Video games

[moonwise]

When I was a kid, I had an Atari. I didn't have too many games for it, but my parents would get me a new game as a gift from time to time. It seems that they had a knack for picking some winners. Not only did I have a copy of E. T., which is widely considered one of the worst and most disastrous games ever made, but I also had a copy of Journey Escape, which was featured in this Mental Floss list of the 10 Most Bizarre Games Ever Made. As I had no idea who the band Journey was at the time I got the cart, and the gameplay was completely mystifying, this was not one of my favorites.

All I can say is that the games in question must have been on sale.

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[mebil.livejournal.com]

We got the Atari 2600 the Christmas my Aunt Annie passed away. While she was in the hospital, she confused the "expensive machine that went ping" to our eternal playing with the game console. We did not have the system set up in her room.

We had about 20 games. Combat was good--better when you were competing against someone that took the game seriously. Asteroids was fun. I liked the graphics on Pitfall. E.T. was interesting to play.

We also had the Texas Instrument 99/4A computer. This captured my attention. If my brother didn't destroy the unit, I would probably be a computer programmer now. I remember my parents, aunts, and uncles were highly impressed that I could program music. Granted "Fur Elise" was not that complex, but still. I would say "Hunt the Wumpus" was the worst video game ever. http://www.dreamcodex.com/playwumpus.php

Did you see where the one guy was paid $31,000+ for his copy of Air Raider (?)?