Hi everybody! I’m new here and feeling very nostalgic lately about the 80’s and my old Atari systems.  Which one did you guys have?  I had the 2600 and 130XE, which was a computer, not a game console.

My uncle had an Atari computer. Not sure which model if there were even more than one.

I had a coleco vision with 33 games and the steering wheel and foot pedal and controller overlays. Which was given to us. If Atari was a Chevy then coleco was a Cadillac. It also played Atari cartridges.

In the 80s, my family didn't own an Atari. We had Intellivision(cause my dad wanted to be different  ::). This was 1981 or 82. I think we had a game called Burgertime but my memory of it is a little fuzzy. I was just a year old or 2.

I think we had a game called Burgertime but my memory of it is a little fuzzy. I was just a year old or 2.
Your memory is probably correct as Burgertime was a game for early systems. I played it on a Commodore C64. :)

Most people don't believe me when I say I had an Atari 7800, but I did. I don't know WHY or HOW I got it, but I did. My favourite game was River Raid, but I also owned Pitfall and Galaga and a few others I might be forgetting.

My neighbour had an extra joystick controller and she would come over to my house to play River Raid, it was the best! I remember playing it as late as 1999, even though I got an N64 in 1998. River Raid was just that addictive ;D

In the 80s, my family didn't own an Atari. We had Intellivision(cause my dad wanted to be different  ::). This was 1981 or 82. I think we had a game called Burgertime but my memory of it is a little fuzzy. I was just a year old or 2.


I used to own an Atari 2600, do you remember the blisters you used to get by using the joystick, Jess?

I played Burgertime on an Intellivision and Pacman on a commodore 64.  Atari came out before my time.

I only played burger time in the short lived arcade in my town.

My uncle had an Atari computer. Not sure which model if there were even more than one.

I had a coleco vision with 33 games and the steering wheel and foot pedal and controller overlays. Which was given to us. If Atari was a Chevy then coleco was a Cadillac. It also played Atari cartridges.


What was your favorite Atari game?

I used to own an Atari 2600, do you remember the blisters you used to get by using the joystick, Jess?


I remember one time I did play on our Intellivision. But I don't know if it gave me blisters.

I used to own an Atari 2600, do you remember the blisters you used to get by using the joystick, Jess?


I never got blisters but those joysticks killed my wrists after about half an hour.  Had Nintendo not introduced the D-pad, I'm sure that carpal tunnel syndrome would have been epidemic among Generation X.  ;D

I remember one time I did play on our Intellivision. But I don't know if it gave me blisters.


I think it's the over usage of the joystick by using your thumb and moving the stick with your finger.

The controllers I had on the Intellivison had a disk for direction and buttons for numbers buttons.  it also had a button or two on the side for doing things like firing pepper spray

The joystick for the Atari 2600 was a nightmare.  Being left handed, I hold the joystick with my left hand, but with the button being on the left, holding the controller was very awkward and hard to control as a result.  I never had much experience with it though because my jump into Atari was the 7800.  Before that, I had a Commodore Vic-20 and the controller for it had a wide button above the stick and it worked somewhat well

The joystick for the Atari 2600 was a nightmare.  Being left handed, I hold the joystick with my left hand, but with the button being on the left, holding the controller was very awkward and hard to control as a result.  I never had much experience with it though because my jump into Atari was the 7800.  Before that, I had a Commodore Vic-20 and the controller for it had a wide button above the stick and it worked somewhat well


Did you use to get blisters when you holding the joystick?