Posted by Jeurja on December 30, 2023 at 15:48:09 EST in reply to ah, I see. I think for me I had the 2600 as my first console too, but the NES was already out, and I knew there was something better, so it never really took with me. When I played 2600 and intellivision games it's because that's all I had, not because they captured my imagination. I kind of figured one had to play those in total isolation to get them, basically being a child of the early 70s. So that's an interesting perspective! I think finding the visuals charming is another key point - they're too rudimentary for me to get into but I can see how someone else might. I also get being intimidated by the time requirements of actually-modern games. Just to me the arcade archives type stuff seem to fit all those bills a little better in my view.
The reason I'm asking is I've always found atari nostalgia interesting, particularly among people who weren't 8 in 1979 (or maybe you were? I thought you were younger than that though). But then my favorite atari console is the jaguar, which really truly has one of the worst libraries for a major console, so who knows!! (n/t) from exodus.
I was born in 76, so I’m pretty old. I only had an Atari growing up, including a 7800 because it could play the 2600 games I had. “We’re not getting a new system!” - My mom. I had Atari only until I got a Game Boy then a Turbogrqfx-16. I had friends with NES and Master System and had pretty good access to them, but it wasn’t the same as having them at home.
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