Happy 30th Birthday Atari!
That's right, the first 2600 units rolled off the assembly line in October of 1977, delighting both children and kids at heart with games like Pitfall and Pole Position, and helping distract the nation after the untimely death of the King, the tragic crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane, and Pele's retirement.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/h...ay-atari-2600/
Ahhh, makes me feel young. Apparently today kids go into game stores and call N64 old school, that makes me feel old.
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I think I'll play some Atari today!
God am I old.
Hmm now I wish I was home to plug my 2600 in and get my game on.
By the way, the Atari VCS and I are the same age. My 30th birthday is tomorrow, October 2.
Three cheers for the Atari; HIP HIP HOORAH, HIP HIP HOORAH, HIP HIP HOORAH.
Happy Birthday Atari, here's to another thiry years of entertainment!
Happy birthday! your huge pixels are still in our hearts.
happy birthday!
The first 2600's rolled off the line long before October 1977, more like pilot production in June/July and full production in August is what I recall.
Jerry
Originally Posted by Flack
Well might as well,the old commercial where all the people are going crazy over Atari games is alittle crappy in quality,so on a old VHS tape i found a copy of the commercial and uploaded it to Youtube in much better quality than whats been on the internet for ages,enjoy,happy 30 years Atari, "Have You Played Atari Today?"
Link to the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP4eeWzJJXk
Last edited by alec006; 10-02-2007 at 05:42 PM.
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Happy birthday to my 1st and still best game console. You'll never be "too old" for me.
I remember playing the 2600 when I was about 2 or 3 for hours upon hours. I was born in 1984, but my parents got one within the first couple years the 2600 was released. I like to think I just got into gaming before everything went "new school" after the crash. I still love playing Megamania for hours, I LOVE that game. Happy birthday Atari!! I think I'm going to go play some for a bit now ^__^
Jenn over at 1up did a blog about this as well:
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=5450684
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It's sad, to consider what happened to Atari, especially if you happen to be my age or older.
This was the once-invincible Atari. This was the Atari that actually had the cunning to invent "Kee Games," in order to get their games into normally-closed areas. This was the Atari that managed to get video games into Greece.
This was the Atari that gave us the Atari VCS. That came up with such games as Tank Pong, Invisible Tank, 3 Fighters vs. Bomber...on one cartridge! That gave us Tempest, Battlezone, and so many other classics.
Then- E.T. Pac-Man (2600). Then, the Tramiels (GRRRRRRRR!).
Interesting stuff, here (COMPLETELY unbiased opinion, hehhehheh):
http://griswaldterrastone.deviantart.com/
Wow, I'm as old as Atari! Unlike them, my name hasn't been abused and thrown in the mud though.
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actually kaine in a couple years you take a shine to mud wrestling with heavyset black women
don't worry it's just a transitional phase, i got bored with it after a couple years
Go screw yourself troll.
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