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| harveybirdman:
Meh still don't have a 2600, but we're so close I'll keep that on the list of excuses to have a beer with ya some day. |
| Ginsu Victim:
I might have an extra one of those as well. I play all of my 2600 games on the 7800 anyway. (We're both in Oklahoma?) |
| lcmgadgets:
I never got into the early console stuff--I was old enough & had access to the arcades. The console versions of the arcade games just didn't measure up for me. With the exception of the dedicated combat game my parents bought us 1 Christmas. We played that thing to death. Broke 1 of the joysticks--melted it back together a dozen times. It was from learning how to steer the tank on that thing that I was instantly decent at Battlezone when it appeared. & I learned the advantage of running backwards in a rocket fight in Doom--you're running away from his rockets while he charges into yours...heh heh heh. It wasn't until the NES came along that I really started to pay attention. But the arcades were still there. & computer games weren't doing it for me either--the early 1's were just arcade knock offs. It wasn't until Elite came along that I got into that. After that I was an arcade/PC gamer exclusively until the arcades were gone. Now I have an Xbox360, PS3 and a WiiU. But I'd trade them all & probably my brother's soul too to bring the arcades back |
| harveybirdman:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 02, 2016, 09:07:05 pm ---I might have an extra one of those as well. I play all of my 2600 games on the 7800 anyway. (We're both in Oklahoma?) --- End quote --- Claremore, so not exactly neighbors, but I've considered going down to Lawton area a couple of times for machine pickups. |
| Le Chuck:
I don't think it's nostalgia so much as the comfort of the familiar. Same reason I watch movies I like over and over, same reason I read and reread the same novels. Yo! Noid sucks but I'll still play a few levels when I get the chance because it fits like old jeans. Video pinball is lame but I found myself playing it for 15 minutes not long ago. Like an old security blanket. |
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