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Christmas 1981
« on: December 23 2025, 10:11:34 AM »
I need a time machine to take me back there  :)

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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #1 on: December 23 2025, 10:53:08 AM »
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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #2 on: December 23 2025, 10:06:07 PM »
Atari and Space Invaders!  Life was good !

Amazing how much fun we had with 8 bit graphics and arcade type games.
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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #3 on: December 24 2025, 08:06:52 AM »
I remember maybe 1970 my parents getting my two younger brothers  a Magnavox pong game console for the only TV in the house.  That was WW3 after a few weeks, back in the box sent to the basement.
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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #4 on: December 24 2025, 09:09:56 AM »
Pong did not have much shelf life, thankfully.

It did not take long for things to heat up, though.

A bunch of consoles and Apples soon came out and we soon had get together on the week end to play.  Life was simple. I used to get really frustrated playing Zork.  Those damn word games drove me crazy.
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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #5 on: December 25 2025, 03:52:31 AM »
Wow Atari was expensive!
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Re: Christmas 1981
« Reply #6 on: December 27 2025, 09:40:13 AM »
I had a friend whose parents would get him all of those latest game consoles starting with Atari, etc.  My parents wouldn't pay for it. 
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