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anybody on this site old enough to remember playing Atari?. this is what got me hooked on "new technology?......... space invaders was my favorite.............

 

talk about antique archiology.................

 

"Joe Lewandowski, a local garbage contractor who saw the cartridges buried in 1983 and helped the excavators find the right spot to dig 30 years later"

 

 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/city-of-alamogordo-votes-to-auction-off-800-atari-cartridges/

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Someone buy this and put it in a showcase! :D

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if they arent corroded the bastards probably still work xD

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anybody on this site old enough to remember playing Atari?. this is what got me hooked on "new technology?......... space invaders was my favorite.............

 

talk about antique archiology.................

 

"Joe Lewandowski, a local garbage contractor who saw the cartridges buried in 1983 and helped the excavators find the right spot to dig 30 years later"

 

 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/city-of-alamogordo-votes-to-auction-off-800-atari-cartridges/

Welcome to the forums :) Can you please fix the title? "Atari" is really not sufficient. The Title should be a headline that says something about the article.

 

Anyway, back on topic, pretty neat. A bit of gaming history. I doubt any of the cartridges are in any good condition, but cool that they are auctioning them off regardless.

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Ah awesome

 

I have an Atart 2600, its plugged into my TV at home all the time and I still play it, got a big box full of games

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anybody on this site old enough to remember playing Atari?. this is what got me hooked on "new technology?......... space invaders was my favorite.............

 

I remember playing Space Invaders on one of these...

 

hc58Few.jpg

 

Great fun at 10p a game

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I wonder how much these will sell for. Can see some people paying quite a lot...

 

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I remember playing Space Invaders on one of these...

hc58Few.jpg

Great fun at 10p a game

I don't even remember those............ LOL

Great fun at 10p a game

This was what a "tabletop" game was in my day. Nowadays that term applies to those silly D&D games.

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This was what a "tabletop" game was in my day. Nowadays that term applies to those silly D&D games. 

*cough*

Dungeons & Dragons - Released: 1974

Space Invaders - Released: 1978

 

Just sayin' :rolleyes:

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*cough*

Dungeons & Dragons - Released: 1974

Space Invaders - Released: 1978

 

Just sayin' :rolleyes:

That's great and all, but I never heard anybody refer to D&D as a tabletop game until well after the era of tabletop arcade games. Thanks, though.

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