8-bit gaming forever! I've been thinking about the old days lately; back to when I was a young lad sitting in front of our families
huge 19 inch TV and spending a good 10 hours or more with my trusty Atari 2600 playing Pong, Combat, Pac Man, and whatnot. I'd say I had a good 50 or more games for my 2600, and I played that thing until it just fried to death, begging for mercy as I whipped the joystick to and fro trying to find the chalice in Adventure.
So imagine my surprise when I head over to
ThinkGeek and see a swanky little controller with
10 Atari games harcoded into it. Just, um, "Plug and Play". Heh heh... anyhow, they also have an
Activision version as well. I love the idea of one of these. I think it'd be great if it could be upgraded to handle more games as well. I wouldn't mind playing some "
E.T., the Extraterrestrial" right about now.
posted by crankydoodle
on Mar 25, 2003 -
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