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06-27-2012, 12:39 PM
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Brony 4 Life. Yo.
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Happy Birthday Atari!
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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.
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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?
Last edited by ChAiNz.2da; 06-27-2012 at 12:57 PM.
Reason: Zelda?! WTH am I smoking. Got a bit too deep in nostalgia.. hehe
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06-27-2012, 01:07 PM
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Atari (proper) died long ago therefore can't be 40 years old.
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06-27-2012, 01:13 PM
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Brony 4 Life. Yo.
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Originally Posted by Lynk Former
Atari (proper) died long ago therefore can't be 40 years old.
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Some would say the same of Star Wars after 1983..
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06-27-2012, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ChAiNz.2da
Some would say the same of Star Wars after 1983.. |
lol!
Happy B-day Atari!
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06-27-2012, 01:43 PM
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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.
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06-27-2012, 01:50 PM
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Then it is the 40th Birthday Anniversary of Atari!
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06-27-2012, 01:51 PM
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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
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06-27-2012, 01:54 PM
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Missile Command!
My favorite, depressing, no-win scenario Cold War-era game!
"Mind your wants, 'cause someone wants your mind." -George Clinton
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06-27-2012, 01:58 PM
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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.
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06-27-2012, 03:14 PM
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Ah, the Atari 2600...probably the greatest Christmas gift I ever received....loved the game Adventure...
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06-27-2012, 03:50 PM
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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!
Inspiration 
.Bioshock inspiration.
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06-27-2012, 06:12 PM
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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.
Electra: "Let's go...together"
<Shot fired>
Vincent: "When I was with you, it was the only time I felt real"
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06-28-2012, 02:16 AM
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Happy Birthday to the machine that got this insanity started!!! 
Interested in hosting a your KOTOR or TSL mod at FileFront? Send your mod HERE and we'll validate it as soon as we can! FileFront is a good way to get publicity for your mod as we get 1000's of visitors everyday. Is my LucasForum PM box full again? If you really need to reach me, PM me at YouTube under the username: JediShemL -- Watch my KOTOR videos! Download my mods from FileFront!
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06-28-2012, 03:18 AM
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Yay let's have a blue alien orgy!
Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread.
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06-28-2012, 12:37 PM
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Yay let's have a blue alien orgy!
Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread.
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Literally read the same thing.
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06-28-2012, 01:55 PM
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Brony 4 Life. Yo.
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Originally Posted by Sabretooth
Yay let's have a blue alien orgy!
Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread.
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Originally Posted by Taak Farst
Literally read the same thing.
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Asari?! pft  ... it's either Quarian or GTFO.
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06-28-2012, 07:45 PM
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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!
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06-30-2012, 12:20 AM
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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!!
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06-30-2012, 03:43 PM
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Ah, the Atari 2600...probably the greatest Christmas gift I ever received....loved the game Adventure...
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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.
  
As of 28APR13: I released a new small texture mod! Check it out here.
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06-30-2012, 03:49 PM
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Sadly, I never got the opportunity to ever acquire the Atari 2600 - or any Atari product - for that matter.
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07-09-2012, 04:35 AM
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Quote:
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Yay let's have a blue alien orgy!
Oh wait, atari. Psh, boring thread.
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Originally Posted by Taak Farst
Literally read the same thing.
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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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