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Old 09-11-2007, 01:00 AM
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Decided to install this for members to blow off some steam after a hard theological debate. Some of you 20 somethings don't realize that some of these games used to be the state of the art.

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Old 09-11-2007, 08:23 AM
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Some of you 20 somethings don't realize that some of these games used to be the state of the art.
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Old 09-11-2007, 08:58 AM
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Hey; I remember Pong!
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Old 09-11-2007, 09:03 AM
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Yeah, me too Chris. I remember seeing that for the first time around 1975 or 1976 and I thought it was amazing! We had an original Atari game console as well.
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Old 09-11-2007, 10:26 AM
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I spent many a quarter on Asteroids (the barmaid at the local bar/restaurant called it "Hemorrhoids") and Space Invaders. That and pool. Those were the last video games I ever played. Having flashbacks. . . .
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Old 09-11-2007, 11:54 AM
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okay, I was (just) born when some of those games were created (Pong)...but I did have an Atari up until I was about 12yrs old (about the time of the Nintendo debut). I also had Frogger on my Z100.
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okay, I was (just) born when some of those games were created (Pong)...but I did have an Atari up until I was about 12yrs old (about the time of the Nintendo debut). I also had Frogger on my Z100.
I was never one of the chosen ones that had the Atari. My family had the knock-off Intellivision.
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My grandfather had an electronics store and so you bet I had the first Atari Pong game. It was awesome. Here is a picture of an earlier "pong" version; my parents didn't love me enough to buy it for me though. Tsk.

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My grandfather had an electronics store and so you bet I had the first Atari Pong game. It was awesome. Here is a picture of an earlier "pong" version; my parents didn't love me enough to buy it for me though. Tsk.

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Impressive, but what are the steering wheels for?

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I've seen that before. In fact, I had a poster of it. The home computer of 2004!





The steering wheel controlled the tension of the data wheels--a precursor to the modern mouse:

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Just a bit of "information", when that first computer was built that still used vaccuum tubes for memory, the cost of memory was approximately $1/byte of information.

My home computer and its external storage would cost about $700 billion in terms of the memory I have to store information.
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Just a bit of "information", when that first computer was built that still used vaccuum tubes for memory, the cost of memory was approximately $1/byte of information.

My home computer and its external storage would cost about $700 billion in terms of the memory I have to store information.
I just had a flashback to all of those dispy "the anti-christ-is-coming-and-science-predicts-that-by-the-year-2000-the-name-and-phone-number-of-every-person-on-earth-will-be-stored-on-a-single-computer!!!" sermons from the 70's & 80's.

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The arcade section is "ub da' Debil!" I just waisted about an hour. I need to go repent.
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I just had a flashback to all of those dispy "the anti-christ-is-coming-and-science-predicts-that-by-the-year-2000-the-name-and-phone-number-of-every-person-on-earth-will-be-stored-on-a-single-computer!!!" sermons from the 70's & 80's.

Well, they are, you know.
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That wheel was a mouse? Wow!
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So is this an Online Posting Forum version of a megachurch? When do we get Mickey D's and Starbucks?
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So is this an Online Posting Forum version of a megachurch? When do we get Mickey D's and Starbucks?
I'm just here for the cool powerpoint, the awesome true-to-life skits and the 7-11 choruses!
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Uh... I don't care what the stats say... I haven't played 441 games. My Simon highscore was my first go!
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This can be real dangerous.
I still have a working Atari 800 XL with the PacMan cartridge, etc. Circa 1982.
The kids enjoy the retro thing.
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We had the old Atari 2600 with probably 50+ games. I think it may still be at my parents house.
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