Atari Turns 40: Are You an Old-School Gamer?

by thezilch Posted 2012/07/02 18:00:00

Related Topics: Games, Atari, Gamer, Gaming, Video Games

256 votes
Read all 178 opinions
Lightning Report View Results and Demographics + View Demographics

Loading Demographics... Click an icon to see demographic results Display unknown and private
	Yes, I'm old school	217 votes	85%
	No, what's an "Atari"?	39 votes	15%

Atari, an iconic video game company, has got plenty of history. Steve Jobs used to work there before he founded Apple. "Pong," one of the first video games ever, was founded there. Heck, even the creators of "Call of Duty" used to be game developers at the company. And now, the company is officially 40 years old!
Weekend Ar(t)s recalls June 27, 1972—Atari's birthday (now 40 and active!)

weekend arts recalls june 27 1972ataris birthday 40 active

weekend arts recalls june 27 1972ataris birthday 40 active

+22

Add a comment above

Wesloco 2012/07/11 20:51:28 (edited)

Yes, I'm old school

+4
I love NES! I just found an old system at the flea market and have rediscovered the joys of Super Mario Bros

>> See Replies

More polls by thezilch

Nuke 2012/07/02 21:14:23

Yes, I'm old school

I used to play Atari back in the day lol

reply
Sean McDonald 2012/07/02 20:34:58

Yes, I'm old school

+1
I wish had an Atari

reply
Airhead to Sean Mc... 2012/07/03 01:16:21

+1
I still have mine. You could always emulate on your pc.

reply
Sean Mc... to Airhead 2012/07/03 01:17:05

cool

reply
♥•judy•♥ 2012/07/02 20:26:27

Yes, I'm old school

+2
yeah

reply
stevegt... to ♥•judy•♥ 2012/07/14 22:08:12

sweet!

reply
lionheart 2012/07/02 20:25:31

Yes, I'm old school

+1
Yeah I remember pac man.

reply
Zeruke 2012/07/02 20:13:54

Yes, I'm old school

+1
I'v played some Atari games but I'm more for SNES and NES type guy lol

reply
gregaj7 2012/07/02 20:10:42

Yes, I'm old school

+1
My favorite, a little later (1982):

reply
COMALite J to gregaj7 2012/07/03 00:44:15 (edited)

+1
Did you ever see the parody of that on the Amiga?

reply
gregaj7 to COMALite J 2012/07/03 01:21:12

If I have, it's been a few decades.

reply
COMALite J to gregaj7 2012/07/04 00:01:32

+1
It was called “Marketroids: 1994” and basically parodied the entire “attract mode” sequence of Robotron: 2084, with the “Marketroids” of Commodore’s competition as the various enemies seeking to destroy the Last True Programmers.

My favorite was the Insidious Brain Machines (IBMs). :-)

I tried to find a video of that on YouTube or even any mention of it on the Internet but came up empty.

reply
Erin V. 2012/07/02 20:08:47

Yes, I'm old school

im not that old and i remember the atari

reply
bmxschoolbus 2012/07/02 20:06:53

Yes, I'm old school

pitfall was my favorite back then

reply
Ben 2012/07/02 19:59:17

Yes, I'm old school

I am old enough to remember Pong.

reply
Professor Wizard 2012/07/02 19:45:47 (edited)

Yes, I'm old school

Yes... I too am old school... and I was one of the first guys on the block to have one. I played JOUST for hours.

.

Many of the games were pretty hokey - but we still played them.

I also remember when Atari pissed everyone off when they came out with the 5200, which was not backward compatible, so would not play any of our 2600 games. It nearly killed Atari since people had to replace their games, as many took the moment to convert to Sony or ColecoVision.

reply
Nimitz 2012/07/02 19:34:59

Yes, I'm old school

+1
I like both 'schools' but, for basic shooters, the eighties/nineties games rock.

reply
Steve 2012/07/02 19:21:57

Yes, I'm old school

+2
It was the first videogame console I ever played. Missile Command and Defender were my two favorite games.

reply
Chris D to Steve 2012/07/02 20:12:50

+2
Galaga was awesome too

reply
stevegt... to Steve 2012/07/14 22:09:39

+1
defender was pretty kewl. we played it at our cousins.

reply
Jen 2012/07/02 19:21:11

Yes, I'm old school

Oh My, yes! I played Centipede, Tetris, Pitfall and Space Invaders! My brother has an old Atari with games in his garage. He has tried to sell it at yard sales, but no one is interested in it.

reply
Bri 2012/07/02 19:19:57

Yes, I'm old school

I have the Atari! it is an old gaming console. i always play it

reply
Jimbo 2012/07/02 19:19:34

Yes, I'm old school

+1
My first gaming system

reply
☆Wartho... to Jimbo 2012/07/02 21:54:50

+1
Do you know how many quarters I put into that machine at the pizza place?

reply
Jimbo to ☆Wartho... 2012/07/02 22:11:30

I know I put tons quarters into arcade games as a kid.

reply
stevegt... to Jimbo 2012/07/14 22:12:13 (edited)

+1
my first was one of those little football games handheld. and i had one that looked like an actual football, and then i saved for a space invaders hand held game. (the one on the right....it was really kewl.) took me awhile to save to get it. i plyed that game everywhere!

reply
Jimbo to stevegt... 2012/07/15 00:23:31

My friend had the football game.
I also had Magnavox Odyssey.

reply
rustyshackelford 2012/07/02 19:15:04
Jimbo to rustysh... 2012/07/02 19:18:17

+2
Pitfall is an awesome game.

reply
phil 2012/07/02 19:12:59

Yes, I'm old school

It was fun. I am 46.

reply
Katfish 2012/07/02 19:11:37

Yes, I'm old school

+1
I had pong first, then when Atari came out I did not get one right away but when I finally did, It was pretty obsessive for a few months. I played with my thumb on top of the joystick.
It got really sore.
The good thing is that I realized with that game what a waste of time video game obsession can be and havent spent much time on them since.

reply
PJ Sweet Cheeks 2012/07/02 19:11:36 (edited)

Yes, I'm old school

+1
I loved playing Atari :)
no one could beat me on this one, lol

reply
stevegt... to PJ Swe... 2012/07/14 22:14:42

+1
my cousin was like that, a pro at space invaders.....he would flip it, so i practiced to do it also and then it was so easy it got boring so i stopped and discovered WOMEN were much more fun!

reply
PJ Swe... to stevegt... 2012/07/16 16:52:17

and I hope you live happily ever after :)

reply
Edensasp 2012/07/02 19:10:14

No, what's an "Atari"?

But I know exactly what an atari is.

reply
COMALite J to Edensasp 2012/07/03 00:46:45

You do? Go figure!

_{(Yes, I meant to do that.)}

reply
Edensasp to COMALite J 2012/07/03 03:29:20

I want put my manflesh in your bum...

I mean to do that....

reply
COMALite J to Edensasp 2012/07/04 00:03:25

Huh?

“Atari” is a particular arrangement of pieces in the Japanese game “Go.” It’s conceptually similar to being “in check” in Chess. As an arrangement of pieces, it could be considered a “figure.”

A “Go figure.”

reply
stevegt... to Edensasp 2012/07/14 22:16:06

reply
JackoClubs 2012/07/02 19:02:45

Yes, I'm old school

Love it. i had a 2600 when I was a kid. Got it for Christmas, 1980. I have the Atari and Activision Classic collections for Playstation, too, and still often prefer the old games. brings back a lot of good memories.

reply