ChAiNz.2da Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 When people talk about the beginnings of the video game industry, one name invariably bubbles to the top: Atari. The video arcade and console company was formed 40 years ago Wednesday, although the games and consoles from its late '70s-early '80s heyday continue to evoke memories from gamers today. source Lordy Lordy Atari's 40! Ha Ha you're old! Thank you for such great memories. The many, MANY rage-quits. The hours upon hours of gameplay (because the Atari doesn't need no stinking save button ) and of course, the onset of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome... hehe Fond memories of 'almost' every game I've played on the console (I'm looking at you ET). Pitfall, Starmaster, Combat and Raiders of the Lost Ark.. were amongst my favorites. Happy to say I still have a working Atari 2600 Anyone else have fond memories?
Lynk Former Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Atari (proper) died long ago therefore can't be 40 years old.
ChAiNz.2da Posted June 27, 2012 Author Posted June 27, 2012 Atari (proper) died long ago therefore can't be 40 years old. Some would say the same of Star Wars after 1983..
adamqd Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Some would say the same of Star Wars after 1983.. lol! Happy B-day Atari!
Lynk Former Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 That's a silly comparison. The only thing left of Atari is a name and a logo. Everything that made Atari great is dead and buried. Much like what made Rare great was squeezed out of the company when Microsoft bought it out. "Rare" still exists, but the company with the name is no longer the Rare of greatness because the people who made it great are no longer running the show and have all left. The small team who call themselves "Rare" and "Atari Interactive" are simply inheritance of a name and logo. Therefore, Atari died long ago.
mimartin Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Then it is the 40th Birthday Anniversary of Atari!
Lynk Former Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Happy 40th anniversary of the founding of Atari Thank you Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Also, if anyone is interested, the original Atari Inc. was founded in 1972 and died in 1984. Come at me bro
Q Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Missile Command! My favorite, depressing, no-win scenario Cold War-era game!
mimartin Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Yeah, back in the late 70's early 80's Atari name and influence was all over everything doing with video games. Never own a system, parents were to cheap/poor at that time, but I played a many of their games.
newbiemodder Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Ah, the Atari 2600...probably the greatest Christmas gift I ever received....loved the game Adventure...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Just before anyone start feeling a bit too old, Atari (the company) is on it's 40s, not Atari (the videogame). Happy birthday and carry on!
Darth Avlectus Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Yeah, might be the birthday of the name but as a company but it isn't at all what it used to be. Not to be too pessimistic but it just doesn't ring the same to me. So fwiw happy birthday. Still, it is interesting to look back into the 80's and 70's gaming era. Nice how they have reproduced t-shirts of Atari and stuff you can buy at various stores and such. I think I played some atari games once. A friend's dad had it. Combat, blackjack, and a few others. Somewhere there's a Donkey Kong cartridge dual compatible for Atari and Sears arcade machines among all the other accumulated stuff I have. Also have space invaders or something. Have accumulated various accessories over the years as well.
Shem Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Happy Birthday to the machine that got this insanity started!!!
Sabretooth Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Yay let's have a blue alien orgy! Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread.
Taak Farst Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Yay let's have a blue alien orgy! Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread. Literally read the same thing.
ChAiNz.2da Posted June 28, 2012 Author Posted June 28, 2012 Yay let's have a blue alien orgy! Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread. Literally read the same thing. Asari?! pft ... it's either Quarian or GTFO.
purifier Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Ahhhh Atari and Pole Position, how you drove me to the brink of insanity. Kicking, screaming, yelling obscenities *sigh* Yep, good times, good times. God how I miss all that craziness. Well it's been a week, I think that's long enough. Time for you and me to but heads again my friend. Happy 40th Atari!
Jae Onasi Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Pac-Man, Adventure, Pit-fall, Raiders, Empire Strikes Back, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and, of course, Circus Atari, with its utterly insane 'splat' sound that made me laugh every time a clown face-planted. Ah, the memories!!
Sith Holocron Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Ah, the Atari 2600...probably the greatest Christmas gift I ever received....loved the game Adventure... Ah yes . . . Adventure. That was my favorite. Interesting tidbit about that game: I believe it is the first game with an Easter Egg. Here's the whole story about that one: Interview with Warren Robinett My other favorite one one the ol' 2600 was Yar's Revenge. No, not the half assed remake.
LDR Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Sadly, I never got the opportunity to ever acquire the Atari 2600 - or any Atari product - for that matter.
JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Yay let's have a blue alien orgy! Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread. Literally read the same thing. Same here. :/ Never had anything Atari. Actually, I think I might have played a game at some point that was published by the modern Atari, sometime back in the 00's..
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