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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:29 PM
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An integral part of my childhood just turned 30.......
Edited on Fri May-21-10 04:29 PM by marmar



..... Time is catching up with us aging Gen-Xers.







Happy Birthday......You're still the man !!!!
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:31 PM
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1. Go to the Google home page for a treat!
;)
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:38 PM
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9. That's one of the best Google Doodles....evah!
You have noticed you can play it...right?

:woohoo:
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:39 PM
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12. I've wasted hours on it today!
;)
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:39 PM
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10. Awesome....
nt
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:31 PM
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2. I thought you were talking about Empire Strikes Back
Also 30.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:32 PM
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3. Wow.....Another integral part of my childhood




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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:34 PM
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4. I'll always be proud to have lived through the early days of video games
Every time some newbie raves about some new Playstation 3 game, I just think about Tempest. Ahhh...
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:35 PM
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6. Tempest was awesome......I could never last that long on that game tho.
nt
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:40 PM
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13. I used to own an upright version until it finally broke.
Edited on Fri May-21-10 04:43 PM by tridim
Needless to say I got pretty damn good at it.

Tempest doesn't really get exciting until the pulsar levels. The game is a pure adrenaline producer, which is probably why it was so popular with hardcore arcade people.

Defender was good for adrenaline too.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:35 PM
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5. PACMAN!
Yes, I had Pacman on my Atari 2600!

Ms. Pacman, and Pacman Jr.




I had 'em.

Till my joystick broke.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:38 PM
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8. I had that one to....the original 2600 version, the enhanced 2600 version, and the 5200 version


http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/2600/better_pac-man,_a.gif
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:39 PM
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11. But I had this as one of my all-time favorite Atari game - but cannot find the ROM for it.


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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:42 PM
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14. ^ Worst xmas present ever.
All my brothers were so dissapointed.

I still hear the Atari "munching" sound in my head and it isn't a pleasant thought.
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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:37 PM
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7. I was raised on Atari, Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Dig Dug, Centerpede and Asteroids.
Edited on Fri May-21-10 04:40 PM by political_Dem
I love video games. But the acknowledgment of Pac Man turning thirty makes me feel old.

Wow. Where has the time gone?
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:42 PM
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15. "Funny how time slips away" -- Willie Nelson
Welcome aboard the "express train," compadre... ;-)
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 04:49 PM
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16. WACKA WACKA WACKA dweep WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA WACKA dweep dweep...
Yeah, I remember those years.

But then, I also remember Pong!
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:28 PM
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17. the reason I wear glasses...
I spent years cross-legged on the floor about 3 feet from a Sears clone of the Atari, although my real weakness was Pole Position.



I lost interest in video games around the time I became interested in girls, and irony of ironies decades later I am involved with a woman who is so addicted to video games it would be worthy of an episode of Intervention.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:40 PM
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19. Oh yeah....I forgot about those Sears clones of video game systems.....
nt
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:52 PM
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23. We had the cheesy wood laminate version
My brother was so embarrassed by it he eventually deliberately broke the power supply, at which point we got the plastic and chrome version of the 2600.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:39 PM
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18. Well, my Davey Crocket Alamo playset was born much earlier.
But has been defunct for decades now.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:42 PM
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20. I could get as far as completing the ninth key
but that split screen killed me every time.
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That Is Quite Enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:43 PM
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21. Wooo!!
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 05:43 PM
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22. "Aging Gen-Xers"
Do you have ANY idea how that makes the *parents* of Gen-Xers feel???????


:)
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