Mind Master Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Is life like Adventure? Or is life more like Space Invaders or Asteroids? What Atari 2600 game is the best metaphor for life - and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Although the VCS version blows goats, Pac-Man has a very realistic decimate or be decimated life lesson. Missle Command shows the futility of the governments "Star Wars" program. In all though I pick Kaboom. It's very true that if you don't catch and diffuse bombs dropped by a guy wearing stripes, you will die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yealth Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I would have to say Dragster. In a way it's all over before it ever really begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 i would have to say from a man's perspective, fathom or pick-up, its all about grabbing as much sparkly crap as you can to help women get over their psychologically imposed cages/pedestals. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Brain Games and Tax Avoiders, with a bit of Burgertime and Cookie Monster Munch. 5-11under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hmmmm... is there any 2600 game in which you do highly repetitive work and also get to drink beverages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hmmmm... is there any 2600 game in which you do highly repetitive work and also get to drink beverages? Fast Food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hmmmm... is there any 2600 game in which you do highly repetitive work and also get to drink beverages? Fast Food? Tapper.. Personally, I feel like the ball in Pong.. Err, Video Olympics at work because I go to one department for info, and I get batted right back to the original department I came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I think virtually every classic game is a good metaphor for life, becuase no matter how well you play the game you eventually die in the end anyway! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Gravitar. I'm not very good at it, and I usually end up playing something else instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Chess. Easy to learn, difficult to master. ...and sometimes it even cheats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 othello.. the harder you think about it the more difficult it becomes. the more you analyze things, the more the end results differ from what you wanted. the more you play the aggressor and jump to an early attack, the more you are surrounded and destroyed in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Space Invaders. Because videogame cartridges and systems invade all the space you have. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Crystal Castles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils advocate Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Pac-man Because some days, everything you see looks like crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaySeaver Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Asteroids. It starts out peaceful - the big rocks are on the side, not about to intersect your path. You could just stay there, but the need to act, to interact with your environment sets you off, putting you on a course that will inevitably intersect with danger. Then, every thing you do creates more problems, as you move faster, or break a single rock into more problems to avoid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Tooth protectors in the morning .. and at bedtime .. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Tax Avoiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingtown Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 ET, sometimes it's hard to figure out the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 othello.. the harder you think about it the more difficult it becomes. the more you analyze things, the more the end results differ from what you wanted. the more you play the aggressor and jump to an early attack, the more you are surrounded and destroyed in the end. That has got to be the best metaphor I've heard Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I think virtually every classic game is a good metaphor for life, becuase no matter how well you play the game you eventually die in the end anyway! Dan Yes, but we all do have fun playing the vidio games as well as playing the 'game' of life too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Mario Bros. There's always crap coming at you. *I will refrain from any Xenophobe metaphors* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjybjy Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Nobody has even mentioned Beat em and Eat em... hmmm... hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Yes, I think that for this post, everyone's answer would be different: For a bartender: Tapper For a pilot: Tomcat F-14 For an athelete: Decatholon or track and Field For a Private Investigator/Policeman: Private Eye or Keystone Kapers For a Teacher: Basic Math/Math Gran Prix/Alpha Beam w/ Earnie For an amusement park ride operator: Circus Atari For a fortune teller: Ghostbusters For a race car driver: Pole Position For an accountant: Tax Avioders For a cyclist: California games/Motocross Racer For someone working in a fast food resteraunt: Pressure cooker/Fast food Anyway, you see where I'm going with this... MattG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 So to be completely recursive, what's the best game for (or to represent the life of) a gamer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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