Atari personal history - 1984

[Zwackery]

Posted Yesterday, 4:01 PM

Going through some old stuff, I came across this old log book where - for a time during the 1980s - I was documenting what I was purchasing. Not sure why, maybe to keep track of stuff, but it was mostly for my D&D. Near the back of the book, however, I found this page where I had written down some of my Atari and Colecovision purchases. I got my Atari for Christmas 1980 (the store was offering a bonus free copy of Space Invaders with every console purchased, and my parents love bargains), and by mid to late 1984 this is everything I had gotten. Not the biggest collection, but damn I loved those games (and still do). I think I was trying to sell the joysticks to get one of those fancypants Atari Space Age joysticks. So futuristic!

 

 

[JayAre]

 

Posted Yesterday, 4:01 PM

Going through some old stuff, I came across this old log book where - for a time during the 1980s - I was documenting what I was purchasing. Not sure why, maybe to keep track of stuff, but it was mostly for my D&D. Near the back of the book, however, I found this page where I had written down some of my Atari and Colecovision purchases. I got my Atari for Christmas 1980 (the store was offering a bonus free copy of Space Invaders with every console purchased, and my parents love bargains), and by mid to late 1984 this is everything I had gotten. Not the biggest collection, but damn I loved those games (and still do). I think I was trying to sell the joysticks to get one of those fancypants Atari Space Age joysticks. So futuristic!

 

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Thanks for sharing the log book. It's always interesting to find things like this which bring back great memories.

 

I noticed that you have Breakout, Dodge 'Em and Othello listed together. By chance, was this because you had the Action Pak which bundled those three games? Thanks.