They may look crude, but they sure were fun

While perusing Slashdot [1] I noticed this article [2] about a new Quake 3 map [3] based upon the old Atari 2600 VCS [4] game Adventure [5], which brought back a ton of memories, spending hours playing games—the most hilarious being Football [6] (well, at least I found it hilarious to play; the Intellivision [7] Football game [8] rocked though).

Not wanting to wake The Boys up, I found an Atari 2600 VCS emulator [9] I could use to play the games I remember from childhood. So I spent a few hours (okay, way too many hours) playing a ton of games, including one made in 1990! [10] (who knew Atari [11] even made cartridges for the 2600 that late?)

I even found a game [12] that Rob [13] might like.

[1] http://slashdot.org/

[2] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/11/0628220&mode=flat&tid=112

[3] http://www.ataritimes.com/classics/features/fea_q3_adventure.html

[4] http://www.atariage.com/software_search.html?SystemID=2600

[5] http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1

[6] http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=186

[7] http://www.intellivisionlives.com/

[8] http://www.gamespy.com/halloffame/february02/nflfootball/

[9] http://stella.sourceforge.net/

[10] http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=602

[11] http://www.atari.com/

[12] http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=1290

[13] http://www.tragic-smurfs.com/

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