Well we’re still in the olden days of gadgets, so you’d have to be at least in your 20s to know what I’m talking about now (yeah like that’s so old…LOL) Anyways onwards, backwards, to the early days of gaming :)
1977: Atari 2600. The first game system with plug-in cartridges had gaming aficionados salivating over the immediate proliferation of video games. More than 40 manufacturers created over 200 games for the system, including the future classics Pac-Man and Asteroids. Amid its success, however, Atari neglected game developers and many defected to rival game companies. Eventually, Nintendo picked up where Atari left off.
Okay, I never really had an Atari. My first console was the Famicom (more popularly known outside Asia as the NES), so I didn’t really get a chance to use the Atari 2600. I didn’t really know about that part in the excerpt, that they’d neglected the game developers. It’s really a shame, but I guess it’s their fault as well. Now Nintendo has overshadowed them completely, I guess that’s why I never really got to play the Atari. In fact, my earliest recollection of Pac-Man was with in DOS already.
But this still deserves the title for being this influential. I mean, it may not have been around for long, but I guess it’s basically the godfather of game systems with replaceable games :) Haaa.. I miss the Donkey Kong and Ice Climber days hehehe.
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