Damn, lost my wallet in a run from a fight with a couple guys the other weekend, got back my mac card, then promptly lost it... Now I'm broke so I'm not at a bar. So how goes you futurama cool people?
I was gonna post something like an episode idea or something, but I think I'll hook up my atari 2600 and play some asteroids instead... ciow
Damn! Both you and Dave today, he said the same thing over at a.t.s.!
Like I said then, and again now: You can have your Bonestorm/Dreamcast/whatever, just give me my Missile Command.
Maybe a bottle of Stolle's would make it more interesting, a handicap if you will.
Atari's 2600 Rocked!! I loved playing Tanks, and the way you would be driving along in your tank, and suddenly go flying around a corner.
The crappy sound effects in Pac Man.
The tse tse flies in Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T. and his Reese's Pieces.
Ahh, those were the days!
Excerpts from netnews.alt.tv.futurama: 12-Feb-100 Re: Broke on a friday night by "Mort"@quizbot.com
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I'd argue some atari 2600 games are more entertaining than alot of the high end graphic crap spewn out today. Seems like anymore gameplay is sacrificed to get graphics... Anyway, what I like playing anymore is Asteroids, missile command and at parties: Warlords. I'm just kinda annoyed my new tv doesn't have a UHF antenna connection... I wonder whats the biggest screen that supports that... Maybe Radio Slut would have one. Damn, I wish I wasn't lazy... I'll prolly go see if my housemate is awake so I can play Asheron's call or maybe force myself to play a roguelike... Or if worse comes to worse, I could always go into work.
Ok... aside note... Picture this: You are one of the original 5 in a company...
Is this some sort of freakish cloning enterprise? There are some things in which man should not meddle!
How kids could prefer the Playstation over the 2600 is a mystery to me. God I miss the 2600! Pitfall, River Raid, Atlantis, and Cosmic Ark! Those were great games!
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It's so wild. I remember that. Haven't thought about it in about 15 years.
Everything Activision ever made. Kaboom! If you scored higher than 3,000, you sent in a Polaroid of your score and you got into the Kaboom Klub. (I've still got my membership card packed away somewhere.)
And that one where you were the cop who had to track a burglar through a department store, but I forget the name.
Oh, mustn't forget Yars Revenge. Vanguard. Missile Command. Adventure (Did anyone else find the secret dot that opened the flashing wall and told you the programmer's name?)
Yeah, the 2600 rocked. Jeez, I could never figure out today's games.
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