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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-25-07 10:39 AM
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why buy just a video game from atari?
invest in the wonder computer of the 80s!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUEI7mm8M7Q
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-25-07 10:45 AM
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1. I was a full-on ATARI zealot...
I had the 2600 and the 5200 game systems, and the 400 and 1200XL computers.

I even somehow acquired one of those metallic-y jackets with the ATARI logo all over it, which may have been worse than a members only jacket (which I also had)...
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-25-07 10:48 AM
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2. i had one of those silver jackets
that said "bandit" or "formula 1" or "firebird" along the sleeves.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-25-07 11:06 AM
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3. The Atari 400 was vastly superior to the Vic-20!
Edited on Sun Mar-25-07 11:08 AM by HypnoToad
:wow:

And just what is Admiral Kirk with the squirrel taking a nap on his head doing in that commercial?! :wow:


it's also funny - Shatner is dissin' Atari for being a game machine and then the commercial talks about the latest games due out! I loved Gorf and Omega Race...
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