Yahaira Caro wrote:
> On 2004-06-08 00:01:36 -0400, gaffo <gaffo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>> Digital wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang
>>> <HilaryDuffThePerfectWoman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> By: Dominic Danson
>>>> Hitachi Gaming News
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember the first video game you ever played? Do you
>>>> remember the first
>>>> computer game that ever completely enthralled you to play for hours
>>>> on end? Do
>>>> you remember dumping your entire allowance into an arcade machine,
>>>> one quarter
>>>> at a time?
>>>>
>>>> Retrogaming is back in full swing. For many gamers in love with
>>>> hyper-realistic
>>>> worlds displayed on modern consoles and the PC, the four and sixteen
>>>> color world
>>>> of the past is a hazy blur. But gamers in increasing numbers are
>>>> also getting
>>>> back to their roots, celebrating the titles that got them involved
>>>> in playing
>>>> games in the first place.
>>>>
>>>> Besides arcade game emulators that are popping up, which allow
>>>> classic arcade
>>>> games to be played on PCs, the retrogaming craze is evident at an
>>>> increasing
>>>> number of conventions and gatherings devoted to the love of the
>>>> early days of
>>>> computer games.
>>>>
>>>> Some of these include the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, the
>>>> Austin, Texas
>>>> Gaming Expo, the Midwest Classic in Wisconsin and the PhillyClassic
in
>>>> Philidelphia.
>>>>
>>>> To find out more about the love of classic arcade games and
>>>> consoles, HGN sent
>>>> me to the PhillyClassic event. I had expected to go as an objective
>>>> re****ter,
>>>> but as soon as I entered the Valley Forge Convention Center and saw
>>>> all the
>>>> classics again, I felt like I was 10 years old, remembering how
>>>> great it was to
>>>> go into a real arcade and play original games that actually worked.
>>>>
>>>> I spent a lot of time with some of the rare gems that were on
>>>> display: Star
>>>> Wars, Centipede/Millipede, Donkey Kong and Jr., the ORIGINAL Mario
>>>> Bros, and
>>>> even an original working Dragon’s Lair complete with score readout.
>>>>
>>>> There were a lot of gamers in attendance, most of them being part of
>>>> the over-30
>>>> crowd like myself. Shelia Knight drove all the way to the event from
>>>> Ohio. I
>>>> asked her why she loved classic games so much.
>>>>
>>>> “My boyfriend got me into it years ago when he bought an original
>>>> Ms. Pac-Man
>>>> arcade game,” Knight said. “I just got so addicted to it that I
>>>> wanted to find
>>>> out what other classic games were around. Since I can’t possibly
own
>>>> them all, I
>>>> come to events like this one and spend all day playing and talking
>>>> with others
>>>> who share my fascination.”
>>>>
>>>> Meeting others with a love of classic games is a big part of the
>>>> gatherings
>>>> according to Mel Colby, who came to the event from New York.
>>>>
>>>> “I admit it,” he said. “I have no life, at least not normally.
But I
>>>> come here
>>>> and find literally hundreds of people who are kind of like me, and
>>>> it’s a lot of
>>>> fun. I guess my love of classic games brought me out originally, but
>>>> the friends
>>>> I have made keep me coming back.”
>>>>
>>>> There are even some people who are creating new games for dead
>>>> consoles. This
>>>> homebrew market is gaining a lot of fame and recognition. The top
>>>> company in
>>>> this area is AtariAge, which was displaying a game called Saboteur
>>>> for the Atari
>>>> 2600. Saboteur was created by veteran programmer Howard Scott
>>>> Warshaw, who
>>>> became infamous for releasing E.T. for the 2600, a title that helped
>>>> bring about
>>>> the downfall of the early computer game industry. The AtariAge staff
>>>> reminded me
>>>> that he also produced several good games, including Yar’s Revenge
>>>> and Raiders of
>>>> the Lost Ark.
>>>>
>>>> Everyone that I talked to said they would be back next year. It was
>>>> actually
>>>> fairly sad watching everyone say goodbye to friends that they won’t
>>>> see in
>>>> person for another year or so. But organizers say classic game shows
>>>> are growing
>>>> all the time, so next year there will be even more people to meet as
>>>> they
>>>> discover, or rediscover, their classic roots.
>>>>
>>>>
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> "A
>>>>
>>>> cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he
>>>> is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future." -- Sydney J.
>>>> Harris
>>>>
>>>> "Life is not measured in years; it is measured in moments." -- Elie
>>>> Wiesel
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it was Space Wars for me!!!
>>> Black and White!!! You know like 1976 or maybe 1975
>>
>>
>>
>> Yep Same here! - Vector graphics ruled in their day!
>>
>>
>> Space War - by Cinematronics!!! 1977. I had a 1979 machine in my
>> bedroom since 1982-1990..............It is at a friend's garage just
>> sitting there these last 14 yrs.
>>
>> Cinematronics also made:
>>
>> RipOff
>> Star Castle
>> Tail Gunner
>> Armor Attack
>>
>>
>> a couple of others - I forget.
>
> Pacman baby!! :-)
>
My case, that would be a Pong clone my dad bought shortly before
his death in 1974 (I was 12 then). First arcade stand-up I played
actually was Pong in 1975.
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