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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: level42 on June 28, 2012, 12:21:14 AM

Title: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: level42 on June 28, 2012, 12:21:14 AM
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1hkgmQNkW1qzwc5ko1_500.jpg)

Although I consider the real Atari's (Atari Games and Atari Inc.) to be long dead.....it was the birthday of ATARI 40 years ago.

In honor I will play my Working Atari machines this afternoon, and give some more TLC to the LL...:)

Atari is giving away free apps (nice I paid for it....). You can get the classics for free now in iPad etc.

www.atari.com

There's also a sweepstake but it's US only  :evil: :evil:     Who made Atari survive in the Tramiel era ?? It was Europe !!! Grrrr....

O well....let's stay positive.....thank you Atari for having such a great influence in my life :)

Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Muerto on June 28, 2012, 12:37:41 AM
Indeed congratulations!! Some positive thoughts from here to my Atari games  ;D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Luigi on June 28, 2012, 09:17:48 AM
Happy Birthday ATARI!!!

Thanks a lot for the VCS 2600 and lots of wonderful videogames  :)


btw...how/where can I download the free games for Android?? Link on atari.com leads to itunes only. Not at all?


edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Muerto on June 28, 2012, 09:38:29 AM
edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???

They only make apps for quality products.... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: level42 on June 28, 2012, 10:03:20 AM
edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???

They only make apps for quality products.... ;D ;D ;D

I guess it's because Apple was formed by two former Atari employees using stolen Atari parts to built the Apple I.      ;D ;D


That plus what Michael says  ;D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Muerto on June 28, 2012, 10:55:04 AM
Hehe, just waiting for a certain German to chime in..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Luigi on June 28, 2012, 11:33:29 AM
edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???

They only make apps for highly overpriced quality products.... ;D ;D ;D

You might be right ;)
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Muerto on June 28, 2012, 11:38:06 AM
edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???

They only make apps for highly overpriced quality products.... ;D ;D ;D

You might be right ;)

LOL!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: level42 on June 28, 2012, 06:36:02 PM
edit: not compatible with HTC Desire S? WTF???  ???

They only make apps for priced to it's quality and comfort products that don't give compatibility headaches.... ;D ;D ;D

You might be right ;)

Indeed !
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: level42 on June 28, 2012, 06:40:12 PM
Gentlemen this is about ATARI.....not Apple.

Sometimes.....sometimes I wished I could steal a DeLorean that has been converted in a time machine. I would set the timer for somewhere in 1976 where a certain Steve Jobs suggests to develop a home computer to a certain Nolan Bushnell. Of course I would have informed Mr. Bushnell that he should agree and get going !
In a(nother) stroke of brightness, Mr. Bushnell hooks up Steve, his friend Woz and Mr. Miner together in a team with the task to develop Atari's first home computer.

The rest would be history and I would now be typing this on a machine with an Atari logo instead of an Apple  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: atarimania on June 28, 2012, 07:12:34 PM
Gentlemen this is about ATARI.....not Apple.

Sometimes.....sometimes I wished I could steal a DeLorean that has been converted in a time machine. I would set the timer for somewhere in 1976 where a certain Steve Jobs suggests to develop a home computer to a certain Nolan Bushnell. Of course I would have informed Mr. Bushnell that he should agree and get going !
In a(nother) stroke of brightness, Mr. Bushnell hooks up Steve, his friend Woz and Mr. Miner together in a team with the task to develop Atari's first home computer.

The rest would be history and I would now be typing this on a machine with an Atari logo instead of an Apple  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Nice dream  ;) "Iphone by Atari" instead of "Centipede Return II Extended Edition Gold Plus Deluxe Version by Atari"   ;D
70-80's Atari Power !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Franck
(Somewhere in AtariLand since 1982)
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: level42 on June 29, 2012, 12:04:03 AM
Nice dream  ;) "Iphone by Atari"

They were pretty close in getting the Apple look one time:

(http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/DSC03189.jpg)

Note: this is from 1991 !
Title: Re: Happy birthday ATARI !!!!! 40 years today !
Post by: Luigi on June 29, 2012, 07:57:14 AM
Gentlemen this is about ATARI.....not Apple.

I didn't start the fire!!!  ;)


Well, it seems that indeed this "present" is for Apple-boys and girls only. Someone downloaded it to his Android and was fully charged. Another one got it for free.

I'm not an Apple-hater (just don't want to pay the prices) but this makes me sick  >:(