Who had an Atari? - Page 3

Epona · 12-04-2003, 08:32 AM

I had an Atari games console, that ages me!

Space invaders, Pitfall, that sort of thing - it was great!

BTW Beaumanoir - do you like The Slackers? I saw em last night at the Underworld and they bloody rocked! Did 2 sets and were really tight, also got to chat to them backstage afterwards which was cool [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Just thought I'd tell you in case you were a fan, or if you've never seen them do go along to a gig if you get the chance!

[ 12-04-2003, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: Epona ]

quietman1920 · 12-04-2003, 11:21 AM

I had a Texas Instruments that played the Star Trek Video game. The game had a flaw in that when the ships turned white & tried to ram you, they'd be going so fast that they exceeded their turn radius. I used to be able to completely stop the Enterprise and have the Klingons achieve orbit around me (lol).

I also had the Atari 800 with the Inimitable 'Jumpman!', one of the silliest & sickest games ever made...

Yorick · 12-05-2003, 02:17 AM

My first games machine was a C64. I later got an Amiga 500. Alas.... poor Amiga. I used them Horatio. Computers of infinite genius. The graphics were vastly superior to any other machine of similar price or power.

However, a few years after Amiga went, I started using an Atari... for MUSIC. Good old Cubase on an Ataria began my sequencing and programming life. Years after gamers had thrown them away, musicans were buying up cheap second hand Ataris and making music!! The college I taught at ended up buying any they could get their hands on. A number of early albums I did were only possible through Ataris.

Anyhow, then I went P.C. and ultimately to hard disk recording. I'm now on a Powerbook Mac G4 and couldn't be happier. I just bought OSX PANTHER, and it runs like a dream. All my music is now recorded on this little powerbeast. For music, Macs wipe the floor with any other system. No comparison.

But I have such fond memories of the Atari.... NOT!!! The number of times it went through the window!!! I seriously threw it across the room when it crashed as I went to save a song. Gone. Into the ether.

Needless to say, apple s is an automated action of mine.

Intrepid · 12-05-2003, 06:14 AM

I had a TANDY something might have been 4000ish really can't remember
well although it had lemmings, Space invaders, and command HQ
i had this one older game
it was a 2d platform game where you were this man who shot out blue " > " shaped thinggys. and you started off and you jumped around and found this old man and this thought bubble would appear above his head and he would want an apple or something and if you got it for him you could finish the level
anyone know what it was called?
i think it was something like "a....(something) man" but not shure. first game i ever finished.

Kakero · 12-05-2003, 07:34 AM

I went to the computer shop this afternoon and saw this computer game " Atari Games 500 in 1 " was sold. I browse over and saw lots of atari games inside it. didn't bought it though because the games inside seems too outdated for me.

Memnoch · 12-05-2003, 08:53 AM

Damn right I had an Atari. My first cartridge game (that came with it) was Combat. Who could forget this?

Ghoul · 12-05-2003, 09:21 AM

Beware ...

The mother of all games:
http://www.classicgaming.com/scorch/

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

quietman1920 · 12-05-2003, 11:06 AM

It hasn't been mentioned here, perhaps with good reason, but the single most addictive game that I ever played in the early 90s was "Begin: A Tactical Starship Simulation".

It can be downloaded as sharewhere here:

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/...imulation.html

Azred · 12-06-2003, 02:06 AM

I had (well, had access to) a TRS-80 Model III; I first learned BASIC on that one. Then came the Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64. For the Atari: Night Driver, Indiana Jones, Berzerk, and others I have most likely forgotten. For the Commodore 64: Bard's Tale series, Temple of Apshai, Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Moebius, Windwalker, Wasteland, Zork I - III, and a sector editor [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] whose name escapes me at the moment...Renegade. At least I could do my trigonometry homework in only 10 minutes with the Apple emulator set to graphics mode....

A sign of the times from back in 1983: stores where you could rent the cartridges for Atari and Intellivision.

Darlon · 12-06-2003, 10:21 AM

Too bad those old computers are not on the market anymore, I've love to try them.

12-04-2003, 08:32 AM	#21
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	I had an Atari games console, that ages me! Space invaders, Pitfall, that sort of thing - it was great! BTW Beaumanoir - do you like The Slackers? I saw em last night at the Underworld and they bloody rocked! Did 2 sets and were really tight, also got to chat to them backstage afterwards which was cool [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Just thought I'd tell you in case you were a fan, or if you've never seen them do go along to a gig if you get the chance! [ 12-04-2003, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: Epona ] __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

12-04-2003, 11:21 AM	#22
quietman1920 Avatar Join Date: January 6, 2003 Location: NJ, USA Age: 25 Posts: 550	I had a Texas Instruments that played the Star Trek Video game. The game had a flaw in that when the ships turned white & tried to ram you, they'd be going so fast that they exceeded their turn radius. I used to be able to completely stop the Enterprise and have the Klingons achieve orbit around me (lol). I also had the Atari 800 with the Inimitable 'Jumpman!', one of the silliest & sickest games ever made... __________________ <b>\"In the darkest hour theres a light that shines on every human being...but one!\"</b>

12-05-2003, 02:17 AM	#23
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 52 Posts: 9,246	My first games machine was a C64. I later got an Amiga 500. Alas.... poor Amiga. I used them Horatio. Computers of infinite genius. The graphics were vastly superior to any other machine of similar price or power. However, a few years after Amiga went, I started using an Atari... for MUSIC. Good old Cubase on an Ataria began my sequencing and programming life. Years after gamers had thrown them away, musicans were buying up cheap second hand Ataris and making music!! The college I taught at ended up buying any they could get their hands on. A number of early albums I did were only possible through Ataris. Anyhow, then I went P.C. and ultimately to hard disk recording. I'm now on a Powerbook Mac G4 and couldn't be happier. I just bought OSX PANTHER, and it runs like a dream. All my music is now recorded on this little powerbeast. For music, Macs wipe the floor with any other system. No comparison. But I have such fond memories of the Atari.... NOT!!! The number of times it went through the window!!! I seriously threw it across the room when it crashed as I went to save a song. Gone. Into the ether. Needless to say, apple s is an automated action of mine. __________________ http://www.hughwilson.com

12-05-2003, 08:53 AM	#26
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Damn right I had an Atari. My first cartridge game (that came with it) was Combat. Who could forget this? __________________

12-05-2003, 09:21 AM	#27
Ghoul The Magister Join Date: November 13, 2003 Location: Austria Age: 43 Posts: 143	Beware ... The mother of all games: http://www.classicgaming.com/scorch/ [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] __________________ [img]\"http://www.myimgs.com/data/Ghoul/sigpic.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />A Ghoul every day keeps fresh breath away. <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" />

12-05-2003, 06:14 AM	#24
Intrepid Symbol of Cyric Join Date: March 28, 2003 Location: Australia Age: 37 Posts: 1,124	I had a TANDY something might have been 4000ish really can't remember well although it had lemmings, Space invaders, and command HQ i had this one older game it was a 2d platform game where you were this man who shot out blue " > " shaped thinggys. and you started off and you jumped around and found this old man and this thought bubble would appear above his head and he would want an apple or something and if you got it for him you could finish the level anyone know what it was called? i think it was something like "a....(something) man" but not shure. first game i ever finished.

12-05-2003, 07:34 AM	#25
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	I went to the computer shop this afternoon and saw this computer game " Atari Games 500 in 1 " was sold. I browse over and saw lots of atari games inside it. didn't bought it though because the games inside seems too outdated for me.

12-05-2003, 11:06 AM	#28
quietman1920 Avatar Join Date: January 6, 2003 Location: NJ, USA Age: 25 Posts: 550	It hasn't been mentioned here, perhaps with good reason, but the single most addictive game that I ever played in the early 90s was "Begin: A Tactical Starship Simulation". It can be downloaded as sharewhere here: http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/...imulation.html __________________ <b>\"In the darkest hour theres a light that shines on every human being...but one!\"</b>

12-06-2003, 02:06 AM	#29
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 54 Posts: 4,037	I had (well, had access to) a TRS-80 Model III; I first learned BASIC on that one. Then came the Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64. For the Atari: Night Driver, Indiana Jones, Berzerk, and others I have most likely forgotten. For the Commodore 64: Bard's Tale series, Temple of Apshai, Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Moebius, Windwalker, Wasteland, Zork I - III, and a sector editor [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] whose name escapes me at the moment...Renegade. At least I could do my trigonometry homework in only 10 minutes with the Apple emulator set to graphics mode.... A sign of the times from back in 1983: stores where you could rent the cartridges for Atari and Intellivision. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

12-06-2003, 10:21 AM	#30
Darlon The Magister Join Date: September 24, 2001 Location: United States of America Age: 39 Posts: 122	Too bad those old computers are not on the market anymore, I've love to try them. __________________ <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[firedevil]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/firedevil.gif\" /> <br />muhahahah feel the burn!!

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