Lucky you Erzengel! Ah, to be young again...
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Originally posted by Boxey
Boy video games sure took a giant leap during the years.Remembers the first game system I played on too was Pong!Anyone remember that?
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I have a story about Pong in case you haven't heard it. Nolan Bushnell invented it, fresh out of college and put it in a bar I think. His hopes were dashed when the very next day the bar owner called him and told him: "Get that piece of junk out of here, it's broken already!". Discouraged, he went to see what was wrong with it. He tried everything -- but he couldn't find anything wrong. He scratched his head. As a last resort he thought, "Well, might as well check the coin slot and see if anybody even tried it." To his astonishment, the coin box was so full it had jammed!!! People had tried to force coins into it they were so desperate to try it!!! And so the success of Mr. Bushnell and Atari is now legendary...
P.S. I still have my 2600 and love to take it out and play it now and again, especially Adventure...
