Monday
May312010
Extend a Hot Game!*
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 11:29PM
This is why I love Christopher Gandin Le:
Yes, he's playing Centipede on a 1983 Atari 5200 console with an original Trak-Pad.
In Half-Price Books last week, he spotted this gem on hold behind the counter, and asked the staff to put a secondary hold on it, which they did. After waiting patiently until this morning, when the first person's hold ended, we brought it home happily, enjoying the double-takes from customers walking into the store.
Amazingly, it works! We spent half of our Monday playing 27 year old video games. I'd completely forgotten how close to the TV you had to sit with these old systems in order to use the controllers. Was it just because TVs were so much smaller then? How did we emerge from the 80s with our vision intact?! All I know is that we need bean bags stat, because the floor isn't as comfortable as it used to be back then.
Also, did you know that Super Breakout had a plot? It did!
You're the pilot of a super-powered space shuttle and you're blazing a path through distant superclusters at incredible space-age speed. The uncharted planet Ieris is your destination. You know from preliminary briefing that Ieris is surrounded by a mysterious, colorful force field. Astronomers have photographed the iridescent force field with high-powered telescopic cameras. There is much conjecture on Earth as to what the wall of colors around Ieris might be, but no one is certain.
Your mission is to break up the force field. Your space ship is equipped with special hardware to help you complete this important assignment. As you smash out the bright-colored matter, sensors will analyze it, grade it and relay the results back to scientists on Earth. You, too, will see the scores.
Your computer signals that Ieris is dead ahead. A brilliant band of colors flashes into view. Wow! This is more startling and impressive than any of the photos you saw back on Earth. Your hands eagerly grip the controls as you
prepare to blast through!
Earth's Intrepid Space Explorers:
Check that special hardware! (A straight line that only travels horizontally and a bouncing ball!)
So thank you, mysterious person who did not pick up the Atari game system. You made our Memorial Day highly memorable by leaving us a time machine of memories.
*This phrase brought to you by the Atari game guides, which brag about the awesome way to save your game in mid-play: press Pause.
Yes, he's playing Centipede on a 1983 Atari 5200 console with an original Trak-Pad.
In Half-Price Books last week, he spotted this gem on hold behind the counter, and asked the staff to put a secondary hold on it, which they did. After waiting patiently until this morning, when the first person's hold ended, we brought it home happily, enjoying the double-takes from customers walking into the store.Amazingly, it works! We spent half of our Monday playing 27 year old video games. I'd completely forgotten how close to the TV you had to sit with these old systems in order to use the controllers. Was it just because TVs were so much smaller then? How did we emerge from the 80s with our vision intact?! All I know is that we need bean bags stat, because the floor isn't as comfortable as it used to be back then.
Also, did you know that Super Breakout had a plot? It did!
You're the pilot of a super-powered space shuttle and you're blazing a path through distant superclusters at incredible space-age speed. The uncharted planet Ieris is your destination. You know from preliminary briefing that Ieris is surrounded by a mysterious, colorful force field. Astronomers have photographed the iridescent force field with high-powered telescopic cameras. There is much conjecture on Earth as to what the wall of colors around Ieris might be, but no one is certain.
Your mission is to break up the force field. Your space ship is equipped with special hardware to help you complete this important assignment. As you smash out the bright-colored matter, sensors will analyze it, grade it and relay the results back to scientists on Earth. You, too, will see the scores.
Your computer signals that Ieris is dead ahead. A brilliant band of colors flashes into view. Wow! This is more startling and impressive than any of the photos you saw back on Earth. Your hands eagerly grip the controls as you
prepare to blast through!
Earth's Intrepid Space Explorers:
Check that special hardware! (A straight line that only travels horizontally and a bouncing ball!)
So thank you, mysterious person who did not pick up the Atari game system. You made our Memorial Day highly memorable by leaving us a time machine of memories.
*This phrase brought to you by the Atari game guides, which brag about the awesome way to save your game in mid-play: press Pause.
Reader Comments (2)
I love the nerdgasm tag!
Thanks, Tammy - it makes me laugh, too!