Now maybe I've got my priorities screwed up, but I have spent a lot of time lately hankering for games like Space Invaders, PacMan, Pole Position, The Empire Strikes Back. Hell, I'd be happy with Frogger! Not to mention Pitfall, Donkey Kong, or Combat!
Man, those games rocked! And it wasn't about the life-like graphics, we all knew that! Who cared about the quality of graphics on a game like DigDug? No, it was the pure skill! The timing, the aches you got from pushing at a non-responsive joystick! Okay, I'd give that part up in a heartbeat. But I miss the console! I miss the cartridges! I miss the era!
I'm not saying I want to give up my life situation here. I got it pretty good, but I would be glad to trade in my many hours of Law and Order re-runs for some time with a classic game console and some great games in the evening.
A couple years back, I bought the Atari Flashback II for my father-in-law. It had a couple good games, like Asteroids and Combat, but overall, it had some crap games, man! Hell, Colecovision's Smurfs game was better than most of what they had on that thing.
So what's a guy to do?
Well, I've been doing a little hunting around on the web, and check this out!
The Atari Flashback Portable!! It hasn't been released yet, so who knows how long I'll have to wait? But it looks pretty cool. Unless it's going to carry the same stupid games. I guess what I'm looking for is the opportunity to play all the classic old games on my TV, not my computer, for CHEAP!!!!!
What does this all have to do with being a stay-at-home dad? I dunno, I guess I still kinda feel like a stay-at-home kid.
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