Comments on: Book Review: Arcade Fever

By: Video Game Storage Solutions

Video Game Storage Solutions — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:35:35 +0000

[...] now that the Atari 2600 ever cost so much, but we had one while the nation was in the grip of Arcade Fever. The Atari had little black cartridges about the size of a deck of cards, with an open slot in [...]

By: It Isn't Enough... | World's Strongest Librarian

It Isn't Enough... | World's Strongest Librarian — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:03:16 +0000

[...] Have a great score on Donkey Kong [...]

By: Richard Conroy

Richard Conroy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:41:59 +0000

Paradroid for the Commodore 64. An absolutely incredible game design. So far ahead of its time, and many of its innovations never got reused. Its unusual how a game that used such abstract representations of your droid and the enemies (literally just numbers) could have such an atmosphere. Wandering through a nearly cleared level could be such a tense, scary experience.

I think you can still get it as part of a cheap games system that you plug directly into your TV.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:31:05 +0000

@Megan. As he should be.

By: Megan Horton

Megan Horton — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Josh….Dad will be so thrilled when he reads this one!

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:47:45 +0000

Jon, I will tell him that. He likes to fuss.

By: Jon Owens

Jon Owens — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:13:20 +0000

Josh, without admitting or denying Ben’s claim, I will say that there was a certain pecking order with the Atari and Ben happened to fall at the bottom of that order. Having said that, “never” is such an absolute word. “Almost never” or “seldom” might be better choices. But Ben is a better man for it.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:45:48 +0000

Jon, Ben says you guys never let him play. Is that true?

By: Jon Owens

Jon Owens — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:51:19 +0000

Memories. Wow. When I was in the 4th grade, my family got a brand-new shiny Atari 2600 for Christmas complete with “Pong” and “Air Sea Battle!” My brothers and I use to play that thing for hours on end swapping out the losing player to challenge the current champion. Fast forward to the 8th grade — we still had the same Atari 2600 but with the game to end all games: “Adventure.” Now that was a video game!