Atari 2600, I salute you.
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One of my favorite bloggers and comedians is Todd Levin of tremble.com fame. I’ve sort of been out of touch with his blog recently, as I’ve been caught up in the world of beer bloggers (I read about 70 beer blogs these days). But Todd recently wrote a few pieces for The Morning News about game consoles he’s known in his life and I remember everything he’s saying. Except that we also had a Commodore 64, which was fucking bad ass, especially the game Radar Rat Race.
Read Todd’s articles here, grouped under the name Consoles I have known. My favorite section is his discussion about Mike Tyson’s Punch Out for NES and the joy that ensued when Mike Tyson was finally bested.
Question for you guys: What is your fondest early video game console memory? I have a few:
1. Atari Ice Hockey - Here’s the original TV spot for the game. I loved how you could mangle the other player with your hockey stick and it would make that god-awful sound.
2. Super Mario Bros. 3 sucked my life away in elementary school. Holy shit, I was addicted to this.
