn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 As for the whole Dahmer case, the one thing that is unbelievable, but true, was that Dahmer had kidnapped a 12 year old asian kid (Filipino I believe) who didn't speak a word of English, and had somehow managed to escape, and while running down the street ran into two cops, naked, bleeding from his rectum, and Dahmer came along and somehow convinced the cops that this 12 year old kid was his 19 year old gay lover with whom he was having a quarrel. Somehow these idiot cops were duped by this story and gave the kid back to Dahmer who... well, you can imagine what happened to the kid. He didn't make it. You're forgetting the real gem in this story: Dahmer had already drilled a hole in his skull at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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