Hi Thomas, Thanks for the info. Just think, when Usa games is twenty years old, we will all be playing the console version of those old USA games classics *grin*
as for James... Does it get any better than that? How did he not bust a gut from pure delight? allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:36 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Monty, of course > Hi, Allan. > Actually Atari has risen from the dust nationally. Activision has > produced tv game consols with all the classic Atari games on them at > Wal-mart. I have seen several different ones, and baught a delux one for > my son recently which plugs in to your audio-vidio ports on your tv and > all the games are on it like Asteroids, Pacman, Galaxian, etc... They > are pretty cool. An all in one console. > Although they have cheaper versions with 5 to 10 games on them. Check > your local Wal-mart toy and games isles and you should be able to find > them. > > > > > > allan thompson wrote: >> Hello Tom, >> *gives secret atari brotherhood handshake* >> Atari will rise again! >> lol >> It is good to hear some of those machines are still kicking. My atari >> computer kicked the bucket in the late eighties and I grieved over it. >> I can't seem to recall my atari call sign. I want to say it was 7600? It >> was >> white and had this interesting feature where you could create a virtual >> ram >> disk with it. I am probably wrong about the number, I also owned the >> advanced atari game machine with the controllers that had a number pad >> and >> side fire buttons made of soft rubber, and a joystick. I remember playing >> galaxians and star raiders on it. Oh and pac man. I can't remember any >> others. It all starts to run together after a while. >> keep gaming, >> allan >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:14 PM >> Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course >> >> >> >>> Hi Allan and all. >>> >>> Ah, another Atari Freak! Hail brother! I remember all those titles >>> too, >>> in >>> fact I still have several working atari systems here and have some of >>> them >>> on good old 5.25" floppy disks and tapes although I avoid the tapes like >>> the >>> plague whenever possible. Not sure if I have the original Montezuma >>> game >>> or >>> not, may have to hook one of the old beasts up and see. It is amazing >>> how >>> many of those old games we can play, true not as well as a sighted >>> guy/gal >>> but we could learn them because the sounds actually meant something. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> skype username: lord_amexos >>> yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On >>> Behalf Of allan thompson >>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:03 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: audyssey: Monty, of course >>> >>> >>> Hello,I remember playing several old atari computer games in the old >>> days. >>> My friends and I would have to load the program into the olde timey >>> atari >>> 800 with a cassette loader. Any little bump or movement in the load >>> would >>> crash the load and we would have to start it again. So basically you had >>> a >>> bunch of kids being very still and quiet for ten to twenty minutes, and >>> then >>> a flurry of fisticuffs for the wico joystick when the game was ready to >>> play..lol Man, we used to play blue max, shamus, this very cool game >>> called >>> age of discovery, and the classic lode runner. I seem to recall playing >>> monty's revenge as well and this game returns back alot of memories... >>> One >>> question for James. Was any sounds used or recreated from the original >>> game? >>> >>> Anyway, I am going to have to buy a copy for myself and my friend from >>> those >>> old days. 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