80's home gaming systems

Midas · 10-23-2005, 12:50 AM

Which one(s) did you own back in the day?

Back in 1981, my parents FINALLY bought us an Atari 2600 VCS. I thought it was the coolest, especially the games made by Activision.

I still have the console; there's some wire that needs to be soldered or something, plus all the good cartridges are missing so I'm asking for that Atari Flashback thing so I can play on the big TV

For Christmas in 1988 I bought my family a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Good times.

FussBudget · 10-23-2005, 04:47 AM

I didn't have any in the day ! Later, someone gave us an NES.

There was this game called Digger T Rock, and we could never get past one certain stage. It took hours to get there, and when you failed, then you had to start all over. Grrr.

We still have it, we tried to sell it at a garage sale but no-one would take it !

Midas · 10-23-2005, 01:20 PM

I'm just hoping that Flashback console has the 9-pin connections for controllers, and if so, hopefully my Wico joysticks will work with it as the controllers they supply with it are craptacular.

10-23-2005, 05:52 PM

*sigh* I had an Atari 2600 AND 5200. My stinking ex-wife kept them. I miss my Ataris. I have an Atari emulator with tons of games but it's not the same.

10-24-2005, 03:19 PM

I had one of those old NES...

I kicked ASS on pinball.

My cousins were the only ones lucky enough to have an Atari when we were kids. And they lived in Georgia. So I rarely got to play it.

My dad got us a Commodore 64. Hows that for craptacular family gaming?

10-24-2005, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by PaperGirl

I had one of those old NES...

I kicked ASS on pinball.

My cousins were the only ones lucky enough to have an Atari when we were kids. And they lived in Georgia. So I rarely got to play it.

My dad got us a Commodore 64. Hows that for craptacular family gaming?

Actually, for its day, the C64 kicked ass. Sure, it's funny now but it looked pretty sweet back then.

10-24-2005, 06:42 PM

I dont disagree, but when the old man only wanted to play baseball over and over, and wouldnt let kids play QBert, it got real old, real fast.

FussBudget · 10-24-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PaperGirl

I dont disagree, but when the old man only wanted to play baseball over and over, and wouldnt let kids play QBert, it got real old, real fast.

Not allowed to play QBert ?

QBert was great

I wasn't great AT QBert, mind you

Midas · 10-26-2005, 08:52 PM

Ooo, NewRo showed me the Atari Flashback 2 today. Double the games of the original Flashback and it has the awesome wood grain paneling on the front like the original 2600. All for under $30! Sweet!

10-26-2005, 10:41 PM

And I showed you that arcade-size standup machine with 12 games in it for under $500. 80's nostalgia is kicking in big time, kids. Revel in it.

Michele · 11-15-2005, 10:34 AM

i had a atari pac man was the best ... then came nintendo .... GO mario you rock!

DepecheCat · 12-29-2005, 12:54 AM

A friend of mine gave me her Atari 2600, complete with quite a few games. That same year, my mom bought me the 5200 with Popeye for Christmas.

I eventually upgraded to the NES and so my best friend inherited the Ataris because her parents wouldn't buy her ANY game systems. I believe she told me that she still has them, too. I'd love to get them back but I think I'll settle for the "newer" model!

DepecheCat · 12-29-2005, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by NewRomantic

And I showed you that arcade-size standup machine with 12 games in it for under $500. 80's nostalgia is kicking in big time, kids. Revel in it.

Oh I am revelling in it ... I am.

Bobby · 01-24-2006, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PaperGirl

I had one of those old NES...

I kicked ASS on pinball.

My cousins were the only ones lucky enough to have an Atari when we were kids. And they lived in Georgia. So I rarely got to play it.

My dad got us a Commodore 64. Hows that for craptacular family gaming?

Ha ha! My family were definitely console unaware too. My mates had NES's and Sega Megadrives and I was still playing on my dad's Amstrad CPC464, lol.

For a change, I went to see my uncle regularly who had a Spectrum+2.

Oh the pretty colours . . .

punkypower · 05-07-2006, 01:11 AM

We had Intellivision and it appears that we were the only ones. LOL