Do you remember the first video game you ever played?

[Ablang]

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 reporter,
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

[Digital]

On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang

Post by Ablang
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 reporter,
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.
http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/gaming/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&folderPath=%252Fgaming%252Fcontent%252Fnewsletter%252Farticles%252F&docName=0404-col_one_story_two.html&beanID=1699350704&viewID=content
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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

[gaffo]

Post by Digital
On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang

Post by Ablang
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 reporter,
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.
http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/gaming/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&folderPath=%252Fgaming%252Fcontent%252Fnewsletter%252Farticles%252F&docName=0404-col_one_story_two.html&beanID=1699350704&viewID=content
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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.
--
As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances,
there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it
is in such
twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air -- however
slight -lest we
become unwitting victims of the darkness.
Justice William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court (1939-75)


http://baltimorechronicle.com/041704reTreason.shtml

http://www.truthinaction.net/iraq/illegaljayne.htm


"But I believe in torture and I will torture you."
-An American soldier shares the joys of Democracy with
an Iraqi prisoner.

"My mother praises me for fighting the Americans. If we are killed,
our wives and mothers will rejoice that we died defending the
freedom of our country.
-Iraqi Mahdi fighter

"We were bleeding from 3 a.m. until sunrise, soon American soldiers came.
One of them kicked me to see if I was alive. I pretended I was dead
so he wouldn't kill me. The soldier was laughing, when Yousef cried,
the soldier said: "'No, stop,"
-Shihab, survivor of USSA bombing of Iraqi wedding.

"the absolute convergence of the neoconservatives with the Christian
Zionists
and the pro-Israel lobby, driving U.S. Mideast policy."
-Don Wagner, an evangelical South Carolina minister

"Bush, in Austin, criticized President Clinton's administration for
the Kosovo military action.'Victory means exit strategy, and it's important
for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is,' Bush said."
Houston Chronicle 4/9/99

"Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to
destabilize their country."
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2004

"The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem
of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major
incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh my God, shouldn't we be organized
to deal with this?'"
- Paul Bremer, speaking to a McCormick Tribune Foundation conference
on terrorism in Wheaton, Ill. on Feb. 26, 2001.

"On Jan. 26, 1998, President Clinton received a letter imploring him to use
his State of the Union address to make removal of Saddam Hussein's regime
the "aim of American foreign policy" and to use military action because
"diplomacy is failing." Were Clinton to do that, the signers pledged, they
would "offer our full support in this difficult but necessary endeavor."
Signing the pledge were Elliott Abrams, Bill Bennett, John Bolton, Robert
Kagan, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Richard L. Armitage, Jeffrey
Bergner,
Paula Dobriansky, Francis Fukuyama, Zalmay Khalilzad, Peter W. Rodman,
William Schneider, Jr., Vin Weber, R. James Woolsey and Robert B. Zoellick,
Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. Four years before 9/11, the neocons had
Baghdad on their minds."
-philip (usenet)

"I had better things to do in the 60s than fight in Vietnam,"
-Richard Cheney, Kerry critic.

"I hope they will understand that in order for this government to get up
and running
- to be effective - some of its sovereignty will have to be given
back, if I can put it that way,
or limited by them, It's sovereignty but [some] of that sovereignty they
are going to allow us to exercise
on their behalf and with their permission."
- Powell 4/27/04

"We're trying to explain how things are going, and they are going as they
are going," he said, adding: "Some things are going well and some things
obviously are not going well. You're going to have good days and bad days."
On the road to democracy, this "is one moment, and there will be other
moments. And there will be good moments and there will be less good
moments."
- Rumsfeld 4/6/04

"I also have this belief, strong belief, that freedom is not this
country's gift to the world; freedom is the Almighty's gift to
every man and woman in this world. And as the greatest power on
the face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread
of freedom."
~ Bush the Crusader


RUSSERT: Are you prepared to lose?

BUSH: No, I'm not going to lose.

RUSSERT: If you did, what would you do?

BUSH: Well, I don't plan on losing. I've got a vision for what I want to
do for the country.
See, I know exactly where I want to lead.................And we got
changing times
here in America, too., 2/8/04


"And that's very important for, I think, the people to understand where
I'm coming from,
to know that this is a dangerous world. I wish it wasn't. I'm a war
president.
I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with
war on my mind.
- pResident of the United State of America, 2/8/04


"Let's talk about the nuclear proposition for a minute. We know that
based on intelligence, that he has been very, very good at hiding
these kinds of efforts. He's had years to get good at it and we know
he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, on "Meet the Press", 3/16/03


"I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the
Iraqis had nuclear weapons."
- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, 6/24/03


"I think in this case international law
stood in the way of doing the right thing (invading Iraq)."
- Richard Perle


"He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with
respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project
conventional power against his neighbours."
- Colin Powell February 24 2001


"We have been successful for the last ten years in keeping
him from developing those weapons and we will continue to be successful."

"He threatens not the United States."

"But I also thought that we had pretty
much removed his stings and frankly for ten years we really have."

'But what is interesting is that with the regime that has been in place
for the past ten years, I think a pretty good job has been done of
keeping him from breaking out and suddenly showing up one day and saying
"look what I got." He hasn't been able to do that.'
- Colin Powell February 26 2001

[Yahaira Caro]

Post by gaffo

Post by Digital
On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang

Post by Ablang
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 reporter,
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.
http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/gaming/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&folderPath=%252Fgaming%252Fcontent%252Fnewsletter%252Farticles%252F&docName=0404-col_one_story_two.html&beanID=1699350704&viewID=content

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Post by Ablang
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.
RipOff
Star Castle
Tail Gunner
Armor Attack
a couple of others - I forget.

Pacman baby!! :-)

[Relic]

Post by Ablang

Post by gaffo

Post by Digital
On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang

Post by Ablang
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 reporter,
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.
http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/gaming/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&folderPath=%252Fgaming%252Fcontent%252Fnewsletter%252Farticles%252F&docName=0404-col_one_story_two.html&beanID=1699350704&viewID=content

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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.
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.

[Ryan Sahb]

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Post by Yahaira Caro

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Post by Digital
On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:49:59 -0700, Ablang

Post by Ablang
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 reporter,
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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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.
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.

Look at all the colours!

First time on Usenet btw. Seems pretty awesome.

I think it was C&C TIberian Sun. Pity, really.