On this day in 1972, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded the gaming icon.
Atari turns 40: share your memories
Atari turns 40: share your memories
Atari turns 40
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You can play Centipede for free online at their website today.
Atari - Centipede
Also, APPARENTLY there's a deal to get a bunch of games for free on their mobile app, but I can't really confirm at the moment. Check out their homepage for more info.
Atari - Centipede
Also, APPARENTLY there's a deal to get a bunch of games for free on their mobile app, but I can't really confirm at the moment. Check out their homepage for more info.
I don't have my original 2600, but I have one in a closet with games somewhere... amazing how far we have came since pong. 
These guys have kind of gotten lost over the years but so much innovation of the early days came from this company and its early employees. They were amazing.....
We never had an Atari. My Mom worked at Lazarus (now Macy's) and they sold the Magnavox Odyssey2, not Atari hardware. With her discount, this was good enough... I still remember the membrane-style keyboard ! Hardly had any use for it, of course (the keyboard, that is).
I still remember the membrane-style keyboard ! Hardly had any use for it, of course (the keyboard, that is).
Regrettably, they wasted a lot of effort trying to catch up to Commodore once the C64 came on the scene. Commodore managed to steal some of the better people; most notably, Jay Miner.
If you have an iPad or android you can download their greatest hits app today and get nearly every game for free TODAY. The catch is that if you reinstall the app, you lose all the games. Still, not a bad deal. Get it from your devices' store.
I had the 2600 for about a year. It was weird because as far as I remember, it seemed to just "appear" in our house one day. I don't remember my parents buying it for me or anything like that. It just seemed like one day it was in the house. It was okay, but really it was my Nintendo that I got that started my love for videogames, and I'm sure that if given the opportunity to go back, my parents would NEVER have purchased it for me for Xmas..
I remember when we had an Atari 2600. We had tons of games for it, even a few Star Wars ones.
Well push me over with a stick, I never would have guessed that.
Well push me over with a stick, I never would have guessed that.
A stick? Feather you mean? LOL
I have an attachment that plugged into the 2600 like a cartridge that you hooked to a cassette player to play more complicated games...
LMFAO!!! That was hilarious. I've never seen that model. That thing is huge! The 7800 was smaller than the 2600. I'm not sure that one played 2600 cartridges but I remember playing them on the 7800. that was truly a piece of garbage. Explains why I never saw it.
